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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 5, 2023 13:28:49 GMT -5
I found this thread and it confirms what all of us have said on here about the privates holding the SoCon back with progress
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Post by catamountalum04 on Dec 5, 2023 13:34:21 GMT -5
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Dec 5, 2023 16:46:16 GMT -5
I don’t think Bill & Mary will join any time soon because they have a superiority complex about their so-called elite academics and would not want to soil their reputation by being in the same conference as WCU, UTC or ETSU. I have always thought that Elon belongs in the SoCon and it would be great to have them as another conference school in NC. I was sad when they left. I know they are private but geographically they fit.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Dec 6, 2023 8:40:53 GMT -5
Elon, Campbell, and NC A&T. That would be 2 privates (1 that was previously in the league), 1 large public school, and does not change our footprint or add crazy travel.
Won’t happen, but seems easy enough. If Elon thinks the SoCon is “beneath them” take Gardner-Webb. If GWU is “beneath” the SoCon take one of the Tennessee schools or North Alabama.
If UTC and ETSU really do want to leave, they honestly could be part of a revamped OVC that is primarily based out of Tennessee (UTC, ETSU, UT-M, Tenn Tech, Tenn State, APSU). All they need to do is find a couple of others like EKU, WCU, and North Alabama to have a pretty nice FCS league in a reasonable footprint that is mostly like-minded public universities.
Easy to do on paper!
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Post by FLCATAMOUNT on Dec 6, 2023 8:53:48 GMT -5
This is all great banter on a message board, but the SoCon is not changing for all of the reasons discussed here over and over again. Come back in 10 years and it will be the same unless something drastic happens.
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Post by wcugrad95 on Dec 6, 2023 10:42:24 GMT -5
Agree - that is why most of my posts say something to the effect of "easy to write - will probably never happen".
I expect at some point the SOCON adds teams, but that will probably be in reaction to whatever major changes happen when the big leagues do something around their TV contracts and structure (or if UTC really does leave). For now, as fun as it is to talk about, the current SOCON makeup is pretty good for us in terms of 9 football teams and a balanced schedule, travel costs, stability, etc. And as we all know, WCU would be better served sinking whatever dollars that would be required to move into more important things (like facilities, keeping our coaches/players, etc.).
Message board banter, and really nothing more.
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