The problem with this series, quite simply, is that it sucks. The first one, I’m okay with; I think I did a very good job on the Big Sky writeup. Compare it (specifically) to the Colonial writeup, and I think you can clearly see all the problems I’m about to outline after the jump.
Archive for category Get to Know a Conference
Get to Know: Suspended.
Oct 25
Get to Know: Empire 8.
Oct 20
Our next entry takes us to New York (mostly) for a visit with a Division III conference, the Empire 8.
This morning, we’ll check in with our first NAIA league. It’s off to Texlahoma, and a look at the Central States Football League.
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Yes, this article is technically late. Hopefully, the FCS recap/precap makes up for it, right? (That said, I now expect to fall a day behind either tomorrow or Wednesday. Please forgive.)
The next conference on our tour is a two-year old football-only Division III league consisting primarily of teams that have been only been playing for a few years, the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference.
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My task gets a little easier today, as we’ll deal with two conferences whose basketball programs I don’t have to worry about. First up, the SEC of FCS (no disrespect intended to the SoCon), aka the Colonial Athletic Association.
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Administrative note the first: Week eight precaps will go up as soon as I catch the new polls and incorporate. Expect that in the future.
Administrative note the second: Knocking two Get to Knows a day out? Rough. Perhaps even “foolhardy”, “insane”, or even “impossible”. Might only get one on days when I have to do precaps; we’ll see how that works. Tweaking the format some as well.
Onward; we’ll step south from Pennsylvania to the Piedmont for our first look at a D-II conference with the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
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Today, we’ll be on the east coast. Our first stop: Pennsylvania, with a brief excursion to Baltimore, as we pay a visit to the Centennial Conference.
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And now, we bounce back to the FCS ranks with a look at one of the two new auto-bid conferences, the Big South Conference.
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One of the strangest conferences in recent history writes its final chapter this fall. The Atlantic Central Football Conference will close up shop after 13 seasons.
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In 1976, several small colleges in Texas formed the third incarnation of the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association. They churned along happily for the next two decades before the goals of the individual schools got in the way; some wanted to move to Division II, some wanted to stay in Division III. The result? In 1996, the American Southwest Conference was formed.