Rice Dropping to D-3?

Rice Dropping to D-3?#578076

By TexanMark - May 30th, 2019, 10:19 am

- May 30th, 2019, 10:19 am #578076

Will be announced on Monday

https://csnbbs.com/thread-877048.html

This could have CUSA come to their senses and invite your University. Thoughts?

Edit:. Might be Fake News

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Re: Rice Dropping to D-3#578078

By olldflame - May 30th, 2019, 10:28 am

- May 30th, 2019, 10:28 am #578078

Probably not the last announcement like this we will hear in the next few years. There are several other schools who are struggling to meet the financial demands of D1 athletics and compete on the field/court. As far as Liberty is concerned, accepting a conference USA invite would probably have been a no-brainer a couple of years ago. Now? Not so much, and I would think the huge buy-in we offered a few years ago is certainly off the board.

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Re: Rice Dropping to D-3#578079

By ballcoach15 - May 30th, 2019, 10:28 am

- May 30th, 2019, 10:28 am #578079

I wish University of Virginia football would follow Rice to D3.

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Re: Rice Dropping to D-3#578080

By BlueBlood - May 30th, 2019, 10:34 am

- May 30th, 2019, 10:34 am #578080

What's posted on CSNBBS has to be independently verified. The folks there have made a game out of creating fake stories.

Re: Rice Dropping to D-3#578081

By TexanMark - May 30th, 2019, 10:34 am

- May 30th, 2019, 10:34 am #578081

Guys...it might be fake.

So don't get too excited yet.

Apologize in advance if it is fake

Re: Rice Dropping to D-3#578082

By TexanMark - May 30th, 2019, 10:36 am

- May 30th, 2019, 10:36 am #578082

BlueBlood wrote:What's posted on CSNBBS has to be independently verified. The folks there have made a game out of creating fake stories.

Exactly... I'm getting tired of the games they play over there

Re: Rice Dropping to D-3#578083

By thepostman - May 30th, 2019, 10:41 am

- May 30th, 2019, 10:41 am #578083

It is an easy story to believe considering the current landscape of college athletics so I can understand why you were quick to believe it.

Re: Rice Dropping to D-3?#578087

By LUOrange - May 30th, 2019, 11:14 am

- May 30th, 2019, 11:14 am #578087

I'd believe that most 1-A programs would drop to 1-AA or even the Pioneer League, before I believed they'd drop to D-2 or D-3. And Idaho's been the only one to drop back down, so there's that.

Re: Rice Dropping to D-3?#578091

By Purple Haize - May 30th, 2019, 12:44 pm

- May 30th, 2019, 12:44 pm #578091

LUOrange wrote:I'd believe that most 1-A programs would drop to 1-AA or even the Pioneer League, before I believed they'd drop to D-2 or D-3. And Idaho's been the only one to drop back down, so there's that.

UAB gave it a shot. But went a step further. They may have had the right idea in the long run despite their short term success

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Re: Rice Dropping to D-3?#578093

By LUOrange - May 30th, 2019, 1:21 pm

- May 30th, 2019, 1:21 pm #578093

Purple Haize wrote:
LUOrange wrote:I'd believe that most 1-A programs would drop to 1-AA or even the Pioneer League, before I believed they'd drop to D-2 or D-3. And Idaho's been the only one to drop back down, so there's that.
UAB gave it a shot. But went a step further. They may have had the right idea in the long run despite their short term success

Yeah, I didn't think of any of the schools that dropped football entirely. Such as Hofstra, ETSU (temporarily), and UAB (real briefly).