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re: G6 Conference Realignment
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:40 am to Buckeye Backer
Posted on 8/31/21 at 8:40 am to Buckeye Backer
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G6 Conference Realignment by Buckeye Backer
I think the SBC has an opportunity to expand and make their conference a top tier G5. CUSA is on life support and schools are actively trying to get out of the conference. The SBC is a conference that is starting to up its profile. If the SBC added a few top schools from CUSA, it could be a nice conference.
SBC East:
APP St
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia St
Liberty*
Marshall*
FAU*
UAB*
SBC West:
Louisiana
Louisiana Monroe
Arkansas St
Texas St
South Alabama
Troy
Southern Miss*
Lousiana Tech*
The main problem with this scenario is I don’t think any SBC presidents will vote yes for FAU who was a former member and bolted for CUSA. Also as long as ULM is still kicking in FBS LaTech won’t get the votes.
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Posted on 8/31/21 at 9:05 am to Buckeye Backer
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This post was edited on 4/9/23 at 4:43 pm
Posted on 8/31/21 at 12:49 pm to msutiger
I’ll say it again, the following would make for a lot of fun in football and baseball:
Louisiana
LA Tech
Tulane
Southern Miss
Arkansas State
App State
Coastal
Liberty
Give me every bit of that.
Louisiana
LA Tech
Tulane
Southern Miss
Arkansas State
App State
Coastal
Liberty
Give me every bit of that.
This post was edited on 8/31/21 at 12:55 pm
Posted on 8/31/21 at 1:05 pm to ragincajun03
Here's my personal ideal conference. Not even based on any metrics, just who I'd like to see together based on who should still be around in the remnants of the G5.
East:
App State
Coastal Carolina
UAB/USA
WKU
Troy/MTSU
West:
LaTech
Rice
Louisiana
Tulsa/SMU
Tulane
That West division would fill the stands in every sport IMO, at least for us.
East:
App State
Coastal Carolina
UAB/USA
WKU
Troy/MTSU
West:
LaTech
Rice
Louisiana
Tulsa/SMU
Tulane
That West division would fill the stands in every sport IMO, at least for us.
Posted on 8/31/21 at 1:09 pm to msutiger
quote:
I’d like to welcome our friends from the Big 12 to reject island. Your welcome kit includes a seven-day trial to ESPN+, a holding penalty in a crucial moment in your first road game against a P4 opponent and a free message board fight with a sidewalk fan of a P4 school of your choice.
GOLD JERRY! GOLD!
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:08 am to msutiger
AAC schools officially leave today
Sun Belt announces it's intention to add two schools
Mountain West is exploring expansion (Which would certainly make things messy)
Conference USA's leadership locked themselves out of the office on accident and will put out a statement once they remember the door code.
Sun Belt announces it's intention to add two schools
Mountain West is exploring expansion (Which would certainly make things messy)
Conference USA's leadership locked themselves out of the office on accident and will put out a statement once they remember the door code.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:11 am to msutiger
quote:
Sun Belt announces it's intention to add two schools
I read that they also intend to jettison the two non-football schools. The Southland should make an effort to grab Arkansas-Little Rock and maybe even Texas-Arlington.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:19 am to ragincajun03
quote:
I know we hate y’all, and y’all hate us
It makes sense for us to be in the same conference.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 8:56 am to msutiger
Kansas and Iowa St to Big 10, West Virginia to ACC.
B12:
Kansas St
Colorado St
BYU
Boise St
Memphis
Cincinnati
Oklahoma St
TCU
Texas Tech
Baylor
Houston
UCF
Mountain West
Hawaii
Fresno St
San Jose St
San Diego St
Wyoming
Nevada
UNLV
Air Force
New Mexico
Utah St
SMU
La Tech
American:
Tulane
Tulsa
Louisiana
Southern Miss
UAB
USF
ECU
Temple
Navy
Army
Marshal
App St
Do you even need more than that?
B12:
Kansas St
Colorado St
BYU
Boise St
Memphis
Cincinnati
Oklahoma St
TCU
Texas Tech
Baylor
Houston
UCF
Mountain West
Hawaii
Fresno St
San Jose St
San Diego St
Wyoming
Nevada
UNLV
Air Force
New Mexico
Utah St
SMU
La Tech
American:
Tulane
Tulsa
Louisiana
Southern Miss
UAB
USF
ECU
Temple
Navy
Army
Marshal
App St
Do you even need more than that?
Posted on 9/10/21 at 9:17 am to kingbob
Lol…you can move LaTech right outta that West division for sure! That’s pretty much where Tech was in the old WAC. Don’t want any part of that & travel expenses wouldn’t make any sense.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 9:20 am to NoBoDawg
The AAC needs to go after FAU, Rice, UAB, and CSU. Instant upgrade for academics and locations.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:19 am to msutiger
quote:
Sun Belt announces it's intention to add two schools
West Florida and North Alabama
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:20 am to chalmetteowl
Is West Florida jumping to D1? IIRC they're a young football program but have become relevant quickly. Baseball is pretty good as well.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:49 am to ProjectP2294
quote:both schools would be good pick ups. both are solid athletic programs across the board.
The Southland should make an effort to grab Arkansas-Little Rock and maybe even Texas-Arlington.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 10:55 am to kingbob
UL and LA Tech have to be in the same conference this go around. No more dodging each other.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:01 am to oliveandblue
quote:Great conference geographically. The kind of rivals the 1980's Southland Conference had can be developed. Fans would care about something besides trying to move up to a better conference.
Southern Miss
Tulane
Rice
La Tech
Louisiana
UAB
Arkansas State
Troy
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:11 am to Buckeye Backer
quote:
SBC East:
APP St
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia St
Liberty*
Marshall*
FAU*
UAB*
SBC West:
Louisiana
Louisiana Monroe
Arkansas St
Texas St
South Alabama
Troy
Southern Miss*
Louisiana Tech*
If the G5's stop getting big money games from the P5's, they'll need to go to smaller, more regional conferences to build rivalry games that fans will want to see. That way they'll at least be getting more money from ticket sales. As they are now, CUSA and the Sun Belt are too spread out, and there are too few real rivals. This is more of the same.
quote:Exactly.
NoBoDawg said:
travel expenses wouldn’t make any sense.
This post was edited on 9/10/21 at 11:16 am
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:20 am to chinese58
quote:
Southern Miss
Tulane
Rice
La Tech
Louisiana
UAB
Arkansas State
Troy
One (and maybe a half) isn't like the other. Unreal how bad of a situation this is.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 11:22 am to chinese58
quote:
As they are now, CUSA and the Sun Belt are too spread out, and there are too few real rivals. This is more of the same.
This is why I think for anyone below P5, football only conferences make a lot more sense. It doesn't matter how far flung a conference is if you only have to fly to 4 or 5 destinations on a charter flight.
Make the other sports conferences align geographically and you cut costs in the areas you need to while maximizing value in the areas you need to.
Posted on 9/10/21 at 12:41 pm to chinese58
I can already hear the crying from Newcomb Circle.
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