Another Terry Mohajir quote on the G5
If anyone hasnt understood lately that our AD has A LOT to say...and isn't one to mince words, he turned an interview about our new facility progress and somehow got it turned around to a rant about CUSA again. Took a few swipes at the AAC as well. It started with a question about the Tulsa series in which he guaranteed we'd bring more fans to Tulsa than they would Jonesboro.
Q: In your conversations with other G5 AD's, are more coming around to the idea that we have to stick together if there is going to be any chance to battle the Power 5 conferences
TM: "A few more are starting to come around to it, but not all. There's a school about 50 miles down the road who seems to think that the opposite is true, as we all know, and some other AAC schools share that opinion. It has made scheduling a far more difficult task than I ever thought it would be.
TM: "Some schools seem to think they need to play Big 10 and ACC schools regularly, rather than scheduling games they can win. With as strong as that league is, one would think they want to schedule wins, but they have not all come around to that yet." We schedule games because we think we can win the game. The Utah State series is a great example of that. It was a good win for us, it's a good series for them, it helps both schools"
TM: I tell you where we've really had trouble is scheduling CUSA schools"
Q: And why do you think that may be?
TM: "Many of those schools have been in a league with us before, and I don't think they want to schedule any of us again. The Power Rankings are also a factor. No one wants to take a loss to a Sun Belt School feeling it would hurt them in those rankings. Which doesnt make any sense because outside of Marshall in football, the leagues were very even. The SBC is better than CUSA in basketball and baseball, we were better than football last year, were not this year after a down year, but we might have been had Georgia Southern been bowl eligible, and we'll be better than them again soon"
TM: "North Texas, WKU, Old Dominion, Charlotte, FAU where I used to work, we've tried to get on their schedules and have not been able too,: I think the real surprise to me has been the lack of professional courtesy in several CUSA Athletic Departments. If they don't want to play, I understand, but at least have the courtesy to call us back."
TM: "The Good news is the Mountain West and the MAC have been real amenable to playing is, Utah State, UNLV, Bowling Green, Ball State, Toledo, Kent State, Northern Illinois are all open to scheduling us, so I expect more of those games in the future. "You know they are fighting the same battle we are, so there is more openness when it comes to scheduling games"
(This post was last modified: 04-06-2015 08:34 PM by chiefsfan.)
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