(12-30-2014 04:12 PM)SApuro Wrote:  Everyone knows Texas St is the add.

Heh.

(12-30-2014 04:31 PM)winston70 Wrote:  

(12-30-2014 04:25 PM)benny_t Wrote:  Who is it going to be if not Louisiana?

Hopefully UAB

This. And it just might be.

(12-30-2014 04:57 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  C-USA is gonna stay with 13 unless it adds a market school or program from a state it doesn't occupy. Most likely holding firm at 13.

That's my guess, as well.

(12-30-2014 05:16 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  From what I have been told CUSA is looking to grab a MAC school or GaSt.

I think Georgia State would be a strong add, and stronger than anyone in the MAC. But we'll see what happens.

(12-30-2014 10:32 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  Ohio has been in the MAC since 1946 and they aren't going anywhere.

True.

(12-30-2014 11:23 PM)winston70 Wrote:  Nothing against GA St but I would rather have ULL than those guys in CUSA even if we lost an extra recruit or 2 to ULL.

ULL is the stronger program right now. But a move like this is for (potentially) the next 20, 30 years or more. From that perspective, C-USA would be much better off with GA State.

(12-30-2014 11:51 PM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  NIU or no one. I believe NIU would accept we were to offer.

Hmmm. Maybe.

(12-31-2014 06:57 AM)BRtransplant Wrote:  The Big 12 has come out and said that they're staying at 10 members, so no one is going anywhere out of the AAC. That means that we'll not likely lose anyone this year either. This has bought everybody some time. I think CUSA will play at 13 members for at least the next year, maybe longer.

Agreed.

(12-31-2014 11:24 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  The distance is the largest issue, but if the adding [NIU] improves the new media deal enough (money & T.V. coverage), it could be worth the extra travel.

So the question is, would adding NIU achieve that result? Geography is an absolute non-factor for the P5, but is that true for C-USA?

(12-31-2014 11:34 AM)HerdZoned Wrote:  Once TCU took off to the mountains in 2003, CUSA tried to first go to 14. The 1st 3 to be looked at was Temple, Toledo and Little Miami… After that C-USA grabbed UTEP and stayed at 12.

I remember that well. The information I heard was that it came down to UTEP or La. Tech.

(12-31-2014 11:44 AM)CajunJuice Wrote:  Trust me when I say this, the Cajuns are in consideration… Whether or not we actually get an invite is completely up in the air, but I can assure you that the OP in this thread is false.

Agreed.

(12-31-2014 11:50 AM)stodgdog Wrote:  

(12-30-2014 03:30 PM)RonBurgundy Wrote:  I really really hate ULL but I'll admit that y'all deserve a little better than being stuck with the junior college in Monroe.

Why? It was ULL that brokered the deal placing ULM in the Sunbelt.

Exactly.

For people that actually went to ULL or ULM, or care about them, or live in Lafayette or Monroe, I'm sure there are some important differences between the two programs. For everyone else, they are basically equivalent, almost interchangeable.

(12-31-2014 11:59 AM)stodgdog Wrote:  

(12-30-2014 07:11 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  I want to invite you to the Cajuns home opener next season, 45 yard line chair back seats. Only condition is that you wear a bright yellow LSU polo. Beer and food on me.

That's a tempting offer but I think wearing the LSU attire would provoke Cajun fans into pouring the beer and food on the wearer. As it should be.

This.

Cajuns and the typical LSU crowd are as different as UAB and UAT.

(12-31-2014 01:40 PM)GEAUX UL Wrote:  Anyone in Louisiana knows the only flagship in the State of Louisiana is the Lord Almighty, King of Kings, Louisiana State University, Blessings and Peace be upon it.

Sad but true.

(12-31-2014 02:02 PM)winston70 Wrote:  Please don't start the name deal with the ULL fans...

The name deal will last forever with them.

(12-31-2014 02:25 PM)CajunFanatico Wrote:  I think that overall they're more worried about surviving as a four year university than what's going on down in Lafayette.

ULM might get shut down? What?