(11-02-2021 12:59 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  

(11-02-2021 12:42 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  

(11-02-2021 12:41 PM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  So is Southland fudged?

It looks that way—unless they get an influx of D2 call ups.

It seems that the WAC is already losing Sam Houston (in everything) and NMSU (in everything but football). If they don't lose anyone else, the WAC will have, for football, the following schools:

Southern Utah, Utah Tech, Tarleton State, Stephen F. Austin, Abilene Christian, Lamar, UTRGV, McNeese, and IUW. With the additions of McNeese and UIW, it makes it easier to add Little Rock and Texas-Arlington as non-football playing members, so the WAC's basketball/Olympic Sports looks like this:

West: Seattle*, Cal Baptist*, Grand Canyon*, Utah Valley,* Southern Utah, Utah Tech, Abilene Christian.

East: Tarleton State, Stephen F. Austin, UTA*, Lamar, UTRGV, IUW, Little Rock*.

The ASUN will have the following FCS football schools once Jacksonville State leaves: Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Austin Peay, North Alabama and Kennesaw State.

Seems like the ASUN could take Houston Baptist, Nicholls, Northwestern State and SE LA to get to 9 schools in football. Then have a basketball/Olympic set up like this:

West: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi,* Houston Baptist, Central Arkansas, Austin Peay, Nicholls, Northwestern State, SE LA, UNO*.

East: FGCU*, Jacksonville*, Stetson*, Kennesaw State, Eastern Kentucky, Bellarmine*, North Alabama, Lipscomb*.

*Non-football playing member.

Not sure why the WAC would want UT-Arlington & UA-Little Rock. Both make more sense for C-USA.

(11-03-2021 09:24 PM)AuzGrams Wrote:  

(11-02-2021 12:59 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  

(11-02-2021 12:42 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  

(11-02-2021 12:41 PM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  So is Southland fudged?

It looks that way—unless they get an influx of D2 call ups.

It seems that the WAC is already losing Sam Houston (in everything) and NMSU (in everything but football). If they don't lose anyone else, the WAC will have, for football, the following schools:

Southern Utah, Utah Tech, Tarleton State, Stephen F. Austin, Abilene Christian, Lamar, UTRGV, McNeese, and IUW. With the additions of McNeese and UIW, it makes it easier to add Little Rock and Texas-Arlington as non-football playing members, so the WAC's basketball/Olympic Sports looks like this:

West: Seattle*, Cal Baptist*, Grand Canyon*, Utah Valley,* Southern Utah, Utah Tech, Abilene Christian.

East: Tarleton State, Stephen F. Austin, UTA*, Lamar, UTRGV, IUW, Little Rock*.

The ASUN will have the following FCS football schools once Jacksonville State leaves: Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Austin Peay, North Alabama and Kennesaw State.

Seems like the ASUN could take Houston Baptist, Nicholls, Northwestern State and SE LA to get to 9 schools in football. Then have a basketball/Olympic set up like this:

West: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi,* Houston Baptist, Central Arkansas, Austin Peay, Nicholls, Northwestern State, SE LA, UNO*.

East: FGCU*, Jacksonville*, Stetson*, Kennesaw State, Eastern Kentucky, Bellarmine*, North Alabama, Lipscomb*.

*Non-football playing member.

Not sure why the WAC would want UT-Arlington & UA-Little Rock. Both make more sense for C-USA.

Or the Southland...if the Sun Belt does indeed kick them out (for their sake, i hope they get to stay in the Belt)

(11-03-2021 09:24 PM)AuzGrams Wrote:  

(11-02-2021 12:59 PM)CarlSmithCenter Wrote:  

(11-02-2021 12:42 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  

(11-02-2021 12:41 PM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  So is Southland fudged?

It looks that way—unless they get an influx of D2 call ups.

It seems that the WAC is already losing Sam Houston (in everything) and NMSU (in everything but football). If they don't lose anyone else, the WAC will have, for football, the following schools:

Southern Utah, Utah Tech, Tarleton State, Stephen F. Austin, Abilene Christian, Lamar, UTRGV, McNeese, and IUW. With the additions of McNeese and UIW, it makes it easier to add Little Rock and Texas-Arlington as non-football playing members, so the WAC's basketball/Olympic Sports looks like this:

West: Seattle*, Cal Baptist*, Grand Canyon*, Utah Valley,* Southern Utah, Utah Tech, Abilene Christian.

East: Tarleton State, Stephen F. Austin, UTA*, Lamar, UTRGV, IUW, Little Rock*.

The ASUN will have the following FCS football schools once Jacksonville State leaves: Central Arkansas, Eastern Kentucky, Austin Peay, North Alabama and Kennesaw State.

Seems like the ASUN could take Houston Baptist, Nicholls, Northwestern State and SE LA to get to 9 schools in football. Then have a basketball/Olympic set up like this:

West: Texas A&M-Corpus Christi,* Houston Baptist, Central Arkansas, Austin Peay, Nicholls, Northwestern State, SE LA, UNO*.

East: FGCU*, Jacksonville*, Stetson*, Kennesaw State, Eastern Kentucky, Bellarmine*, North Alabama, Lipscomb*.

*Non-football playing member.

Not sure why the WAC would want UT-Arlington & UA-Little Rock. Both make more sense for C-USA.

Depends on what's left in the WAC.