For Funsies: Conference Reallignment/Creation
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BaNgMyPrOgRaM
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Fordham, GWU, and LaSalle.
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Liberty will be the tell. Whatever else you may think about the institution, you can't doubt their financial commitment to football, or understate their ambition.Coastal, app state and Liberty, would all be good ads for the aac. They're all serious about football. Right now coastal is ranked and Liberty and app state getting votes
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Liberty is a money machine.
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Yeah, but they’re pedderasses. 8 year olds dude.
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Speculation surrounds JMU and conference realignment following Big 12 expansion
Recent expansion at the Power Five level has ramped up speculation about James Madison potentially making a move to a new conference.
With UCF, Houston, and Cincinnati moving on from the AAC, it’s believed a program like JMU could make a move from the Colonial Athletic Association and the FCS to a conference at the FBS level. WHSV reached out to administrators at James Madison for comment about potential conference realignment for the Dukes. The following statement was released from JMU Director of Athletics Jeff Bourne and President Jonathan Alger:
“We wholeheartedly believe that James Madison University brings value to any conference as an outstanding academic institution with a broad athletics program featuring success across multiple sports. We will continue to work actively to ensure that JMU is in the best position for its future so as to continue providing the ideal experience for our student-athletes
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Certainly can't hurt. Memphis is in a little bit of a pickle due to football as is Temple, but to a lesser degree I think. Does WSU play football?
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I wondered if being FCS for football is going to hurt them getting into the AAC.
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No. They cut football in the 80s. They have fielded studies about restarting a football program but nobody wants to pay for it.
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It is what holds them back but someone would need to take a flier on them.
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OK. Thanks for the update.
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Would they want to go to the Sun Belt or MAC? I have to wonder what the scholarship difference in the era of the transfer portal even means.
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fun fact: Bill Parcells was a Shocker
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If the AAC were to take Coastal I could see JMU In the Sun Belt. NDSU would probably go to the MAC.