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RE: Which teams should leave FBS?
(02-02-2019 09:01 AM)BePcr07 Wrote: (02-02-2019 08:06 AM)Kittonhead Wrote: (02-01-2019 10:10 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote: (02-01-2019 09:37 PM)Kittonhead Wrote: (02-01-2019 09:33 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote: I disagree. Rice has the finances to be a player in the FBS if they ever choose to commit the resources to that end. UTEP has a long history in the FBS and they are the only game in El Paso. When they turn it around, they will fill their stands again. Texas State has posted a 4-20 record over the last 3 seasons. How is that really any better than what Rice and UTEP have done?
Well you said only 85 make the cut.
Someone has to drop and if UTEP/Rice aren't included in the drops....maybe North Texas.
North Texas was not a program that was even mentioned in the article. Nor should it have been. The Mean Green have been to four bowls in the last 5 seasons, and averaged over 23,000 fans per game last season. We are on the upswing. If you really want me to create a list of 40 to 45 teams that could/should be removed from the FBS, I can do that.
Cutting to 85 only provides room for like 22 G5 programs.
The entire AAC is probably in one would figure. Then BYU/Army. That is 14 right there.
At least 8 programs in the MWC are worthy, if not the whole conference.
I don't see where there is room for UNT and they would be behind So Miss, Marshall, AState and a few others listed in the article for making that type of cut. Not enough history and a glut of Texas schools hurts.
My 85 divided up into conferences:
Aac7
Army, Navy, lv
Independent: Notre Dame
PAC
North: Washington, Washington St, Oregon, Oregon St, Arizona St
West: California, Stanford, USC, UCLA, Arizona
East: Nebraska, Iowa St, Missouri, Kansas, Kansas St
South: Colorado, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St, Texas, Texas Tech
*Arizona and Arizona St switch divisions annually
SEC
West: Texas A&M, Arkansas, LSU, Mississippi, Mississippi St
South: Alabama, Florida St, Georgia Tech, Clemson, Tennessee
East: Auburn, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
North: Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia Tech, North Carolina St, Miami
*South and East divisions lined up by permanent cross-division rivalries
*Divided so each division has a Texas or Florida presence
B1G
West: Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Northwestern
North: Indiana, Purdue, Michigan, Michigan St, Ohio St
East: Pittsburgh, Penn St, Rutgers, Syracuse, Boston College
South: Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Duke, Wake Forest
AAC
West: San Diego St, Fresno St, Boise St, Utah, BYU, Colorado St, Air Force, New Mexico
Central: Tulsa, SMU, TCU, Baylor, Houston, Tulane, Memphis, Navy
East: Central Florida, South Florida, East Carolina, Louisville, Cincinnati, Temple, Connecticut, Army
Total by current conference:
PAC - 12
XII - 10
SEC - 14
B1G - 14
ACC - 14
AAC - 12
MWC - 6
IND - 3
I would replace Tulsa and Tulane with UNR and Hawaii. I would consider Toledo, Buffalo and Northern Illinois as the better WAC candidates. Southern Mississippi and Marshall with Arkansas State, Troy, Appalachian State and Georgia Southern. The P5 would want to keep Hawaii as one of the 85 for the 13th game.
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