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Benson scrapped his plans for mid-January additions and is deciding to wait for now to see how other dominoes fall.
The Belch plans to add at least 2 more schools to replace Middle Tennessee and Florida Atlantic.
The candidates for the Belch are:
- Georgia Southern
- Appalachian State
- Liberty
- Jacksonville State
- Lamar
- Sam Houston State
- Idaho (football only)
- New Mexico State (football only)
Benson's goal for the Belch is to have 10 football schools plus the 2 non-football schools for a 12-team, 2-division league.
Benson may opt to add Idaho and NM State for football only so they can stage a Belch championship game.
Benson says that they will probably add 2 football schools in the east to keep the divisional balance between the east and west.
That means that Appalachian State and Georgia Southern will likely be the next two FCS call-ups to the Belch.
Belch East
Appalachian State
Georgia State
Georgia Southern
Western Kentucky
Troy State
South Alabama
Belch West
Arkansas State
UA-Little Rock
UL-Monroe
UL-Lafayette
UT-Arlington
TSU-San Marcos
Until the Belch gets raided again by C-USA...