RE: The Big Southwest Conference: Create Your Own Future
Like the concept. I have proposed something similar, with a realignment of CUSA and SunBelt. I like your Big Southwest name better than either CUSA or SunBelt. This was my proposal:
Big Southwest (borrowing your name, which I prefer to CUSA)
BSW West - NMSU (add), UTEP, Texas State, UTSA, UNT, UT-Arlington (non-football), Rice, La Tech
BSW East - UL-Lafayette, UL-Monroe, UA-Little Rock (non-football), Arkansas State, Sou Miss, UAB, FAU, FIU
SunBelt (keeping their name)
SB South - Troy, South Alabama, Ga Southern, Ga State, Coastal Carolina, Charlotte
SB North - Middle TN, Western KY, Marshall, App State, ODU, Liberty (add)
OK, I know the Florida schools are a reach, but they aren't really a geographic fit either place. If you move them directly to SunBelt, then both leagues have divisions of 7 schools (at least non-footballl) which makes scheduling a bit of a problem. This way you have natural travel pairs for non-football sports (in order listed). If you swap them for two that fit, like Troy and USA, the the SunBelt doesn't retain enough members to keep its NCAA automatic bid.
I think the only chance any of these schools has going forward is to find something that makes geographic sense. I don't know if that even works, but it's got more of a chance than the current spread-out CUSA and SunBelt.
Your bowl could match the two league champions.
(This post was last modified: 09-10-2020 10:38 AM by Owl 69/70/75.)
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