Yosef Himself
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RE: Proposal: merge the teams from C-USA & Sun Belt - divvy them into 4 divisions.
(10-07-2019 07:43 AM)MUsince96 Wrote: They aren't going to do anything that decreases CFP money or causes NCAA autobids to go from 2 to 1.
Bingo.
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RE: Proposal: merge the teams from C-USA & Sun Belt - divvy them into 4 divisions.
(10-06-2019 10:09 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: Here we go:
American Athletic Conference
East: Appalachian State, Central Florida, Cincinnati, East Carolina, South Florida, Temple
West: Houston, Memphis, Navy (FB only), SMU, Tulane, Tulsa
NFB: Wichita State
Conference USA
North: Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky
South: FAU, FIU, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy, UAB
Sun Belt Conference
East: Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, Southern Miss
West: New Mexico State, North Texas, Rice, Texas State, UTEP, UTSA
NFB: Little Rock, Texas-Arlington
Now everyone's happy.
Fairly clean, but it leaves South Alabama in a different conference than Troy and UAB. I don't think there's any way South Alabama prefers the Sun Belt to CUSA in that setup. I'm also pretty skeptical that Southern Miss or Louisiana Tech would agree to that; they're probably the biggest road blocks in that they won't agree to be in the same conference with the other Louisiana schools.
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Cajuns1252
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RE: Proposal: merge the teams from C-USA & Sun Belt - divvy them into 4 divisions.
(10-06-2019 10:09 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: Here we go:
American Athletic Conference
East: Appalachian State, Central Florida, Cincinnati, East Carolina, South Florida, Temple
West: Houston, Memphis, Navy (FB only), SMU, Tulane, Tulsa
NFB: Wichita State
Conference USA
North: Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky
South: FAU, FIU, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy, UAB
Sun Belt Conference
East: Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, Southern Miss
West: New Mexico State, North Texas, Rice, Texas State, UTEP, UTSA
NFB: Little Rock, Texas-Arlington
Now everyone's happy.
Get the hell out of here with that crap
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RE: Proposal: merge the teams from C-USA & Sun Belt - divvy them into 4 divisions.
(10-06-2019 02:26 PM)Native Georgian Wrote: I don’t believe you’ll ever see a flat-out merger. I do think you could see 2 or even 3 leagues negotiating a joint media-contract for all content. Or working out a scheduling arrangement to help ensure that travel is kept to a minimum.
This. There are a number of creative ways the conferences could address travel issues, which seem to be the main qualms with the current alignment.
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GreenBison
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RE: Proposal: merge the teams from C-USA & Sun Belt - divvy them into 4 divisions.
I like this...
Marshall
Southern Miss
Appy State
Georgia Southern
MTSU
La Tech
ODU
UAB
WKU
FAU
FIU
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Yosef Himself
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RE: Proposal: merge the teams from C-USA & Sun Belt - divvy them into 4 divisions.
(10-11-2019 11:19 AM)GreenBison Wrote: I like this...
Marshall
Southern Miss
Appy State
Georgia Southern
MTSU
La Tech
ODU
UAB
WKU
FAU
FIU
Replace FIU with Troy.
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lion1983
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RE: Proposal: merge the teams from C-USA & Sun Belt - divvy them into 4 divisions.
I think more than half of both conferences should drop to FCS were they belong...
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RE: Proposal: merge the teams from C-USA & Sun Belt - divvy them into 4 divisions.
(10-11-2019 09:31 AM)Cajuns1252 Wrote: (10-06-2019 10:09 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote: Here we go:
American Athletic Conference
East: Appalachian State, Central Florida, Cincinnati, East Carolina, South Florida, Temple
West: Houston, Memphis, Navy (FB only), SMU, Tulane, Tulsa
NFB: Wichita State
Conference USA
North: Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Marshall, Middle Tennessee, Old Dominion, Western Kentucky
South: FAU, FIU, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy, UAB
Sun Belt Conference
East: Arkansas State, Louisiana Tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, Southern Miss
West: New Mexico State, North Texas, Rice, Texas State, UTEP, UTSA
NFB: Little Rock, Texas-Arlington
Now everyone's happy.
Get the hell out of here with that crap
I dunno, seems like a win for everyone. For the Cajuns in particular, they get some additional regional opponents (La Tech, Southern Miss, Rice) plus greater access to Texas. What more do you want?
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