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UTSA Throws Curveball - Announces FBS Plan
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by jplotkin
on 01-31-2010 at 03:39 PM (279 Views)
Just when you thought most of the discussion this off-season would strictly circulate around new coaches, recruiting and the Southland Conference efforts to land the Division I title game, UTSA completely veered the off-season chatter in a new direction.
UTSA, which plans to play their first season of intercollegiate football in 2011, announced through the San Antonio Express-News that they will not play in the SLC as expected in 2013.
Instead, athletic director Lynn Hickey plans to oversee a program that will fast track to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Hickey's staff is not going at this recklessly as some may counter...
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the article the blog references:
http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/college/local_colleges/UTSA_now_plans_to_go_it_alone_in_football.html
Web Posted: 01/31/2010 12:00 CST
UTSA now plans to go it alone in football
By Dan McCarney - Express-News
Switching gears from a tentative plan to join the Southland Conference in football, UTSA has charted a new course for its fledgling program.
University of Texas at San Antonio athletic director Lynn Hickey said the school, which is slated to begin play in 2011, would attempt to reach the NCAA’s top flight as an independent by its fifth season in 2015.
Should they do so, the Roadrunners would become one of just four independent football teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A). They would remain there indefinitely until an opportunity to move their entire athletic program into an FBS conference presents itself...