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
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.
Our state oil lands landed us new residences for all the presidents of the state's universities.
Louisiana Tech University
Flagship of the University of Louisiana System
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.
The draft thing was interesting but its disappointing they didn't take the opportunity to kick out powerhouses like Wake Forest.