Well if you are a fan of a school in the Mid-American conference or Sunbelt conference, you probably think I forgot about you. Don't fear I remember that there are a number of schools in Louisiana and Ohio that are smaller and form their own conference. Yet despite my best efforts there was no way I could merge the two to create a super-conference and quite frankly, don't feel it would be in their best interest. These conferences serve as a gateway for schools in the FCS series to improve to the caliber of the bigger names. The Mid-American conference would serve as a gateway for schools in the Midwest. For those in the Southeast, the Sunbelt conference. If any schools in a different area want to improve to the next level, they will have to go independent until a satisfactory number of schools is obtained. The other thought I had was the Mountain West and Conference USA could serve as feeders for the Western part of the states while the MAC and Sunbelt serve as feeders in the Eastern portion of the states. What would happen is the conferences would expand to 16 permanent members (MWC and C-USA already have their 16). Afterwards, if other teams want to move up to the next level, they can apply for a temporary membership. Each conference can hold a maximum of 4 temporary members who would have a conference affiliation for 3 years, until more schools jump up to make a conference for them. If teams in the west wanted to expand, the MWC and C-USA could provide a temporary home for up to 8 members. Afterwards, the west would have grown sufficiently to create a new conference.
Now what happens is each five years these non-AQ super-conferences will be evaluated for quality to see if they are eligible for the big postseason competition (that I will explain in the next post). Emphasis will be placed on the accomplishments of the top 1/2 of the conference against other conferences. This will all give rise to the postseason plans which will be unveiled in my next blog entry. Keep reading!
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