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Post by ekusteve on Jun 13, 2024 9:23:35 GMT -6
I'm sure Dearmon wouldn't have mentioned it if a couple of things haven't happened, 1-it has been brought up to all officials in the ASUN for potential vote. 2- he's probably pretty sure it will happen. The timeline is what I'm trying to figure. If both join, it would be hard on the ASUN for AQ by themselves without either adding another current FCS school or two either full or associates. With what Matt Brown had said, I kinda feel like we may end up with a school or 2 from the CAA as well. So West Florida and Valdosta, if both join, would probably be a couple of years apart. Or who knows, they may come together. We're there any nuggets in his mailbag newsletter today on the CAA? |
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Post by brandon on Jun 13, 2024 10:10:55 GMT -6
I'm sure Dearmon wouldn't have mentioned it if a couple of things haven't happened, 1-it has been brought up to all officials in the ASUN for potential vote. 2- he's probably pretty sure it will happen. The timeline is what I'm trying to figure. If both join, it would be hard on the ASUN for AQ by themselves without either adding another current FCS school or two either full or associates. With what Matt Brown had said, I kinda feel like we may end up with a school or 2 from the CAA as well. So West Florida and Valdosta, if both join, would probably be a couple of years apart. Or who knows, they may come together. We're there any nuggets in his mailbag newsletter today on the CAA? Not really, he basically said that the ASUN would potentially make a strong play on either the WAC Texas schools or a couple of CAA schools. I think the CAA schools are in play, but it wouldn't be conducive for either parties for the Texas schools for full membership. I figure we are on the verge of 16, 2 D2 schools(West Florida and Valdosta State) and 2 CAA schools(Elon, Towson, William and Mary) would be the only ones I think. Before anyone says the fans wouldn't go for that, we'll, the fans of SFA ain't going for the Southland either... things have changed so rapidly, this may very well be their best option now. |
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Post by brandon on Jun 25, 2024 3:02:15 GMT -6
After reviewing stuff and calling around to people, (dead period in college athletics for me) I just want to put together a list of schools and possible scenarios that may happen in the next year or two for the ASUN.
First the list of possible/probable ASUN expansion candidates.
From D2
West Florida
Valdosta State
Tampa
From the Big South
Charleston Southern
Gardner Webb
From the CAA
Elon
College of Charleston
William and Mary
Towson
From D2, I think West Florida is a lock. I think Valdosta is out of D2 options and will also join. That will leave Tampa out.
From Big South, it's a possibility to get Gardner Webb and Charleston Southern, they are still okay, but From all those fans I can find on message boards and social media, they are screaming ASUN... and with West Florida and Valdosta, they will make good sense. But I don't think that's what the ASUN really wants.
From the CAA
Elon is most probable. All Matt Brown will tell me is a couple of CAA schools have reached out to the ASUN and don't be surprised when they join. He absolutely will not elaborate. I highly doubt the new CAA schools want to jump ship. I also think only one has football but we may take both and I'll get in that scenario shortly. Towson is a stretch, but not too bad. William and Mary probably wants the Patriot League especially since Richmond is there. So I think Elon and College of Charleston are the most probable CAA schools.
My scenario I see playing out is the ASUN decides to put football back under the ASUN umbrella. They will give the remaining WAC football schools a roof but they will have no say in the direction of the conference.
The ASUN will pick up Elon for 6 football schools with the WAC schools as affiliates for now. College of Charleston also joins for 14 full members. Putting the ASUN in a great market in South Carolina, the State the ASUN is currently lacking.
The next year, West Florida and Valdosta State join for 8 ASUN football members and 16 full members. The WAC schools are still affiliates, although the actual number of WAC football schools may have changed at this point.
The next year or so... the ASUN drops the WAC as affiliate members, Gardner Webb and Charleston Southern decide they don't fit with the OVC in football and ask the ASUN for football memberships and are accepted giving the ASUN 10 football schools and 16 full members.
At that point the ASUN
Bellarmine
EKU*
UCA*
APSU*
Lipscomb
Queens
Elon*
UNA*
West Georgia*
Valdosta State*
College of Charleston
West Florida*
North Florida (will eventually start football)
Jacksonville
Stetson (do believe they will go to scholarship football)
FGCU
Football only
Gardner Webb
Charleston Southern
Pod 1
Bellarmine, EKU, APSU, Lipscomb
Pod 2
UCA, UNA, UWG, West Florida
Pod 3
Queens, Elon, College of Charleston, Valdosta State
Pod 4
Jacksonville, UNF, Stetson, FGCU
Play your Pod opponents 2x everyone else 1x for 18 conference games.
Winner of each Pod goes to tournament with 2 at large for deserving teams.
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