Lol... No thanks to the AAC

(07-01-2015 03:05 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Wait, Rice doesn't want to be here either. Neither does LaTech, Southern Miss, UTEP, UAB (they really didn't want to be here, and won't in football for a couple of years), and , well almost everyone else (I guess Charlotte and ODU still want to be here, as they just got here. Perhaps the Florida schools as well?)

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It's funny how no one wants to be in the AAC either--everyone looking to climb over some conference mate's body to get out the door, lol.

Seriously though if the AAC lost a team, and wanted to expand which it might not want to do, Marshall probably would be up there as a prime candidate.

It's not a bad thing. If given a choice, most schools would rather be in CUSA 2.0+ than CUSA 3.2.

(07-01-2015 05:08 PM)mistabinks Wrote:  It's not a bad thing. If given a choice, most schools would rather be in CUSA 2.0+ than CUSA 3.2.

May be some merit to the argument that AAC is a good move for some of the current CUSA members. But, let's not overlook the "GRASS IS GREENER SYNDROME"! With Exit Fees and Entrance Fees; and with The AAC being just another member of the Non-Cartel 5; there's no real likelihood of AAC ever becoming a Cartel Member (ain't ever gonna be a Power 6)! So, what specific advantages would result in any of our brothers shifting over to AAC?

(07-01-2015 04:52 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(07-01-2015 04:26 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  if you read the guys early post he knew nothing of the SBC..didn't know the schools in the conference or anything about them. Other than UL-L...thought Troy and ASU was moving to a new conference.

LOL. Now you're researching my posts all the way back to the beginning? We both know what that means.

Here's some more material for your research, for the record:

1) Respect LaTech and what they've been able to accomplish based out of Dogpatch.....what I call teasing, you call attacking though I will admit I love yanking BRTransplant's chain about Ruston Metro.

2) Respect WKU's basketball tradition and more recently, football, wish WKU was still in the Belt.

3) Believe C-USA and the SunBelt are very similar conferences with C-USA having a definite edge in quality of basketball.....not much else beyond that really.

4) My disdain of the UNTs stems from fans of theirs claiming the Belt somehow held them back all those years. The Belt may be a humble conference, but we gave them a home and bowl games to showcase their program.

5) Think you're a great fan of WKU, perhaps their most opinionated, but a great fan nonetheless.....and probably a decent guy to share a boat with.

You may now continue your quest researching me. I'm honored.

Believe it or not I have a very good memory .....

if I read It I can recall most things in context..not 100% actuate (without looking back) but close enough. If it's important enough for me to make one of my "opinionated" factual post...I do look it up. I never visited the CUSA board till Western was a member so I really didn't know you spent so much time over here. But you did stick out early on on the SBC board. Mainly because your post read...

the guy knows some past history but not much current so you stuck out (remembered) early on.

And while it probably doesn't come across clearly on a message board...a lot of my post at you are just little digs as rivals. Your right about the boat...but I'm a lot less talkative/opinionated.

(07-01-2015 05:08 PM)mistabinks Wrote:  It's not a bad thing. If given a choice, most schools would rather be in CUSA 2.0+ than CUSA 3.2.

I personally would rather be back in the SBC 1.0 with football and the addition of Marshall. That's not happening so while I would like to play most of the AAC in basketball ...

if CUSA keeps winning in football and turns the corner in basketball 5 years from now things could be a lot different

(07-01-2015 04:02 PM)USM@FTL Wrote:  Basketball, and a couple of million $ in extra revenue, make the AAC SLIGHTLY more attractive than C-USA.

If Cincy and UConn aren't around, any desire to jump disappears.

And thats what will have to happen for any of us to even think about jumping. At that point the conferences are equal in all areas again. Personally, I'd still want ODU to move only because proximity and familiarity to Navy, Temple and ECU is better than our closest partners in Marshall and Charlotte.

If Cincy, Memphis and UConn left, the AAC/CUSA should just trade Tulsa, Houston, Tulane and SMU for ODU, Marshall, UMass and Charlotte, We'd likely all be happier, as fans would have better rivalries and road trips and schools would save a ton in travel costs.

(07-01-2015 04:14 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  

(07-01-2015 03:10 PM)paintedblue2 Wrote:  

(07-01-2015 03:05 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Wait, Rice doesn't want to be here either. Neither does LaTech, Southern Miss, UTEP, UAB (they really didn't want to be here, and won't in football for a couple of years), and , well almost everyone else (I guess Charlotte and ODU still want to be here, as they just got here. Perhaps the Florida schools as well?)

Screw it, everybody knows this is nowhere. The only one who really wants to be here is Cajun Fanatico.

swat Neil Young said and when he talks(plays)..I listen

you got that right!

