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(Note - put this in this forum, because, well, I felt like it)


The high and mighty Sunbelt, where they will all tell you they are better because they play FBS football, and FBS football helps ALL the sports, just lost the PLAY-IN GAME against UNC-Asheville.

Sunbelt - our football sucks, and now our basketball does too

I guess we can assume Northern Colorado will be making a run in the tourney?

Skjellyfetti wrote:I guess we can assume Northern Colorado will be making a run in the tourney?

Better shot than UALR...

And sorry for making fun of the conference ASU soon will be in...

dbackjon wrote:And sorry for making fun of the conference ASU soon will be in...

Yeah....about that......Our AD just said we're absolutely not going to the Sun Belt as it wouldn't be worth it financially.

T-Dog wrote:

dbackjon wrote:And sorry for making fun of the conference ASU soon will be in...

Yeah....about that......Our AD just said we're absolutely not going to the Sun Belt as it wouldn't be worth it financially.

I said all along he's a pretty sharp dude.

here's one for the room:

take the top 12 teams in FCS and match them up with the sun belt in order

how many games does the fcs win?

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:here's one for the room:

take the top 12 teams in FCS and match them up with the sun belt in order

how many games does the fcs win?

10

dbackjon wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:here's one for the room:

take the top 12 teams in FCS and match them up with the sun belt in order

how many games does the fcs win?

10

I goofed - thought there were 12 teams in the belch... turns out there's 9 (for now)

FCS Top 9
1. Eastern Washington
2. Delaware
3. Villanova
4. Appalachian State
5. Georgia Southern
6. Wofford
7. New Hampshire
8. Stephen F. Austin
9. North Dakota State

the belch
1. FIU
2. Troy
3. MTSU
4. Ark. St.
5. UL Monroe
6. FAU
7. UL Lafayette
8. North Texas
9. W. Kentucky

I think the FCS top 9 goes 7-2 or 6-3 against that. if you match 1v1 2v2 and so on...

Based on your lists, I say the top 4 (at least) FCS runs the table on the Sun Belt with the POSSIBLE exception of an improved North Texas team.

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:

10

I goofed - thought there were 12 teams in the belch... turns out there's 9 (for now)

FCS Top 9
1. Eastern Washington
2. Delaware
3. Villanova
4. Appalachian State
5. Georgia Southern
6. Wofford
7. New Hampshire
8. Stephen F. Austin
9. North Dakota State

the belch
1. FIU
2. Troy
3. MTSU
4. Ark. St.
5. UL Monroe
6. FAU
7. UL Lafayette
8. North Texas
9. W. Kentucky

I think the FCS top 9 goes 7-2 or 6-3 against that. if you match 1v1 2v2 and so on...

EWU vs. FIU would be an AWESOME game to watch; I got a buddy from HS who went there.

dbackjon wrote:(Note - put this in this forum, because, well, I felt like it)


The high and mighty Sunbelt, where they will all tell you they are better because they play FBS football, and FBS football helps ALL the sports, just lost the PLAY-IN GAME against UNC-Asheville.

Sunbelt - our football sucks, and now our basketball does too

Haven't they always?

SuperHornet wrote:Based on your lists, I say the top 4 (at least) FCS runs the table on the Sun Belt with the POSSIBLE exception of an improved North Texas team.

Improved at what?

TwinTownBisonFan wrote:

dbackjon wrote:

10

I goofed - thought there were 12 teams in the belch... turns out there's 9 (for now)

FCS Top 9
1. Eastern Washington
2. Delaware
3. Villanova
4. Appalachian State
5. Georgia Southern
6. Wofford
7. New Hampshire
8. Stephen F. Austin
9. North Dakota State

the belch
1. FIU
2. Troy
3. MTSU
4. Ark. St.
5. UL Monroe
6. FAU
7. UL Lafayette
8. North Texas
9. W. Kentucky

I think the FCS top 9 goes 7-2 or 6-3 against that. if you match 1v1 2v2 and so on...

You may be on to something. Perhaps a relegation system similar to soccer in Europe.

GSUhooligan wrote:

TwinTownBisonFan wrote: I goofed - thought there were 12 teams in the belch... turns out there's 9 (for now)

FCS Top 9
1. Eastern Washington
2. Delaware
3. Villanova
4. Appalachian State
5. Georgia Southern
6. Wofford
7. New Hampshire
8. Stephen F. Austin
9. North Dakota State

the belch
1. FIU
2. Troy
3. MTSU
4. Ark. St.
5. UL Monroe
6. FAU
7. UL Lafayette
8. North Texas
9. W. Kentucky

I think the FCS top 9 goes 7-2 or 6-3 against that. if you match 1v1 2v2 and so on...

You may be on to something. Perhaps a relegation system similar to soccer in Europe.

Soccer? What is this soccer you speak of?

Silenoz wrote:

SuperHornet wrote:Based on your lists, I say the top 4 (at least) FCS runs the table on the Sun Belt with the POSSIBLE exception of an improved North Texas team.

Improved at what?

Take a look at the stats, Silenoz. North Texas started improving as soon as they made that mid-year coaching move. I have no idea if that'll improve because they chose not to hire Mike Canales as their permanent HC, but he's still around running the offense. If they don't have the QB injury situation they had last year, they could make some noise in the Sun Belt.

SuperHornet wrote:

Silenoz wrote: Improved at what?

Take a look at the stats, Silenoz. North Texas started improving as soon as they made that mid-year coaching move. I have no idea if that'll improve because they chose not to hire Mike Canales as their permanent HC, but he's still around running the offense. If they don't have the QB injury situation they had last year, they could make some noise in the Sun Belt.

So they went from one of the absolute worst programs in FBS, to a team hoping to be mediocre in the worst conference. That's (sortof) like saying the top 4 programs in DII would have their hands full with an improved Valparaiso in 2012 if they manage to win 2-3 games this year.

If the Belch moved to FCS, how many of their teams would be playoff contenders, if they adjusted their scholarships down to 63?

LeadBolt wrote:If the Belch moved to FCS, how many of their teams would be playoff contenders, if they adjusted their scholarships down to 63?

North Texas, Troy State, and PERHAPS (in about four years) Western Kentucky.

Only Sun Belt schools that might not be competitive for playoffs right away would be WKU, Ragin Cajuns, and North Texas. All the rest would.

The same thing can be said for the bottom conference(s) in every division compared to the top teams in the next division below.

The top 10 or so Division II teams would likely have a winning record against the MEAC, the Pioneer, and the Big South (using Sagarin to determine the bottom I-FCS conferences this past year).

The quality of talent in the divisions (or subdivisions of Division I) overlap.