Comprehensive Conference Realignment Thread

[champion110]

Exactly.

It's not so much about the size of the market, but how deeply your product can penetrate.

[Amos Moses]

Not a real "realignment", but this is a fun article. Tech ends up being drafted in Round 2 to the "Southern Coast Conference". This article pretends that only 60 G5 schools can be FBS, and a draft will decide who and where these schools end up.

http://www.underdogdynasty.com/2017/...go-state-uconn

[Houston Techsan]

Not a real "realignment", but this is a fun article. Tech ends up being drafted in Round 2 to the "Southern Coast Conference". This article pretends that only 60 G5 schools can be FBS, and a draft will decide who and where these schools end up.

http://www.underdogdynasty.com/2017/...go-state-uconn

Notice the comment re Tulane/Tech.

[Blue Dawg]

Notice the comment re Tulane/Tech.

Can't really rebutt since they DID beat us last time we played.

[Bearpaw]

Can't really rebutt since they DID beat us last time we played.

I'm very angry that was the only game I could attend in 2013

[Wade_Antley]

Here's some endowment numbers I found online this morning. Some, yes, can feel snobbish towards our institution:

54.9 M -- Ark. State.
58.9 M -- Middle Tennessee
68 M -- Western Ky.
73 M -- Louisiana Tech
93.5 M -- Boise State
94.6 -- Appalacian State
106 M -- Marshall
116.8 M -- USM
132.1 M -- UTArlington
133.9 M -- UTSA
143.4 M -- UNTexas
164.3 M -- Texas St.
177 M -- FIU
181 M -- UNC-Charlotte
199 M -- Memphis
213.4 M -- UTEP
213.7 M -- Old Dominion
217.3 M -- UTEP
275 M - FAU
425 M -- UAB
957.5 M -- Tulsa
1.171 B -- Tulane
1.5 B -- TCU
1.5 B -- SMU
5.3 B -- Rice

If only there was a way to raise the endowment without the state finding out.

[techdawg28]

Not a real "realignment", but this is a fun article. Tech ends up being drafted in Round 2 to the "Southern Coast Conference". This article pretends that only 60 G5 schools can be FBS, and a draft will decide who and where these schools end up.

http://www.underdogdynasty.com/2017/...go-state-uconn

For what it's worth, FCS teams were also eligible. 2 drafted so far with one more "day" of drafting to go. Could see more G5 teams left out in favor of the top FCS schools.

[Dawgpix]

Here's some endowment numbers I found online this morning dating from 2014 to now. Some, yes, can feel snobbish towards our institution:

54.9 M -- Ark. State.
58.9 M -- Middle Tennessee
68 M -- Western Ky.
73 M -- Louisiana Tech
93.5 M -- Boise State
94.6 -- Appalacian State
106 M -- Marshall
116.8 M -- USM
132.1 M -- UTArlington
133.9 M -- UTSA
143.4 M -- UNTexas
164.3 M -- Texas St.
177 M -- FIU
181 M -- UNC-Charlotte
199 M -- Memphis
213.4 M -- UTEP
213.7 M -- Old Dominion
217.3 M -- UTEP
275 M - FAU
425 M -- UAB
466.6 M -- Miss. State
593.9 M -- Ole Miss
646.6 M -- Auburn
788 M -- LSU
789.7 M -- Houston
948.6 M -- Arkansas
957.5 M -- Tulsa
1.1 B -- Tennessee
1.171 B -- Tulane
1.2 B -- Texas Tech
1.2 B -- Alabama
1.5 B -- TCU
1.5 B -- SMU
3.4 B -- Texas
3.8 B -- Vanderbilt
5.3 B -- Rice
9.754 B -- aTm

I updated and added more schools in the region.

[HogDawg]

Here's some endowment numbers I found online this morning dating from 2014 to now. Some, yes, can feel snobbish towards our institution:

54.9 M -- Ark. State.
58.9 M -- Middle Tennessee
68 M -- Western Ky.
73 M -- Louisiana Tech
93.5 M -- Boise State
94.6 -- Appalacian State
106 M -- Marshall
116.8 M -- USM
132.1 M -- UTArlington
133.9 M -- UTSA
143.4 M -- UNTexas
164.3 M -- Texas St.
177 M -- FIU
181 M -- UNC-Charlotte
199 M -- Memphis
213.4 M -- UTEP
213.7 M -- Old Dominion
217.3 M -- UTEP
275 M - FAU
425 M -- UAB
466.6 M -- Miss. State
593.9 M -- Ole Miss
646.6 M -- Auburn
788 M -- LSU
789.7 M -- Houston
948.6 M -- Arkansas
957.5 M -- Tulsa
1.1 B -- Tennessee
1.171 B -- Tulane
1.2 B -- Texas Tech
1.2 B -- Alabama
1.5 B -- TCU
1.5 B -- SMU
3.4 B -- Texas
3.8 B -- Vanderbilt
5.3 B -- Rice
9.754 B -- aTm

Isn't our schools endowment (or lack therof) something that FJ Taylor and Dan Reneau should have been focused on for the last 4 to 5 decades??

[Dawgpix]

Isn't our schools endowment (or lack therof) something that FJ Taylor and Dan Reneau should have been focused on for the last 4 to 5 decades??

. . . and every prez before them.

[RhythmDawg]

Isn't our schools endowment (or lack therof) something that FJ Taylor and Dan Reneau should have been focused on for the last 4 to 5 decades??

In a word...

...foshizzle.

[Houston Techsan]

Isn't our schools endowment (or lack therof) something that FJ Taylor and Dan Reneau should have been focused on for the last 4 to 5 decades??

I am not so sure. Back in the days of high spending by the state, endowment for state colleges and universities was not considered a high priority. In Texas only THE UNIVERSITY received funds from the state oil lands making its endowment the second largest in the country behind only Harvard. All of the other state colleges and universities were pretty much like Louisiana - dependent on the legislature. Now they pool it all together to form the universal higher education fund. I'm not sure if UT is included or still has its own oil money.

[Dawgpix]

Our state oil lands landed us new residences for all the presidents of the state's universities.

[TechAlum05]

For what it's worth, FCS teams were also eligible. 2 drafted so far with one more "day" of drafting to go. Could see more G5 teams left out in favor of the top FCS schools.

Here was the final conference for Louisiana Tech in UnderdogDynasty.com's exercise.

http://www.underdogdynasty.com/2017/...aa-g5-football

Tanner (Southern Coast Conference)

East - Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, Memphis, Southern Miss, UCF, UAB

West - Air Force, Houston, Louisiana Tech, Rice, Sam Houston State, Tulsa

Pretty good conference. Tulane was not picked by any conference. UL-Monroe was picked in the 10th round by another conference for...reasons?

The Mid-South Conference is a mess.

[Blue Dawg]

The draft thing was interesting but its disappointing they didn't take the opportunity to kick out powerhouses like Wake Forest.