(07-01-2015 05:18 PM)WKUYG Wrote:  I never visited the CUSA board till Western was a member so I really didn't know you spent so much time over here.

I've told you why I spend time here, you don't remember? I enjoy the discussion of college sports. C-USA and the Belt are very similar conferences, with a similar footprint, C-USA with a number of former Belt teams. We have common history in that regard and are rivals with some C-USA and AAC teams.

I post here, I post on the AAC board, and I post on a Tulane forum as well when there are discussions of topics that interest me. There's nothing wrong with that.

While I now check raginpagin most days for the latest Cajun news, I'm not registered there so I don't post. Nothing against that site, it's just that I prefer hearing the opinions of fans with different interests and viewpoints as opposed to what usually becomes an echo chamber on sites dedicated to a single team.

And speaking of fishing, here's the preferred gamefish caught down here (and no, that's not me in the photo).

CUSA is a better football conference; why move to a conference with a bunch of historical losers? After a few more years the shine of the AAC will fade just like their BCS money.

As a Marshall fan, I first want to say that Chuck Landon is an idiot. I also ask that fans from other schools to NEVER think that he represents the opinions of our fans or university.


Now on to this Marshall and AAC stuff.

If the current AAC decided just to expand, then I would most definitely want Marshall to accept. However, we all know that is not going to happen. The only way AAC is looking for members is if/when Cincinnati and someone else has left. A lot would also depend on the someone else.

Either way though, if Cincy leaves then I would not want to join the AAC. That would be the main draw for me as a Marshall fan. I've always wanted to be in the same conference as Cincy and Louisville. Still mad we didn't accept CUSA's football only invite back in the day....oh well.

When Cincy and someone else leaves, you best believe that UCONN basketball will be leaving too. They aren't going to stay in the AAC without Cincinnati basketball. They are a basketball first kind of school, they will rejoin the Big East and whatever happens to football, well it happens to football, so be it.

That' the perspective I see it from when I say, NO I would not want Marshall to join the AAC. Unfortunately, I know some of our conference mates would just turn around and take the invite themselves.

Maybe it wouldn't be to late for ECU to create the East Coast Conference.

Chuck Landon....lol. What a moron. That being said, I like it in CUSA.

(07-01-2015 06:34 PM)FlyHawk98 Wrote:  Maybe it wouldn't be to late for ECU to create the East Coast Conference.

That ship has probably sailed at this point. Terry Holland certainly wanted to do something like that at one point in time, and was routinely mocked for that idea (by ECU fans and by many on this board). He was also the first vocal supporter of taking C-USA above 12 schools to cut down on the number of cross division games, and was again mocked for that proposal. 10-15 years from now if the AAC has been raided again I'd like to see an east coast league form, but without Holland around I can't see another ECU leader with enough respect and clout to accomplish it because it would initially be an extremely unpopular move with the ECU fan base.

(07-01-2015 03:10 PM)paintedblue2 Wrote:  

(07-01-2015 03:05 PM)GoodOwl Wrote:  Wait, Rice doesn't want to be here either. Neither does LaTech, Southern Miss, UTEP, UAB (they really didn't want to be here, and won't in football for a couple of years), and , well almost everyone else (I guess Charlotte and ODU still want to be here, as they just got here. Perhaps the Florida schools as well?)

Screw it, everybody knows this is nowhere. The only one who really wants to be here is Cajun Fanatico.

(07-01-2015 05:23 PM)monarx Wrote:  If Cincy, Memphis and UConn left, the AAC/CUSA should just trade Tulsa, Houston, Tulane and SMU for ODU, Marshall, UMass and Charlotte, We'd likely all be happier, as fans would have better rivalries and road trips and schools would save a ton in travel costs.

Agreed. Many argue against regionalizing the leagues, but at that point it makes too much sense.

The issue would be splitting Florida.

(07-01-2015 04:02 PM)USM@FTL Wrote:  Basketball, and a couple of million $ in extra revenue, make the AAC SLIGHTLY more attractive than C-USA.

If Cincy and UConn aren't around, any desire to jump disappears.

Again this magical couple of million that doesnt exist

(07-01-2015 06:29 PM)RougeDawg Wrote:  CUSA is a better football conference; why move to a conference with a bunch of historical losers? After a few more years the shine of the AAC will fade just like their BCS money.

Exactly.

Kruciff, I'm disappointed in you bruh.

Marshall doesn't have to worry about getting into the AAC

(07-01-2015 09:40 PM)Pony94 Wrote:  Marshall doesn't have to worry about getting into the AAC

Like SMU doesn't have to worry about getting into the Big 12.