danefan
June 14th, 2012, 02:34 PM
The question facing Fiore now is where to go from here. According to Randall Susman, the faculty-athletic representative, there is a growing support on campus for the university to move up a level in football, to the Football Bowl Subdivision.
That would require an exit from the Big South Conference, where Stony Brook is an associate member, and probably from the America East, where its other teams reside. That conference does not carry football.
Fiore said that he “absolutely” believed Stony Brook was an interesting possibility for F.B.S. conferences, but he declined to go into specifics.
“If an opportunity presented itself, and it’s the right opportunity, that’s our job,” he said. “We’re not shopping. We’re happy where we are. But certainly there are conversations that have taken place and continue to take place.”
He added: “We love the America East. We’ve had a lot of success. We’re aligned with some really great institutions, and we’re happy there.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/sports/for-stony-brook-college-world-series-appearance-is-latest-in-a-string-of-successes.html?_r=1&smid=tw-share
Still third place in the AEast Commissioner's Cup though.....xasswhipx
That would require an exit from the Big South Conference, where Stony Brook is an associate member, and probably from the America East, where its other teams reside. That conference does not carry football.
Fiore said that he “absolutely” believed Stony Brook was an interesting possibility for F.B.S. conferences, but he declined to go into specifics.
“If an opportunity presented itself, and it’s the right opportunity, that’s our job,” he said. “We’re not shopping. We’re happy where we are. But certainly there are conversations that have taken place and continue to take place.”
He added: “We love the America East. We’ve had a lot of success. We’re aligned with some really great institutions, and we’re happy there.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/sports/for-stony-brook-college-world-series-appearance-is-latest-in-a-string-of-successes.html?_r=1&smid=tw-share
Still third place in the AEast Commissioner's Cup though.....xasswhipx