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New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
So, it’s the football off-season now. Most P5 bowls and a few G5 teams remain to play but for Conference USA and the Sun Belt, the season is 100% over as of last night. And so a bored fan begins chewing on the same old pointless realignment scenarios to help pass the time.
Here’s mine. I know it won’t happen. But this isn’t about what will happen. It’s just what I wish would happen, using only those programs that I genuinely believe would actually benefit from it.
Eastern Division
Appalachian State
Coastal Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Liberty
Marshall
Western Division
Louisiana
Louisiana Tech
Middle Tennessee
Southern Miss
Troy
UAB
Western Kentucky
FIU on-deck to replace Georgia State when they get promoted to AAC.
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12-27-2020 09:08 PM |
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VCE
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
I would dump Tech and Troy for UNCC and Arkansas St., but this conference needs to happen. AAC level in FB and probably a 2 bid bball league.
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12-27-2020 09:33 PM |
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jedclampett
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
(12-27-2020 09:08 PM)Cardiff Wrote: So, it’s the football off-season now. Most P5 bowls and a few G5 teams remain to play but for Conference USA and the Sun Belt, the season is 100% over as of last night. And so a bored fan begins chewing on the same old pointless realignment scenarios to help pass the time.
Here’s mine. I know it won’t happen. But this isn’t about what will happen. It’s just what I wish would happen, using only those programs that I genuinely believe would actually benefit from it.
Eastern Division
Appalachian State
Coastal Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Liberty
Marshall
Western Division
Louisiana
Louisiana Tech
Middle Tennessee
Southern Miss
Troy
UAB
Western Kentucky
FIU on-deck to replace Georgia State when they get promoted to AAC.
Excuse me for saying so, but this strikes me as being too similar to previous proposals to reshuffle the CUSA and SBC.
Consider this a challenge, if you will:
I would like to see you restart the thread or start a new thread proposing something much more radical and interesting than this.
Let your imagination run wild. Propose an east coast league that would include teams from 4 different conferences, from north to south, or a Mid-East Conference running from Michigan to Alabama, or a conference that includes teams from all five G5 conferences plus one or two independents.
How about this? Propose a conference that will be made up of a blend of current independents and the next batch of FCS to FBS teams, such as JMU and NDSU.
Shake it up!
(This post was last modified: 12-27-2020 10:32 PM by jedclampett.)
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12-27-2020 10:30 PM |
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Yosef Himself
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
If we're just throwing things at the walls
WKU
MTSU
ODU
JMU
UNCC
GaSt
UAB
USA
FAU
FIU
Marshall
Liberty
App State
CCU
GS
Troy
USM
ArkSt
UL
LaTech
NMSU
UTEP
UNT
UTSA
TXST
RICE
UTA (starts football)
ULM
LAMAR
McNeese
(This post was last modified: 12-27-2020 10:44 PM by Yosef Himself.)
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12-27-2020 10:42 PM |
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jedclampett
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
(12-27-2020 10:42 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote: If we're just throwing things at the walls
WKU
MTSU
ODU
JMU
UNCC
GaSt
UAB
USA
FAU
FIU
Suggestion: Add some AAC and MAC teams to spice it up.
Marshall
Liberty
App State
CCU
GS
Troy
USM
ArkSt
UL
LaTech
Suggestion: Add some AAC and MAC teams to spice it up.
NMSU
UTEP
UNT
UTSA
TXST
RICE
UTA (starts football)
ULM
LAMAR
McNeese
Suggestion: Add some MWC and AAC teams to spice it up.
