FB: American Southwest Conference

[jekelish]

HPU and ETBU will be buried if Trinity, UMHB, and Hardin Simmons were in conference together with them.

May as well just go to NAIA if you ever want to have football success again. 

I hate to say it because I know some folks at HPU and they're good people, but I don't see any D3 path for them outside of NAIA if the ASC goes away. (Not that NAIA is bad; I have some deep connections to that level, and respect the heck out of the schools at the level that do things well, as well as the national office. But it's obviously not ideal for a small school trying to hold on from an enrollment standpoint, in this day and age.)

[Mavchamp]

HPU and ETBU will be buried if Trinity, UMHB, and Hardin Simmons were in conference together with them.

May as well just go to NAIA if you ever want to have football success again. 

I hate to say it because I know some folks at HPU and they're good people, but I don't see any D3 path for them outside of NAIA if the ASC goes away. (Not that NAIA is bad; I have some deep connections to that level, and respect the heck out of the schools at the level that do things well, as well as the national office. But it's obviously not ideal for a small school trying to hold on from an enrollment standpoint, in this day and age.)

If the ASC fails I think HSU and UMHB would be forced to join the LSC.  They may not want that...but I don't see anywhere else they could land.  I think they would be pretty competitive.  Maybe not playoff worthy...but I think they would be in the top half of the conference annually with occasional playoffs possible.

I think both ETBU and HPU would most likely end up in the NAIA in the Sooner Conference.  I'd like to think the SCAC would take them...but it seems unlikely.  ETBU could easily be travel partners with Centenary and Letourneau.  HPU wouldn't have that luxury due to geography. 

I agree HPU would likely be out of D3 is the ASC crashed.

ETBU could be a long shot for the SAA if they are desperate for members. Travel would suck.   

I don't think ETBU would consider LSC....doesn't make geographical sense.  But the GAC would be a long shot.

Like I said..... the ASC could end up being a collection of schools that don't really want to be together...but are forced to remain together in order to remain in D3.

The only other possible option would be for a new conference to be formed for orphans that don't want ASC, SCAC, or SAA baggage.

The baptist bond will be tested in coming years.