(01-13-2017 06:49 PM)DavidSt Wrote: (01-13-2017 03:55 PM)AZcats Wrote: (01-13-2017 02:38 PM)DavidSt Wrote: (01-12-2017 11:50 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote: Quote:Chattanooga, Jacksonville State, Sam Houston State, McNeese State and Central Arkansas. Even a North Dakota State, Northern Iowa and Liberty could help out
Help out with what? Lowing the SOS?
For **** sake, this is ridiculous.
Even ULM and TXST are better than UNI, LU, UTC, McNeese and so forth.
One:Jacksonville State could beat any schools in the SBC as they are since they have played very well against P5 opponents. Just like Georgia Southern beaten Florida, Jacksonville State beat Ole. Miss. and came close to beaten Auburn.
2.Chattanooga is from the same conference that you guys came from. Old rivals, and could play better. 3.McNeese State had a down year last year. 4.Central Arkansas beat Arkansas State last year, and came close in beaten Oklahoma State a few years ago. Don't let facts hit you in the face.
1. One game means nothing. Can they win in all sports?
2. If no SBC school wants them in the conference, then they should not be in the SBC. Do they add any value to the conference?
Georgia State added no value to the SBC period. They had no success at D1. Appearing in 1 NCAA men's basketball tournament don't count.
Coastal Carolina has no value either. Winning one baseball national championship does not mean you are ready for bigger boys in other sports.
Jacksonville State, Chattanooga, Lamar, Missouri State, McNeese State and others have been in D1 longer than Coastal Carolina and Georgia State. I reward those schools before I reward Georgia State and Coastal Carolina.
Its not about fairness. Its about what the league's needs were/are at the time.
Right now there is zero need to expand. So we won't.
When and if we decide to invite additional members, we will do so given our needs. Not others.
Coastal and Georgia State were the best fits at the time. And if there were other teams at the time that were better fits, they either didn't want to jump when an opportunity existed or the membership of the Belt decided they weren't a better fit. They are in and that's that. You can't try and say 'well you took team A and I can make the same case for team B, so you should take them' credibly.
So, no, Kennesaw or West Florida aren't going to be in the SBC, probably EVER, so long as the league is comprised of its current membership. Add Jacksonville State, Lamar, Central Arkansas, McNeese, Liberty to the list of 'not in THIS Sun Belt'.
Missouri State has a slim chance. So would JMU (but they're not interested and we're not really even focused on them anymore). EKU is an emergency team, only to be taken in the case of an urgent need for members I'm afraid.
As far as I can tell, the only team for which there is significant support within the league (although less than 2/3rds) that is willing to join is ......NMSU.
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Barring a raid on our conference (unlikely in the short to medium term), a change in the CFP revenue distrubution, or a collapse of one of our teams (like UAB), the gate to FBS is closed. CLANG. There are exactly two teams in all of D1 that can get into FBS right now. They are.....Little Rock and Texas - Arlington.
CUSA has too many members and the MAC is stable. The AAC might take ONE moveup, but even that is unlikely.