(01-14-2016 03:05 PM)rokamortis Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 02:46 PM)GSUhooligan Wrote:  Metro Conference

East
FAU
FIU
ODU
UNC-C
Ga St
UAB

West
UTSA
Rice
UTEP
UNT
Texas St
NMSU

The Football Conference

East
Appy
Ga Southern
Troy
WKU
MTSU
Marshall

West
USA
stAte
ULL
ULM
La Tech
USM


It wouldn't do much for the footprints of the conference, but it'd put an end to the markets vs on field arguments. Also, NMSU and UTEP could be real travel partners for the out-liars. Idaho would be Indy or FCS in this scenario.

Coastal get dropped to DIII?

Forgot about y'all, but you screw up the even numbers, so you have to fight it out with somebody for their spot.

(01-14-2016 01:27 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  A lot of unrest on the CUSA board between the news of the TV deal and the deregulation vote.

Should the CUSA and the SBC reorganize into two new leagues and is there a legal route to get there?

That's putting it mildly they are in full meltdown mode over on the CUSA board.


Once we split into divisions I think the Sun Belt will be set so long as we can get about the same $$$ as CUSA in our next contract I can see us possibly taking a couple of their teams when Idaho and NMSU exit the league.

Why would they agree to that when even with the decrease in their deal they still make much more money? Doesn't really make much sense.

(01-14-2016 03:55 PM)AlwaysSunny Wrote:  Why would they agree to that when even with the decrease in their deal they still make much more money? Doesn't really make much sense.

for now I agree, for the next couple of years, most of the USA schools will act like nothing is wrong, and will not listen to reason. But, time is on the side of those who want a regional approach. Expenses will keep rising, revenue streams will dry up, fans will care less about conference opponents a thousand miles away, and eventually they will have to come to the table and take a realistic view of what constitutes a strong mid major conference going forward.

(01-14-2016 02:46 PM)GSUhooligan Wrote:  Metro Conference

East
FAU
FIU
ODU
UNC-C
Ga St
UAB

West
UTSA
Rice
UTEP
UNT
Texas St
NMSU

The Football Conference

East
Appy
Ga Southern
Troy
WKU
MTSU
Marshall

West
USA
stAte
ULL
ULM
La Tech
USM


It wouldn't do much for the footprints of the conference, but it'd put an end to the markets vs on field arguments. Also, NMSU and UTEP could be real travel partners for the out-liars. Idaho would be Indy or FCS in this scenario.

The newbies are putting Loser Tech in with ULM. They have no idea.
Loser Tech would drop athletics before aligning with ULM. Recently, they sat home to avoid playing them in a bowl.

(01-14-2016 03:40 PM)GSUhooligan Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 03:05 PM)rokamortis Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 02:46 PM)GSUhooligan Wrote:  Metro Conference

East
FAU
FIU
ODU
UNC-C
Ga St
UAB

West
UTSA
Rice
UTEP
UNT
Texas St
NMSU

The Football Conference

East
Appy
Ga Southern
Troy
WKU
MTSU
Marshall

West
USA
stAte
ULL
ULM
La Tech
USM


It wouldn't do much for the footprints of the conference, but it'd put an end to the markets vs on field arguments. Also, NMSU and UTEP could be real travel partners for the out-liars. Idaho would be Indy or FCS in this scenario.

Coastal get dropped to DIII?

Forgot about y'all, but you screw up the even numbers, so you have to fight it out with somebody for their spot.

Drop ULM.

(01-14-2016 01:27 PM)EigenEagle Wrote:  A lot of unrest on the CUSA board between the news of the TV deal and the deregulation vote.

Should the CUSA and the SBC reorganize into two new leagues and is there a legal route to get there?

Yall can't avoid playing us this year. No matter how hard you try.

(01-14-2016 04:28 PM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 02:46 PM)GSUhooligan Wrote:  Metro Conference

East
FAU
FIU
ODU
UNC-C
Ga St
UAB

West
UTSA
Rice
UTEP
UNT
Texas St
NMSU

The Football Conference

East
Appy
Ga Southern
Troy
WKU
MTSU
Marshall

West
USA
stAte
ULL
ULM
La Tech
USM


It wouldn't do much for the footprints of the conference, but it'd put an end to the markets vs on field arguments. Also, NMSU and UTEP could be real travel partners for the out-liars. Idaho would be Indy or FCS in this scenario.

The newbies are putting Loser Tech in with ULM. They have no idea.
Loser Tech would drop athletics before aligning with ULM. Recently, they sat home to avoid playing them in a bowl.

None of this is really going to happen, I was just going with a theme and, though I've never been, I don't think Ruston qualifies as a metropolitan area. But if you insist, we can swap Tejas St with La Tech.

Wow, I just walked across the street. That place looks like a funeral.

(01-14-2016 01:00 PM)BKTopper Wrote:  I don't like this one bit. The strongest teams should leave and start their own conference and take whatever lumps they get for the next few years.

