Create-A-Conference

[ODUalum11]

It is admittedly the absolute worst case scenario for a couple schools on my list - including Delaware.

I started making a list, but realized it's an exercise in futility. If we're talking about a conference that would compete in FCS, I'd just keep the whole CAA and add Albany, Stony and maybe Liberty. That would help keep UNH and Maine happy and add one more Virginia team to keep the balance in the south. I've never understood the folks that like to make super conferences in I-AA since we have playoffs. Why would you want UD, JMU, AppSt, GSU, Furman... in the same conference? I'd rather see them matched up in the playoffs.

Not sure if you noticed but thats sort of what I did....pretty much took the whole CAA and took a few teams from the SOCON.

[danefan]

It is admittedly the absolute worst case scenario for a couple schools on my list - including Delaware.

I started making a list, but realized it's an exercise in futility. If we're talking about a conference that would compete in FCS, I'd just keep the whole CAA and add Albany, Stony and maybe Liberty. That would help keep UNH and Maine happy and add one more Virginia team to keep the balance in the south. I've never understood the folks that like to make super conferences in I-AA since we have playoffs. Why would you want UD, JMU, AppSt, GSU, Furman... in the same conference? I'd rather see them matched up in the playoffs.

The advantage of an FCS super-conference, and the major advantage that the CAA shares over the other East Coast FCS conferences is the ability to recruit.

That's at least why teams that want to rise (e.g., Albany and SBU) should be doing everything possible to hitch their wagons to the more established teams in the CAA.

[89Hen]

Not sure if you noticed but thats sort of what I did....pretty much took the whole CAA and took a few teams from the SOCON.

With playoffs, I don't like it. You'd be eliminating teams that are probably better than half the field before they even start.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

1. Lehigh
2. Lafayette
3. Colgate
4. Holy Cross
5. Delaware
6. Fordham
7. Richmond
8. William & Mary
9. UNH
10. Maine

[JmuSkinsfan]

JMU
ODU
Marshall
ECU
UCF
Memphis
UAB
Delaware
Army
Navy
Temple
Appalachian State

[89Hen]

The advantage of an FCS super-conference, and the major advantage that the CAA shares over the other East Coast FCS conferences is the ability to recruit.

I disagree. I don't think any recruits are impressed by regular season games. I think it's that the CAA gets more teams in the playoffs and therefore have a better chance of getting an ESPN game in December. You have to have a good enough conference to warrent the multiple bids, but if you replaced some of the lower teams in the CAA with AppSt, GSU, Furman, etc... I don't think you are going to get more bids, you're just going to have more good teams with more losses.

[∞∞∞]

North:
Navy
Marshall
Memphis
Delaware
James Madison
Western Kentucky

South:
Charlotte
East Carolina
Old Dominion
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Appalachian State

[93henfan]

North:
Navy
Marshall
Memphis
Delaware
James Madison
Western Kentucky

South:
Charlotte
East Carolina
Old Dominion
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Appalachian State

Methinks Navy, Memphis, Marshall, and ECU would vomit at the thought of that.

[Silenoz]

Montana
Montana State
Idaho
Idaho State
Wyoming
North Dakota State
South Dakota State
North Dakota
South Dakota
Eastern Washington
Utah State
Boise State

[Silenoz]

...tempted to say Carroll too....

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

I'll take a Temple look at this.

Temple
WVU
Umass
Rutgers
Louisville
Cincy
ECU
JMU
App State
USF
Buffalo
UCF

[Wildcat Ryan]

Montana
Montana State
Idaho
Idaho State
Wyoming
North Dakota State
South Dakota State
North Dakota
South Dakota
Eastern Washington
Utah State
Boise State

You would take ISU over Weber?

[Skjellyfetti]

Was hard to come up with 16

Appalachian State
James Madison
Georgia Southern
East Carolina
UAB
Memphis
Southern Miss
Tulane
Troy
Georgia State
Florida International
Central Florida
Louisiana-Lafayette
UNC-Charlotte
South Alabama
UT-San Antonio

[93henfan]

Was hard to come up with 16

Appalachian State
James Madison
Georgia Southern
East Carolina
UAB
Memphis
Southern Miss
Tulane
Troy
Georgia State
Florida International
Central Florida
Louisiana-Lafayette
UNC-Charlotte
South Alabama
UT-San Antonio

Behold the PMSEC!

[89Hen]

North:
Navy
Marshall
Memphis
Delaware
James Madison
Western Kentucky

South:
Charlotte
East Carolina
Old Dominion
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Appalachian State

Wouldn't it make more sense to trade Memphis and WKU for ODU and ECU?

[89Hen]

I'll take a Temple look at this.

Temple
WVU
Umass
Rutgers
Louisville
Cincy
ECU
JMU
App State
USF
Buffalo
UCF

Temple still skeert of Delaware.

[93henfan]

Damn, 16 is tough:

Albany
Army
Colgate
Delaware
JMU
Lafayette
Lehigh
Navy
ODU
Rhode Island
Richmond
UMass
UNH
Stony Brook
Temple
W&M

[89Hen]

Damn, 16 is tough:

Albany
Army
Colgate
Delaware
JMU
Lafayette
Lehigh
Navy
ODU
Rhode Island
Richmond
UMass
UNH
Stony Brook
Temple
W&M

You done kicked Villanova and Towson out?

[AZGrizFan]

Western/Pacific Division

Cal Poly
Eastern Washington
Northern Arizona
Portland State
Sacramento State
San Jose State
Southern Utah
UC Davis

Eastern/Mountain Division

Colorado State
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Utah State
Weber State
Wyoming

Blech. WAY to FCS centric. Where's Nevada? San Diego State? Fresno State? I like the Mountain Division, but the Pacific Division needs serious work. Get rid of PSU, NAU and SUU and add in the above three teams and you might be onto something.

[93henfan]

Damn, 16 is tough:

Albany
Army
Colgate
Delaware
JMU
Lafayette
Lehigh
Navy
ODU
Rhode Island
Richmond
UMass
UNH
Stony Brook
Temple
W&M

You done kicked Villanova and Towson out?

Well who do you want me to kick out of my conference for them? ODU is questionable academically and nobody really takes Stony Brook that seriously. Them?

[weberwildcat]

Big Sky 6
weber state
idaho state
idaho
montana
montana state
gonzaga

[weberwildcat]

The Big Ass Sky

hawaii
montana state
north dakota
la tech
maine
florida a&m
alaska fairbanks

[Wildcat Ryan]

Western/Pacific Division

Cal Poly
Eastern Washington
Fresno State
Nevada
Sacramento State
San Diego State
San Jose State
UC Davis

Eastern/Mountain Division

Colorado State
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Utah State
Weber State
Wyoming

Blech. WAY to FCS centric. Where's Nevada? San Diego State? Fresno State? I like the Mountain Division, but the Pacific Division needs serious work. Get rid of PSU, NAU and SUU and add in the above three teams and you might be onto something.

Fixed

[AZGrizFan]

The Big Ass Sky

hawaii
montana state
north dakota
la tech
maine
florida a&m
alaska fairbanks

AKA the Northern Hemisphere Conference.

[AZGrizFan]

Colorado State
Idaho
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Utah State
Weber State
Wyoming
Eastern Washington
Boise State

There's a nice, clean, geographically concise 10 team league. 5 FCS. 5 FBS.