Colleges adding football

[laker]

Interesting article about colleges adding football at all levels.

http://collegefootball.org/News/News...ering-football

[bigmrg74]

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Sure wish we could get Lake Superior State on next years report.

[laker]

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Sure wish we could get Lake Superior State on next years report.

I agree. If Finlandia can have football, why not the Lakers?

[bigmrg74]

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I agree. If Finlandia can have football, why not the Lakers?

I believe LSSU had football for a while way back in the day, but ended the program. Lately I've heard that they have been having enrollment issues with not a lot of kids really wanting to go there. Football would be a way for them to perk up their numbers a little. Especially now with coaches more able to recruit kids far and wide after only seeing a video of them online.

[Mulerider]

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Curious if UA-Fort Smith will ever get football, as well as UALR in Little Rock, AR.

[ctrabs74]

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Curious if UA-Fort Smith will ever get football, as well as UALR in Little Rock, AR.

Probably because the good folks in Fayette-nam wouldn't exactly be thrilled at the prospect of UALR adding a D1 football program; not sure they'd be overly concerned about Fort Smith, especially with UA-Monticello having an existing D2 program.

As for the overall addition of college football programs, does it get to a point where certain teams end up at a disadvantage because the talent pool becomes diluted? One of the concerns with Barton, for example, is the plethora of D1/D2 football schools in the Carolinas, which might force them to expand their footprint into Virginia or down south into Georgia or Florida.

[dvaara]

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Sure wish we could get Lake Superior State on next years report.

that sure would b nice...a nice stadium next to the locks?

[Tech Boys]

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Probably because the good folks in Fayette-nam wouldn't exactly be thrilled at the prospect of UALR adding a D1 football program; not sure they'd be overly concerned about Fort Smith, especially with UA-Monticello having an existing D2 program.

Fayetteville and Fort Smith are less than an hour apart. They share tv stations. UAFS would get zero or next to zero support in football. UAM is in the opposite corner of the state and has had football for 100 years, long before they joined the UA system. But, Fayetteville did almost make UAM drop football during the transition from NAIA to D2.

[DaleDude]

I don't think that the University of Michigan Dearborn has a football program, at least not that I am aware of. They have other varsity sports, but they would be a good fit for NAIA or DIII. Any comments?

[cwfenn]

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Sure wish we could get Lake Superior State on next years report.

They still have the hockey team?

[Finchwidget]

I don't think that the University of Michigan Dearborn has a football program, at least not that I am aware of. They have other varsity sports, but they would be a good fit for NAIA or DIII. Any comments?

UM-Dearborn is very much a commuter school, to the point where I don't think they even have their own dorms. Add to that the fact that Ann Arbor is just 30 minutes away and UM-Dearborn just recently started a program to give their incoming freshmen free Michigan football season tickets, and I think interest in a Dearborn football team would be almost nil.

[ESU Warrior]

Bring back the Wichita State Shockers!!

[SW_Mustang]

I don't think that the University of Michigan Dearborn has a football program, at least not that I am aware of. They have other varsity sports, but they would be a good fit for NAIA or DIII. Any comments?

They do not. I don't believe any of the Michigan branches have football. Not sure if it's a good add for them or not though so I can't provide thoughts there.

[SW_Mustang]

They still have the hockey team?

Yes. It's not great though.

EDIT: - Actually, they have 3 NCAA DI championships and 2 NAIA championships. They had a good year in 2021, but it's slim pickings over the last 30.

[SW_Mustang]

Here's where I want to see growth in football participation:

-According to Wikipedia, the NJCAA has a total of 436 members across the three divisions. 54 of them sponsor football - 41 DI, and 13 DIII. It's been shrinking steadily in the last few years too. I think we may see a core of teams across Mississippi, Texas, and Oklahoma stick around with some stragglers like NMMI and Snow, , but I think JUCO football is on death's doorstep. Obviously the reason is money - but I do see a market opportunity now that there's a bigger emphasis on small college football (IMO). It doesn't even have to be fancy, but it would be nice if it was brought back.

-California (and the west coast). This one is obvious, but there's not a lot of football out there and we've slowly seen it dissipate, especially below the FBS level. I'd really like to see it make a comeback in the Cal State system (especially CSU-LA), along with APU and SFU. Gonzaga is another school I'd like to see have football.

-Big basketball schools that don't have football, like Gonzaga mentioned above.

-St. Cloud State.

(EDIT - Just realized this is a 6 year old thread)