Post by bluedog on Jul 6, 2021 16:10:45 GMT -5
Why do I get the feeling someone is trying to setup the table for another run at this?
Rocky Romance: FAMU, Bethune-Cookman and the MEAC
Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman officially switched from the MEAC to the SWAC on July 1, 2021. The Florida duo’s move to the SWAC has been a long-time coming if you examine their 40-year-plus relationship with the conference.
By the late 1970s, Florida A&M had long been established as one of the major powers in not only black college, but small college football. It had done so by dominating the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) for the better part of the previous 30 years. That dominance started under Bill Bell and Jake Gaither, and continued under Rudy Hubbard.
During that time, FAMU was a member of the SIAC, but often played just as many games against the likes of Tennessee State, SWAC, CIAA and — eventually — MEAC opponents. By 1978, FAMU was fighting for Division I-AA status, and being in the SIAC wasn’t helping. So it started looking at its options — namely, the MEAC and SWAC.
hbcugameday.com/2021/07/06/rocky-romance-famu-bethune-cookman-and-the-meac/
Rocky Romance: FAMU, Bethune-Cookman and the MEAC
Florida A&M and Bethune-Cookman officially switched from the MEAC to the SWAC on July 1, 2021. The Florida duo’s move to the SWAC has been a long-time coming if you examine their 40-year-plus relationship with the conference.
By the late 1970s, Florida A&M had long been established as one of the major powers in not only black college, but small college football. It had done so by dominating the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) for the better part of the previous 30 years. That dominance started under Bill Bell and Jake Gaither, and continued under Rudy Hubbard.
During that time, FAMU was a member of the SIAC, but often played just as many games against the likes of Tennessee State, SWAC, CIAA and — eventually — MEAC opponents. By 1978, FAMU was fighting for Division I-AA status, and being in the SIAC wasn’t helping. So it started looking at its options — namely, the MEAC and SWAC.
hbcugameday.com/2021/07/06/rocky-romance-famu-bethune-cookman-and-the-meac/
