A new and better FBS thread

[heffray]

Stanford and Cal to the Atlantic Coast Conference. All the sharks have now been jumped by this effed up realignment carousel.

Time to rename the shit out of these conferences… here’s some ideas to start, any conference can take any of these:

Superfantastic Conference
Awesomesauce Conference
Real Cool Conference
Razzle Dazzle Conference

…you’re welcome.

[BigHorns]

Stanford and Cal to the Atlantic Coast Conference. All the sharks have now been jumped by this effed up realignment carousel.

They should call themselves the Athletic Coastal Conference ... or the "Coastal Athletic Association" ha

[Professor Chaos]

They should call themselves the Athletic Coastal Conference ... or the "Coastal Athletic Association" ha

One thing I learned recently is that the CAA is actually called the Coastal Athletic Association - not sure when it happened since I always remember them being the Colonial Athletic Association but that's the official name (link) now and most of us don't even notice because they're usually referred to as the CAA regardless.

[The_Sicatoka]

Still smoke in the CaliStan and SMU to the ACC chimney.
https://twitter.com/PeteThamel/statu...ad-975988.html

The thread talks about how by not taking full shares the ACC will have left over pro rata dollars to create a "success initiative" fund.

[The_Sicatoka]

One thing I learned recently is that the CAA is actually called the Coastal Athletic Association - not sure when it happened since I always remember them being the Colonial Athletic Association but that's the official name (link) now and most of us don't even notice because they're usually referred to as the CAA regardless.

You're correct twice. Colonial recently changed to Coastal.

[The_Sicatoka]

Interesting rationale on why the ACC may add CaliStan and SMU: 15

https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/s...tmlpid19103553

[BigHorns]

Not sure how many other FBS proponents here actually watch those games.

NMSU made UMass look like a powerhouse
UTEP vs JSU gameplay was sloppy and just sad, on both sides of the ball.

This was JSU's first FBS game, and they squeaked out a win at home, in a nearly empty stadium.

The "new" CUSA is starting off like the total shitfest everyone knew it would be.

[AKBison]

WSU/OSU would make 14 for football. 13 for all other sports..

This could actually work out well for us. A MWC that is dominated by western Land grants is the perfect forever home for NDSU. Due to the way that realignment is shaking out, it looks like the MWC is going to get Oregon State and Washington State and will be together for the long haul. It gives NDSU a real long term goal and something to aspire to. Especially if we go in with Montana, Montana State and SDSU. The truth is that none of us are ready to make that jump though. We need to get our facilities up to a high G5 level, move up to CUSA and take our lumps, prove that we belong and can fund athletics at the FBS level. If we do all that successfully, we will eventually get that MWC invite. Gene Taylor will die a happy man.

[daddy daycare]

This could actually work out well for us. A MWC that is dominated by western Land grants is the perfect forever home for NDSU. Due to the way that realignment is shaking out, it looks like the MWC is going to get Oregon State and Washington State and will be together for the long haul. It gives NDSU a real long term goal and something to aspire to. Especially if we go in with Montana, Montana State and SDSU. The truth is that none of us are ready to make that jump though. We need to get our facilities up to a high G5 level, move up to CUSA and take our lumps, prove that we belong and can fund athletics at the FBS level. If we do all that successfully, we will eventually get that MWC invite. Gene Taylor will die a happy man.

taking lumps and the CUSA don't really belong in the same sentence regarding NDSU.

[Professorbum]

taking lumps and the CUSA don't really belong in the same sentence regarding NDSU.

I don't know about this year's team, but last year's team would have been rolled by the top two or three teams in CUSA. And please, no one give me "but Sagarin." We looked exactly like an FCS team last year. The top CUSA teams looked like FBS teams.