I assume that he or the writer means no move up to FBS and no move down to D-2 (which you can't do anyway). Oh well, despite the lack of correct terminology, it seems that Maine is NOT dropping football........sorry CAA South!
I assume that he or the writer means no move up to FBS and no move down to D-2 (which you can't do anyway). Oh well, despite the lack of correct terminology, it seems that Maine is NOT dropping football........sorry CAA South!
You're the only one who seems to think we want Maine to leave. And frankly, you were the one saying that Maine should leave the CAA. Do you have a comfy seat permanently attached to the fence you are sitting on?
I assume that he or the writer means no move up to FBS and no move down to D-2 (which you can't do anyway). Oh well, despite the lack of correct terminology, it seems that Maine is NOT dropping football........sorry CAA South!
You're the only one who seems to think we want Maine to leave. And frankly, you were the one saying that Maine should leave the CAA. Do you have a comfy seat permanently attached to the fence you are sitting on?
I said that Maine should drop football if they are considering partial scholarship FCS football (current NEC).
∞∞∞ wrote:I like having Maine in the CAA and respect their commitment despite the shift occurring in the conference.
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I have absolutely no problem with maine being in the CAA. Quite frankly, I'd hate to see them leave. They seem like a quality member of the conference that consistently fields a competitive team. I'm looking forward to when ODU has to travel to Maine where pretty much the whole ODU coaching staff used to play and/or coached. HC Bobby Wilder, Offensive coordinator/offensive line coach Brian Scott, Running Back coach Mike Zyskowski, Quarterback coach Ryan Whitcomb, and I believe our Linebackers/defensive coordinator (name can't remember right now) all are originally from the University of Maine.
["This is a chance to shape the future and that's good, said Abbott. "The goal is to establish a stable conference."
It's time for America East to bring football inside its house. Only four of its nine schools play football and those four are in three different conferences: Maine and New Hampshire in the Colonial, Albany in the Northeast and Stony Brook in the Big South with schools like Coastal Carolina, Gardner-Webb and Charleston South.
Bryant University and Central Connecticut State, already in the Northeast Conference, could be targets for America East. So could Fordham, now an associate member of the Patriot League after it switched from a non-football scholarship program to granting scholarships. Merrimack, already a Hockey East opponent, might upgrade its football program to Division I-AA status.
America East has not yet named a successor to Patrick Nero, its commissioner who left to become athletic director at George Washington University. That doesn't mean the realignment of other conferences hasn't been discussed along with this: How can America East strengthen its own house.
"We're always thinking three or four dominoes ahead," said America East associate commissioner Matt Bourque.
When people are introduced to Bourque, a Bath native, they comment on the conference's success in football and hockey. Bourque has to correct them. New Hampshire and Boston University are America East schools and football and hockey contenders, but in two leagues America East does not control.
"We do subscribe to (the idea) that football drives college sports," said Bourque.
He gets it. Instead of hand-wringing and simply trying to survive, now is the time to think out of the box and grow.
