Lehigh Football Nation

(Photo Credit: CLT Blog) No, this isn't a blog posting about Rep. Anthony Weiner 's latest Twitter dust-up, though you might think it from the title. But another sort of dust-up seems to be occurring in the world of FCS football programs. It's a different sort of strange tale than Mr. Weiner's - one of UNC-Charlotte football, Conference USA, the Atlantic Ten, and a bunch of athletic conferences that seem unwilling to add the 49ers to their conference lineup. It also offers a huge opportunity for another FCS conference as well. (more)

It's the time of year where you hear about schools like Old Dominion, Villanova, and Georgetown, but not in terms of their football programs. It's March Madness time, and along with the familiar hoops programs like the Hoyas and Wildcats we see other programs like the Monarchs of Old Dominion.  If the chips fall right, we also might possibly see either the Patriots of George Mason or the Spiders of Richmond in the "Big Dance" this year. But this year, it feels like there's more at stake than hoops bragging rights and NCAA money. There's plenty of indicators that there are some significant changes in the wind in FCS' elite football conference, the CAA.  And could the direction of those changes be affected by the performance of certain basketball teams in this year's NCAA tournament?  In this reporters' opinion - yes, they could. (more)