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Realignment in the FCS

IdaGriz01

IdaGriz01

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Meet the “new” United Athletic Conference (UAC) … well, not exactly.
https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/07/n...ference-eyeing-growth-both-on-off-the-field/

On paper and in the publicity, the UAC is the continuation of the former ASUN-WAC. Of course, as I understand the article, the NCAA put a no-go on that. (Still only one auto-bid anyway.) They went ahead with the big splash anyway.

The teams in the ASUN-WAC thing always made a big deal about that being just a stepping stone to going full FBS … especially the WAC programs. Always thought that was a pipe dream, and it seems like they’ve backed off on that, as per:
UTRGV will give the United Athletic Conference a 10th team in 2025. But while the Vaqueros are preparing to come aboard as a Division I FCS program, other football programs from the ASUN and Western Athletic Conference, which are in a third-year partnership, have harbored a long-term goal of rising to the FBS level.
A huge increase in costs looms in the future with such a move, so the UAC has had to press the brake, but executive director Oliver Luck said he welcomes his conference schools’ commitment to their programs.  
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t least in all this, FCS will still grant “only” twelve auto-bids.
 
We know what a mess the Big Sky schedule is with so many teams. How much worse will it get for the CAA … now the “Coastal” Athletic Association. https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/07/n...-c-at-jump-into-largest-ever-fcs-conference/

Some key quotes:
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The additions of Campbell and N.C. A&T have raised the CAA to 15 football members, making it the biggest conference in the 46-year history of Division I FCS. The change is so grand the CAA has made a name change to the Coastal Athletic Association from the Colonial Athletic Association, with its football programs located in 10 states which stretch from Maine to North Carolina.
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[Monmouth coach]: “As we entered the CAA, it became very apparent that we were fast enough to play in the CAA. As a matter of fact, we may have been faster than a lot of teams in the conference. We didn’t have the size, particularly in the front seven on defense. And that’s where you see the size differential, where in the Big South you could play with maybe a 260-pound defensive lineman. In the CAA, they better be 290 or you’re going to have trouble.”
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William & Mary and New Hampshire aren’t scheduled to play each other again [my emphasis] in the large CAA schedule. They last met in 2017. ...
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So two of the strongest teams in the conference have not played each other for five years, and won’t for the projected future. Smart move, I guess. One less loss (one way or another) to hamper their chances of getting a playoff bid. But what a *bleeping* mess.
 
IdaGriz01 said:
We know what a mess the Big Sky schedule is with so many teams. How much worse will it get for the CAA … now the “Coastal” Athletic Association. https://theanalyst.com/na/2023/07/n...-c-at-jump-into-largest-ever-fcs-conference/

Some key quotes:
...
The additions of Campbell and N.C. A&T have raised the CAA to 15 football members, making it the biggest conference in the 46-year history of Division I FCS. The change is so grand the CAA has made a name change to the Coastal Athletic Association from the Colonial Athletic Association, with its football programs located in 10 states which stretch from Maine to North Carolina.
…
[Monmouth coach]: “As we entered the CAA, it became very apparent that we were fast enough to play in the CAA. As a matter of fact, we may have been faster than a lot of teams in the conference. We didn’t have the size, particularly in the front seven on defense. And that’s where you see the size differential, where in the Big South you could play with maybe a 260-pound defensive lineman. In the CAA, they better be 290 or you’re going to have trouble.”
…
William & Mary and New Hampshire aren’t scheduled to play each other again [my emphasis] in the large CAA schedule. They last met in 2017. ...
Click to expand...
So two of the strongest teams in the conference have not played each other for five years, and won’t for the projected future. Smart move, I guess. One less loss (one way or another) to hamper their chances of getting a playoff bid. But what a *bleeping* mess.
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Sweet Jesus. Why not find 3 more teams and form 2 different 9-team conferences. There’s gotta be a couple more easy wins out there to add to the mess…
 
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