UNC Charlotte football is official in 2013

[pstall]

Get ready

[DWill]

Get ready

Nice, can't wait to see some local college football.

Why is this in the lounge instead of the CFB forum?

[pstall]

Due to the historical significance it's here. And more eyeballs here.

[Jase]

UNC Charlotte victory over NC State is official in 2014

[Niner National]

Nice looking stadium for FCS program. I can't imagine Charlotte being FCS more than 4 years.

I posted in CFB forum as well. It's a great day to be a 49er. Some friends of mine were some of the forefathers of this. This achievement is the perfect example of the internet making a difference. Had it not been for Ninernation.net, this never would have been organized and executed like it had. The administration ignored calls for football for years, but NinerNation.net allowed the masses a place to gather and put a plan into action until it was too large to ignore.

[dixontosanders]

still like this stadium more

[DirtyMagic97]

I prefer this one...

[Niner National]

still like this stadium more

Good for you.

[Carolina Husker]

still like this stadium more

Well that's pathetic.

[Zod]

Good lord they are going to suck for a long long time. A new team in the vaunted football state of NC? ugh

[neverlosethefeeling]

Great for the school and the athletic department as a whole.

It is incredibly difficult recruiting top talent to play in the A-10.

[Zcustom]

Good deal.

Maybe they can switch conferences again

[Niner National]

Great for the school and the athletic department as a whole.

It is incredibly difficult recruiting top talent to play in the A-10.

If you are talking football, there is no A10 football conference so you are correct, it is very difficult to recruit top talent to a league that doesn't exist.

If you are talking basketball, Xavier and Dayton both have no problems drawing in top 100 (and even top 50 on occasion) talent.

The A10 gets more top 150 players in basketball than any non-BCS conference. It's hard to get 'top' talent, but I wouldn't go as far as to say incredibly difficult.

[Niner National]

Good lord they are going to suck for a long long time. A new team in the vaunted football state of NC? ugh

We'll see. It all depends on how the program is run. I think Charlotte is a great location for FCS level football. I wouldn't be surprised to see Charlotte excel at that level. If we move up to FBS, then yes, we'll probably be a pretty poor program at that level for quite a few years.