(07-05-2016 02:05 PM)trueeagle98 Wrote:  

(07-05-2016 01:53 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(07-05-2016 01:36 PM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  

(07-05-2016 01:06 PM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(07-05-2016 11:52 AM)CoastalAlum2011 Wrote:  CUSA is bad and they should feel bad.

Sooooo, when we were "rock bottom". . . . or as you put it: "Bad." Should all of us have felt Bad?

CUSA isn't bad, it's Different. . . . . Presently, they're suffering from changes in membership which have left them significantly different from the conference they were prior to the last couple of rounds of conference realignment. . . . Or put another way, Conference Realignment, and their own Paradigm as to what they value in conference members has come back to bite them in the Asssssss. . . .

Bad decisions, perhaps

Bad leadership, maybe

But a bad conference, in my mind at least, that remains to be seen . . . .

Until proven otherwise, Belt teams still leap at the opportunity to wear the CUSA Patch . . . . So if CUSA IS Bad, what's that say about us?

Easy buddy. It was a joke.

Yeah, . . . and it was Hilarious . . . Just like all the crap folks on this board sling at CUSA, yet to date, not one Belt member has turned down the opportunity to jump ship. . . Yup, pretty funny stuff right there . . .

The only team that would jump ship to the current cusa is yours. No other school would under the current conditions. CUSA schools, mainly those fans that looked down their noses at the SBC, are getting eating some crow and getting the mud pie thrown back in their face.

Also, if you haven't, check out the AAC board. La Tech fans are trying to do the same thing over their and convince everyone they are relevant and a top G5 program. Kinda sad.

Yea, Texas State is a special case, driven by geography. You guys would pay the 4 million gladly.

A year ago, every SBC team save stAte would be on the same boat.

Now, I'm not so sure. Here's the metrics.

1) TV money - not much difference now
2) TV exposure - a wash at best
3) Basketball - still better in CUSA, but not by that much
4) Bowl matchups - mixed. The Belt now has enough bids. CUSA has one better matchup (in some years). But the Belt's bowls make economic sense for the conference. Many of CUSA's bowls are budget busters
5) Football - CUSA wins that for the time being. But the difference is marginal and a Belt team that does well is in the same boat as a comperable CUSA day.
6) Olympic sport expenses - SBC now is clearly ahead in this metric
7) Olympic sports - CUSA leads because of better soccer and women's basketball
8) Baseball - SBC probably ahead.
9) Reputation - CUSA slightly ahead but not a huge difference.
10) Flexibility for the future - The Belt has now passed CUSA. We got rid of our outliers, we can make moves if needed
11) Playoff money - SBC wins that one in most years.
12) Stability - CUSA still ahead but not by much. CUSA is starting to appear more unstable than the Belt in some scenarios. And there's no longer a guarantee that a Belt team would bolt, thus reducing the 'prisoner's dilemma' risk.

It costs millions to leave the Belt for CUSA. While many schools would consider doing it, its not a cut and dried decision at this point. Especially when one considers that the only way CUSA raids us is if they lose a team or three. And losing the teams that they'd be likely to lose will likely remove much of the appeal for SBC teams.

Now it also must be said that the converse is true...no one in CUSA really is serious about paying millions to leave CUSA for the Belt at this point.

Hope everyone likes their conference lineups...We're likely sticking with them for a while.