NC A&T joining Big South

[Professor Chaos]

Wow.... this is interesting on a whole bunch of levels. What does this say about the future of the Celebration Bowl that the most successful program in it's history is leaving? What does this say about the future of MEAC football with their flagship program leaving, Savannah St dropping it's program to D2, and BCU potentially having to follow suit with major cuts looming? Does this signify a gradual ramp-up in athletic/football budget at A&T angling towards an FBS move?

[IBleedYellow]

Alright guys. Hear me out.

Jacksonville State to the Big South.

Youngstown State to the OVC. (This was Thumpers idea fwiw)

[NDSUtk]

Y'all get your wish, pending the Board of Trustees agreeing and us surviving an internal civil war.

Not sure I would say it's "our" wish. I believe "our" wish would be for the conferences to participate in the playoffs. Granted most years that would have been A&T but not necessarily all years.

Seems this is more A&T's wish than ours since they are making the change!

[Professor Chaos]

Alright guys. Hear me out.

Jacksonville State to the Big South.

Youngstown State to the OVC. (This was Thumpers idea fwiw)

Would make a ton of sense geographically... so it probably won't happen.

If it does happen the Big South will pass the SOCON in terms of overall football conference quality in that area of the country.

[PAllen]

Wasn't Delaware St. trying to get an invite to the Big South a few years ago?

Any rumblings about them making the move too?

[WestCoastAggie]

Wow.... this is interesting on a whole bunch of levels. What does this say about the future of the Celebration Bowl that the most successful program in it's history is leaving? What does this say about the future of MEAC football with their flagship program leaving, Savannah St dropping it's program to D2, and BCU potentially having to follow suit with major cuts looming? Does this signify a gradual ramp-up in athletic/football budget at A&T angling towards an FBS move?

I will put it to you like this... ESPN and the conferences haven't announced a contract extension and the last game is this December.

[ASU33]

Que up the Alabama State and Alabama A&M talks to the MEAC again.

[kdinva]

You'll only get 100 fans from Gardner-Webb, Campbell, and Charleston Southern, so I guess that's a push.

I'd like to think real soon the Campbell fan base will be engaged enough to travel to their Conf. away games, and it's only 95 miles from campbell to A&T.

[kdinva]

Y'all get your wish, pending the Board of Trustees agreeing and us surviving an internal civil war.

at least A&T is doing it correctly, time wise. Not the 8 month notice Hampton did....

[Lorne_Malvo]

I think its a great move.