(01-17-2021 01:06 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  Nobody seems to understand that it takes players to field a competitive football team. There are not enough kids to go around now. How will they possibly find interior linemen to field these teams when there is not enough talent to populate the ones we have now? Just more watered down so called football.

That's the key. The P5 teams hoard offensive and defensive lineman.

(01-14-2021 08:47 AM)topper1296 Wrote:  On a related note, there are also numerous reports that EKU, Jacksonville State and Central AR will move to the A-Sun.

I've heard that too...

(01-17-2021 07:31 AM)deb025 Wrote:  

(01-17-2021 01:06 AM)Was SoMs Eagle Wrote:  Nobody seems to understand that it takes players to field a competitive football team. There are not enough kids to go around now. How will they possibly find interior linemen to field these teams when there is not enough talent to populate the ones we have now? Just more watered down so called football.

That's the key. The P5 teams hoard offensive and defensive lineman.

With more teams playing the scholarship limit of 85 for FBS should be lowered to 70 or thereabouts. Doubt the P5 would go along with at though.

I would settle for 80.

Both these reconfigured conferences are going to remain craptastic at basketball. Reading through some of the local articles from various schools, they claimed this was also an attempt to secure multiple basketball bids for the tourney... That ain't happening.

(01-17-2021 12:05 AM)Ourland Wrote:  None of those schools are FBS material. They'll have a very hard time meeting the requirements to move up.

Aren't there quite a few schools in the C-USA, Sun Belt and MAC that technically do not meet the requirements (see attendance, pre-COVID) to remain FBS?

The benefit the WAC has it that it "grandfathered" in as a FBS league and can move up as a league. Sam Houston State could very well be at 30k enrollment in a decade (for much of this century, it has been the fastest growing school in Texas and has literally doubled in size in the last 15-20 years). Considering how student fees work and how recent schools like UTSA, Texas State have made the move(s) up heavily on student fees (and FBS guarantees), it wouldn't be too far fetched to see SHSU have a $25-30M budget in the next 5-to-10 years if you couple enrollment + student fees + FBS monies.

The other thing to keep in mind is the A5 is likely to split away from the rest of Division I in football only. The Knight Commission actually recommended something very similar to this and those schools in the new WAC and retrofitted ASUN do not want to fall to a third tier of NCAA Division I football. So you'll likely see these leagues join what's currently known as the G5 in this "second tier" and competing for whatever championship is available to those schools.

Interesting read regarding Sam Houston State

https://www.itemonline.com/sports/sam-ho...780e0.html

(01-18-2021 03:13 PM)Magic95Fan Wrote:  Both these reconfigured conferences are going to remain craptastic at basketball. Reading through some of the local articles from various schools, they claimed this was also an attempt to secure multiple basketball bids for the tourney... That ain't happening.

WAC is very top heavy right now.

(01-19-2021 02:21 PM)farmfanucdgrad Wrote:  Interesting read regarding Sam Houston State

https://www.itemonline.com/sports/sam-ho...780e0.html

Come on in...the water is warm!