Keep in mind that WSU's coach is a former Marshall asst. so there is some history...

(02-11-2016 11:42 AM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  

(02-11-2016 11:15 AM)herdinva Wrote:  

(02-11-2016 10:52 AM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  I'm guessing that the MWC might absorb a start-up football program to bring WSU in to the fold.

And - to be blunt - unless our MBB improves dramatically, my guess is that WSU does whatever it can to avoid CUSA. I'm sure their short-term dream is the AAC but I agree that the AAC would be much less likely to at least initially take on their football.

The AAC has 12 member now. WSU wouldn't add to the value with what they already have in order to gain offsetting revenue of a renegotiated contract. Basketball is great an all, but football pays the bills. If AAC loses some, yeah I could see it happen along with a few CUSA teams.

Then using that logic, why would CUSA take them on?

I guess the same reason we took ODU and Charlotte, all the POTENTIAL!!! lol

(02-11-2016 01:23 PM)herdinva Wrote:  

(02-11-2016 11:42 AM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  

(02-11-2016 11:15 AM)herdinva Wrote:  

(02-11-2016 10:52 AM)Orange County Owl Wrote:  I'm guessing that the MWC might absorb a start-up football program to bring WSU in to the fold.

And - to be blunt - unless our MBB improves dramatically, my guess is that WSU does whatever it can to avoid CUSA. I'm sure their short-term dream is the AAC but I agree that the AAC would be much less likely to at least initially take on their football.

The AAC has 12 member now. WSU wouldn't add to the value with what they already have in order to gain offsetting revenue of a renegotiated contract. Basketball is great an all, but football pays the bills. If AAC loses some, yeah I could see it happen along with a few CUSA teams.

Then using that logic, why would CUSA take them on?

I guess the same reason we took ODU and Charlotte, all the POTENTIAL!!! lol

On a more serious note, I really do not want them in CUSA, thus transforming us into a breeder league (as we did for ODU and Charlotte).......that's what the sunbelt is for and in my opinion if we keep doing it, our perception will continue to go down the drain as a conference.