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Originally posted by Tech Boys View PostMy understanding is the goal for the number of SAC members is 14 and no more. It was mentioned during the press conference when Limestone announced joining the SAC. That means there is only one invitation left. Based on the hints in the other thread, the 14th member is a D3 VA football school. Since the SAC likes to keep a really tight footprint, Christopher Newport is probably not in consideration. I'm now believing it will be Emory & Henry.
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Originally posted by boatcapt View PostNo inside information here, but Emory would be a good fit for the MEC as well. IF (again no inside information), the MEC brought on Bluefield State, that would give E&H four schools within 150 miles of them and would be a major step for the MEC to move to a N/S division break.
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Originally posted by cneagle99 View Post
The goal was 14 now and 16 by 2024/2025. It appears that Barton only got a 2 year scheduling alliance as opposed to 4 in anticipation of a new SAC member in 2022.
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Originally posted by Tech Boys View Post
Ah, yes. I watched the Limestone-SAC press conference again and they start talking about membership numbers at the 10:18 mark. How likely is it that the SAC actually gets to 16 members. My preference is 14 conference members. I was looking at the Barton alliance as a solution to finish out the UNC-Pembroke alliance with it extended to a second year to give Barton a full home-and-home rotation.
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Originally posted by Tech Boys View Post
Ah, yes. I watched the Limestone-SAC press conference again and they start talking about membership numbers at the 10:18 mark. How likely is it that the SAC actually gets to 16 members. My preference is 14 conference members. I was looking at the Barton alliance as a solution to finish out the UNC-Pembroke alliance with it extended to a second year to give Barton a full home-and-home rotation.
But, the schools are out there to get to 16.
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Originally posted by cneagle99 View Post
If it is E&H, that will take them to 14 members with 11 playing football (Anderson, Carson-Newman, Catawba, Emory & Henry, Lenoir-Rhyne, Limestone, Mars Hill, Newberry, Tusculum, Virginia-Wise & Wingate). While not a fan of silo scheduling, I am also not a fan of an odd number of football teams. We know that both Chowan and North Greenville have applied for membership in the past. Also, it is my understanding, both Barton and Erskine would accept a membership invitation if it was extended. The issue is that the conference is trying to not only keep the overall conference footprint compact, but also to keep the divisional footprints compact.
But, the schools are out there to get to 16.
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Originally posted by Inkblot View Post
Not necessarily. Frostburg State played a full MEC schedule in their first year of provisional D2 membership.
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Originally posted by Tech Boys View Post
And that has happened only one other time since 2011. Northwestern Oklahoma State was denied in 2011 then was accepted in 2012 and played a full GAC schedule in 2012-13.
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Originally posted by Inkblot View Post
Yep. I think there's more incentive for a D3 team than for an NAIA team, since NAIA teams can still be eligible for NAIA championships in Year 1 whereas D3 teams are ineligible even if they play a D3 schedule (thanks to the McMurry rule).
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I am in know way providing any news, but I have a question. Right now Division 1's MEAC is bailing water out of their conference quite a bit. Schools in Division 1 only move one or 2 at a time since 2014. Would any of these schools be candidates for the MEAC expansion or even to replace Robert Morris in the Northeast Conference?
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Originally posted by realignmentreport1 View PostI am in know way providing any news, but I have a question. Right now Division 1's MEAC is bailing water out of their conference quite a bit. Schools in Division 1 only move one or 2 at a time since 2014. Would any of these schools be candidates for the MEAC expansion or even to replace Robert Morris in the Northeast Conference?
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Article from June:
https://heraldcourier.com/sports/e-h...2d940397d.html
"The Emory & Henry board of trustees is scheduled to meet this weekend to discuss plans for the opening of classes this fall. According to multiple sources, one subject that might be brought up involves a study for E&H to move from the non-scholarship world of NCAA Division III athletics to NCAA Division II where scholarships are offered.
Newsome declined comment on the NCAA Division II subject."
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