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(02-01-2018 01:12 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  

(02-01-2018 01:06 PM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(02-01-2018 12:58 PM)ODUDrunkard13 Wrote:  We just need the eastern division of CUSA and the eastern portion of the Belt to merge. Bring along JMU and/or Liberty so we can have a in-state rival. Kick Coastal to the curb, since they have a FCS level fanbase. Done. Everyone ends up with closer games and a rival. Much better than what we have in our 2 leagues.

That would not save us any money or bring any additional regional exposure. It just sweeps sand from one side of the room to the other. There is no school in the Sun Belt aside from App State that will be any cheaper and easier to get to than Rice or North Texas and there are none that will get us on TV more often. We need to just admit we made a mistake and cut our losses.

Having a league with JMU, Marshall, Liberty, and ODU wouldn't improve our regional exposure? How's that? That also adds 2 bus games we don't currently have for pretty much every sport we play.

JMU and Liberty would, you betcha. We are already in a league with Marshall, who is not in our region. Problem is we already have a 14 team conference and no way anyone will vote to expand it to reduce the share and add JMU and Liberty.

Having a league with the GSUs, South Alabama, and Troy would not be any improvement over UTSA, UNT, Rice, UTEP, and the Florida schools.

If you want to sever the Texas and Florida schools, add JMU and Liberty and have a conference consisting of:

ODU
Marshall
WKU
MTSU
UAB
La Tech
UNC-C
USM
JMU
Liberty

I'd be fine with that. Just not sure how we'd get there.