BCS leagues expanding - yeah?

Mark2010 · Mar 27, 2013

JosephC.Myers said:

Mark2010 said:

JosephC.Myers said:

I wish all of the conference expansion/switching would slow down for just a few minutes. My head is spinning and I still haven't caught up with everything from the past few weeks.
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Ain't that the truth.

I take all of this talk with a grain of salt... sort of like the "Boise to the Big East" nonsense. Going to just wait to see how it all shakes down in a few years.

It's hard enough keeping up with the large conferences, but I really wonder if anyone outside the schools themselves gives a rat's tail who's in the Sun Belt or Atlantic Sun or whatever.
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Not too many people on a national level care, that's for sure. All of this stuff keeps working its way down, even to the Division II and lower levels. The D-II schools in the Southeast have undergone a lot of realignment in the past few years and schools are jumping to D-II from NAIA seemingly every year.
Also, the local D-II university here is rumbling about either adding football and staying D-II or going to D-I in a conference like the A-Sun or Big South. Looking at where the school is and the conference memberships, I'd go with the A-Sun because it's a better geographical fit.
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I just wonder how many people --- even living within the geographic footprint --- could list the member schools in either the Atlantic Sun or the Big South. Much less the strengths and weaknesses of each.

Cosmo · Mar 28, 2013

I could, but that's unfair, seeing as I covered the Big South extensively for seven years.

Football_Bat · Apr 3, 2013

Meet the "American Athletic Conference."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/22001257/old-big-east-to-be-renamed-american-athletic-conference

Close enough to "Conference USA," isn't it?

Captain Obvious · Apr 3, 2013

AAC sounds right.

TrooperBari · Apr 3, 2013

Captain Obvious said:

AAC sounds right.
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Bill the Cat has no idea what you're talking about.

apeman33 · Apr 4, 2013

Football_Bat said:

Meet the "American Athletic Conference."

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/eye-on-college-football/22001257/old-big-east-to-be-renamed-american-athletic-conference

Close enough to "Conference USA," isn't it?
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"Conference USA 2.0" would have worked better. It's more accurate.

dixiehack · Apr 4, 2013

The Big Yeesh

LanceyHoward · Apr 4, 2013

Mark2010 said:

JosephC.Myers said:

Mark2010 said:

JosephC.Myers said:

I wish all of the conference expansion/switching would slow down for just a few minutes. My head is spinning and I still haven't caught up with everything from the past few weeks.
Click to expand...

Ain't that the truth.

I take all of this talk with a grain of salt... sort of like the "Boise to the Big East" nonsense. Going to just wait to see how it all shakes down in a few years.

It's hard enough keeping up with the large conferences, but I really wonder if anyone outside the schools themselves gives a rat's tail who's in the Sun Belt or Atlantic Sun or whatever.
Click to expand...

Not too many people on a national level care, that's for sure. All of this stuff keeps working its way down, even to the Division II and lower levels. The D-II schools in the Southeast have undergone a lot of realignment in the past few years and schools are jumping to D-II from NAIA seemingly every year.
Also, the local D-II university here is rumbling about either adding football and staying D-II or going to D-I in a conference like the A-Sun or Big South. Looking at where the school is and the conference memberships, I'd go with the A-Sun because it's a better geographical fit.
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I just wonder how many people --- even living within the geographic footprint --- could list the member schools in either the Atlantic Sun or the Big South. Much less the strengths and weaknesses of each.
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I wonder how many people, even those living in the geographic footprint, knew the Atlantic Sun conference existed? Since I have absolutely no idea which schools belong to the Atlantic Sun I don't even know if I live in the geographic footprint.

HanSenSE · Apr 4, 2013

TrooperBari said:

Captain Obvious said:

AAC sounds right.
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Bill the Cat has no idea what you're talking about.
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Winner! After all, they're part of the same organization as the ACC, the MAC and the MAAC.

Armchair_QB · Apr 4, 2013

LanceyHoward said:

Mark2010 said:

JosephC.Myers said:

Mark2010 said:

JosephC.Myers said:

I wish all of the conference expansion/switching would slow down for just a few minutes. My head is spinning and I still haven't caught up with everything from the past few weeks.
Click to expand...

Ain't that the truth.

I take all of this talk with a grain of salt... sort of like the "Boise to the Big East" nonsense. Going to just wait to see how it all shakes down in a few years.

It's hard enough keeping up with the large conferences, but I really wonder if anyone outside the schools themselves gives a rat's tail who's in the Sun Belt or Atlantic Sun or whatever.
Click to expand...

Not too many people on a national level care, that's for sure. All of this stuff keeps working its way down, even to the Division II and lower levels. The D-II schools in the Southeast have undergone a lot of realignment in the past few years and schools are jumping to D-II from NAIA seemingly every year.
Also, the local D-II university here is rumbling about either adding football and staying D-II or going to D-I in a conference like the A-Sun or Big South. Looking at where the school is and the conference memberships, I'd go with the A-Sun because it's a better geographical fit.
Click to expand...

I just wonder how many people --- even living within the geographic footprint --- could list the member schools in either the Atlantic Sun or the Big South. Much less the strengths and weaknesses of each.
Click to expand...

I wonder how many people, even those living in the geographic footprint, knew the Atlantic Sun conference existed? Since I have absolutely no idea which schools belong to the Atlantic Sun I don't even know if I live in the geographic footprint.
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If you can see the Atlantic Ocean or the sun then you're in their geographic footprint.

Gutter · Apr 4, 2013

MVC has found its replacement for Creighton in ...

UIC.

Meanwhile, Oakland will soon follow the time-honored tradition of bolting the Summit for the Horizon.

And with Big Ten football teams no longer playing FCS teams, Youngstown State will probably move up to FBS and find a conference with football to play in.

Armchair_QB · Apr 4, 2013

Gutter said:

MVC has found its replacement for Creighton in ...

UIC.

Meanwhile, Oakland will soon follow the time-honored tradition of bolting the Summit for the Horizon.

And with Big Ten football teams no longer playing FCS teams, Youngstown State will probably move up to FBS and find a conference with football to play in.
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Where'd you see the UIC thing? Only reports I can find mention UIC, Valpo, Loyola and UMKC as schools the Valley is looking at as replacements.

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