[ballcoach15]

It's always been that way.

[JK37]

William & Mary has an absolutely BEAUTIFUL campus.

[TH Spangler]

With us in C-USA this might be a good time for Grand Canyon to start football with a goal to fast track to FBS?

[ballcoach15]

CUSA needs a good established school to join conference, whoever that may be. Preferably a southern or SE school.

[TH Spangler]

CUSA needs a good established school to join conference, whoever that may be. Preferably a southern or SE school.

Not suggesting they should be invited soon, but us getting in C USA might open the door for other young private schools to play FBS football.

If another FCS is invited Kennesaw might be the one you're looking for.

[olldflame]

CUSA needs a good established school to join conference, whoever that may be. Preferably a southern or SE school.

Not suggesting they should be invited soon, but us getting in C USA might open the door for other young private schools to play FBS football.

If another FCS is invited Kennesaw might be the one you're looking for.

It has been clear for a long time that KSU has FBS ambitions, and they are probably one of the better options C-USA has. I'm trying to figure out from your post if you are somehow under the impression they are a private school, which would be incorrect. Losing KSU, along with JSU, would be a significant blow to the ASUN's football aspirations, but they have other options.

[TH Spangler]

@oldflame private I was talking about is GCU.

KSU is the candidate that came to mine based one ballcoachs desire.

[ballcoach15]

I don't think Kennesaw State has FBS facilities. Their football stadium looks like a high school field if my memory is correct.
I believe KSU runs the triple option offense. That alone should keep them out of FBS

[Sly Fox]

Perpsective from MAC-land ...

Briggs: What to make of a possibly expanded — and reconfigured — MAC?

DAVID BRIGGS
The Blade
dbriggs@theblade.com

So, who’s ready for Bowling Green’s road trips to ... Bowling Green?

Or Toledo’s honky-tonkin visits to Nashville?

Or the two rivals reuniting in the same division?

I don’t know about you, but I can wait.

At least until 2023, which according to reports — including from our Kyle Rowland — is when the Mid-American Conference is expected to welcome aboard Western Kentucky and Middle Tennessee State.

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[Sly Fox]

Matt Brown has done a terrific job reporting during this round of realignment. Here is his latest update this morning:

Here's yet another conference realignment update, from the MAC to WAC and more

NOV 8, 2021
CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT NEWSLETTER

Good morning, and thanks for your continued support of Extra Points.

I have a few quick notes I'd like to share with you real fast.

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[BlueBlood]

Am I the only one that thinks it seems very 1960s-ish to have "State" in the name of the school when the word in front of it is not an actual state? i.e. - Kennesaw, Sam Houston, Jacksonville? I realize it was a thing 50-60 years ago, but it feels like this is nomenclature that should go the way of "Normal School" or "Teachers College".

Just an admittedly petty thought. Somehow Kennesaw University sounds like a 100% improvement over KSU (and same with the others). I mean it kind of has a Sewanee ring to it.

Conversely, imagine Clemson State, Purdue State and Auburn State.

[ballcoach15]

It's a "state" school, located in Jacksonville, Alabama, thus the name Jacksonville State.

[BlueBlood]

It's a "state" school, located in Jacksonville, Alabama, thus the name Jacksonville State.

Correct.

And of the schools I listed - understood that JSU would have the most difficulty removing the "State" due to the existing Jacksonville U.

[Sly Fox]

[Purple Haize]

Good news. If MTSU and WKU stay this is a much better pill to swallow

[BlueBlood]

I’d greatly prefer that both WKU and MTSU stay. If so, you’d have 9 football teams and you could do an 8 game conference schedule - which would allow teams to kind of “choose your own adventure” with 4 out of conference games. LU can try to schedule P5s, the FCS call ups can schedule FCS teams if they want to, etc. I’d prefer keeping a low number of teams in order to limit the number of FCS call ups needed. Then, backfill with non-football schools in order to ease the travel a bit and satisfy minimum team numbers for different sports.

If either or both leave, I’d only backfill with the minimum number of FCS call ups needed. You really don’t want to water down football any more than you absolutely have to. If you only have 8 teams, I guess you’d only have a 7 game conference slate and now you could do 5 OoC games. If other teams leave down the line, only add teams as needed (I just really don’t think it’s a good idea to have 4 or 5 FCS teams all transitioning at the same time)

[Kricket]

[cruzan_flame13]

Good news. If MTSU and WKU stay this is a much better pill to swallow

Especially for basketball

[ballcoach15]

Softball and baseball

[JK37]

Softball and baseball

Nobody cares. (And I’m a softball guy.)

[LUOrange]

Interesting...

[rmiller1959]

Middle Tennessee is staying put:

https://theathletic.com/news/middle-ten ... 0ZUmpuark/

[rmiller1959]

Do you think having a "name" like Jim Mora Jr. as head coach will make UConn a viable program? And would that make them an attractive addition to C-USA?

https://theathletic.com/news/uconn-hire ... 31dQccsoI/

[cruzan_flame13]

Do you think having a "name" like Jim Mora Jr. as head coach will make UConn a viable program? And would that make them an attractive addition to C-USA?

https://theathletic.com/news/uconn-hire ... 31dQccsoI/

It's a likely no but we'll just have to see right?

[ballcoach15]

UConn is too far north for CUSA.