Eddie George says Tennessee St looking for a new conference








jsupop33 said:
SWAC is all about charity in 2022 I see. First Gram tried to ressurect White Jeezus now commish out here playing Captain save a program.
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What's that in the sky?
It's a bird.
It's a plane.
What's that (bleep) name ...
Cap'n Save-a-School mane ...

Real talk and taking emotions out of it ... Bringing Tennessee State on board makes box office sense to them and members of the conference like your beloved Jackson State, Grambling, Southern, FAMU, Alabama A&M and Alabama State. Since football drives college athletics, it kind of makes sense. Also, adding Nashville to the SWAC footprint gives the conference a foothold in a major market ... with only Atlanta, Charlotte, Tampa-St. Pete, Jacksonville (Fla.), Austin and San Antonio being the only major Southern markets where the SWAC currently does not play in.

Now, we can argue that Tampa-St. Pete and Jacksonville are in close enough proximity to FAMU and Bethune Cookman that they don't count in that number, along with Austin and San Antonio doesn't have enough melanated folks to be considered players. So that leaves Atlanta ("the holy grail market) and Charlotte, which currently

We can argue pros and cons, but the underlying issue in the Tennessee State/SWAC angle is how in the hell the conference is gonna balance it out with another school? Is there a PWI FCS that wants to be Tommy Egan? Does South Carolina State feel froggy and jumps into the SWAC's arms? Will a D-2 HBCU get some money to upgrade itself to Division I status?

These are good questions in regards to the immediate and distant (which is 5 years in college athletics now LOL) for the stability and growth of the conference.
 
Journalist said:
Now, we can argue that Tampa-St. Pete and Jacksonville are in close enough proximity to FAMU and Bethune Cookman that they don't count in that number
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I would count barely Bethune (under 150 miles) but not FAMU as far as the Tampa market is concerned (of course Bethune is under an hour from Orlando which is a BIG market)

The usual "Miles/Tuskegee/Clark Atlanta/Albany State" suggestion as far as D2 schools and SCSU as far as D1 schools IF TSU comes

Naturally if TSU comes alone you would have to bring them to the East and have an unbalanced division until a 14th school is added in which the usual "is it Valley or that school that goes to the West" convo pops up
 
Journalist said:
What's that in the sky?
It's a bird.
It's a plane.
What's that (bleep) name ...
Cap'n Save-a-School mane ...

Real talk and taking emotions out of it ... Bringing Tennessee State on board makes box office sense to them and members of the conference like your beloved Jackson State, Grambling, Southern, FAMU, Alabama A&M and Alabama State. Since football drives college athletics, it kind of makes sense. Also, adding Nashville to the SWAC footprint gives the conference a foothold in a major market ... with only Atlanta, Charlotte, Tampa-St. Pete, Jacksonville (Fla.), Austin and San Antonio being the only major Southern markets where the SWAC currently does not play in.

Now, we can argue that Tampa-St. Pete and Jacksonville are in close enough proximity to FAMU and Bethune Cookman that they don't count in that number, along with Austin and San Antonio doesn't have enough melanated folks to be considered players. So that leaves Atlanta ("the holy grail market) and Charlotte, which currently

We can argue pros and cons, but the underlying issue in the Tennessee State/SWAC angle is how in the hell the conference is gonna balance it out with another school? Is there a PWI FCS that wants to be Tommy Egan? Does South Carolina State feel froggy and jumps into the SWAC's arms? Will a D-2 HBCU get some money to upgrade itself to Division I status?

These are good questions in regards to the immediate and distant (which is 5 years in college athletics now LOL) for the stability and growth of the conference.
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Also look at another sport that they don't carry, Baseball. How do you balance that out?
 
Journalist said:
What's that in the sky?
It's a bird.
It's a plane.
What's that (bleep) name ...
Cap'n Save-a-School mane ...

Real talk and taking emotions out of it ... Bringing Tennessee State on board makes box office sense to them and members of the conference like your beloved Jackson State, Grambling, Southern, FAMU, Alabama A&M and Alabama State. Since football drives college athletics, it kind of makes sense. Also, adding Nashville to the SWAC footprint gives the conference a foothold in a major market ... with only Atlanta, Charlotte, Tampa-St. Pete, Jacksonville (Fla.), Austin and San Antonio being the only major Southern markets where the SWAC currently does not play in.

Now, we can argue that Tampa-St. Pete and Jacksonville are in close enough proximity to FAMU and Bethune Cookman that they don't count in that number, along with Austin and San Antonio doesn't have enough melanated folks to be considered players. So that leaves Atlanta ("the holy grail market) and Charlotte, which currently

We can argue pros and cons, but the underlying issue in the Tennessee State/SWAC angle is how in the hell the conference is gonna balance it out with another school? Is there a PWI FCS that wants to be Tommy Egan? Does South Carolina State feel froggy and jumps into the SWAC's arms? Will a D-2 HBCU get some money to upgrade itself to Division I status?

These are good questions in regards to the immediate and distant (which is 5 years in college athletics now LOL) for the stability and growth of the conference.
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I want the atlanta market. Problem is those are all private schools. I would love the morehouse named added to the swac ledger. I guess they'd have to have their sports with spellman. That home schedule in atlanta would have them averaging 40k a game. My 2nd choice would be Langston. An original swac member. Would breath life into that university and provide balance to the conference w/ a westward expansion. same issues though. those dII transitions.
 
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