(02-02-2018 04:21 PM)arkstfan Wrote:  

(02-02-2018 04:08 PM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  I always thought the SWC could and should have rebuilt. Tulane and Tulsa would have been logical adds. Maybe UTEP might have taken an interest in playing other Texas schools.

They might have even been able to make a run at some of the other Metro and Great Midwest schools that formed the Metro--USM, Memphis, Louisville, and Cincinnati.

Probably would have made more sense, and if Tulane and jumped on the wagon that could have altered the path of CUSA, maybe derailed it.

If Tulane made that move and pulled just one other C-USA founder with them the whole merger might have derailed. Let's say it's USM. that leaves the Metro with:

Louisville
Charlotte (no FB)
USF (no FB yet)
VCU (no FB)
VT (Big East FB)

L'ville, Memphis, and Cincy would be the only founders who played football from day 1 left. Maybe some or all jump on board as full members or football affiliates. Memphis and Cincy would be in an untouched Great Midwest so they would not have felt the pressure to join as full members.