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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
I really wonder if we’ve talked recently to them about football. Independence has no future.
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It's an interesting conversation to have. I have enjoyed independence but I wonder how difficult it will be to get late season games going forward
 
well, I guess we are the best apple left on the barrel other than ND. I hope we find a way into a Bob boy conference before I die. The B1G should take us just so they can finally have a shot at a BB title. It’s been like 25 years.
 
WrenchFan69 said:
Slightly confused why Delaware and UMass didn't team up for this
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The MAC may not have been interested in the FCS => FBS Blue Hens, but it might not be too surprising for FBS Delaware to continue lobbying the MAC now. Think TCU and Boise previously accepting BE invitations, then paying to back out of accepted invitations.

CUSA be damned, it’s fairly likely UD is financially well positioned to potentially negotiate itself out of the not so desirable conference, lower its travel costs (MAC < CUSA), and not be associated with Liberty and CUSA’s majority-sh|t schools.
 
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Dream Jobbed 2.0 said:
I really wonder if we’ve talked recently to them about football. Independence has no future.
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Does the MAC have a future with the way things are evolving? Does any G5 conference/team have a future? At this point I'm kind of losing sight of the point of G5 teams other than offering cannon fodder for the P2/P4 to pad wins. I'm reaching a point where I would be in support of a new subdivision being established.
 
Some Conference may take us, eventually, for FB only. If not, it is getting daunting as a ticket holder staring down 5-6 straight home games in a row followed by a month on the road and byes. I’ve said before kudos to AD Dave cobbling together teams to play. But let’s get into a FB only conference for stability.
 
Alum86 said:
Some Conference may take us, eventually, for FB only. If not, it is getting daunting as a ticket holder staring down 5-6 straight home games in a row followed by a month on the road and byes. I’ve said before kudos to AD Dave cobbling together teams to play. But let’s get into a FB only conference for stability.
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And for god’s sakes don’t let it be the MAC or some equivalent
 
Greedo said:
Does the MAC have a future with the way things are evolving? Does any G5 conference/team have a future? At this point I'm kind of losing sight of the point of G5 teams other than offering cannon fodder for the P2/P4 to pad wins. I'm reaching a point where I would be in support of a new subdivision being established.
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Absolutely
In 2023 there were 61 programs in the G5. There is some movement in 2024 so I believe that number increases. Whether it's called G5 or another subdivision, kids will be playing college football somewhere.
 
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I think we need to deal with the AAC as an interim measure. It just makes sense. Army, Navy, Temple, East Carolina, USF, FAU & Charlotte are all reasonable places to get too. Makes sense as an Eastern Division. And we play a bunch of them anyway. FAU, Rice, USF, Temple, UAB are all on our schedule in the next few years. It makes sense for them. It makes sense for us. Enough time has passed since we left. Just do it!
 
freescooter said:
I think we need to deal with the AAC as an interim measure. It just makes sense. Army, Navy, Temple, East Carolina, USF, FAU & Charlotte are all reasonable places to get too. Makes sense as an Eastern Division. And we play a bunch of them anyway. FAU, Rice, USF, Temple, UAB are all on our schedule in the next few years. It makes sense for them. It makes sense for us. Enough time has passed since we left. Just do it!
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The aac doesn’t want our football.. we tried to stay in the aac for football
 
Random question somewhat related to this topic - how do the logistics work for transporting gear game to game? Does a UMAss just keep a warehouse and truck local in Ohio and transport from there - then they would need 2 of everything? I'd think a Cal/Stamford might do the same for ACC. Or is there shared equipment that teams use locally? What did we do in the AAC and the southern schools?
 
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It’s not so much that they don’t want the football as much as they really want the BB
 
Makryspost said:
Random question somewhat related to this topic - how do the logistics work for transporting gear game to game? Does a UMAss just keep a warehouse and truck local in Ohio and transport from there - then they would need 2 of everything? I'd think a Cal/Stamford might do the same for ACC. Or is there shared equipment that teams use locally? What did we do in the AAC and the southern schools?
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Load up an 18 wheeler or two and drive it out there. Most places can typically be driven two within 2 days, Cal/Stanford may need more time, but it’s fuel cost and maybe an extra days pay for the driver. Not a huge expense in the grand scheme of logistics.
 
CCSUblue said:
The AAC has changed a lot since we left...
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That’s right. And time has passed. I remember when we were NEVER going to play BC in anything ever again. Guess what? We play them in lots of things. We’ve played them in basketball, football, baseball, we are in a conference for mens and womens hockey and they wee one of the biggest supporters for adding us. We now play Syracuse in football. Basically the world changes. We have a series with Pitt in the works. Animosities wane over time. And things that make sense overtake things things that are problematic. UMass was never joining the MAC for all sports. Remember that? Again, times and circumstances changed.
 
Vowelguy said:
Any time you can get a team that is regularly in the bottom 10, you grab em.
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Right. So the Big10 took Rutgers because…? The ACC took Cal because they like their uniforms, I guess.
 
This Independence crap is all gonna hit the wall when conferences, P2/4 ones, decide to increase conference games to 9 and teams decide they can't fit games against an Indy in their schedule. When teams start buying out future games vs us, or "pushing them to a later date", then the sky is really falling. Right now, we just look like a loner who is waiting for the prom queen who'll never show.
 
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We could be paying the AAC both exit and some entry fees and maybe still keep our game with UMass during rivalry week. That would be great!
 
Makryspost said:
Random question somewhat related to this topic - how do the logistics work for transporting gear game to game? Does a UMAss just keep a warehouse and truck local in Ohio and transport from there - then they would need 2 of everything? I'd think a Cal/Stamford might do the same for ACC. Or is there shared equipment that teams use locally? What did we do in the AAC and the southern schools?
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All of the schools have an 18 wheeler they utilize to transport the football equipment to every away game. There is actually a website dedicated to these trucks:
Equipment Transport Trucks Of Football
 
CCSUblue said:
The AAC has changed a lot since we left...
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Mike Aresco, the American Athletic Conference’s only commissioner in the league’s 11-year history, has announced his plans to retire at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.
 
freescooter said:
Right. So the Big10 took Rutgers because…? The ACC took Cal because they like their uniforms, I guess.
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Rutgers brought NY/NJ cable boxes back when that mattered, access to one of the better HS recruiting in NJ, and a small extension of the conference footprint, among other things.
 
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