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Date Posted: 21:42:46 06/05/03 Thu
Author: NU Hoop Fan
Subject: Highly Unlikely
In reply to: Urban Barrister 's message, "Re: UMass Football 1-A or Bust?? -- How about this idea for a "superconference"?" on 16:27:47 06/05/03 Thu

First of all, Delaware is the ringleader in all of this CAA thing, so to assume they'd leave anywhere is shortsighted. They're the ones championing the CAA football conference, so they're not going to abandon ship. If the A-10 disintegrates for hoops, the CAA is going to grab the football affiliation in a nanosecond, and Delaware stays put.

Rutgers with 1-A or 1-AA football will be in the Big East, regardless. I think they have to let the Schiano experiment run its course.

NU would only leave for a football league...

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[> [> [> Re: Highly Unlikely -- Josh, 10:39:38 06/08/03 Sun

I think that a hockey reallignment could also hasten NU's leaving the AE. O'Brian has been less than subtle in his desire to move NU out of the AE.

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[> [> [> [> Re: Hockey Realignment?? -- UNH_Alum_In_CT, 21:33:49 06/08/03 Sun

Hockey Realignemnt????? NU is going to leave Hockey East for the ECAC, MAAC or CHA?????????? Doubt the ECAC would be interested in them (too many members already) and either the MAAC or CHA would be a significant step down. Still D-1 and would give NU a better shot at making the NCAA tournament, but would they be able to recruit the same kids they do today???

I admit NU is in a tough spot, they aren't a state university like so many AE and CAA schools, but they play 1-AA football. The majority of the scholy 1-AA football schools are the state universities. IMHO, the CAA will eventually implode because of football -- UNCW, ODU, VCU, GMU and DU have different aspirations than W&M, Delaware, Towson, JMU & Hofstra. Joining the CAA isn't the permanent solution. Maybe NU should hang tight for awhile to see what shakes out.

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[> [> [> [> Re: Highly Unlikely -- NU Hoop Fan, 00:07:18 06/09/03 Mon

Hockey East isn't going anywhere, and NU isn't going anywhere yet. The CAA still has one non-football school (ODU) who isn't in favor of the move, which is enough to keep NU out of the CAA.

I think any conference movements at the AE level will be among the last to happen. Some of the other possibilities for NU that I've heard are interesting.

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