Tarleton is in the UAC football conference (a combo of WAC & ASUN schools). The plan was for the conference to move up in next few years. (But they keep losing teams: 3 moved up to CUSA, 3 went back to Southland.) The conference has basically served as a signal "we are ready to move up."
The PAC now can be considered an NCAA conference with 8 full members, but they are not considered an FBS conference until they have 8 full football-playing members
I think the 8 team requirement comes from the FBS regs. So it's 8 full, football playing members... But who really knows at this point
That would certainly solve the problem for Memphis and UConn but I wonder if the other Big East schools would be that accommodating.
And you're expecting Memphis can recommend a school with a good basketball brand?
Rule number 1. Gulp
One good thing about that requirement is that if go to the PAC as a plus 1, the repercussions won't be as serious if/when we leave.
www.courant.com
Or were they?Sources: UConn won’t join Pac-12, doesn’t consider conference the right fit
Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac 12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university d…
Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac-12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university doesn’t consider this the right fit at this time.
So UConn, for the moment, will remain independent in football, in a season in which it has shown significant competitive improvement, and a member of the Big East in basketball and most other sports. UConn’s long-held ambition is to join one of the power conferences. Talks with the Big 12 were paused last month.
Not sure if you are joking, but I kind of thought similar.
We have reasonably good, nearly complete schedules for football covering the next few years. We don't know what (if anything) an agreement for football with the new PAC would have provided financially and we would have been facing four or five road games a year in the Rockies or on the west coast.
Alright! Time to move along from this board until the next rumor surfaces. Adios boys! LolSources: UConn won’t join Pac-12, doesn’t consider conference the right fit
Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac 12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university d…
Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac-12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Courant the university doesn’t consider this the right fit at this time.
So UConn, for the moment, will remain independent in football, in a season in which it has shown significant competitive improvement, and a member of the Big East in basketball and most other sports. UConn’s long-held ambition is to join one of the power conferences. Talks with the Big 12 were paused last month.
