(04-07-2021 02:24 PM)whupemall Wrote:  

(04-07-2021 02:05 PM)eku05 Wrote:  

(04-07-2021 07:44 AM)The Cats Wrote:  If there is a 6th football school out there that intends to join for the 22-23 season, I'd think there would be an announcement soon to meet the 1-year notice required by most conferences by July 1. Wonder why there has been no rush of schools jumping at the chance?

I wouldn't assume that there isn't. I've heard some things that lead me to believe there are more schools interested than the ASUN will accept. It may be on our end that we're trying to figure out the best next move from among the options.

Also, it's at least possible some schools would prefer to wait until spring sports season is over to announce rather than dealing with the one-foot-out-the-door situation in their current conference.

Totally Unsupported Speculation on my part:

UTC threw the spring season when it became apparent they were going to win the SoCon championship. Rather than causing their longtime conference to suffer the indignity of having a reigning champ jump ship laterally to another FCS conference -- let alone a "new" football conference -- the Mocs withdrew outright from spring competition.

Whether or not it was part of a "deal" with the SoCon, it would be a good political move for UTC. They have a long, long history with their current conference. If they've opted privately to move to the ASUN, this could have been a way to smooth over any hard feelings with their soon-to-be former conference mates and insure future relationships with them are not jeopardized in any way.

It would almost be worth the P.R. hit they've taken with their fan base by quitting on the spring season while they were ahead.

Hey, I said it was speculation.