Seadragon76

I should of just googled it, but thanks anyway @Sport. This and the Sonny Gray move strikes me as odd moves. Wasn't Cincinnati within striking distance of a playoff berth last year?

Seattle just made a trade with Cincinnati... anyone know how good Jesse Winker and Eugenio Suarez are? Because I get the feeling that Seattle is going all in with these moves and the expanded playoffs.

Just for kicks, a quick update on each league... IFL -Spokane was kicked out of the league because they lost their lease to the Spokane Arena. -This helps as the league is now at an even 14 teams with the expansion Vegas Knight Hawks competing in the Western Conference alongside Arizona, Bay Area, Duke City, Northern Arizona, San Diego and Tucson. -In the Eastern Conference are Bismarck, Frisco, Green Bay, Iowa, Massachusetts, Quad City and Sioux Falls. CIF -Four new teams were added in the Topeka Tropics, the Southwest Kansas Storm (based in Dodge City), the Billings Outlaws and the Rapid City Marshalls.

Hell. No. As a fellow Seahawk fan, I implore you to rethink that.

This hurts a lot... I mean, as a Seahawk fan, losing Wilson is tough. But, what Seattle gets in return from Denver is important - three players that could provide something, two first round picks (I assume it's this year and next year), 2 second round picks and a fifth round pick. The challenge now is not screwing this up.

The exact implications for this aren't know yet, but I have the feeling that they might put Slovakia in since they already have the two Nation Leagues winners in the field in the form of Austria and the Czech Republic. Or, they could throw a massive curve ball and give Poland a bye to the pod final.

It is official now: Lindenwood is jumping to DI and the Ohio Valley Conference. This is important for the OVC because it adds another football body to the conference that is starting an alliance with the Big South to basically combine the two leagues in 2023. The reason the Big South is making that move? They lost North Carolina A&T to the CAA.

Remember the last time the Bengals were in the playoffs? Yeah, they self destructed in front of everyone in that loss to Pittsburgh. Who knew that old history would come back to bite them in the ass?? Anyway, congrats to the Rams for winning it all.

Slim to none with slim heading out the front door. For the OVC to bring Morehead State back in the fold for football requires the school to start doing scholarships, which isn't exactly something that could be justified in this time frame.

At least two more football schools to help make up for Murray State's departure in 2023. This is where schools like Hillsdale and Grand Valley State would come in if they were looking to make the leap to Division I.

TCO Stadium? Never heard of it... who plays there??

In what might be the worst kept secret out there, Southern Indiana is joining the OVC as they make the jump to Division I

Go Bengals, beat the Lambs.

I should also mention that any potential D-II to D-I moves after Texas A&M Commerce may not happen since the NCAA has redone their constitution and the D-I Transformation Committee will be looking at a ton of topics for changing the overall field. One of those topics is moving to Division I. It might become much, much harder for a school to get into Division I.

The NEC. Not only does it fit better with New Haven regionally, the school can also play some of their old NE-10 rivals like Bryant and Merrimack in the process.

On the first topic: It's possible considering that the Big South is not just losing Hampton and Monmouth for football, they're losing Kennesaw State and North Alabama to the ASUN. They're down to five members (four current schools and Robert Morris). They could try to convince Presbyterian (already a member of the Big South) to come back for football, but that would be a very hard sell since the Blue Hose went to the Pioneer League in part to cut down on costs and to be more competitive. The merger plan would have to wait until 2023 as Murray State is playing in the OVC for football this upcoming season. On the second topic: At eight schools, the America East might be in perfect shape. There have been rumors of New Haven wanting to make the jump to Division 1... they would be a perfect fit for the conference. They might be needed as Albany is looking at jumping to the CAA alongside Stony Brook.

The CAA adding those three schools makes sense - Hampton's goal has always been to be in the CAA after leaving the MEAC. The Big South was just a stay over for them before making that move. Monmouth and Stony Brook are big time grabs for the football side of things since they're losing a big time powerhouse in James Madison. Having them in the CAA will also help the league in other ways as well.

It would, but I think Grand Canyon is probably happy where they are. Not to mention that Seattle already has history with the WCC as a former member. They would be ecstatic to see the Redhawks rejoin after nearly 50 years away.

The move back to the WAC helps UT-Arlington a lot because the conference be as spread out... Yes, there is still a trip to Seattle as a possible road game. But, most of the conference now resides in Texas. This makes it far more feasible for them in the long run. As for the Horizon League: I doubt they would take a flyer on Chicago State... but, you know - desperate times and desperate measures.

Am I the only one here half expecting something from Cowboy Bebop with this name?

I get a feeling that crew of refs is going to get the 'Boger' treatment after that little incident...

Probably not. What he did at Washington State and how that went might make him persona non grata to many AD's.

That would be right. If the Chiefs win (and they'll more then likely win.. I mean, come on. Does anyone outside of Pittsburgh think the Steelers stand a snowball's chance in hell?), the Titans host the Bengals and the Bills go to Kansas City. If Pittsburgh somehow pulls it off, then they go to Tennessee and the Bills host the Bengals.

Stony Brook is already a football member of the CAA, so this move works for them. Monmouth would huge for the CAA as they escape the Big South for a football home that is more or less better situated for where they are. The big loser here is the Big South, though. In the span of a season, they could easily go from having 9 members (5 conference members and 4 affiliate members) to just 5 members (4 conference members and Robert Morris)

Is there really anywhere in NYC proper that the team can build a soccer specific stadium?