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Post by ekusteve on Dec 9, 2022 8:28:51 GMT -6
The usual suspects will be going nuts on the CSN BBS board.
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Post by unafied on Dec 9, 2022 8:35:42 GMT -6
Just read that and was coming here to link it. While it's crazy (IMO) to think about us at the FBS level, I think the simple fact is, if all these other teams move up we'll be left with almost nobody to play in the southeast. The OVC and Southland both seem to be "below" where we strive to be, and the SoCon doesn't seem to want to add anyone. So we're almost stuck with going along for this ride. I'd personally rather stay in a healthy FCS, but I'm not sure that will even exist in a few years. I do think that the conferences wouldn't be putting this out there without feeling pretty confident it will happen.
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Post by unaman on Dec 9, 2022 8:43:47 GMT -6
The usual suspects will be going nuts on the CSN BBS board. Can you send a link to that board?
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Post by unaman on Dec 9, 2022 8:53:16 GMT -6
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Post by northalaspectator on Dec 9, 2022 8:56:49 GMT -6
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Post by unalions on Dec 9, 2022 10:55:00 GMT -6
The usual suspects will be going nuts on the CSN BBS board. OMG!! I can’t wait to see their heads exploding over there this morning!
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Post by unafied on Dec 9, 2022 11:20:22 GMT -6
The usual suspects will be going nuts on the CSN BBS board. I had to stop contributing (not that I did much) due to all the bad takes. It's way better for my mental health not to argue .
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Post by roaringsince96 on Dec 9, 2022 12:45:04 GMT -6
Wonder who the 4 FCS programs are? Anyone have an idea on those? Feel like Tennessee Tech is a real possibility, hoping for UTC.
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Post by unalions on Dec 9, 2022 12:49:02 GMT -6
Wonder who the 4 FCS programs are? Anyone have an idea on those? Feel like Tennessee Tech is a real possibility, hoping for UTC. I think McNeese is one of them.
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Post by ekusteve on Dec 9, 2022 16:23:24 GMT -6
The usual suspects will be going nuts on the CSN BBS board. OMG!! I can’t wait to see their heads exploding over there this morning! 90th Realignment board has some plotting how CUSA can steal four teams and kill this. Anyone subscribe to Matt Brown's newsletter? Lead in sounded interesting.
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Post by unalions on Dec 9, 2022 16:46:25 GMT -6
OMG!! I can’t wait to see their heads exploding over there this morning! 90th Realignment board has some plotting how CUSA can steal four teams and kill this. Anyone subscribe to Matt Brown's newsletter? Lead in sounded interesting. I subscribed for a month just to read it. Don't want to usurp his paywall but he made interesting points on how the league or individual teams could earn revenue in FBS like a better media deal, better payouts for P5 games, bowl tie-ins, and even the prospect of earning CFP money as FBS "independents" even if the conference wasn't in on the deal as a league. He also made a good point about the lower budgets of these programs (while discussing that some aren't quite ready) saying it's easier to be competitive by moving as a group because most of the conference would have similar budgets instead of jumping to a current G5 conference where the gap would be much larger right off. He basically said he's still skeptical it will happen mainly because it appears to be a "do it and ask permission later" scenario. But, likes the bold moves in the current environment. It's a lot more of musing about what other conferences/groupings of schools might attempt to do this if it works. Seems UConn's AD was throwing some flames on Twitter. It's worth the full read!
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Post by ekusteve on Dec 9, 2022 18:19:54 GMT -6
Thanks for the summary.
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Post by ekusteve on Dec 9, 2022 19:10:01 GMT -6
Local Richmond, KY podcast interview with Matt Roan, EKU AD.
It does sound like this is a football only FBS conference with the rest of the sports remaining in the ASUN.
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Post by unalions on Dec 9, 2022 19:17:49 GMT -6
Local Richmond, KY podcast interview with Matt Roan, EKU AD. It does sound like this is a football only FBS conference with the rest of the sports remaining in the ASUN. Interesting. Thanks for sharing! EDIT: I almost think he side-stepped that question. Good interview, though! Y'all, it starts about 12/13 mins in.
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Post by ekusteve on Dec 10, 2022 21:50:23 GMT -6
Surprised there was a thread on this on the CUSA board. Of course it was the usual, won't work, CUSA will poach, no single sport conferences.
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