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(06-24-2016 04:04 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  If the MAC, Sun Belt and C-USA want to do this merger thing? Why not add some FCS teams for certain areas?

South:
1.Charlotte
2.Southern Miss.
3.E. Kentucky
4.App. State
5.Georgia Southern
6.South Alabama
7.Middle Tennessee State
8.UAB
9.FAU
10.FIU
11.Troy
12.Georgia State
13.Chattanooga
14.Jacksonville State

You could easily do a zipper by having 2 Alabama schools in 1 seven group and the other.
South:
Group 1:
1.Charlotte
2.Eastern Kentucky
3.FAU
4.Georgia State
5.Middle Tennessee State
6.Troy
7.South Alabama

Group 2:
1.Appalachian State
2.Jacksonville State
3.Georgia Southern
4.UAB
5.Southern Miss.
6.Western Kentucky
7.Chattanooga


Northeast:
Group 1:
1.Marshall
2.Buffalo
3.UMass.
4.New Hampshire
5.James Madison
6.Delaware
7.Richmond

Group 2.
1.Stony Brook
2.Old Dominion
3.Towson
4.Liberty
5.William and Mary
6.Charleston D2 with 22,500 seat stadium.
7.Army

Texas League:
Group 1:
1.Arkansas State
2.La. Tech
3.La. Lafayette
4.Lamar
5.Missouri State
6.Rice
7.North Texas
8.UTA (basketball)

Group 2:
1.UTSA
2.New Mexico State
3.UTEP
4.McNeese State
5.West Texas A&M (getting a new stadium, and could expand it to more than 22,000 in the future.)
6.La.-Monroe
7.UCA
8.Little Rock

UTGRV, Midwestern State, Sam Houston State, SFA, UTPB and Kingsville could be alternates if the ones get drafted by the AAC or MWC.

Midwest:
Group 1:
1.Ball State
2.Northern Illinois
3.Western Kentucky
4.Western Michigan
5.Central Michigan
6.Illinois State
7.Indiana State
8.Eastern Michigan

Group 2:
1.Toledo
2.Ohio U.
3.Bowling Green
4.Youngstown State
5.Akron
6.Kent State
7.Malone (30,000 seating capacity)
8.Miami

W. Illinois, Southern Illinois, Walsh and Grand Valley State are on stand by.

Northern Plains:
West:
1.Montana
2.Montana State
3.Northern Iowa
4.Wichita State
5.Central Oklahoma (read that the capacity is more than what is listed)
6.Northern Colorado

East:
1.North Dakota
2.North Dakota State
3.South Dakota
4.South Dakota State
5.Minn.-Duluth
6.Mankato State

West Coast:
Northwest;
1.Eastern Washington
2.Portland State
3.Weber State
4.Idaho
5.Idaho State
6.Southern Utah

Southeast:
1.Sacramento State
2.Northern Arizona
3.Cal. Poly
4.Cal.-Davis
5.Long Beach State (could add football)
6.Azusa Pacific
7.Dixie State (adding more seats)

Since there seems no rules being enforced for the stadium size? I think other rules should be implied either since there are many FCS and D2 schools have big stadiums that are around the same size as most G5 schools.
I added these schools for travel issues, and reduce coast of travel which they could actually make money to get out of the hole they are in. This all could be under 1 banner of C-USA, but in different markets. Northeast could be like the CAA branch of C-USA. Southeast could be Sun Belt. Midwest could be MAC. North Plains could be MVFC. West Coast could be Big Sky. The Texas league could be SWC reused.

They must have really good drugs in Russellville, Arkansas.

(06-18-2016 08:09 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  Is "Patrick Magee" the same person as "DavidSt"???

Because there is a lot of similarity in thinking.

David is much smarter than Patty. They keep a quilt on the floor in the news room for him to take a nap every day.

(06-27-2016 02:35 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(06-18-2016 08:09 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  Is "Patrick Magee" the same person as "DavidSt"???

Because there is a lot of similarity in thinking.

David is much smarter than Patty. They keep a quilt on the floor in the news room for him to take a nap every day.

DavidST is the same guy who used to post with a name of David Brasinsky or something like that. Anyone help me out on this one?

Cheers!

(06-20-2016 06:48 AM)Chappy Wrote:  I posted about a C-USA "airport meeting" on a message board a few days ago, and I got a bunch of emails and phone calls from Athletic Directors upset that I left them out of my hypothetical league.

Mine started with the C-USA legacy schools:

Marshall
Rice
Southern Miss
UAB
UTEP

But then, Charlotte AD Judy Rose sent me an e-mail reminding me that Charlotte was one of the founding members of the conference, and deserved to be included in any discussions that would take place at any airport or hotel.

So that gave me a nice, 6 team core... Charlotte, Marshall, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB and UTEP. Not a bad basketball league at all.

But then I received a bunch of voicemail messages and e-mails from NMSU AD Mario Moccia... he even e-mailed me a nice power point demonstrating how NMSU would make a nice rival for UTEP. Once UTEP Bob Stull caught wind of this, he sent me a postcard with a lovely picture of the Miners' football stadium on it that simply read "Aw, hell no!".

