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Post by Whup Em All on Apr 17, 2023 19:05:58 GMT -6
www.si.com/college/2023/04/17/wac-asun-merge-united-athletic-conference-ncaa-footballIt looks like after all these years of rumors and hearsay, the UAC is finally happening. The WAC and ASUN are officially merging as a football-only FCS conference, with a playoff autobid. It will be known as the United Athletic Conference (UAC). If that name sounds familiar, it's because the UAC was part of Gumbart's crazy plan from a few years ago to split the ASUN's football schools off from the non-football schools and move up to FBS as a conference. And yes, that part of the plan is still on the table, even after the loss of Jax State, Kennesaw State, and, depending who you ask, Liberty. No word on what happens to the UAC when/if CUSA poaches EKU, SFA, or Tarleton. I'm sure they'll push forward. They're good kids. They try hard.
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Post by brother on Apr 17, 2023 20:12:27 GMT -6
Good Lord. We got out just in time.
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Post by Whup Em All on May 12, 2023 12:29:00 GMT -6
The OVC (remember those days?) has just made a huge addition, poaching a team from the mighty MVFC and Summit Leagues. OK, they added Western Illinois. Best I can do. If we were still in the ASUN, I'd speculate on whether this might encourage T-Tech or someone to move over to a more southern-based conference. But then I looked at the title of the post where I'm adding this reply.  |
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Post by troysux on May 12, 2023 15:53:16 GMT -6
The OVC (remember those days?) has just made a huge addition, poaching a team from the mighty MVFC and Summit Leagues. OK, they added Western Illinois. Best I can do. If we were still in the ASUN, I'd speculate on whether this might encourage T-Tech or someone to move over to a more southern-based conference. But then I looked at the title of the post where I'm adding this reply. People were ready to toss dirt on the OVC after Gumball’s raid and Belmont leaving. But they have rebounded and now seem to have stabilized. I never had a major problem with the OVC other than it was more basketball oriented. We are in a better place now and they look like they will survive. |
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Post by gemofthehills on May 12, 2023 17:21:15 GMT -6
Real good pickup for the OVC.
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Post by sprout203 on May 13, 2023 5:56:43 GMT -6
I actually just stopped following the FCS Football Facebook page.
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Post by jaxstatealum on May 15, 2023 5:53:30 GMT -6
I actually just stopped following the FCS Football Facebook page. Same. I no longer care.... |
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2023 7:45:34 GMT -6
Y'all don't want to follow Dakota football for another 20 years? No other teams will win the championship.
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Post by sprout203 on May 15, 2023 14:27:46 GMT -6
Y'all don't want to follow Dakota football for another 20 years? No other teams will win the championship. Nah....We already know what they are going to say. |
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Post by jsualumnus on May 15, 2023 19:35:41 GMT -6
Don’t follow FCS any longer… don’t care. We know what the results will be.
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Post by Whup Em All on May 16, 2023 8:11:15 GMT -6
I've dropped several FCS follows from Twitter, with a few more likely coming as the season progresses.
The only FCS schools I'm remotely interested in now are those who could potentially become expansion targets for CUSA. That's a small handful, though, and I can check on them just as easily by scanning the Top 25 once every few weeks.
Don't get me wrong... I wish everyone else well. And I'll always pull harder for the ASUN teams than the OVC teams. But truth is, unless one of them is legitimately in line to win the championship, I really just don't care.
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Post by gemofthehills on May 16, 2023 8:50:03 GMT -6
I will still watch FCS as I now watch DII, DIII and any other football. And AGS has the best political board so I will continue to watch and observe their great insight and debate.
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