Reply to thread

Message: [QUOTE="shizzle787, post: 4965543, member: 6581"] Although Florida State and Clemson are ruffling feathers, it will be a few years before they get out of the ACC. Without further ado, here is the next dominoes: I suspect the Power 4 conferences will stay put for at least the next 18-24 months so the suspense begins with the [B]Big East[/B]. For various reasons (inventory, keeping up with the expansion of the four other major leagues, and the disaster of only getting three teams in this year), I believe the Big East will expand very soon. Ultimately I believe the league will add three teams: Gonzaga, Dayton, and St. Louis. TV will pay for the expansion, and away we go. The next move is the final consolidation of the [B]Pac-12[/B] and [B]MW[/B] out west. Although not the first choice of WOSU, the leagues merge under the Pac-12 banner. With St. Louis and Dayton leaving for the Big East, VCU looks around and realizes it's time to leave. The [B]American[/B] picks up the phone and invites VCU to get to 14 Olympic sports members. On the football side, WKU decides to stay in [B]CUSA[/B]. With that wrapped up, the league adds Tarleton State to get to 12 members. The [B]MAC[/B] stays put at 13 after WKU turns them down. With the departures of Gonzaga and WOSU, the [B]WCC[/B] is down to 8 schools. The league holds its breath and adds Grand Canyon and Seattle to get to 10 schools. The [B]Atlantic 10[/B] at this point is down to 12 members. Some in the league want to stay put, but ultimately the league adds two schools to get to 14: Belmont and Charleston. The [B]Missouri Valley[/B] is down to 11 members and decides to get back to 12 by adding a school not publicly considered previously: Oral Roberts. The [B]CAA[/B] is down to 12 schools after the departures of Charleston and Delaware. The league responds by adding Fairfield and High Point. The [B]MAAC[/B] stays put at 12 schools. The [B]Big South[/B] responds by adding Queens. That league is back to 9 members. This is where things get ugly. The [B]WAC[/B] is down to 7 members, and the vultures start circling. The [B]Summit[/B] (down to 8 members) grabs the three Utah schools: Utah Valley, Southern Utah, and Utah Tech. This stabilizes the league without adding a Division 2 school. The [B]WCC[/B] comes back around and decides to add Cal Baptist to go to 11 schools. The [B]Southland[/B] then picks up the last three schools: Stephen F. Austin, Abilene Christian, and UT-Arlington. The WAC dissolves. The [B]ASUN[/B] then adds Valdosta State (D2) to get back to 12 members and six football schools. The [B]UAC[/B] dissolves and the ASUN sponsors FCS football again. This moves result in [B]365[/B] Division 1 schools, [B]30[/B] conferences, and [B]136[/B] FBS schools. [/QUOTE]

Verification: First name of men's bb coach

Forum statistics

Threads: 164,818

Messages: 4,411,443

Members: 10,237

Latest member: quad22