With Lamar returning to the Southland next year, and the possibility of Central Arkansas returning as well, are schools such as Austin Peay, Hampton and North Carolina A&T starting to consider rejoining the conferences they just left?

I don't see UCA, Austin Peay, Hampton, or NC A&T returning.

Alabama to the SoCon.

Southern Miss back to CUSA next season.

(06-24-2022 06:55 PM)inutech Wrote:  Southern Miss back to CUSA next season.

Would rather take my chances with a FCS call up.

ODU back to the conference they were in during the 1980s … the Sun Belt.

UCF. After this YouTube post. Maybe.





The AAC was made by ESPiN and Aresco.

The strategy at the bottom rung in D1 has been to pile into whatever conference has the most members in hope that it will survive.

WAC and Atlantic Sun pile ins are now being aborted for a Southland pile in.

Everyone should jump into the OVC and see if something happens.

Gosh, I hope Ohio St doesn’t return to the Ohio Athletic Conference—Mt Union is enough brutality.

Big West starting some time in the 2030’s…

* = non-football

Hawaii
San Jose St
Sacramento St
UCDavis
Cal Poly
Fresno St
Nevada
UNLV
San Diego St
*CSBakersfield
*UC Santa Barbara
*CSNorthridge
*UCRiverside
*Long Beach St
*CSFullerton
*UCIrvine
*UC San Diego

This is after Power-5 wins their war and G5s can no longer keep up financially in order to stay in the FBS that the P5 legislate to include higher scholarship requirements and other legislation making FBS unaffordable to all G5 who didn’t get the call to join a P5 conference.

Now, this “FCS” will still have its top teams be invited to just a handful of bowl games vs P5. But a majority of FCS seasonal best will be relegated to the FCS playoffs.

The few bowls that FCS get, will have a 4 to 8 team playoff to determine who goes to the (few) P5 Bowls with non-P5/A5 slots.

We will still get decent post season pay, but less than now. Mainly with inflation factored in. So non-P5/A5 will have to become more regional to adjust their Athletic Departments’ balance sheets.

(06-25-2022 07:14 AM)Fresno Fanatic Wrote:  Big West starting some time in the 2030’s…

* = non-football

Hawaii
San Jose St
Sacramento St
UCDavis
Cal Poly
Fresno St
Nevada
UNLV
San Diego St
*CSBakersfield
*UC Santa Barbara
*CSNorthridge
*UCRiverside
*Long Beach St
*CSFullerton
*UCIrvine
*UC San Diego

This is after Power-5 wins their war and G5s can no longer keep up financially in order to stay in the FBS that the P5 legislate to include higher scholarship requirements and other legislation making FBS unaffordable to all G5 who didn’t get the call to join a P5 conference.

Now, this “FCS” will still have its top teams be invited to just a handful of bowl games vs P5. But a majority of FCS seasonal best will be relegated to the FCS playoffs.

The few bowls that FCS get, will have a 4 to 8 team playoff to determine who goes to the (few) P5 Bowls with non-P5/A5 slots.

We will still get decent post season pay, but less than now. Mainly with inflation factored in. So non-P5/A5 will have to become more regional to adjust their Athletic Departments’ balance sheets.

If we're talking about returning to conferences we left, shouldn't you include Tech, UNT, Arkansas State, and ULL (I think) in the Big West, too?

Hmm, Georgia, Auburn, Florida, Alabama, and Georgia Tech back to the SoCon. I'm sure Chattanooga will be thrilled!!

(06-25-2022 07:37 AM)inutech Wrote:  

(06-25-2022 07:14 AM)Fresno Fanatic Wrote:  Big West starting some time in the 2030’s…

* = non-football

Hawaii
San Jose St
Sacramento St
UCDavis
Cal Poly
Fresno St
Nevada
UNLV
San Diego St
*CSBakersfield
*UC Santa Barbara
*CSNorthridge
*UCRiverside
*Long Beach St
*CSFullerton
*UCIrvine
*UC San Diego

This is after Power-5 wins their war and G5s can no longer keep up financially in order to stay in the FBS that the P5 legislate to include higher scholarship requirements and other legislation making FBS unaffordable to all G5 who didn’t get the call to join a P5 conference.

Now, this “FCS” will still have its top teams be invited to just a handful of bowl games vs P5. But a majority of FCS seasonal best will be relegated to the FCS playoffs.

The few bowls that FCS get, will have a 4 to 8 team playoff to determine who goes to the (few) P5 Bowls with non-P5/A5 slots.

We will still get decent post season pay, but less than now. Mainly with inflation factored in. So non-P5/A5 will have to become more regional to adjust their Athletic Departments’ balance sheets.

If we're talking about returning to conferences we left, shouldn't you include Tech, UNT, Arkansas State, and ULL (I think) in the Big West, too?

Where's Boise and Utah State going?