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Wouldn't be the first time an HBCU talked about moving up with nothing to show for it.

Wouldn't be my first HBCU program to move to FBS. I do know they have a nice stadium that seats about 21,000. Texas Southern, Grambling, Jackson State, I believe would be better choices, but what do I know? Good luck to them.

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(08-17-2019 09:39 AM)JoeJag Wrote:  Wouldn't be my first HBCU program to move to FBS. I do know they have a nice stadium that seats about 21,000. Texas Southern, Grambling, Jackson State, I believe would be better choices, but what do I know? Good luck to them.

Definitenly not TSU. They are absolutely terrible! If I had to pick one it'd be Prairie View. Their stadium looks great!

Yes please! Far better choice than any of the EKU, Missouri State crowd. They have the academics to boost us, and by playing our caliber yearly, their football will increase to a new level also...it was better than the previously mentioned schools above already. They also have decent basketball so it’s a win win

(08-17-2019 09:39 AM)JoeJag Wrote:  Wouldn't be my first HBCU program to move to FBS. I do know they have a nice stadium that seats about 21,000. Texas Southern, Grambling, Jackson State, I believe would be better choices, but what do I know? Good luck to them.

Maybe if Grambling didn’t have an FBS school 35 miles away and another one less than 5 miles away

Best of luck to them but they will have to go independent and they don’t have the donations to support something like that.

FAMU tried it for a year and it didn’t work

(08-17-2019 10:11 AM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  Yes please! Far better choice than any of the ELU, Missouri State crowd. They have the academics to boost us, and by playing our caliber yearly, their football will increase to a new level also...it was better than the previously mentioned schools above already. They also have decent basketball so it’s a win win

Not sure if serious.

(08-17-2019 10:51 AM)EigenEagle Wrote:  

(08-17-2019 10:11 AM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  Yes please! Far better choice than any of the EKU, Missouri State crowd. They have the academics to boost us, and by playing our caliber yearly, their football will increase to a new level also...it was better than the previously mentioned schools above already. They also have decent basketball so it’s a win win

Not sure if serious.

Uh...yeah. They’ve done a good job in recruiting and scheduling the last few years. Regularly running thru the Meac (not a big feat) and beating every G5 they’ve played (except for Tulsa) since 2016. Last year they beat a decent Jacksonville State team (that then beat EKU 56-7). I’ll walk back my basketball comments from earlier a little, but I will add that they have made it to the second round this decade.

(08-17-2019 10:18 AM)debragga Wrote:  

(08-17-2019 09:39 AM)JoeJag Wrote:  Wouldn't be my first HBCU program to move to FBS. I do know they have a nice stadium that seats about 21,000. Texas Southern, Grambling, Jackson State, I believe would be better choices, but what do I know? Good luck to them.

Maybe if Grambling didn’t have an FBS school 35 miles away and another one less than 5 miles away

Thats true, but look how close TXST and UTSA are together, both G-5 programs.

I live 10 minutes from their stadium so the selfish person in me would like to see this as I am sure App football would make a stop in Greensboro every now and then, and having D1 FBS football in Greensboro would likely bring in some outside dollars to the local economy. However I would put more money on seeing UNC-Greensboro and NC A&T merge into one university before FBS football happens for the Aggies. Actually I think UNCG getting FCS football would happen before A&T moving to FBS.

(08-17-2019 09:39 AM)JoeJag Wrote:  Wouldn't be my first HBCU program to move to FBS. I do know they have a nice stadium that seats about 21,000. Texas Southern, Grambling, Jackson State, I believe would be better choices, but what do I know? Good luck to them.

Oh good grief.... seriously...

The more teams that keep coming up to FBS, the more likely we're going to see another divisional split. It'll be FCS, FBS, and the P5.

Someone needs to go put a lock on the gate.

(08-18-2019 01:18 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Oh good grief.... seriously...

The more teams that keep coming up to FBS, the more likely we're going to see another divisional split. It'll be FCS, FBS, and the P5.

Someone needs to go put a lock on the gate.

