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UNC Charlotte football is official in 2013

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If it get Charlotte out of the A-10 it is a great move.

Only if it gets them into a better league. The A10 is the best non-BCS conference for basketball most years. If the conference would drop the dead weight (Fordham, Duquesne, LaSalle, and St. Bonaventure) it'd be a top 5 conference most seasons. Not the best geographical fit, but it provides the best opportunity at the moment.

Fortunately, Charlotte is in a very attractive television market for BCS conferences. The ACC is pretty much out of the question with the market penetration in NC already, but Jim Leavitt (or maybe it was the chancellor/AD of USF) said that two BCS conferences were watching us closely, so BCS is a possibility down the road if the school doesn't fug this opportunity up.

In 10 years we'll be pushing 35,000 students (similar to USF size when they started football) and in a top 20 city.

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Only if it gets them into a better league. The A10 is the best non-BCS conference for basketball most years. If the conference would drop the dead weight (Fordham, Duquesne, LaSalle, and St. Bonaventure) it'd be a top 5 conference most seasons. Not the best geographical fit, but it provides the best opportunity at the moment.

Fortunately, Charlotte is in a very attractive television market for BCS conferences. The ACC is pretty much out of the question with the market penetration in NC already, but Jim Leavitt (or maybe it was the chancellor/AD of USF) said that two BCS conferences were watching us closely, so BCS is a possibility down the road if the school doesn't fug this opportunity up.

In 10 years we'll be pushing 35,000 students (similar to USF size when they started football) and in a top 20 city.

Funny how the A-10 is "the best non-BCS conference for basketball" most years, but that is one of the biggest sports Charlotte under-performs in.

Men's Soccer is ranked pre-season top 25. Women's soccer has been on fire the last couple years. Men's golf has been constantly ranked high in national polls. Men's and Women's track and field have won a ridiculous number of consecutive A-10 Conference Championships up until last year where the women tied indoor w/ Dayton and didn't win outdoor. But before that they had won every indoor and outdoor conference championship for years.

Women's bball made it to the NCAA tourney. The baseball team has played strong. The school has produced quite a few All-Americans over the last however many years including those from Men's golf, cross country, both men's AND women's track and field, and women's soccer.

Men's basketball has not seen anywhere near the success as many of the other programs at UNCC.

It's really sad that the team with the most resources is the one that under-performs the most.

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