So I exaggerated slightly for effect ......you are a tough one, Huskie John! Uakronkid got what I was trying to say.

(02-08-2012 06:04 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  So I exaggerated slightly for effect ......you are a tough one, Huskie John! Uakronkid got what I was trying to say.

Ya the map helps.

Post on re-alignment board states that once BE and WVU settle their lawsuit the Big 12 will invite Louisville...and it continues. (P.S. Temple, you still may get a call after all!)

(02-08-2012 08:16 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  Post on re-alignment board states that once BE and WVU settle their lawsuit the Big 12 will invite Louisville...and it continues. (P.S. Temple, you still may get a call after all!)

I'm not sure why Big 12 ignored Memphis. Not a bad geographic location, and you bring in TN.

NIU should be building up programs to match the Big 12's interest. If they had invested in bball they'd be getting more attention.

(02-08-2012 08:37 PM)DrTorch Wrote:  

(02-08-2012 08:16 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  Post on re-alignment board states that once BE and WVU settle their lawsuit the Big 12 will invite Louisville...and it continues. (P.S. Temple, you still may get a call after all!)

I'm not sure why Big 12 ignored Memphis. Not a bad geographic location, and you bring in TN.

NIU should be building up programs to match the Big 12's interest. If they had invested in bball they'd be getting more attention.

They did. The facilities are there, Montgomery is a great hire and will have the Huskies competitive but it will take at least a few more recruiting classes. The talent is just not there. That last coach left the program in the worst position in the program's history.

The wrong coach can kill a program.

Oh, I don't doubt CUSA contracted Temple but the question is did the Owl AD laugh before or after he hung up the phone.

Sure, we'd love to join your sinking ship.

(02-08-2012 09:35 PM)San Giuseppe Jato Rocket Wrote:  Oh, I don't doubt CUSA contracted Temple but the question is did the Owl AD laugh before or after he hung up the phone.

Sure, we'd love to join your sinking ship.

I don't know about CUSA contracting Temple, but I'd advise against anyone contracting CUSA. That's akin to Hemophilia.

(02-08-2012 08:09 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-08-2012 06:04 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  So I exaggerated slightly for effect ......you are a tough one, Huskie John! Uakronkid got what I was trying to say.

Ya the map helps.

That shows how rough of a loss Memphis is for CUSA. One of the 3 remaining founding members of CUSA along with So. Miss and Tulane and geographically in the center of the conference. This hurts big time particularly for So Miss and Tulane.

(02-08-2012 10:03 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(02-08-2012 08:09 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-08-2012 06:04 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  So I exaggerated slightly for effect ......you are a tough one, Huskie John! Uakronkid got what I was trying to say.

Ya the map helps.

That shows how rough of a loss Memphis is for CUSA. One of the 3 remaining founding members of CUSA along with So. Miss and Tulane and geographically in the center of the conference. This hurts big time particularly for So Miss and Tulane.

one of four remaining founding members

(02-08-2012 11:17 PM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(02-08-2012 10:03 PM)Louis Kitton Wrote:  

(02-08-2012 08:09 PM)HuskieJohn Wrote:  

(02-08-2012 06:04 PM)exCincy Kid Wrote:  So I exaggerated slightly for effect ......you are a tough one, Huskie John! Uakronkid got what I was trying to say.

Ya the map helps.

That shows how rough of a loss Memphis is for CUSA. One of the 3 remaining founding members of CUSA along with So. Miss and Tulane and geographically in the center of the conference. This hurts big time particularly for So Miss and Tulane.

one of four remaining founding members

UAB didn't have the football initially.

One of the strengths of the second generation CUSA lineup was building around that Memphis, So Miss, Tulane, Houston core with Rice, SMU, Tulsa. CUSA has taken a more severe hit this time around and if it is to survive by itself will have to build a new identity.