I agree with this, but a lot of that issue is because a number of schools are in FBS currently that really have no business in it. Just like there are still a few schools in FCS that choose to stay there out of apathy or whatever when they have the resources to move up. The Ivy’s and some of the HBCUs are included in that.

Again, I agree that it is pretty saturated as is...my argument is that if it does get more saturated, if JMU isn’t available, I’d take NC A&T, Southern, or Grambling over an EKU or a Missouri State.

(08-17-2019 11:58 PM)FoUTASportscaster Wrote:  

(08-17-2019 09:39 AM)JoeJag Wrote:  Wouldn't be my first HBCU program to move to FBS. I do know they have a nice stadium that seats about 21,000. Texas Southern, Grambling, Jackson State, I believe would be better choices, but what do I know? Good luck to them.

Thanks for the smilie. Something one would expect from a fan whose school doesn't even have a football program. But y'all do have a nice high school football stadium equipped with a track.

(08-18-2019 01:41 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  

(08-18-2019 01:18 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Oh good grief.... seriously...

The more teams that keep coming up to FBS, the more likely we're going to see another divisional split. It'll be FCS, FBS, and the P5.

Someone needs to go put a lock on the gate.

I agree with this, but a lot of that issue is because a number of schools are in FBS currently that really have no business in it. Just like there are still a few schools in FCS that choose to stay there out of apathy or whatever when they have the resources to move up. The Ivy’s and some of the HBCUs are included in that.

Again, I agree that it is pretty saturated as is...my argument is that if it does get more saturated, if JMU isn’t available, I’d take NC A&T, Southern, or Grambling over an EKU or a Missouri State.

The split is real and it’s coming. And as much as I want to see us compete at the highest level, let’s face it, only a dozen teams are really competing for the national championship. UCF was undefeated for 2 straight years and couldn’t get an opportunity to play for it. I want to see my team, any of our teams, win a NC, and in the current setup, it will never happen. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out over the next 10 years.

(08-18-2019 03:19 PM)Usajags Wrote:  

(08-18-2019 01:41 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  

(08-18-2019 01:18 PM)CardinalBlackTrojan Wrote:  Oh good grief.... seriously...

The more teams that keep coming up to FBS, the more likely we're going to see another divisional split. It'll be FCS, FBS, and the P5.

Someone needs to go put a lock on the gate.

I agree with this, but a lot of that issue is because a number of schools are in FBS currently that really have no business in it. Just like there are still a few schools in FCS that choose to stay there out of apathy or whatever when they have the resources to move up. The Ivy’s and some of the HBCUs are included in that.

Again, I agree that it is pretty saturated as is...my argument is that if it does get more saturated, if JMU isn’t available, I’d take NC A&T, Southern, or Grambling over an EKU or a Missouri State.

The split is real and it’s coming. And as much as I want to see us compete at the highest level, let’s face it, only a dozen teams are really competing for the national championship. UCF was undefeated for 2 straight years and couldn’t get an opportunity to play for it. I want to see my team, any of our teams, win a NC, and in the current setup, it will never happen. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out over the next 10 years.

The talks of a "split" go back at least 2 decades. In the wave of teams that moved up to IA in the 90s every administration that could make a move but didn't want to used the "the split is coming" excuse. I'll believe it when I see it.

(08-17-2019 11:56 AM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  Uh...yeah. They’ve done a good job in recruiting and scheduling the last few years. Regularly running thru the Meac (not a big feat) and beating every G5 they’ve played (except for Tulsa) since 2016. Last year they beat a decent Jacksonville State team (that then beat EKU 56-7). I’ll walk back my basketball comments from earlier a little, but I will add that they have made it to the second round this decade.

I'm just curious how you think their academics will "boost" us. Not trying to be a smart-***, just want to understand. Georgia State is an R1 school for example. Does anyone other than some State fans really think that gives any measurable benefit to the league? How would A&T being an R2 (the same classification as GS and at lest several SBC schools) boost us?

Also, we're talking about a conference that no longer participates in the FCS playoffs because they've been so bad at it. Squeaking by awful UNCC and ECU teams to me doesn't really demonstrate competitiveness.