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CAA Adds 2 New Members
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 9:51 am
by DaCats21
RICHMOND, Va. -- Albany and Stony Brook have accepted offers to join the Colonial Athletic Association football beginning 2013.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/sto ... n-football
Re: CAA Adds 2 New Members
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 1:03 pm
by grizzh8r
Albany has a strong football tradition, and SB is really strong right now. NEC is a better fit for Rhode Island anyhow. Good moves all the way around (besides the Georgia State and ODU moveups - why would anyone want to move up to F(BS) right now?)
Re: CAA Adds 2 New Members
Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2012 2:41 pm
by John K
grizzh8r wrote:Albany has a strong football tradition, and SB is really strong right now. NEC is a better fit for Rhode Island anyhow. Good moves all the way around (besides the Georgia State and ODU moveups - why would anyone want to move up to F(BS) right now?)
Isn't that sort of a step down though? The CAA is clearly much stronger than the NEC. I know they haven't been very competitive in recent years, but I guess that move still surprises me, especially since all the other "flagship" state schools in New England are in the CAA. And I didn't realize that Stoney Brook was previously in the Big South. Aren't they in New York state? But then I guess geography has vey little to do with conference affiliations in the current era of college football.