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re: Appalachian State, Georgia Southern Joining Sun Belt Conference

Posted on 3/25/13 at 9:54 pm to
Posted by blzr
Saratoga
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Posted on 3/25/13 at 9:54 pm to
Sounds like New Mexico State and Idaho will be added for football only.
Posted by Baers Foot
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
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Posted on 3/25/13 at 10:09 pm to
SBC shaping up to be a solid conference.













This post was edited on 3/25/13 at 10:10 pm
Posted by blzr
Saratoga
Member since Mar 2011
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Posted on 3/25/13 at 10:16 pm to


I know WKU is going to be in CUSA any day now, not sure how far they want to expand though, could be more.
Posted by Dr RC
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Posted on 3/26/13 at 1:58 am to
No idea why they'd want New Mexico State or Idaho for football only. I think they would have been better off getting two more FCS schools to move up. James Madison and...? Liberty? Missouri State? Florida A&M? SC State?
Posted by ProjectP2294
West St. Louis County
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Posted on 3/26/13 at 7:39 am to
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Missouri State?


I think they already turned down the idea of going FBS.

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Florida A&M? SC State?


These schools will not be able to withstand the athletic department scrutiny that would come with the process of moving up to FBS.
Posted by peaster68
Mississippi
Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 3/26/13 at 8:11 am to
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No idea why they'd want New Mexico State or Idaho for football only.


The WAC is being dismantled and these schools suck so bad at football no one else has added them
Posted by hiltacular
NYC
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 3/26/13 at 8:36 am to
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Is that school population?

I'm talking about recruiting. GSU gets an awful lot of players from south GA and north Florida. Afterall that's where the school is geographically located.

Yeah, I was talking school population not recruiting. I doubt recruiting will take a huge impact at southern but I definitely don't think KSU/State moving to D1 HELPS Southerns recruiting.

Southern/State/KSU are all fighting for those metro atlanta kids when it comes to enrollment.

This post was edited on 3/26/13 at 8:37 am
Posted by Dr RC
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Posted on 3/26/13 at 10:06 am to
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These schools will not be able to withstand the athletic department scrutiny that would come with the process of moving up to FBS.


was just spitballing. sure there are two more FCS teams that make more sense than friggin Idaho and New Mexico State.

Perhaps Sam Houston State or another Southland team?

there must have been internal things between schools to end up with those two b/c they are a bad fit all the way around.

the only positive is the Sun Belt should be able to host a title game.

but then again, how would you like to tell a Southern based bowl committee that they have a chance of ending up with one of two teams from way the hell out West?
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