Ideal FCS conference for your school?

[JMU Duke Dog]

Please list a conference for your school at the FCS level that you have always dreamed about having! I am just curious to see how other FCS fans view other schools. Thanks!

[AZGrizFan]

Do you mean, design the ideal conference? If so, here's mine:

Big SkyConference:

Montana
Montana State
South Dakota State
North Dakota State
South Dakota
North Dakota
Idaho State
Portland State
Eastern Washington
Weber State

Out:

NAU and Sac State -- Really need to be in Great West from a location perspective....shrinks the BSC footprint considerably.
UNC - Need to go back to D-II.

[JMU Duke Dog]

"NEW" CAA
North Division
Delaware
George Mason (non-football member)
Hofstra
Massachusetts
Northeastern
Temple
Towson
South Division
Appalachian State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
James Madison
Old Dominion
Virginia Commonwealth (non-football member)

Reasons:
* Keeps JMU's alumni base happy with a strong presence in the northeast but expands southwards.
* 12 members for football and 14 members for other sports is not too ridiculous in my opinion.
* Have the Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Hampton Roads, and Atlanta media markets.
* Conference could have the potential of going to the FBS level if decided at a later date.

[SuperHornet]

Big West Conference (No, it's not going to happen with 3D in charge)

North
Portland State
UOP
Sac State
UC Davis

South
Long Beach State
UC Santa Barbara
Cow Poly
CS Foolerton

[Ibanez]

Coastal in the Socon...

[JMU Duke Dog]

Big West Conference (No, it's not going to happen with 3D in charge)

North
Portland State
UOP
Sac State
UC Davis

South
Long Beach State
UC Santa Barbara
Cow Poly
CS Foolerton

No love for the UC-Irvine Anteaters if they ever got football?

[WYOBISONMAN]

Do you mean, design the ideal conference? If so, here's mine:

Big SkyConference:

Montana
Montana State
South Dakota State
North Dakota State
South Dakota
North Dakota
Idaho State
Portland State
Eastern Washington
Weber State

Out:

NAU and Sac State -- Really need to be in Great West from a location perspective....shrinks the BSC footprint considerably.
UNC - Need to go back to D-II.

I am with AZ on this one............I do think that UNC can get thier act together and be fine in DI, they just have a long road to go......And they need to develop a broad base of alumni support.

[CitadelGrad]

Coastal in the Socon...

Ain't gonna happen. I rather readmit VMI to the SoCon.

[Saint3333]

I doubt the SoCon will expand again until someone leaves. However there was a rumor that the new commish wanted to get to 14 basketball schools, but 10 or 11 football schools would annoy me as we'd likely not get to see GSU and Furman every year.

My conference:

Delaware
Towson
ODU (with football)
JMU
ASU
Georgia St. (with football)
GSU
JSU

[NDSUFREAK]

Do you mean, design the ideal conference? If so, here's mine:

Big SkyConference:

Montana
Montana State
South Dakota State
North Dakota State
South Dakota
North Dakota
Idaho State
Portland State
Eastern Washington
Weber State

Out:

NAU and Sac State -- Really need to be in Great West from a location perspective....shrinks the BSC footprint considerably.
UNC - Need to go back to D-II.

that would be an awesome and tough conference to be in.

[lizrdgizrd]

I'd go for the Carolinas Conference:

North
UNC
NCSU
Duke
Wake Forrest
ASU
ECU
WCU
NC A&T
UNCC
NCCU

South
USC
Clemson
Furman
Wofford
SCSU
CofC
Coastal Carolina
Citadel
Winthrop
Presby

[skinny_uncle]

Next year's Gateway looks pretty good to me.

[AZGrizFan]

Next year's Gateway looks pretty good to me.

Awww, quit your damned gloating....

[skinny_uncle]

Next year's Gateway looks pretty good to me.

Awww, quit your damned gloating....

Sure.
I will (when donkeys fly).

[GreenDay17]

Awww, quit your damned gloating....

Sure.
I will (when donkeys fly).

Does this count?

[JMU Duke Dog]

How about this national overhaul for FCS conferences?

