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New Orleans To Leave Sunbelt

Jan 20th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

The school will leave the Sunbelt Conference in Division 1 and head to D3. May 15 is the deadline to submit the D3 application and the LSU Board of Supervisors voted 11-1 on the move. It’s a sound move by the school. It makes you wonder is schools like New Orleans had been in more [...]



New Orleans Considers D3 Downgrade

Nov 13th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

The University of New Orleans announced it is exploring reclassification from Division I to Division III, effective with the 2010-11 academic year. The school cited budgetary concerns as its primary reason for considering the switch and committed to a decision by May 15, 2010. “We had to reduce funding for athletics in the previous round [...]



UNO Sports Reprieve

May 7th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

What a difference a few days makes for the UNO athletic department. Last week, a student vote to increase athletic fees failed, and UNO athletes, coaches and staff were told that athletic programs were in jeopardy. But UNO administrators told the same group Wednesday that, thanks to the pledged support of the local business community, [...]



Will SBC lose UNO?

Feb 17th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

CollegeSportsInfo.com Forums • View topic – Will SBC lose UNO?: From Freaked….“Looks like UNO will be severely cutting its budget for FY10 with legislative negotiations starting in late April.The UNO chancellor promises that the athletic department will be self sufficient but with BB attendance of less than 1,000 per game and no FB revenue it [...]



Sunbelt future: UNO athletics among possible cuts in 2009

Feb 16th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

“UNO Chancellor Tim Ryan said Monday state budget cuts for the 2009-2010 fiscal year might force the university to consider eliminating athletics, among other reductions. In a letter to LSU System President John Lombardi dated Dec. 16, Ryan said cutting athletics was a possibility for the 2009-10 school year. Ryan’s letter also outlined $5.4 million [...]



Georgia Southern and the Sunbelt: What Would it Take?

Feb 16th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

An older blog article from January, but worth a read:“As many of you know, I’m all for Georgia Southern stepping up into the FBS division in football IF we can realistically afford to do it, and IF Sun Belt Conference will accept us as a full member. Regardless of what you think, we don’t have [...]



South Alabama Approves Football Move

Nov 29th, 2007 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

“In a recent meeting with SGA President Jennifer Edwards, University of South Alabama President Gordon Moulton has “officially reopened the question of NCAA Football at South Alabama,” according to Edwards. Plans are still in a exploratory phase, as some of the details for a concrete proposal are still being worked out, such as negotiating agreeable [...]



WKU to Upgrade to I-A Football

Nov 2nd, 2006 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

Western Kentucky University’s board of regents voted overwhelmingly Thursday afternoon to approve an upgrade of its football program to NCAA Division I-A. At a regularly scheduled meeting at its regional campus at the Owensboro Community & Technical College, the board vote 7-2 in favor with one abstention. The dissenting votes came from faculty regent Robert [...]



Sunbelt Eyes 9th Football team

Jul 26th, 2006 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

Troy University head coach Larry Blakeney mentioned at the Sun Belt Conference football media days gathering this week that he hoped the league would bring another team into the conference, giving it nine Division I-A-playing teams, which would give each team eight league games per year. Commissioner Wright Waters admitted nine would be “the perfect [...]



Sunbelt Conference Expansion Rumblings

Oct 19th, 2005 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

The Sunbelt Conference, the unfortunate bottom-rung of the I-A conference realignment totem pole, has been adding teams over the past 2 years in an attempt to create I-A stability. Florida Atlantic and Florida International have made the leap to I-A football and the Sunbelt, but it seems the Sunbelt is still looking to add more [...]



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