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Post by Whup Em All on Feb 22, 2022 11:07:22 GMT -6
NCAT is officially moving from the Big South to the CAA, effective July 2023. caasports.com/news/2022/2/22/football-caa-welcomes-north-carolina-a-t-as-newest-member-of-the-conference.aspxWhile the Big South conference will barely notice the change on OLY sports, NCAT's exit, combined with Hampton's this year, will leave Big South football with only Chuck South, Campbell, and Gardner-Webb as full members. (Robert Morris is an affiliate member for football only. Presbyterian plays non-scholly ball in the Pioneer League.) Those teams will have to find a football home somewhere. The SoCon and CAA won't want them. None of them move the needle for the ASUN, which appears to be targeting OVC and Southland refugees and the usual suspects from the Gulf South Conference. The Big South's only option will likely be to invite a bunch of D-II teams who don't make the cut for the ASUN. That said, if the ASUN's targets don't make the move, the conference may be forced to enter into a football-only merger with the Big South in order to give both conferences enough members. Grim days indeed. So incredibly thankful we'll be in FBS... Speaking of CUSA, the chances of NCAT joining, while not zero, definitely went way down with this move. Apart from the competitiveness and prestige of playing in an FCS Big 3 conference, after paying a combined $1M in exit/entry fees for the move from the Big South to the CAA, the Aggies will be in no hurry to dig even deeper to pay the $1M CAA exit fee and $1.5M CUSA entry fee. I don't know if the Aggies were ever a strong contender at the league office, but at least we can all update our draft boards accordingly.  |
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Post by troysux on Feb 22, 2022 14:00:27 GMT -6
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Post by Cleburneslim on Feb 22, 2022 14:35:05 GMT -6
I don’t think it’s actually a merger. But more like the wac/asun agreement
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Post by jsualumnus on Feb 22, 2022 16:10:20 GMT -6
So glad we left!
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Post by Whup Em All on Feb 23, 2022 8:49:21 GMT -6
That's the one outcome I didn't consider. (As Slim pointed out, it's more of an AQ7 type deal than a true merger, but anyway...) I might've suggested it, but since the OVC was already working with the Southland, I didn't think they'd have any room available for a deal with another conference. |
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Post by troysux on Feb 23, 2022 12:24:06 GMT -6
The OVC has to sponsor football because they only have one other men’s sport besides basketball. So basically the BS schools are football affiliates.
Today’s big news is that Lindenwood, a private D2 in St. Louis, is joining the OVC. This gives them (for now) a 10/6 membership as Lindenwood sponsors football.
Glad the OVC is surviving but glad we are gone.
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Post by Whup Em All on Feb 23, 2022 14:32:54 GMT -6
The OVC has to sponsor football because they only have one other men’s sport besides basketball. So basically the BS schools are football affiliates. Today’s big news is that Lindenwood, a private D2 in St. Louis, is joining the OVC. This gives them (for now) a 10/6 membership as Lindenwood sponsors football. Glad the OVC is surviving but glad we are gone. As unhappy as Eddie George appears to be with the OVC, I'll be surprised if TSU isn't the next to announce a move elsewhere. The question is, where? They could go in a package deal with TTU to the ASUN. It wouldn't be the greatest addition for the ASUN, but both programs have at least been putting more resources into their football programs of late (TTU with facilities, TSU with the hiring of George) so who knows? Maybe they're ready to take football seriously for a change. This would be a solid football conference for the ASUN: EKU KSU TTU UNA Peay TSU UCA They'd still have room to add a D-II or two, or maybe SELA, and all the members -- to at least some degree -- will have taken recent steps to show they support football, even if their on-field performance hasn't quite rounded the corner. Add SELA and UWF, and you've got a 9-member conference, which is perfect for football. Even without JSU in it, I think it would be better than the SoCon. If a couple of teams can push their way into the Top 5 (and perform like it), the ASUN could make the "Big 3" (MVFC, Big Sky, and CAA) into the "Big 4". But the presence of multiple Top 5 teams is crucial. They're not there yet by a long shot. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2022 15:18:42 GMT -6
How is the ASUN any more attractive than the OVC? It's just trash raiding other trash at this point.
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Post by Whup Em All on Feb 23, 2022 15:59:36 GMT -6
How is the ASUN any more attractive than the OVC? It's just trash raiding other trash at this point. If you don't know the answer to that question, I'm afraid I can't help you. I'm as glad to be moving to FBS as anyone, but that doesn't mean the ASUN wasn't a huge upgrade to what we had before it. |
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Post by troysux on Apr 3, 2022 18:43:46 GMT -6
Murray State will officially be announced tomorrow as a member of the MVFC for 2023.
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Post by leeroy on Apr 3, 2022 19:33:36 GMT -6
Murray State will officially be announced tomorrow as a member of the MVFC for 2023. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Any accompanying commitment to football? I felt like they didn't really care about it in the OVC, and now they're jumping into a whole different world. |
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Post by troysux on Apr 4, 2022 7:42:08 GMT -6
Murray State will officially be announced tomorrow as a member of the MVFC for 2023. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Any accompanying commitment to football? I felt like they didn't really care about it in the OVC, and now they're jumping into a whole different world. I doubt it. From reading other boards, they got in the MVFC because the Summit half of the league owed the MVC half a favor. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
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Post by Whup Em All on Apr 4, 2022 9:11:37 GMT -6
I only have two things to say about Murray in the MVFC:
1) They fit the footprint very well.
2) They're going to go winless in the conference for a long, long time.
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Post by troysux on Apr 7, 2022 14:32:33 GMT -6
Lamar is leaving the WAC to return to the Southland Conference.
Looks like WAC football is as screwed up as the ASUN. So happy to be out of the FCS and their hybrid leagues.
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Post by Whup Em All on Apr 7, 2022 14:40:20 GMT -6
Lamar's actually a great fit for the Southland.
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