(01-25-2018 03:11 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(01-25-2018 02:45 PM)HyperDuke Wrote:  

(12-20-2017 10:02 PM)_C2_ Wrote:  Neither would get the call from the American unless it were severely gutted. And even then, there are numerous more attractive options in C-USA, the Sun Belt and perhaps even the MAC, such as Northern Illinois.

Their ceiling is C-USA unless the American becomes C-USA if you catch my drift. They will never be grouped with the current core of the American imo but they do in theory belong with the current core of C-USA, i.e. the members who have never been in the Sun Belt.

Based on the statement above, this is the group of schools where JMU belongs.
Southern Miss
UAB
LA Tech
UTSA
Rice
UTEP
Marshall
ODU
Charlotte

I wouldn't LOVE the geography of this league, but ODU/Charlotte/Marshall nearby makes it a bit better. I'm honestly not sure our no-balls admin would even go for this setup. I imagine we'd hear about too many Texas trips & that they would prefer not to travel to Alabama/Mississippi either...

Well technically speaking ODU and UAB both used to be in the Sun Belt though before football.

Here are the Sun Belt alumni in CUSA....ODU, UNCC, UAB, MTSU, WKU, FIU, UNT and FAU. But I think the whole CUSA is gonna raid the Belt is pretty much done.