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The WAC can be a football league. But it would have to be an FCS league.
Once the grace period expired their ability to hand out FBS memberships lapsed.

Many schools had zero women's sports prior to Title IX, now the minimum is 7 for Division I.
I'd say a lot of women have been helped.

Actually Chattanooga called the Sun Belt in 2004 and improperly answered the question "What is your timetable to move to FBS".

The only interest I've heard in Chattanooga was as a potential site...

Why in hell would you send your soccer team to play Idaho when they are a football only member though probably only until the end of the 2017 season.

ESPN said it was the first upset of a ranked team by a I-AA since Lamar beat UPI pre-season #20 Baylor. HOWEVER, Lamar was I-A that season, they didn't go I-AA until the next year.

That's the...

As soon as they notify the NCAA of their intention. I suspect that letter won't go in the mail any time in the next few weeks.

Given that it rained up to game time and was televised locally, no shame in that number at all.

Ooo I love a I-A move brings out the claws.

Folks WKU could have had their move put aside very easily. Their Gateway mates could have fought to get them in the MoValley and none of this would be...

Shame too because the Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego is going to be short a team unless Army can suddenly sweep Air Force, Navy, and Notre Dame. Probably end up with San Jose State or Nevada unless...

BTW there is precedent.

The Liberty Bowl wanted to invite Alcorn because of the buzz over McNair and the NCAA told the folks in Memphis that six I-A wins means six I-A wins. Of course there were...

#1. Bowl eligible means 6 qualifying wins (at least 5 I-A and one against a I-AA averaging 60 equivalencies over the past two years) to go to a bowl affiliated with your conference. Bowls not...

I don't think the recruiting results bear that out.

Most of the bowls treat the players very well.

In the playoffs you arrive on Friday for a Saturday game, have a team meal, maybe catch a...

The NCAA Philosophy Statement says I-A and I-AA membership are institutional decisions. Sadly for many years the NCAA in its rulemaking process created a lot of incentive for institutions to choose...

I work quite closely with folks inside the Sun Belt Conference and know a great deal of the inner workings around the league.

#1. If the Missouri Valley picked up the phone today and called WKU...

From what I hear out of Philly internal support for football is not that strong and they would have already pulled the plug but a few key people insisted that they try the MAC membership thing to see...

Get your yucks at Temple's expense while you can. If they don't right that ship pretty soon Temple football will be a memory, mostly a bad memory but a memory.

I think they are far more likely to...

As I've said before if the NCAA hadn't adopted the rule preventing I-A's from counting any I-AA wins, Arkansas State probably never would have moved to I-A and I suspect we are not the only school...

Isn't that odd though. I can kind of understand the fascination in first part of the 20th century. Rapid techological change could easily cause people to identify with intimate culture of a Native...

I'm not sure that a lawsuit on this issue is a winner.

I don't want to see Sammy Seminole or Arkansas State's "Jumping Joe" come back, those logos are so cartoony that they can easily be taken as...

{Sigh}

The letters WM with two feathers is hostile and abusive? : smh :

Now I'll admit there is a nice side impact of the NCAA edict. Arkansas State finally rids itself of "Letterhead Joe" our...

Yeah they can afford it, but its not who they want to be.

I give their leadership credit though, they saw where intercollegiate athletics were headed and opted to not follow along.

Unless they change their philosophy they cannot meet the criteria. They don't award 200 grants-in-aid across all sports and will not award an average of 76.5 grants in football.

I am a big...

Hey found a link to the actual pdf copy.

http://web1.ncaa.org/web_video/NCAANewsArchive/1973/19731201.pdf

If you have time read the Lee Corso story about unsigned fruitcake. :hurray:

Just my summary of it.
http://www.beltboard.com

I'm sure the article can be found with a google search because I found it in an old pdf file on my desktop.

Stumbled across an article about the NCAA's realignment into Divisions I, II, and III. What I found interesting was that in December of 1973 there were 126 schools that elected to play Division I...