For those not aware

1.0 ('95-'05)
2.0 ('05-'13)
3.0 ('13-future)

1.0

No offense, but how can anybody possibly justify voting for 3.0?

Charlotte/FIU/LaTech/ODU/UNT/UTSA fans probably will.

(08-20-2012 11:45 AM)Chappy Wrote:  Charlotte/FIU/LaTech/ODU/UNT/UTSA fans probably will.

(08-20-2012 11:45 AM)Chappy Wrote:  Charlotte/FIU/LaTech/ODU/UNT/UTSA fans probably will.

Fair enough.

I'd say 1.0 initially but then I really like our current version a lot. We were starting to get a really good reputation with the top end of the conference (ECU, USM, UH, Tulsa, UCF, SMU).

Actually Charlotte fans will vote for 1.0.

(08-20-2012 11:53 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  Actually Charlotte fans will vote for 1.0.

I had considered that, but decided most of them would prefer a world with football in it over one without...

the metro conference

cincinnati
memphis
virginia tech
georgia tech
louisville
tulane
south carolina
florida state
southern miss

How bout a combination of all three. Good football and basketball for the most part. Sorry to FIU, N Texas, Tulane, UAB and Rice fans ahead of time.

East

Louisville
Cincinnati
Marshall
Central Florida
South Florida
East Carolina
Old Dominion
Charlotte

West

Houston
TCU
SMU
Southern Miss
Tulsa
Louisiana Tech
UTEP
Memphis

(08-20-2012 11:40 AM)coogrfan Wrote:  No offense, but how can anybody possibly justify voting for 3.0?

I agree. It's not offensive to say that. The first 2 are judged with hindsight while the 3rd hasn't even happened yet. My vote is for #1 by a landslide.

(08-20-2012 12:59 PM)ECUPirated Wrote:  How bout a combination of all three. Good football and basketball for the most part. Sorry to FIU, N Texas, Tulane, UAB and Rice fans ahead of time.

East

Louisville
Cincinnati
Marshall
Central Florida
South Florida
East Carolina
Old Dominion
Charlotte

West

Houston
TCU
SMU
Southern Miss
Tulsa
Louisiana Tech
UTEP
Memphis

That would be a great conference - No reason for any of those schools to really want to move with a setup like that.

(08-20-2012 11:45 AM)Chappy Wrote:  Charlotte/FIU/LaTech/ODU/UNT/UTSA fans probably will.

Why would Charlotte fans?

We were a part of CUSA 1.0 and it was the peak of our program since the run of success in the late 70's.

Army
Cincinnati
East Carolina
Louisville
Houston
Memphis
South Florida
Southern Miss
TCU
Tulane
UAB

Charlotte
DePaul
Marquette
St. Louis

Landslide for C-USA 1. C-USA 1 was a very solid league. C-USA 2 wasn't real good, but was starting to get a little better. C-USA 3 is a joke and is at a minimum a decade away from even getting in spitting range of where C-USA 2 is right now.

(08-20-2012 11:59 AM)shere khan Wrote:  the metro conference

cincinnati
memphis
virginia tech
georgia tech
louisville
tulane
south carolina
florida state
southern miss

Man, had that group agreed to all sports...it would be part of the BCS mafia at this point.

(08-20-2012 01:01 PM)ultraviolet Wrote:  

(08-20-2012 11:40 AM)coogrfan Wrote:  No offense, but how can anybody possibly justify voting for 3.0?

I agree. It's not offensive to say that. The first 2 are judged with hindsight while the 3rd hasn't even happened yet. My vote is for #1 by a landslide.

I'm not sure how anyone outside of the incoming schools could vote for #3 except through emotions while ignoring that there is no history to base it on. But, that's just this fan's opinion and emotions are pretty high around realignment.

The only negatives around #1 is the basketball only schools which led to multiple priorities among the members and version 2 brought some members that have been great conference partners with large, rabid fan bases.

Version 1 and 2 were good conferences, with all due respect to the incoming members; the jury is still out of version 3 just like it is on all reformed conferences.

1.0 was the strongest.

I obviously love 2.0.

3.0 is going to be a joke.

1.0, obviously.