(03-26-2014 05:10 PM)AppfanInCAAland Wrote:  

(03-26-2014 05:01 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(03-26-2014 04:50 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(03-26-2014 04:47 PM)knucklehead Wrote:  

(03-26-2014 04:35 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  One thing though is that there is still a lot of talk that JMU may ultimately choose FCS after this.

If that happens...we need to start preparing ourselves for our first ever Private School in Football.

I like the sound of that. It would not surprise me that if JMU is not a big SBC fan and the MAC stays pat that JMU stays in the CAA. If Liberty comes in soon, will NMST and Missouri State also come as an all sport to appease the West teams?

Liberty does not get into the SBC Unless NMSU and Missouri State are agreed on. And even then, you need to make sure your President is visiting Troy, Jonesboro, and Lafayette to make sure their leadership is okay with it.

If I were creating my strategy....

Five people I visit in person and ask for campus tours from and ask lots of questions about their school and facilities and then invite to my school are:
-Troy president because he's former president of the league
-ULM president because president of the league.
-UL president because the Cajuns are influential
-AState chancellor because odds are pretty good UALR votes to keep AState happy (and if you don't vote with AState you either get a call from the governor or whichever appointee to the board he can get a hold of first) and AState has always been a go-to school to broker compromises, especially true after UNO left.
-Texas State president because they are the most remote school for any eastern candidate and a high probability no vote, not sure their opinion means a great deal to UTA because I don't know their dynamic.

Win over three of them then odds are pretty good any eastern candidate will get the votes.

Now look here people. I offered what I think is the most likely scenario in which the MAC stays at 12, causing JMU to join the SBC and it is used as a launching board to talk about Liberty!?!

We used it as a launching pad for the realistic question of...what on earth is the SBC Going to do if JMU STILL says no.