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12-27-2020 10:58 PM |
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Native Georgian
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
(12-27-2020 10:42 PM)Yosef Himself Wrote: NMSU
UTEP
UNT
UTSA
TXST
RICE
UTA (starts football)
ULM
LAMAR
McNeese
Alternative: 9-team football (round-robin schedule) and 12-team hoops w/very close travel-partners:
New Mexico State • UTEP
Texas State • UTSA
North Texas • UTA*
Rice • Stephen F. Austin*
Arkansas State • UALR*
Louisiana Tech • UL/Lafayette
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12-27-2020 11:32 PM |
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Erictelevision
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
ETV EAST
UMASS
UCONN
MARSHALL
ODU
ECU
LIBERTY
COASTAL CAROLINA
FIU
FAU
GA STATE
GA SOUTHERN
UAB
SO MS
USA
EKU
MTSU
ETV WEST
ULL
ULM
LA TECH
ARKANSAS ST
TULSA
UTSA
UTEP
TX STATE
RICE
TCU
SMU
UNM
NMSU
CSU
UTAH ST
WYOMING
MONTANA
MONTANA ST
IDAHO
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12-28-2020 01:21 AM |
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jedclampett
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
(12-28-2020 01:21 AM)Erictelevision Wrote: ETV EAST
UMASS
UCONN
MARSHALL
ODU
ECU
LIBERTY
COASTAL CAROLINA
FIU
FAU
GA STATE
GA SOUTHERN
UAB
SO MS
USA
EKU
MTSU
ETV WEST
ULL
ULM
LA TECH
ARKANSAS ST
TULSA
UTSA
RICE
TCU
SMU
UNM
NMSU
CSU
UTAH ST
WYOMING
MONTANA
MONTANA ST
IDAHO
UNLV
NEVADA
Now we're talkin'!
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12-28-2020 01:32 AM |
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Erictelevision
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
Where do the refugees land? By my count it's:
East-Temple, Charlotte, Citadel, Cincinnati, Memphis
West-Hawaii, Nevada, UNLV, BOISE ST., SJSU, SDSU, FRESNO ST.
I'd guess (hope?) that the eastern schools with history land in ACC. Western schools in PAC 12.
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12-28-2020 02:02 AM |
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Cardiff
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
(12-27-2020 11:32 PM)Native Georgian Wrote: 9-team football (round-robin schedule) and 12-team hoops w/very close travel-partners:
New Mexico State • UTEP
Texas State • UTSA
North Texas • UTA*
Rice • Stephen F. Austin*
Arkansas State • UALR*
Louisiana Tech • UL/Lafayette
Wow, that’s actually... a good idea.
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12-28-2020 08:01 AM |
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Cajuns1252
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
(12-28-2020 08:01 AM)Cardiff Wrote: (12-27-2020 11:32 PM)Native Georgian Wrote: 9-team football (round-robin schedule) and 12-team hoops w/very close travel-partners:
New Mexico State • UTEP
Texas State • UTSA
North Texas • UTA*
Rice • Stephen F. Austin*
Arkansas State • UALR*
Louisiana Tech • UL/Lafayette
Wow, that’s actually... a good idea.
That’s no better then what we have now....UTEP is actually further from Lafayette then Boone is.
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12-28-2020 12:27 PM |
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
SWC 2.0: 12 all-sports
NM St - UTEP
UTSA - TX St
UNT - Rice
Lamar - Louisiana
ULM - LA Tech
AR St - MO St
C-USA 4.0: 12 all-sports
MTSU - WKU
Troy - USA
FIU - FAU
GS - CCU
App St - Liberty
Marshall - JMU
Metro 2.0: 12/10 Football ll
UMass - URI*
Toledo - Dayton*
Buffalo - St Louis*
ODU - VCU*
Charlotte - GSU
UAB - USM
(UConn, Army for football)
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12-28-2020 09:01 PM |
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Cardiff
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
(12-28-2020 12:27 PM)Cajuns1252 Wrote: (12-28-2020 08:01 AM)Cardiff Wrote: (12-27-2020 11:32 PM)Native Georgian Wrote: 9-team football (round-robin schedule) and 12-team hoops w/very close travel-partners:
New Mexico State • UTEP
Texas State • UTSA
North Texas • UTA*
Rice • Stephen F. Austin*
Arkansas State • UALR*
Louisiana Tech • UL/Lafayette
Wow, that’s actually... a good idea.
That’s no better then what we have now....UTEP is actually further from Lafayette then Boone is.
Honest question: is it any worse than what the Cajuns have now?
And what if you switched out UTEP/NMSU for ULM/Southern Miss, but left the others the same?
