RE: D2 Schools As Candidates To Become D1
I read that Long Island-Brooklyn took over C. W. Post, and rebrand it to Long Island-Post. One thing they could do is do what three California schools have done in D3. Merge the 2 sports program in one and rename themselves to be Long Island-Brooklyn-Post. Since Long Island is still D1, Post does not have to upgrade since all of their sports would be under Long Island. The football could be part of Long Island-Brooklyn-Post, and can fit into the NEC football where Long Island-Brooklyn is already is.
Football:
Duquense (invite them as full members)
Central Connecticut State
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
Saint Francis U.
Wagner
Bryant
Long Islands U.-Brooklyn-Post
All sports would look like this.
Bryant
C. Conn. State
LIU-Brooklyn-Post (would boost the under graduate up big time.)
Mount Saint Mary
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis-Brooklyn
Saint Francis U.
Wagner
Duquense
Saint Joseph's invite as full member.
invite Caldwell as a full member, just started Sprint Football.
Hobart affiliate member.
New Jersey City an affiliate member.
Saint Peter's, NJ an affiliate.
Northeast Conference could look to add New Jersey Tech and Delaware State.
Adelphi, Kutztown, Lock Haven, West Liberty, Merrimack, Bentley, for the northeast conferences looks good.
Bellarmine already have men's LAX in the Southern Conference, and they are starting a women's program to be D1 as well. A-Sun started a D1 LAX sponsorship. Bellarmine could wind up in A-Sun for all sports.
Tampa, Nova Southwestern are 2 schools in Florida have been rumored to go D1. Tampa used to be a D1 school, and had football at the highest level.
OKCU wants back into D1, but they need to visit D2 for 8 years.
Los Angelas State, Colorado Mines, Drury, Erskine, Maryville Tenn., Mississippi College, Newberry, Regis Colo., Tampa, Washburn, West Texas A&M, West Virginia Wesleyan, Arkansas-Monticello, Catawba, some appeared on AP football polls in the past with the FBS big name schools and others were at the highest level in football. Back before the 1950's, it was more inclusion for all schools.
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