One of the more fun parts of March Madness is the fact that it brings together universities from all over division 1 athletics to compete in the same national title tournament, from FBS, FCS, and schools without football. From these schools without football, three have earned a special spotlight from last year's tournament: the Gonzaga Bulldogs and Creighton Bluejays, tournament regulars, and Long Beach State.

These schools have done fine for themselves without football, but every once and a while, seeing these teams compete against schools that do feature football on campus, the question gets raised: why don't they have football? Where did those teams go? Why did they get cut?

Today, I look into answering that exact question. Why don't Gonzaga, Creighton, and Long Beach State have football? The answer is surprisingly simple, but some interesting stories are brought up along the way.