Championship Subdivision Football | FCS Football | Stadiums | Blogs | Forums

2/16/14: Pat Knight Fired at Lamar

As you've seen on this forum in previous years, to save server space and forum clutter, all the coach changes appear in this thread. You'll also find all the new openings and potential candidates updated daily at http://bit.ly/2014coachchange" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; ...

I am sick and tired of these Big East, CAA, ETC. conferences inviting schools for only one sport. The CAA and Big East have almost a completely different roster for their basketball conferences than their football. Since the schools only are committed to one sport, their is no major hurdle in bolti...

Fresno St. Alum wrote:George Mason is staying in the CAA?

http://www.eyesradio.com/2012/52-breaki ... o-the-a10/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

I'll buy it once someone in addition to Tom Block says it so.

Well at least they left Texas St. for us when AFA goes to the BE. Not so sure Texas St. would be overly willing to dump their new Sun Belt home for the MWC until they know what's up with the merger/alliance. The TV deal will likely be a bit better for the MWC than SB, but there is stability in the ...

It doesn't say those are the "Top Candidates". It just says they are the ones that may be a fit. Semantics much? :) Yes, very important semantics. Those are not the top candidates. The top "candidates" from that list would be Stony Brook and then Coastal Carolina, since both spo...

Doesn't "remaining option #2" amount to "dissolving and forming a big conference"? Original plan was that IFFFF a merger happened, BOTH conferences would dissolve and form something new. When the NCAA issued their reactions, it was clear that it was either an alliance for footba...

I just threw up a little in my mouth. :x Good GAWD, that's an ugly, nowhere conference! :yikes: If wer'e comparing it to conferences in the same region like the SEC and ACC, or across the country like Pac-12, Big Ten and Big 12, you sure are correct. It's a real dog, that's for sure...I think 100% ...

Let's see here... The conference, even if it had the appropriate membership, would need to ask the NCAA to change their rules just for the CAA. And that requires a vote. Do you think that the other FBS conferences are going to vote in favor of more schools being added to the mix at the risk of thos...

Maine is way out of the way and is struggling w/ fb. UNH could but they already have their best sport. If they took SB and Albany they'd still have UNH and Maine fb . AEC would be down to 7. They could invite 1-3 NEC members. If for some reason they said no, then NJIT puts them back at 8. So in no ...

Here is an excerpt of CAA Commissioner Tom Yeager's comments about the GaST departure (Emphasis added) "Georgia State's withdrawal from the CAA and CAA Football is predicated on the university's desire to reclassify to FBS football which requires membership in an FBS league. We've been aware t...

Well, well, well. GA St just relgated themselves to perpetual anonymity. Their complaint about the CAA was that it was too stretched out N-S and therefore cost athletes class time, yet they join a conference that is stretched out E-W. Now, that makes about as much sense as eating eggs soaked in boy...

I don't get why Lamar and SHSU were passed over for UTA. I think Lamar will get the invite next year and probably CS Bakersfield will get the last spot http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/07/08/3209549/ut-arlington-nears-move-to-wac.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The wa...

Home games are at home. End of story. :thumbdown: In a simple world, full of simple minded people, yes, it would b e end of story. But UConn has followed a similar model where their home games are 45minutes to an hour away from campus. And they are a BCS conference school. UCLA plays it's games a g...

I fully expect the Longergan to GW move to be wrapped up by Friday. As a recap, when Nero (AE Commish) took over as GW AD, it appeared Hobbs would have 1 more year. But with the unexpected GMU opening, GW had to make the move early to have a chance at getting Lonergan since GMU is a job he likely wo...

guinzone wrote:Mike has heard from YSU AD Ron Strollo and the CAA and as of now, no such communication between the two parties has occurred. For now, this story can be put on hold.

Was it every a "story" though? Wasn't this all based on a fan blog on gopenguins?

tampajag wrote:Spivery is gone from Southern, no word on the candidates yet

Reports are that Roman Banks took the job.

Gannon, I think the "solution" the Big East was hoping for WAS a new stadium. As we've seem before, if a school/city is dedicated, it will get done regardless of the obstacles. I give credit to the BE for holding firm and not letting Villanova feeling even more entitled. They got the invit...

It seems apparent that someone or a group of schools may need to take on the NCAA head to head. A best option for App State, JMU, Delaware, UMass, GaSo and some other schools would be to form an FBS conference and play that way. Who were the "FCS administrators" that had that phrase put i...

The stadium size issue by the Big East has been very public and the #1 obstacle for the past month. The time Villanova has taken was supposed to be to come up with an alternative plan (new stadium plan) which they were not able to come up with. Like most of you, my problem was always that even with ...

wouldn't looking at Georgia St. make more sense? the Atlanta market (well, okay, let's not kid ourselves nobody in atlanta cares about them...) but it is a lot closer to the rest of their membership. That likely means GSU would have to leave the CAA for the Sun Belt in all sports, which probably wo...

Well, I think it's all semantics. This info wouldn't have gotten out, with those specifics, if there wasn't already a plan. I mean, there are only 2 schools that fit the bill: LA Tech and NMSU. I guess you COULD include MAC schools, but if SB and MAC are equal, and the MAC is a bus league, why woul...

[With the WAC in the state it is and losing member after member it wouldnt surprise me if La-Tech bolted for the Sunbelt in search of greener pastures :rofl:. However I dont think this would be a bad move, no Idea why they are in the WAC in the first place. NMSU, USU, and Idaho were once in the Sun...

It is comical that the SunBelt would rule out FCS teams, since any number of FCS schools are better than the current Sunbelt members. ASU, GSU, even Jacksonville State would be immediately contenders, and attendance champs. Well, I think it's all semantics. This info wouldn't have gotten out, with ...

Breaking news: Villanova has made a decision to make a decision to make a decision. But they need to have antoher meeting first before deciding on what to decide.