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12-28-2020 09:07 PM |
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Cajuns1252
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
(12-28-2020 09:07 PM)Cardiff Wrote: (12-28-2020 12:27 PM)Cajuns1252 Wrote: (12-28-2020 08:01 AM)Cardiff Wrote: (12-27-2020 11:32 PM)Native Georgian Wrote: 9-team football (round-robin schedule) and 12-team hoops w/very close travel-partners:
New Mexico State • UTEP
Texas State • UTSA
North Texas • UTA*
Rice • Stephen F. Austin*
Arkansas State • UALR*
Louisiana Tech • UL/Lafayette
Wow, that’s actually... a good idea.
That’s no better then what we have now....UTEP is actually further from Lafayette then Boone is.
Honest question: is it any worse than what the Cajuns have now?
And what if you switched out UTEP/NMSU for ULM/Southern Miss, but left the others the same?
Honestly? Yea it’s much worse for ever single sport. SFA really? Plus that baseball conference is garbage and the current sunbelt football is much better then that.
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12-29-2020 12:25 PM |
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
(12-28-2020 09:01 PM)ChooChoo Wrote: SWC 2.0: 12 all-sports
NM St - UTEP
UTSA - TX St
UNT - Rice
Lamar - Louisiana
ULM - LA Tech
AR St - MO St
C-USA 4.0: 12 all-sports
MTSU - WKU
Troy - USA
FIU - FAU
GS - CCU
App St - Liberty
Marshall - JMU
Metro 2.0: 12/10 Football ll
UMass - URI*
Toledo - Dayton*
Buffalo - St Louis*
ODU - VCU*
Charlotte - GSU
UAB - USM
(UConn, Army for football)
SWC 2.0 will never happen also do you really think USM would be in a conference with UMASS before the Louisiana or Alabama schools? Bring it back to the drawing board.
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12-29-2020 12:28 PM |
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
I think with the problem we have this year with the pandemic, and lost revenue for the bowls and ESPN? I might think there could be new conferences at the FBS level could help out. We could hawe extra teams to fill in when a school cancels their appearance in a bowl for an outbreak. Bowls can be schedule for a day and a backup date just in case. MVC will be FBS making up of MVFC members plus Murray State. WAC 2.0 can be reformed getting the C-USA and Texas State to join plus Lamar, Sam Houston State, SFAU with Tartleton State and West Texas A&M joining in the future. A-Sun, C-USA and SBC move teams around and gain CAA, Southern Conferfernce and OVC schools in the mixed plus NC A&T.
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12-29-2020 01:20 PM |
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Capt Ed
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
App State
Georgia Southern
Troy
Ark. State
Louisiana
Marshall
GA State
JMU(had to look away and hold nose)
USM
MTSU
STOP, these are the schools that get my blood up, make me drive 5 hours to Boone, and give $$$$ to Yosef Club.
(This post was last modified: 12-31-2020 10:35 AM by Capt Ed.)
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12-31-2020 10:33 AM |
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
These are the principals I think if I'm a Marshall fan I'd try to build around.
-Minimum 10 FB programs for the CFB payout. Split the money less ways.
-Proximity to the conference tournament. That is one way to help earning the basketball autobid.
-Overall league travel times.
I'd think then I'd want then a Charlotte based conference tournaments to send fans to as priority.
Marshall
Liberty
Old Dominion
App State
Charlotte
Coastal Carolina
Georgia St
Georgia Southern
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
I know its mostly loaded with recent FBS move ups. Coastal and Liberty this year have done enough to prove they belong at the G5 level. ODU and Charlotte are in there for basketball. Georgia/Florida are big population states so you need representation from them.
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12-31-2020 12:51 PM |
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
Best of the CUSA/SBC
WEST:
USM
La Tech
Louisiana
UAB
ArkState
UTSA
UNT
EAST:
CCU
ASU
GaSo
GaSt
Marshall
FAU
Liberty
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12-31-2020 01:14 PM |
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RE: New Year’s wish for a new G5 conference
Facial Hair Conference:
App State
Charlotte
UTEP
ODU (mane)
Wyoming
BYU (whiskers)
Marshall (that bison has a beard)
ECU
Ark State (mutton chops)
Cincinnati (whiskers)
Temple (because of Gritty from the Flyers)
Toledo (definitely has a mustache under that helmet)
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12-31-2020 07:45 PM |
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