I don't see how it matters. 9 in a conference works just fine. Ultimately, schools like ours can just keep growing donors and fans and be competitive on the field.
Again, I've been listening to people talk about all the things Ga Southern won't ever accomplish for more than 30 years and we just keep moving forward. The Sun Belt is just as good as any other G5 conference for having 12 games and getting into the Top 25 and earning a NYD Bowl bid. My guess is our OOC schedule would be the same whether CUSA or SBC. Tex St., stAte, UL-L, USA, Troy, App, and GS are all programs poised for success. ULM is competitive despite relatively lower support and GaSt will become a UAB equivalent. NMSU and Idaho are fine conference mates, but their geography is a challenge for their own recruiting, support, and scheduling.
JMU is the most attractive FCS in terms of finances, fans, and competitive level, but UT-Chatt, EKU, Jax St, and Liberty are the only other real candidates in the East and each has its own challenges to overcome.
Our goal right now is to beat West Va, GaSt, and everyone in between.
From what I have read and pieced together if UAB is booted and CUSA decides to replace them the most likely to replace them from the Sun Belt is South Alabama.
If that happens we are at 10 with I guess Ga. State and App. St. paired as travel partners and Troy and Ga. Southern paired. Both of those are about 6 hours apart but that would probably be the best that could be done.
(This post was last modified: 04-22-2015 09:09 PM by GaSoEagle.)
(04-22-2015 09:06 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote: From what I have read and pieced together if UAB is booted and CUSA decides to replace them the most likely to replace them from the Sun Belt is South Alabama.
If that happens we are at 10 with I guess Ga. State and App. St. paired as travel partners and Troy and Ga. Southern paired. Both of those are about 6 hours apart but that would probably be the best that could be done.
James Madison gets the call. They fit in nicely with ODU, Charlotte, and Marshall for travel purposes. The Sun Belt as is, is safe from a raid for one of their schools.
(04-22-2015 10:36 AM)Pounce FTW Wrote: Marshall is going to have academic hurdles in getting an AAC invite. Not saying it won't happen, but AAC presidents are going to eye them.
Simply not true. We have solid academics at Marshall.
Biggest thing with us is that we accept props and the AAC does not allow props.
Most Marshall fans would rather stay in CUSA because of this very reason.
Eh, you could be right. I agree that Marshall academics are solid and wasn't saying it's a bad school by any means. Hell, I'd love to teach there one day. I just think that lacking the research output or consistent regional reputation of other schools could come into play. Similarities to ECU that were pointed out above do deserve some thought on my part, though.
(04-22-2015 09:06 PM)GaSoEagle Wrote: From what I have read and pieced together if UAB is booted and CUSA decides to replace them the most likely to replace them from the Sun Belt is South Alabama.
If that happens we are at 10 with I guess Ga. State and App. St. paired as travel partners and Troy and Ga. Southern paired. Both of those are about 6 hours apart but that would probably be the best that could be done.
Simple answer add Jax St. And EKU as travel partners for ga st. And app st. Respectively. Problem solve sbc is at 12 with a nice tight footprint, well except idaho and nmsu and thzt wont be solved until they are kicked to the curb and 2 western teams teams are added that are a little closer.
The OSKR study mentions that UAB's desire, if they get kicked out of C-USA, is to put basketball in the MVC and park the other sports in a more regional league.
Surely y'all could use another member in golf, cross country, baseball, soccer, and softball.
(04-23-2015 10:07 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote: The OSKR study mentions that UAB's desire, if they get kicked out of C-USA, is to put basketball in the MVC and park the other sports in a more regional league.
Surely y'all could use another member in golf, cross country, baseball, soccer, and softball.
If UAB is forced out, the Sun Belt has the power in that situation. NO WAY should the Sun Belt let UAB in for Olympic sports without bringing basketball. I know you put a wink face at the end, but still.
I honestly don't know why any decent conference would make that arrangement. I guess there could be a southern league that would really like affiliates in baseball and/or soccer but I don't know.
(04-24-2015 10:00 AM)BeliefBlazer Wrote: I honestly don't know why any decent conference would make that arrangement. I guess there could be a southern league that would really like affiliates in baseball and/or soccer but I don't know.
(04-23-2015 10:07 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote: The OSKR study mentions that UAB's desire, if they get kicked out of C-USA, is to put basketball in the MVC and park the other sports in a more regional league.
Surely y'all could use another member in golf, cross country, baseball, soccer, and softball.
NCAA won't allow you to park just the basketball team in one conference and the other sports in another. Your basketball conference is your primary conference.
Marshall isn't going anywhere. The previous poster was correct in that we take props and the AAC does not allow that. And I think UAB will go to the Atlantic Sun. From what I understand, it has pretty good baseball/softball and basketball.
And I seriously doubt that we will add JMU. If we did that, then we'd either have to send either MTSU or WKU west (no chance) or pick up an additional two western teams (which most likely would be a combination of USA, ULL, GSU, or ASU).
I'll bet on one in the west.
(This post was last modified: 04-24-2015 10:59 AM by THUNDERStruck73.)
(04-23-2015 10:07 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote: The OSKR study mentions that UAB's desire, if they get kicked out of C-USA, is to put basketball in the MVC and park the other sports in a more regional league.
Surely y'all could use another member in golf, cross country, baseball, soccer, and softball.
NCAA won't allow you to park just the basketball team in one conference and the other sports in another. Your basketball conference is your primary conference.
That's my understanding as well but I've never seen the rule. A school is only allowed to place a sport in a different league if their primary conference doesn't sponsor that sport.
I don't think USA will add anyone. Not from SBC or otherwise. Good points made in thread on CUSA board about revenue from BCS.
CUSA schools only got 41k more last year than SBC schools in BCS revenue. That was with SBC dipping to last and CUSA finishing second. That won't happen every year.
With their looming reduction of the next TV contract and the fact that schools can make more $$ by splitting UABs share, the only way I could see them extending an invitation would be to do so with a hefty conference buy in to offset the BCS and TV revenue split.
How much woud that buy-in be?
Would the new member get part of the old TV contract revenue? How much? How long?
I just don't see it being worth the move for any current SBC schools and I don't see it being worth the invite to CUSA.
(04-23-2015 10:07 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote: The OSKR study mentions that UAB's desire, if they get kicked out of C-USA, is to put basketball in the MVC and park the other sports in a more regional league.
Surely y'all could use another member in golf, cross country, baseball, soccer, and softball.
Whenever UTA ever starts up a football team it'll need some good used equipment to get things rolling. if UAB doesn't resurrect football please have UA chancellor Witt call President Karbhari at UTA.
Everyone knows that if UAB doesn't bring back football CUSA will have uneven divisions. But something not to overlook is the access bowl. The highest rated champion from SBC, CUSA, MWC, AAC, or MAC gets the access bowl, which would mean an additional $4 million in the CFP payout. Adding a member slightly increases the likelihood that a CUSA school gets that slot. Marshall almost did it this past year. And let's not forget that CUSA might need to add a school for tv value.
(This post was last modified: 04-24-2015 01:28 PM by SkullyMaroo.)
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If we lose 1 member to CUSA what do we,do?
