Charlotte 49er Football

[VA49er]

First time I've seen this:

Currently holding offers from Southern Miss, Syracuse, UAB, Louisiana Tech, Tulane, Western Kentucky, South Alabama,UNC Charlotte, Georgia State, Samford and University of Louisiana Monroe.

Yeah, that does look nice. BTW, who has the offers? lol

 

[Messi333]

Football stadium will start out with 15,300 seats with the ability to expand to 40,000. Evidently, the coaching search has been pushed up a little.

Charlotte 49ers get a picture of future football stadium

I like football, so it's a good news for me.

 

[VA49er]

Holding walk on tryouts soon. Anybody have any eligibility left? lol

 

[VA49er]

Going the Indpendent route for a while, it seems.


49ers to play as FCS independent.

49ers to play as FCS independent

It appears that the Charlotte 49ers will play football as an independent, at least for the foreseeable future.

Athletics director Judy Rose said Thursday that the Colonial Athletic Association -- which the 49ers had hoped to join as a football-only member when they begin playing in 2013 -- would only consider accepting Charlotte in all sports.

"It was all or nothing with the CAA," said Rose, who wants the remainder of Charlotte's athletic programs to remain affiliated with the non-football Atlantic 10. "So we're an independent in football for an indefinite period of time. It's not ideal, but we're fine with that."

The CAA was one of three Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA) leagues the 49ers had been in contact with. In June, the Southern Conference and Big South both said they wouldn't extend invitations for the 49ers to join. Charlotte has been a dominant force in many sports in the Atlantic 10 since joining in 2005. The 49ers have won a league-high 30 conference championships (none in men's basketball) in those six years.

Playing as a football independent, as Rose said, isn't ideal. Scheduling difficulties and a lack of consistent natural rivalries that come with playing in a league are major problems an independent program faces. Charlotte has already completed its 11-game 2013 schedule (included is a game against the CAA's Old Dominion) and is looking to add another game to the 11 it already has scheduled for '14. The 49ers recently added the CAA's Richmond to their 2016 and '17 schedules.

Charlotte could be the FCS's only independent in 2013. Four schools are independent this season (Georgia State, South Alabama, Texas-San Antonio and Texas State), but they've found conference homes for 2012.

Rose has kept her eye on the realignment news in FBS recently. The 49ers would someday like to move up to that division.

"We haven't kicked a football yet and all this is football driven," said Rose. "Do I wish it had happened sooner and that we had started football 10 years ago? Sure. Then that might have allowed us some opportunities that we may or may not have now

"And it may still create some opportunities for us, we just don't know what they might be yet. Would somebody take a risk on us? It's a great market, a great city, there's lots of vision here."

 

[BUCKO]

Why in the world would Charlotte have not jumped at the chance to join the Colonial? That would have been a better basketball move for them than football, really.

 

[sds70]

Crazy idea, but Im going to ask it anyhow . . . .

Why not ask for admittance to the BIG EAST? Along with us & ECU, it would give the league a good footprint in the Tarheel State and we would become natural rivals. Yessssss, we would still be at FCS level football for the foreseeable future, but couldn't we move up to FBS level in about 8-10 years? UCONN took a similar move moving up from (then) I-AA to I-A football . . . .

 

[VA49er]

Why in the world would Charlotte have not jumped at the chance to join the Colonial? That would have been a better basketball move for them than football, really.

Would of been great for football but not really basketball. Historically the CAA is a one bid league while the A10 gets 2 to 3. Don't have to win the A10 Tournament to get a NCAA invite. Granted, the CAA has had success lately given the JMU and VCU runs, but historically, the A10 is the better basketball conference. Of course all bets are off if conference realignment hits. If Xavier or Temple leave the A10 then I'd take the CAA in a heartbeat.

 

[VA49er]

Why not ask for admittance to the BIG EAST? Along with us & ECU, it would give the league a good footprint in the Tarheel State and we would become natural rivals. Yessssss, we would still be at FCS level football for the foreseeable future, but couldn't we move up to FBS level in about 8-10 years? UCONN took a similar move moving up from (then) I-AA to I-A football . . . .

Not sure what's going on behind closed doors but the BE was always a dream, at least IMHO. Other than market, I don't see what the BE would see in us. Heck, we don't even have footballs yet and the BE may not be around when we start playing. One thing I can see is a new league forming along the East Coast. Hard to know how all this realignment will play out.

 

[BUCKO]

Would of been great for football but not really basketball. Historically the CAA is a one bid league while the A10 gets 2 to 3. Don't have to win the A10 Tournament to get a NCAA invite. Granted, the CAA has had success lately given the JMU and VCU runs, but historically, the A10 is the better basketball conference. Of course all bets are off if conference realignment hits. If Xavier or Temple leave the A10 then I'd take the CAA in a heartbeat.

Historically the CAA is a one bid league, but they seem to be on a serious upswing as a whole. I wouldn't be suprised for them to be a two or three bid league every year now. Add in the fact that in the CAA you can actually develop some rivalries as opposed to playing in a league where you're pretty much always going to be an outsider, and I think the CAA is a much better choice.

 

[VA49er]

Historically the CAA is a one bid league, but they seem to be on a serious upswing as a whole. I wouldn't be suprised for them to be a two or three bid league every year now. Add in the fact that in the CAA you can actually develop some rivalries as opposed to playing in a league where you're pretty much always going to be an outsider, and I think the CAA is a much better choice.

I tend to agree with regard to rivalries. It doesn't help that we've sucked pretty much since going the A10. Historically the A10 is the much better basketball league I just wish the A10 hadn't given up football several years ago. Richmond is an A10 school that plays football in the CAA. All A10 schools that have football play in the CAA. CAA is definitely were it's at for football and the basketball is getting better as recent history shows. The big question mark remains all this realignment. Things could look radically different by the time CLT finally plays a game. Maybe there's an advantage to being independent in order to see where the chips fall.