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Consisting of A10 & NBE schools (both leagues have similar basketball set ups) united with the local indies.

UConn
Dayton (FBS Call up)
Davidson (FBS Call up)
Duquesne (FBS Call up)
Rhode Island (FBS Call up)
Georgetown (FBS Call up)
Nova (FBS Call up)
Butler (FBS Call up)
Liberty
UMASS

OR... UConn, Butler, Georgetown, and Villanova, can join forces to create a new new big east FCS league, which could look like this.

UConn (FCS drop down)
Georgetown
Nova
Butler
Rhode Island
Wagner
Central Connecticut State
Lafayette
Howard
Monmouth
 
Hahaha...there's a reason all those FCS schools (Villanova, et al.) are playing at that level. It's because they wanna be. And UCONN isn't about to drop down to FCS for what, so we can lose even more money?

Both of these ideas are non-starters at the gate.
 
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StunningSteve said:
Consisting of A10 & NBE schools (both leagues have similar basketball set ups) united with the local indies.

UConn
Dayton (FBS Call up)
Davidson (FBS Call up)
Duquesne (FBS Call up)
Rhode Island (FBS Call up)
Georgetown (FBS Call up)
Nova (FBS Call up)
Butler (FBS Call up)
Liberty
UMASS

OR... UConn, Butler, Georgetown, and Villanova, can join forces to create a new new big east FCS league, which could look like this.

UConn (FCS drop down)
Georgetown
Nova
Butler
Rhode Island
Wagner
Central Connecticut State
Lafayette
Howard
Monmouth
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Did you actually come up with this on your own, or did you have a "worst idea team" work it out?
 
How about a new Northeast league with the following teams?

UConn
Army
Central Connecticut (FBS call-up)
Syracuse (switch back to BE)
Penn State
Buffalo Bills (have been having trouble in AFC east; natural rivalry with Syracuse)

6 teams sets up perfectly for a 10 game double round robin. Then everyone plays one FCS and schedules one P5 game. If Buffalo splits its NFL revenue share the league should have plenty of money.

What do you think? Guys? Where is everyone going?

You haven’t heard my idea about a football/rugby alliance with colleges in New Zealand yet!
 
VAHuskyFan said:
How about a new Northeast league with the following teams?

UConn
Army
Central Connecticut (FBS call-up)
Syracuse (switch back to BE)
Penn State
Buffalo Bills (have been having trouble in AFC east; natural rivalry with Syracuse)

6 teams sets up perfectly for a 10 game double round robin. Then everyone plays one FCS and schedules one P5 game. If Buffalo splits its NFL revenue share the league should have plenty of money.

What do you think? Guys? Where is everyone going?

You haven’t heard my idea about a football/rugby alliance with colleges in New Zealand yet!
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I would add the New York Jets so the Bills have a natural rival.
 
StunningSteve said:
Consisting of A10 & NBE schools (both leagues have similar basketball set ups) united with the local indies.

UConn
Dayton (FBS Call up)
Davidson (FBS Call up)
Duquesne (FBS Call up)
Rhode Island (FBS Call up)
Georgetown (FBS Call up)
Nova (FBS Call up)
Butler (FBS Call up)
Liberty
UMASS

OR... UConn, Butler, Georgetown, and Villanova, can join forces to create a new new big east FCS league, which could look like this.

UConn (FCS drop down)
Georgetown
Nova
Butler
Rhode Island
Wagner
Central Connecticut State
Lafayette
Howard
Monmouth
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I think you are on to something here! Not sure what they would call it though Div 2 or 3?
Creativity of this magnitude alone should cause an uptick in seasons ticket sales this week!
 
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CTMike said:
You might just be the worst troll in the world. Congrats?
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True story.

There used to be a guy on the basketball board named Cheezy or Chetty or Cheetah or some darned thing. He was setting a record for consecutive posts without a "like"...

... Steve might be worse...
 
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Stunning Steve seems to be a troll bot 3.0. Just barely walking the line as a believable person.
 
TRest said:
Whatever the different stages of grieving are, Stunning Steve seems to be stuck on betrayal.
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As opposed to this Board? Who want to blame coaches, administrators and Aresco, and never talk about players losing games and fans dropping their support?
 
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StunningSteve said:
Consisting of A10 & NBE schools (both leagues have similar basketball set ups) united with the local indies.

UConn
Dayton (FBS Call up)
Davidson (FBS Call up)
Duquesne (FBS Call up)
Rhode Island (FBS Call up)
Georgetown (FBS Call up)
Nova (FBS Call up)
Butler (FBS Call up)
Liberty
UMASS

OR... UConn, Butler, Georgetown, and Villanova, can join forces to create a new new big east FCS league, which could look like this.

UConn (FCS drop down)
Georgetown
Nova
Butler
Rhode Island
Wagner
Central Connecticut State
Lafayette
Howard
Monmouth
Expand ...

Oh no...not this again.
 
StunningSteve said:
Consisting of A10 & NBE schools (both leagues have similar basketball set ups) united with the local indies.

UConn
Dayton (FBS Call up)
Davidson (FBS Call up)
Duquesne (FBS Call up)
Rhode Island (FBS Call up)
Georgetown (FBS Call up)
Nova (FBS Call up)
Butler (FBS Call up)
Liberty
UMASS

OR... UConn, Butler, Georgetown, and Villanova, can join forces to create a new new big east FCS league, which could look like this.

UConn (FCS drop down)
Georgetown
Nova
Butler
Rhode Island
Wagner
Central Connecticut State
Lafayette
Howard
Monmouth
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Steve, don't forget Maine and Holy Cross. They should be in there too. Do you think the Giants would play us as an independent?
 
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UConn
UMass
Army
Buffalo
Villanova
Delaware
Marshall
Ohio

This would not be horrible. It's better than giving up football. But I know the FCS schools want to stay there, and Army wouldn't want to join a conference perceived as a step down from what Navy has.

From what I've seen, the independent schedules would probably be better than playing the schools listed above in a conference, although the lack of stability with independence is scary.
 
I strongly discourage any daydreams about making what would instantly and permanently be the worst G5 level football conference with no bowls and no real following.

We are better off independent so we try to have full schedule flexibility to play 4-6 P5 games a year. We also better off independent than associating ourselves with a bottom level conference or a national level conference also with no real following (ie CUSA).

Yes, we have a bowl problem as an independent, but let’s win some games first and then see where those cards fall. I’d liked to win 7 games on an independent slate and put pressure on some bowl (any bowl!) to take us all the while playing a schedule that gave us more northern teams.
 
Sadly, you know this has been discussed by our illustrious leaders as a possibility.
 
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