Appalachian to Sun Belt (?)

[Vowelguy]

Further proof that nothing is happening with conference realignment anymore.

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/20...e.html#emlnl=Top_Stories:_Breaking_News_Alert

Georgia Southern probably as well.

 

[UCHuskies08]

This changes everything.

 

[Pudge]

See ... the Appalachian State Mountaineers got rejected by C-USA.

This is the last train out. In a few years, moving FCS to the FBS will be prohibitively hard. Simply might need to form a brand new conference. AND NOTE ... many, many of the new Programs are all in the same basic geography: Carolinas, VA, Alabama, Texas. Other than UMass (who I believe are going to be stuck in the MAC til they prove they can draw 20,000), there won't really be much movement. Sure ... I bet Stony Brook would love to move on up within the decade. I don't think it's feasible.

Which brings me to my favorite BE moment: Upgrade Villanova?

 

[Adios]

Which brings me to my favorite BE moment: Upgrade Villanova?

Villanova's push is over. Never to be heard from again.

 

[huskymedic]

Brian Murphy (@murphsturph)
3/25/13, 8:40 PM
Breaking: University of Idaho will ask State Board of Education this week for permission to accept invite to Sun Belt, if offered.

Brian Murphy (@murphsturph)
3/25/13, 8:42 PM
State Board expected to hold special meeting this week. "We wanted to be proactive," Idaho AD Rob Spear said.

Brian Murphy (@murphsturph)
3/25/13, 8:45 PM
You don't go to the State Board to ask for permission unless an invite is coming.

Dennis Dodd (@dennisdoddcbs)
3/25/13, 8:52 PM
Sun Belt will grow by four in 2014.

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefoo.../21949121/sun-belt-will-grow-by-four-in-2014-

 

[UConnDan97]

Brian Murphy (@murphsturph)
3/25/13, 8:40 PM
Breaking: University of Idaho will ask State Board of Education this week for permission to accept invite to Sun Belt, if offered.

Brian Murphy (@murphsturph)
3/25/13, 8:42 PM
State Board expected to hold special meeting this week. "We wanted to be proactive," Idaho AD Rob Spear said.

Brian Murphy (@murphsturph)
3/25/13, 8:45 PM
You don't go to the State Board to ask for permission unless an invite is coming.

Good for them. I felt bad for them (and NMSU) with the way that conference realignment absolutely left them in the cold, as well as the Mountain West and their fellow "brothers" in Boise. If they can make a go of it in the SunBelt, then more power to the Vandals. For what it's worth, their fans were classy at the women's tourney game on Saturday...

 

[huskymedic]

"If the Sun Belt champion finishes as the highest rated team among the so-called Group of Five (along with Conference USA, new Big East, Mountain West and MAC) it will get a berth in one of the new playoff bowls beginning in 2014."

 

[whaler11]

Oh no. Who will Waylon's independent Huskies play in the future.