But that gave me an idea. Now that I had a core group of 6 schools, why not find made-for-TV rivals for a couple of these teams and get the league up to 9 members? That 10th spot could be left open to assure that I would continue to receive emails and texts from athletic directors who would want in on my fake conference. I would continue to feel important!

So, looking at a map, I thought the NMSU AD was right! And since they were independent in football, it there would be less red tape to cut through. And, with 22 NCAA appearances and a healthy basketball following (for a team that's been in athletic limbo for so long), I decided NMSU was in! As long as I could somehow pry them away from the WAC... oh, hang on, my phone is ringing.

Ha, so that was Mario. He said he had a feeling I'd be writing another message board post and that he's already sent the divorce papers to the WAC!

So, let's see... We've got Charlotte, Marshall, New Mexico State, Rice, Southern Miss, UAB and UTEP. I need two more... Let's see, I've added a team on the outer fringes of the West... how about the East... hmm... Of course! Old Dominion, now there's an athletic program on the rise. They're in, even though I've not heard from their AD. That's strange. Does Wood Selig not know my power as a message board poster? I mean, I'm practically part of the MEDIA!

Oh well, I'll let them in despite their AD's disregard for my power.

Now, I've got e-mails from every university in Louisiana (I didn't realize there were so many), including one from LSU saying NOT to take anyone in that state because they were the only school that mattered, and any degree issued outside of Baton Rouge wasn't REALLY a degree... but screw LSU. I think the legacy C-USA schools have been pleased with what Louisiana Tech has done in conference play, and so they get my 9th and final (for now) spot.

So here it is, my AIRPORT C-USA!

Charlotte
Louisiana Tech
Marshall
New Mexico State
Old Dominion
Rice
Southern Miss
UAB
UTEP

Keep the e-mails and fruit baskets coming, MTSU and WKU... you were so close, and are definitely in the running for the 10th and final spot.

take nmst out and replace with north texas. Add either laffy or arkie state and that is the best you could hope for

(06-20-2016 07:27 AM)Greenroom Wrote:  Everyone is sleeping on UTSA.. so much to offer, yes having some growing pains, but in the next 5-10 years, will be on par with the likes of Marshall IMO

I think what really holds UTSA back is the lack of a quality basketball arena from taking that next huge step.

There is only one area utsa will surpass Marshall in and that is the signing of players who dont qualify.

Huge case of buyers remorse with that selection.

It seems like a big conference like that would have more bargaining power with TV than two conferences with the same teams. That's a lot of games, a lot of product for TV.

Seems like the resulting TV contract for a big conference would be bigger than the combined TV contracts of two smaller conference with the same teams.

Plus travel cost would be less.

Plus the champ of the conference would have more weight. They were the best out of 28 teams instead of only 12 or 14.

(06-27-2016 02:45 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(06-27-2016 02:35 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(06-18-2016 08:09 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  Is "Patrick Magee" the same person as "DavidSt"???

Because there is a lot of similarity in thinking.

David is much smarter than Patty. They keep a quilt on the floor in the news room for him to take a nap every day.

DavidST is the same guy who used to post with a name of David Brasinsky or something like that. Anyone help me out on this one?

Cheers!

And both of you guys are wrong on that issue.

Still trying to figure out how Eastern Kentucky is in the Northeast.

(06-27-2016 03:36 PM)jarmzet Wrote:  It seems like a big conference like that would have more bargaining power with TV than two conferences with the same teams. That's a lot of games, a lot of product for TV.

Seems like the resulting TV contract for a big conference would be bigger than the combined TV contracts of two smaller conference with the same teams.

Plus travel cost would be less.

Plus the champ of the conference would have more weight. They were the best out of 28 teams instead of only 12 or 14.

A big conference full of teams that nobody watches or cares about has about the same relevance and bargaining power as a small conference composed of teams that nobody watches and cares about.

Plus all the headaches of a "Big" conference. (Large administration, divergent agendas, multiple time-zones to schedule, etc...)

In other words, the trajectory for CUSA, Sunbelt, and even the AAC is SMALLER, not larger. Probably all of these non-Power conferences ought to be looking at single time zone, 10-12 team configurations of like minded/like purpose/shared history institutions.

(07-02-2016 01:43 PM)DFW HOYA Wrote:  Still trying to figure out how Eastern Kentucky is in the Northeast.

They are close to the Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, etc schools. They could be part of an eastern MAC team if the MAC wants to add schools.

(06-27-2016 05:07 PM)DavidSt Wrote:  

(06-27-2016 02:45 PM)billybobby777 Wrote:  

(06-27-2016 02:35 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(06-18-2016 08:09 PM)BearcatJerry Wrote:  Is "Patrick Magee" the same person as "DavidSt"???

Because there is a lot of similarity in thinking.

David is much smarter than Patty. They keep a quilt on the floor in the news room for him to take a nap every day.

DavidST is the same guy who used to post with a name of David Brasinsky or something like that. Anyone help me out on this one?

Cheers!

And both of you guys are wrong on that issue.

His redicules posts embarrass the rest of us from Arkansas. He thinks FBS will go to 150 and all of DII will move up to FCS.