Had forgotten the SBC had made overtures to JMU about membership.
Anyway, with the Sun Belt splitting football into divisions and inaugurating a conference title game in 2018, won’t be surprised to see Karl Benson & Co. make moves to seek out additional members within its geographical footprint after deciding not to renew associate membership to Idaho and NMSU.
And now the Horizon League gets to decide what path they want to take with the loss of the Crusaders.[/quote]
IUPUI reportedly offered an invitation to join the Horizon as replacement for Valpo. Would insure the league maintains an Indiana presence and in the HQ city of Indianapolis to boot!
The following paragraphs from the article make me extremely nervous…
“Realignment strategy also should change. In 2012, the Big Ten added Maryland and Rutgers more for their surrounding television markets than for the individual fan bases they added to the league. But if traditional cable subscription numbers continue to decrease, leagues might be less concerned about markets and would instead target members with large, passionate fan bases, willing to pay whatever to see their teams.
That’s why football-only members could be a bigger factor for power conferences when realignment stirs again. That could be good news for BYU, a football-only candidate for the Big 12 last year, or even Group of 5 football heavyweights like Boise State and Houston.”
Still the longer the next round gets kicked down the road the better for us.
clt agrees. gives us time to begin the stadium expansion.
[quote=“BigTymers99, post:1863, topic:27132”]http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/19743196/why-2023-next-big-date-conference-shuffling%20?ex_cid=Twitter_Rittenberg_2023realignment
That’s why football-only members could be a bigger factor for power conferences when realignment stirs again. That could be good news for BYU, a football-only candidate for the Big 12 last year, or even Group of 5 football heavyweights like Boise State and Houston."[/quote]
FWIW, BYU was a candidate for FULL membership in the Big 12. Rittenberg should know that. Geez!
Keep politics out of conf. realignment. Certain people tweeted B12 not to let in BYU over their LGBT views. No one wants to talk politics at a ball game.
The ACC says “Hi”.
Just a thought. LDS was originally thought of as a cult. Some still think they are. Their founders were killed and followers run out of NY state. They ended up in Utah to escape and set up in the wilderness. Now they are pretty much mainstream, but that would not have happened until they officially dropped the polygamy part of their beliefs. As we know some still practice polygamy as part of this religion, but it’s not part of the church’s “official” tenants now.
And now the Horizon League gets to decide what path they want to take with the loss of the Crusaders.[/quote]
IUPUI reportedly offered an invitation to join the Horizon as replacement for Valpo. Would insure the league maintains an Indiana presence and in the HQ city of Indianapolis to boot![/quote]
IUPUI to Horizon now official.
CBSSports.com: The Horizon League picks IUPUI to replace Valpo and might add more teams in future
And Summit, which will add North Dakota in 2018, may be looking to expand further as well.
Omaha.com: Summit League will continue exploring expansion options after IUPUI leaves for Horizon League
This is going to be a huge issue for G5 schools and may have a big impact before 2020.
Combine that with the lack of TV money we are getting and I think the writing is on the wall for our conferences as we know them, potentially even for the big schools.
If the air planes aren’t available, it doesn’t matter what the TV revenue is.
From Dennis Dodd.
CBSSports.com: Inside College Football: Realignment may not be an active topic, but it’s out there
[quote=“Run49er, post:1834, topic:27132”]Savannah State has announced that they will reclassify to D-II after joining D-I ranks in 2002. Spent 8 years as an independent prior to joining the MEAC in 2010.
Meanwhile, D-II California Baptist has accepted an invitation to join the WAC and will formally apply for D-I membership next year. The 9,000+ student private school in Riverside will open a new 5,200 seat basketball arena this year.[/quote]
Just learned that North Alabama making the move from D-II to D-I in 2018. Will join A-Sun in all sports but football. Will be an FCS independent in 2018, then a football-only member of the Big South beginning in 2019. UNA had originally sought membership in the Ohio Valley, which includes another Alabama school in Jacksonville State.
And now the Horizon League gets to decide what path they want to take with the loss of the Crusaders.[/quote]
IUPUI reportedly offered an invitation to join the Horizon as replacement for Valpo. Would insure the league maintains an Indiana presence and in the HQ city of Indianapolis to boot![/quote]
IUPUI to Horizon now official.
CBSSports.com: The Horizon League picks IUPUI to replace Valpo and might add more teams in future
And Summit, which will add North Dakota in 2018, may be looking to expand further as well.
Omaha.com: Summit League will continue exploring expansion options after IUPUI leaves for Horizon League[/quote]
NWITimes.com: Lawsuit against Valparaiso and Missouri Valley states damages to Horizon League
http://www.clintonchronicle.com/sports/petition-delay-action-pc-football
Presbyterian BoT is holding a vote to decide whether to drop to the Pioneer League.
If you’re not one of the big boys, it’s getting hard to justify football.
Sometimes I wonder if we’d be better off in FCS. I know that makes some of you nauseous, but part of me would rather be JMU than Troy.
[quote=“ImfromClayton, post:1877, topic:27132”]If you’re not one of the big boys, it’s getting hard to justify football.
Sometimes I wonder if we’d be better off in FCS. I know that makes some of you nauseous, but part of me would rather be JMU than Troy.[/quote]
Hey, I wish we’d never trailed at LSU in route to an easy victory this year.
[quote=“ImfromClayton, post:1877, topic:27132”]If you’re not one of the big boys, it’s getting hard to justify football.
Sometimes I wonder if we’d be better off in FCS. I know that makes some of you nauseous, but part of me would rather be JMU than Troy. [/quote]
I think we would have been stuck with a 15k stadium for even longer, unfortunately.
One day the Big 12 will implode - it’s impossible for anyone to be in a conference with Texas and Oklahoma and thrive much