Kennesaw State and the Big South

[AggiePride]

You cannot tell me they are not looking. Big south probably looking to poach again.

www.mdjonline.com/cobb_football_friday/kennesaw-state-hopeful-that-presbyterian-s-exit-will-end-big/article_21f158ea-f037-11e9-b692-0344a4784c12.html

KENNESAW -- On Saturday, Kennesaw State will head to Presbyterian College for the last time.

The Blue Hose football program will leave the Big South Conference following the season. It is no longer offering athletic scholarships and will join the Pioneer League, a conference of non-scholarship Division I teams.

As Presbyterian leaves, it will be the third program to depart the Big South since Kennesaw State joined the conference in 201

[DECKS]

Of course the Big South is still looking to add teams, however I no longer see the appeal or benefit for us to look that way. I still see the possibility of an MEAC / Big South merger in years ahead. That scenario would be dependent upon the fates of FAMU and BCU.

[aggie2039]

Oct 20, 2019 7:52:14 GMT -5 DECKS said:

Of course the Big South is still looking to add teams, however I no longer see the appeal or benefit for us to look that way. I still see the possibility of an MEAC / Big South merger in years ahead. That scenario would be dependent upon the fates of FAMU and BCU.

It would be better for those schools to join the MEAC! Kennesaw State would be great for the conference from a media and recruitment perspective. Charleston Southern would be good for reducing travel costs.

[DECKS]

Oct 20, 2019 8:17:32 GMT -5 aggie2039 said:

Oct 20, 2019 7:52:14 GMT -5 DECKS said:

Of course the Big South is still looking to add teams, however I no longer see the appeal or benefit for us to look that way. I still see the possibility of an MEAC / Big South merger in years ahead. That scenario would be dependent upon the fates of FAMU and BCU.

It would be better for those schools to join the MEAC! Kennesaw State would be great for the conference from a media and recruitment perspective. Charleston Southern would be good for reducing travel costs.

With an enrollment over 35k KSU is probably headed to the SunBelt Conference within the next 5 years. The BSC has proven to be a stepping stone conference so it would be hard to make decisions based on their current make up. I think we let things shake out in both conferences over the next few years and see who's left standing.

[AggiePride]

And I think UNA has its eyes on the OVC. Hampton folks are not happy. MEAC is currently ranked higher as a conference than BS. Monmouth competes in four conferences including the MEAC.
I think the MEAC is the upswing lead by us. If SCSU can weather it’s storm, hopefully FAMU and BCU can too. I never saw any advantage in joining that conference. I think UMES and Coppin are good fits for the CIAA. The conference landscape will be interesting in the next 5 years. Isn’t Thomas approaching retirement age?

Conference rankings according to FCS

www.fcs.football/cfb/story.asp?i=20191017141029060861904&ref=rec&tm=&src=FCS

[AggiePride]

The Big South is a mess.

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