Seadragon76

Now it's going to be a race to see who becomes the 12th MVC school and it's between UT-Arlington, Kansas City and UIC. UT-Arlington, being in a large metro area, does have that going for them... but it is very far away from the rest of the conference. Still, being in the Dallas metro area is a big selling point. Both Kansas City and UIC are better fits geographically, but neither school really moves the needle when it comes to sports. As for the Ohio Valley - they're in trouble. They need football bodies stat. Western Illinois fits that and so does another team mentioned in this article: UAPB. Also mentioned are D-II schools like Southern Indiana, Lincoln Memorial, Hillsdale and Grand Valley State (The first two do not football programs while Hillsdale and GVSU have football programs).

You know what else will be nice? Seeing the Lambs flame out in the Wild Card or Divisional Round while OBJ throws a hissy fit.

I hate to say it... but I agree. They stink and it's time for an overhaul.

Speaking of no calls... WT absolute F was that pass interference NOT called? I knew the NFL would screw Seattle over. Moving this game to Tuesday to give the Lambs more time for their players to get back from the COVID-19 list was part of it. But that no call... Icing on this miserable ass cake.

As a Seahawk fan, I'm pissed. This game is extremely important if Seattle has any hope of making the playoffs and now, they're stuck with an extremely short week with a Tuesday game against the Lambs and then a home game with Chicago next week. I understand player safety and all, but this feels like it runs counter to that.

At least with the UK, the Bears have a valid reason - they were part of the first NFL game in London back in 1986. Spain... that's questionable, but maybe the hope is that the Bears UK fan base can translate to something there.

Seattle would probably be preferable for a few reasons... -Closer to the rest of the conference -Better regional fit -History with the WCC (Former member from 1971-1980) -Private school with religious backing

It's a great move for the OVC... But I don't know if it's a great fit for Little Rock. The OVC needed someone... Hell, anyone, to join that was already a fully fledged D-I school. Little Rock fits that. I just don't know how Little Rock helps the OVC itself unless the conference was happy to get a school that was, for all intents and purposes, pushed out by the Sun Belt and its moves being more catered to football.

He beat the Jokes. Simmer down, son.

BOO! I wanted Seal Slingers so that people can actually learn that orcas actually fling seals high in the air just for kicks.

I know the OVC needs bodies fast after Austin Peay bolted for the ASUN, but GVSU is a little bit far away from the rest of the conference. The nearest school is Eastern Illinois and that's not a short trip. Not to mention that the GLIAC, their home conference, would be in deep if they left as they're already down to 10 schools (6 for football) thanks to Northwood joining the G-MAC next season (as has a large chunk of former GLIAC members). I still think Lindenwood would be an ideal candidate if they want a D2 school, but Chicago State could make an interesting case for OVC membership...

Maybe... I'm just afraid that once he leaves, the Seahawks will fall back into the old ways - 10-15 years of being 'meh'.

WTF is with that turkey?!? It looks like something out a bad show. Speaking of bad movies, the family went to my aunt's place (She lives on the next street over) and before turning on the Lions game, she had on Troll 2. From what little I saw, it's not that bad... Probably need to see the whole thing first. Back to topic at hand - good lord, there were a ton of flags in the Raiders-Cowboys game. I think the refs took umbrage on the idea of keeping the flags in their pocket and were like Oprah: You get a flag, you get a flag, you get a flag.. EVERYONE GETS A FLAG!!

Concordia of Portland did shut its doors, though. Kind of a big deal out here. Anyway - The three GNAC schools needed a home since it was already rough enough for them to keep it afloat. The Lone Star was possibly in danger of being poached by the Southland, so it's a marriage of necessity.

That might be a hard sell since a large chunk of the Big East is private Catholic schools and the only public school in there is UConn, a legacy member from before the split. There might also be the fact that the Big East may not want to add another member from the A-10 unless it's one of the private Catholic schools.

If there are any other Seahawk fans here, I am going to say this now: There shall be no mention of what happened yesterday in Green Bay. Understood?

I wouldn't be shocked if the Southland takes all the football playing schools from the Lone Star Conference. For note, the Lone Star is at 18 schools right now (17 with Commerce making the jump next year). Taking the football schools would allow the conference to focus more on the non-football schools (10 of them) and be more versed in that department. The only schools I might think could be an issue here are the New Mexico schools - Eastern and Western New Mexico.

I say seven because while Liberty and New Mexico State are FBS teams, Sam Houston and Jacksonville State aren't. They'll more then likely start the process of becoming an FBS member next season with the 2023 campaign being the second year. This means that C-USA would have seven full time FBS schools in the conference. When 2024 comes around, then they'll have nine teams because those two teams will now be fully fledged FBS schools.

Those two schools staying were very, very important for Conference USA. It gives them seven FBS level schools in 2023, so they may need to throw a football only invite to UConn in order to satisfy the requirements while Sam Houston and Jacksonville State make the move up, which is a two year process. For McNeese State, their decision to stay in the Southland is very important as well because they're in danger of going extinct if the WAC, for example, decided to snatch another school from there. Getting Texas A&M-Commerce helps a small bit, but they need more schools to join. UT-Arlington and Little Rock would be great options for them since I do believe that the FCS only requires six teams minimum for football.

What about the fact that he, for all intents and purposes, lied to everyone and the Packers kind of covered it up for him? Yeah, that's something to think about. Now, while it does rob the nation of a battle between Rodgers and Mahomes.. there is a silver lining here: Jordan Love gets his first start in the NFL against Mahomes and at a very, very loud Arrowhead. This is a chance to see if he is indeed the QB of the future there or if they may have to beg for Mr. 'Big Brain' on the bench to stay another year.

The best thing the Southland can do is take D2 schools from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana and go from there. The best bet might be schools from the Lone Star Conference, which is at 18 (soon to be 17 with Commerce making the move to the Southland) members and there are at least 4 schools - UT Permian Basin, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Midwestern State and West Texas A&M - that look like potential D1 additions. Outside of the Lone Star, there is Central Oklahoma from the MIAA.

As for my thoughts on this trade...

UTEP and Louisiana Tech might be better off in the WAC. My case is pretty simple - things have changed for the better in the 16-25 years since both schools were there. The conference is more based in the Southwest now and the football side of things is looking to reach the FBS level in 10-15 years. Adding in UTEP and Louisiana Tech could speed the process along since there is already a D-I school in New Mexico State and, if you want to be technical, Lamar would be FBS ready (one of the rules is having at least 15,000 seats in their stadium. The Cardinals have 16,000). It might take time, but you could see an 11 team WAC in the FBS by 2035 if it all works out.

And people wonder why Liberty can't find an FBS home, it's because of things like that. No conference in their right mind wants that kind of negative attention thrown at them.. just be glad that the football team and the basketball team are winning, because I'm sure that if they weren't winners, a ton more would (or could) be exposed for all to see.

When I say nobody, I mean nobody.. that includes Jackson State.