I hate being in a conference now seen as equal to sun belt, overflowing with schools that are afterthoughts of a larger state school's university system.

Sorry, but c'mon. We got invited after schools that didn't even have fbs programs yet, because of markets. How did that work out for our tv deal?

Yes, we need to go regional. The loss of TV revenue for everyone makes these strung out conferences obsolete. One easy way to make up for the lost revenue is cutting travel AND having teams that can actually bring visiting fans. This would help build rivalries again that mean a little more, and make for a better experience.

Whether this is an east/west divide or a break away like the MWC is yet to be determined. I could see a group of schools holding up the reshuffle and that leading to another group to form a new conference.

(01-14-2016 04:51 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  Wow, I just walked across the street. That place looks like a funeral.

(01-14-2016 01:00 PM)BKTopper Wrote:  I don't like this one bit. The strongest teams should leave and start their own conference and take whatever lumps they get for the next few years.

I hate being in a conference now seen as equal to sun belt, overflowing with schools that are afterthoughts of a larger state school's university system.

Sorry, but c'mon. We got invited after schools that didn't even have fbs programs yet, because of markets. How did that work out for our tv deal?

I'll have to go check it out when I get a moment. Haha.

(01-14-2016 02:04 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 01:34 PM)ark30inf Wrote:  Yes, there should be a reshuffling. But it won't happen because it would bruise an ego or two.

Yep.

Its not going to happen in the next 18 months. But there are meetings coming to an airport near you in the next 4 to 6 years,

(01-13-2016 11:31 PM)MU42 Wrote:  So FIU, Charlotte, UTSA, and North Texas could be removed and we could still have a championship? Sign us up for that.

I know, I'm an *******. But you guys suck really bad and do so 98% of the time, or you should have never been invited. This just fixes that.

Some of those names sound familiar.

(01-14-2016 06:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(01-13-2016 11:31 PM)MU42 Wrote:  So FIU, Charlotte, UTSA, and North Texas could be removed and we could still have a championship? Sign us up for that.

I know, I'm an *******. But you guys suck really bad and do so 98% of the time, or you should have never been invited. This just fixes that.

Some of those names sound familiar.

UTSA won't be sucking for long buddy .

(01-14-2016 08:37 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 06:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(01-13-2016 11:31 PM)MU42 Wrote:  So FIU, Charlotte, UTSA, and North Texas could be removed and we could still have a championship? Sign us up for that.

I know, I'm an *******. But you guys suck really bad and do so 98% of the time, or you should have never been invited. This just fixes that.

Some of those names sound familiar.

UTSA won't be sucking for long buddy .

UH HUH. Sure...sure. It hasn't been proven yet.

(01-14-2016 08:37 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 06:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(01-13-2016 11:31 PM)MU42 Wrote:  So FIU, Charlotte, UTSA, and North Texas could be removed and we could still have a championship? Sign us up for that.

I know, I'm an *******. But you guys suck really bad and do so 98% of the time, or you should have never been invited. This just fixes that.

Some of those names sound familiar.

UTSA won't be sucking for long buddy .

Yeah, I'm sure you guys will be decent in a decade or so...

(01-14-2016 09:14 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 08:37 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 06:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(01-13-2016 11:31 PM)MU42 Wrote:  So FIU, Charlotte, UTSA, and North Texas could be removed and we could still have a championship? Sign us up for that.

I know, I'm an *******. But you guys suck really bad and do so 98% of the time, or you should have never been invited. This just fixes that.

Some of those names sound familiar.

UTSA won't be sucking for long buddy .

Yeah, I'm sure you guys will be decent in a decade or so...

I'd take UTSA in a heart beat.

(01-14-2016 09:16 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 09:14 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 08:37 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 06:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(01-13-2016 11:31 PM)MU42 Wrote:  So FIU, Charlotte, UTSA, and North Texas could be removed and we could still have a championship? Sign us up for that.

I know, I'm an *******. But you guys suck really bad and do so 98% of the time, or you should have never been invited. This just fixes that.

Some of those names sound familiar.

UTSA won't be sucking for long buddy .

Yeah, I'm sure you guys will be decent in a decade or so...

I'd take UTSA in a heart beat.

I'll pass, thanks.

(01-14-2016 09:18 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 09:16 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 09:14 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 08:37 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 06:03 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  Some of those names sound familiar.

UTSA won't be sucking for long buddy .

Yeah, I'm sure you guys will be decent in a decade or so...

I'd take UTSA in a heart beat.

I'll pass, thanks.

You've never been to San Antonio.

(01-14-2016 09:38 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 09:18 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 09:16 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 09:14 PM)chiefsfan Wrote:  

(01-14-2016 08:37 PM)davi78239 Wrote:  UTSA won't be sucking for long buddy .

Yeah, I'm sure you guys will be decent in a decade or so...

I'd take UTSA in a heart beat.

I'll pass, thanks.

You've never been to San Antonio.

Hmmm..need good teams not cities.