goliath74
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RE: Conference USA proves again that it’s a failing model...
(12-06-2017 09:22 AM)monarx Wrote: (12-06-2017 09:14 AM)goliath74 Wrote: (12-06-2017 08:51 AM)herdfan129 Wrote: (12-06-2017 08:27 AM)goliath74 Wrote: The article suggests restructuring the conferences. And, maybe, it is a good idea for most sports but not for football. You mix any conference with Sun Belt, you will get Sun Belt A and Sun Belt B. Do Marshall, USM, and ODU, for example, want to play in Sun Belt?
Yes. I would rather play App State and Ga Southern as opposed to some of the teams in this conference.
I would love to end this conference and start fresh with some eastern based teams that actually care about football. These 4 schools could easily break off and form a new conference if we wanted. Why we haven't done so is starting to just piss me off to be honest.
Marshall
WKU
MTSU
ODU
New USM athletic director Jon Gilbert is among those who are open to suggestions, saying earlier this year, “I think that the idea of a regionally based conference probably warrants discussion.”
MTSU athletic director Chris Massaro told The Virginian Pilot in April that “It’s inevitable that there’s going to be some kind of consolidation among the Group of Five.”
If the consolidation includes a nation-wide G5 re-alignment - then I am fine with it. If it involves just C-USA and Sunbelt - what's the point?
I sort of agree, but the only other conference that would really be in the mix is the AAC, and they don't want to reshuffle. Even if they wanted to get rid of Tulane, Tulsa and ECU (which they probably shouldn't have brought in to begin with), why would those guys ever agree to leave? I'd be absolutely thrilled with annual basketball games against Memphis, Cincy, UConn and Temple, so Im sure they are too. The MW and MAC are already regionally aligned. UTEP might be able to slide to the MW, while ODU and Marshall could theoretically go to the MAC. But frankly, I think I like CUSA better than the MAC and their Tuesday night football games. They just seem to have much better conference leadership. CUSA teams and potential should be better than theirs most seasons.
A CUSA/SB reconfiguration of the like of Marshall, ODU, WKU, MTSU, UNCC, App St, (North) Ga St, GSU, Ark. St., UAB, So Miss., FAU (South) I could get behind.
But what's the point in it for us (FAU)? What advantage do we get out of this? Why re-align to get what we already have? Geographically speaking, through no fault of C-USA's or NCAA's, FIU and FAU are on the "island". Even in your configuration, we have two C-USA West teams. South Florida, does not fit too well in any geography based configuration. That's why if the re-alignment does not include AAC, it makes no sense.
Think about this division: USF, UCF, FAU, FIU, Troy, GaSo, USA
(This post was last modified: 12-06-2017 09:57 AM by goliath74.)
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