Atlantic Central Football Conference/Independents

[Teamski]

Here is a good site for VUL.  It is a lot better than what they had last year.

http://vulathletics.com/news/2012/3/14/FB_0314121941.aspx

-Ski

[Hampton U SID]

I am totally stumped. I have never heard of UVA Lynchburg!!!!! I have lived in VA all my life!! Their website is one of the worst ever and I have no idea if  it is a real school. In fact, their main website is labelled as a malicious website by my Norton protection. I got in through a backdoor page. Does anybody know anything about them? I was looking to see if the post mentioning them was made on Arpil Fools Day! I can't find anything about their history. Heck, even Wikipedia doesn't know who they are!

Hehehe.....I had to really look for some information before Wesley headed out to Lynchburg last year.  Lynchburg is also the home of Liberty University.  UVA Lynchburg is an African American college and only started up football like two years ago after a very long hiatus.  They played Coppin State's club team before Wesley showed up. I watched some footage of them that was up on Youtube.  Their head coach was once a top Division II coach and is one of Virginia's most winningest college football coaches (from what I read).   The school itself is really small, like 400 students or so.  Their campus is only a block with one main building that goes back pretty far.  A very interesting school.

-Ski

Yeah the coach for VUL has been at many schools in the state - Norfolk State, Va Union, St. Paul's and is well thought of in the state.  He's been successful at all levels - was at St. Paul's (NCAA D2) before they killed athletics last summer.

[Ralph Turner]

Interview with USA South Commisioner Rita Wiggs

Excerpt...

The conference's two largest schools, Christopher Newport and Shenandoah, are moving to the Capital Athletic Conference and Old Dominion Athletic Conference, respectively. CNU, the only state-supported institution in the league, will remain a football-only member of the USA South for up to three seasons while the Capital adds the sport.

They will be replaced by three colleges from the Great South Conference: LaGrange and Piedmont in Georgia, and Maryville in eastern Tennessee. Peace College in Raleigh, a league member in women's athletics, has gone coed as William Peace University and will phase in men's sports over the next three years. Wiggs said she expects the USA South presidents to approve in May the addition of two other Great South schools, Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., and Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga.

[Teamski]

Interview with USA South Commisioner Rita Wiggs

Excerpt...

The conference's two largest schools, Christopher Newport and Shenandoah, are moving to the Capital Athletic Conference and Old Dominion Athletic Conference, respectively. CNU, the only state-supported institution in the league, will remain a football-only member of the USA South for up to three seasons while the Capital adds the sport.

They will be replaced by three colleges from the Great South Conference: LaGrange and Piedmont in Georgia, and Maryville in eastern Tennessee. Peace College in Raleigh, a league member in women's athletics, has gone coed as William Peace University and will phase in men's sports over the next three years. Wiggs said she expects the USA South presidents to approve in May the addition of two other Great South schools, Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Ala., and Covenant College in Lookout Mountain, Ga.

Interesting.  It seems that the CAC still remains a possible home for Wesley Football at some point in the future.  It is already a member of it in other sports.  Good news IMHO.

-Ski

[Pat Coleman]

I wonder with the overloading of the USA South, if a football-playing school or two from the USAC might jump to the CAC.

[PA_wesleyfan]

 I haven't heard anything yet about that Pat but could they also split into two divisions ?Would they have enough football schools to do that?

[Ralph Turner]

I wonder with the overloading of the USA South, if a football-playing school or two from the USAC might jump to the CAC.

I count "current" football members by 2015 as CNU, Frostburg, Salisbury and Wesley.

Are two more football schools, to bring the total to six enough?

Thinking only geography and not budget or legacy or history or mission-and-vision,
Do Ferrum and Averett, the northernmost of those schools, move to the CAC?

[SUADC]

I wonder with the overloading of the USA South, if a football-playing school or two from the USAC might jump to the CAC.

I count "current" football members by 2015 as CNU, Frostburg, Salisbury and Wesley.

Are two more football schools, to bring the total to six enough?

Thinking only geography and not budget or legacy or history or mission-and-vision,
Do Ferrum and Averett, the northernmost of those schools, move to the CAC?

I believe that Catholic, McDaniel, and Stevenson might make the jump to the CAC in the long-run if (when) the conference forms. It depends on each school propesctive contracts. I believe by 2015 this could be the case. As for Averett and Ferrum this is nothing new in playing Frostburg St, Salisbury, and Wesley. Also, Apprentice School is accepted by the NCAA to be an affiliate member for football, which can help if one of those teams do not decide to make the jump. Nevertheless, all the CAC needs is seven teams in the conference.

[Pat Coleman]

I doubt that Catholic or Stevenson are leaving their conferences to return to the CAC. Why would they? McDaniel has to be happy in the Centennial Conference. Nobody leaves the Centennial.

Just because a school is close on the map doesn't mean they're a likely candidate to move conferences based on that. If so, Shenandoah would gave gone to the CAC.

[Hawks88]

Cody Pearcy signs free-agent contract with the Atlanta Falcons.

http://www.huntingdonhawks.com/sports/fball/2011-12/releases/20120428nfuh45

Go Hawks!!

[PA_wesleyfan]

 Wesley's schedule is up on the DIII schedule page. Tough road to the playoffs this year. Only 4 home games and playing teams in the far west and deep south!!! Will be good to see every this Friday!!

[Teamski]

Wesley's schedule is up on the DIII schedule page. Tough road to the playoffs this year. Only 4 home games and playing teams in the far west and deep south!!! Will be good to see every this Friday!!

Touring like a rock star, I say!

-Ski

[Hampton U SID]

So if that schedule is true - only 9 games??
If that's so it appears we are still a "special" game for Wesley -- not the annual homecoming but Senior Day .#rutrow

[PA_wesleyfan]

Notice that once again Frostburg is missing!!!! Big surprise
there!

[DE Wesley Fan]

Thanks for the schedule update.  Shame there's no rematch with Kean, but I'm really glad to see Wesley continue to strengthen the schedule and get some exposure across the country. Given the personnel changes it will be interesting to see how fast we get it together, especially with the tough games in September.  Counting the days.....