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(03-22-2018 10:10 AM)ODU2K1 Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 09:03 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 08:45 AM)Gilesfan Wrote:  

(03-22-2018 08:33 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  So 42.72% out of 103 voters want to stay the course. We don't know who those 103 voters are, but if they are actual ODU fans with no direct affiliation to those that have been making the decisions, I think that is pretty sad.

Pretty sad because they(including me) don't agree with your viewpoint?

Well yeah, it is sad that that many are happy with the dumpster fire, but pretty sad for the AD that 57% want to change course and that their fan base is so divided. Just all around sad.

I wouldn't say that those that want to stay the course are happy in CUSA. I'm sure that some are but they would probably make up a small subset of those that voted to stay. The bulk of the people that did vote for staying in CUSA see it for what it is: The best current home for ODU Athletics and a means to an end. It's akin to a starter home if you will. You have to get your mail and park your car someplace. CUSA is that place for us currently. The fanciful alternatives being bandied about range from nonstarters (A10 Sports/1-A Independence/CAA Football) to theories (made up Eastern US conference), to aspirational (AAC membership). I still personally think we will end up in a version of The American at some point in the next five to ten years.

Pretty much this. There's no reason that a conference with a core of ODU, WKU, Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, Southern Miss and Marshall, with a nod toward FAU/FIU football, Rice academics and Charlotte getting its **** together can't be a solid all-sports option. Anyone who wants the CAA would crap themselves blind when they see its almost literally non-existent TV presence. Sure, maybe if the CAA somehow could get VCU, Richmond, George Mason, Davidson and George Washington from the A-10 it's a viable option, but that sure as shoot ain't happening.

I said this in another thread and I'll repeat here: If ODU wants in the AAC at some point, this is undeniably the best launching pad for it. Pretty much everyone in today's AAC spent time in CUSA. How many schools have moved from the CAA to the AAC?