Jackson St could face loss of NCAA membership

[superman7515]

Maybe this is why Tennessee St. was invited to join the SWAC last month. If they say no and JSU is kicked out, then I wonder if one of the 13 MEAC members would be invited.

FAMU?

FAMU won't join the SWAC. When the LB was announced as a potential season ending bowl for the MEAC & SWAC champs, FAMU was the first and loudest to threaten to leave if the MEAC went to a system where they would miss out on the playoffs. No way they would join a conference that doesn't participate in the playoffs at all.

[TwinTownBisonFan]

FAMU?

FAMU won't join the SWAC. When the LB was announced as a potential season ending bowl for the MEAC & SWAC champs, FAMU was the first and loudest to threaten to leave if the MEAC went to a system where they would miss out on the playoffs. No way they would join a conference that doesn't participate in the playoffs at all.

Welcome to the site!

Good first post - thanks for the input.

[native]

Very sad that Jackson State, Walter Payton's alma mater, has gotten themselves into this mess.

I agree with previous posters that the MEAC and SWAC are among the weakest DI conferences, but they have players (Payton, McNair, Donald Driver) and I doooo love me some SWAC football! The 2006 Alcorn-Jackson State "Capitol City Classic" game was fantastic for all 45,000 fans, and went down to the last minute. The traditional HBCU battle of the bands was fantastic, too!

[Fresno St. Alum]

Well, they're 345/345...don't really have anywhere to go.

They could make some bonus spots or use negative numbers or something

What I don't get is how you're below 0-28 Centenary that will be D-III next year.

[Fresno St. Alum]

FAMU?

FAMU won't join the SWAC. When the LB was announced as a potential season ending bowl for the MEAC & SWAC champs, FAMU was the first and loudest to threaten to leave if the MEAC went to a system where they would miss out on the playoffs. No way they would join a conference that doesn't participate in the playoffs at all.

Yes, and they were going to move to FBS before they got slapped with a bunch of violations. I wonder if the NCAA did that to keep the black man down? Kinda convenient with the timing and all.

Still about 10 years ago FAMU was the only name I ever heard about switching to the SWAC. Not that they would. I guess you could include Savannah St. now that they are MEAC. There was talk about if they would get a SWAC invite when they joined D-I after the MEAC rejected them.

[tampajag]

They could make some bonus spots or use negative numbers or something

What I don't get is how you're below 0-28 Centenary that will be D-III next year.

I don't know what else to say, the team truly sucks so much so that winning 0 games is better than winning 4. I guess that speaks volumes for the "strength" of the SWAC.

[tampajag]

FAMU won't join the SWAC. When the LB was announced as a potential season ending bowl for the MEAC & SWAC champs, FAMU was the first and loudest to threaten to leave if the MEAC went to a system where they would miss out on the playoffs. No way they would join a conference that doesn't participate in the playoffs at all.

Yes, and they were going to move to FBS before they got slapped with a bunch of violations. I wonder if the NCAA did that to keep the black man down? Kinda convenient with the timing and all.

Still about 10 years ago FAMU was the only name I ever heard about switching to the SWAC. Not that they would. I guess you could include Savannah St. now that they are MEAC. There was talk about if they would get a SWAC invite when they joined D-I after the MEAC rejected them.

that was an unnecessary statement, if anything Billy Joe kept them down.

[dbackjon]

Yes, and they were going to move to FBS before they got slapped with a bunch of violations. I wonder if the NCAA did that to keep the black man down? Kinda convenient with the timing and all.

Still about 10 years ago FAMU was the only name I ever heard about switching to the SWAC. Not that they would. I guess you could include Savannah St. now that they are MEAC. There was talk about if they would get a SWAC invite when they joined D-I after the MEAC rejected them.

that was an unnecessary statement, if anything Billy Joe kept them down.

yup - FAMU didn't need any help from anyone screwing themselves

[tampajag]

that was an unnecessary statement, if anything Billy Joe kept them down.

yup - FAMU didn't need any help from anyone screwing themselves

and that's the same reason JSU is in this issue, Comegy is a Billy Joe disciple.

[dal4018]

The loss of their membership would obviously be a crippling blow to this once proud conference somebody isn't making sure these kids are taking care of business in the classroom.And when it comes to a playoff appearance that was ruled out a full decade ago by the current commissioner.The last time the SWAC was in the FCS playoffs was '00 again too bad because of the re-emergence of ex-doormat Prairie View this would be a perfect time to see how far they have come as a program and to play against non-conference teams to see if their newly acquired status as a 1-AA powerhouse is legit.