FCS Conference Shuffling

[ST_Lawson]

Looks like some weird stuff is going on at Eastern Washington university. Wonder if they’re actually going to eliminate football. Can’t imagine going D2

 

Not really. They have a group of VERY vocal faculty that are all-in on dropping football to D2 (really, their ultimate goal is to drop football or maybe even athletics entirely). This issue came up last year too, EWU conducted a study looking into the feasibility of moving, and at that point they decided that it wouldn't make sense to move down. Travel would be a big issue, DII is pretty thin out in that area.

I think it's pretty unlikely that anything comes of this other than their board "looking into it" and then not doing anything.

[screamingeaglepride]

Looks like some weird stuff is going on at Eastern Washington university. Wonder if they’re actually going to eliminate football. Can’t imagine going D2


 

Not really. They have a group of VERY vocal faculty that are all-in on dropping football to D2 (really, their ultimate goal is to drop football or maybe even athletics entirely). This issue came up last year too, EWU conducted a study looking into the feasibility of moving, and at that point they decided that it wouldn't make sense to move down. Travel would be a big issue, DII is pretty thin out in that area.

I think it's pretty unlikely that anything comes of this other than their board "looking into it" and then not doing anything.

 

Interesting you talked about travel with EWU. When the Southern Indiana AD, John Mark Hall, was being interviewed by Valleyhoopsinsider John Mark stated USI would have less travel in D1 OVC than being in D2 GLVC

[ST_Lawson]

Interesting you talked about travel with EWU. When the Southern Indiana AD, John Mark Hall, was being interviewed by Valleyhoopsinsider John Mark stated USI would have less travel in D1 OVC than being in D2 GLVC

 

It's probably not a huge difference, but I could see it. USI is pretty centrally located in the OVC...nobody is all that far away. I haven't checked, but all schools may be just a bus trip away.
GLVC has a couple of schools over in the KC area, which is probably further away than any of the OVC members are.

[ST_Lawson]

UTRGV is moving from the WAC to the Southland. They have been a member of the WAC since 2013 and are in the process of starting up a FCS football team, projected to start playing in 2025.

[ST_Lawson]

DII Mercyhurst University is moving up to DI and joining the NEC.
They're a private catholic university in Erie, PA with about 2,700 students.

[screamingeaglepride]

DII Mercyhurst University is moving up to DI and joining the NEC.
They're a private catholic university in Erie, PA with about 2,700 students.

 

Wow I didn't see that coming