BIG SKY CONFERENCE
Central Washington*
Eastern Washington
Western Washington*
Idaho State
Montana
Montana State
Northern Colorado
Portland State
Weber State

BIG SOUTH CONFERENCE – no longer exists

COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
North Division
Delaware
Hofstra
Massachusetts
Northeastern
Temple*
Towson
South Division
Appalachian State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia State*
James Madison
Old Dominion*

GATEWAY CONFERENCE
East Division
Eastern Illinois
Illinois State
Indiana State
Southern Illinois
Western Illinois
Youngstown State
West Division
Missouri State
Northern Iowa
North Dakota*
North Dakota State
South Dakota*
South Dakota State

GREAT WEST CONFERENCE
Cal Poly
Humboldt State*
Northern Arizona
Sacramento State
San Diego
Southern Utah
UC-Davis
UC-Irvine*

IVY LEAGUE
stays the same

MAAC – no longer exists

MEAC
stays the same

NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE
Albany
Maine
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Stony Brook
Vermont*

NORTHEAST CONFERENCE
Central Connecticut State
Duquesne
Iona
La Salle
Marist
Monmouth
Robert Morris
Sacred Heart
St. Francis (PA)
St. Peter's
Wagner

OHIO VALLEY CONFERENCE
North Division
Austin Peay
Eastern Kentucky
Morehead State
Murray State
Southeast Missouri State
UT-Martin
South Division
Jacksonville State
Samford
Tennessee State
Tennessee Tech
UT-Chattanooga
Western Carolina

PATRIOT LEAGUE
North Division
Bucknell
Colgate
Fordham
Holy Cross
Lafayette
Lehigh
South Division
Davidson
Furman
Georgetown
Richmond
Villanova
William & Mary

PIONEER CONFERENCE
Butler
Dayton
Drake
Jacksonville
Savannah State
Valparaiso

SOUTHERN CONFERENCE
Campbell*
Charleston Southern
Elon
Gardner-Webb
Liberty
Presbyterian
The Citadel
VMI
Wofford

SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE
Central Arkansas
Delta State*
McNeese State
Nicholls State
Northeastern State
Sam Houston State
Southeastern Louisiana
Stephen F. Austin
Texas State

SWAC
stays the same


*Currently do not field a team playing at the Division I-FCS level.

[AZGrizFan]

Barf.

The last thing I'd want would be for the BSC to get even WORSE.

[JMU Duke Dog]

Barf.

The last thing I'd want would be for the BSC to get even WORSE.

I did not think Montana fans would like how the western FCS conferences came out when I put things together.

[WYOBISONMAN]

I find JMU's idea pretty interesting as well!

[NDSUFREAK]

Duke Dog, i like your style. I wouldn't be upset with a gateway conference like that!

[skinny_uncle]

Duke Dog, i like your style. I wouldn't be upset with a gateway conference like that!

I would,
Eight teams is about perfect for a conference. You get four home games and four road games every year to start with and you only have to schedule three OOC games. You also get to play everyone in your league every year. None of this "unbalanced schedule" nonsense.

[SuperJon]

Skinny, eight teams in a conference means you get 7 conference teams. You can't play yourself.



Just helpin out.

[skinny_uncle]

Skinny, eight teams in a conference means you get 7 conference teams. You can't play yourself.



Just helpin out.

I meant nine.
Eight other than your own.

Sometimes I type faster than I think.

[SuperJon]

I knew what you meant. Just wanted to let you change it.

[WA Griz]

No offense to the current Big Sky members, but I'd give anything for the days when the conference was comprised of schools that were the flagship universities for their states. They garnered more attention from their fans and weren't an afterthought when it came to funding from their state governments.
The border wars were intense, the cross-state rivalries were intense and the conference as a whole was damn tough to win. I think some of the non-flagship schools could do the same if they were hooked up right.

My ideal conference would be
Big Sky league I

Montana
Montana State
North Dakota
North Dakota State
South Dakota
South Dakota State

League II
Cal Poly
UC Davis
Sac State
NAU
San Diego
Weber - an off and on rival for NAU.

Rules: Must play all schools in your league plus at least four from the other.

To boost FCS football presence in the West:
The Out West Confernce

Eastern WA
Western WA
Central WA
W. Oregon
Portland State
Chadron State
UNC
S. Utah
ISU

The beauty would be a new conference with three playoff worthy teams and a Big Sky with enough juice to send three teams to the playoffs every ear and possibly argue for four.