other schools that wind up in CUSA. I welcome you all. Disregard any posts from fans of schools leaving CUSA. They have convinced themselves they are better than the new schools entering CUSA. They have every right to feel that way, even if it is based on fantasy and not fact. The new BE will basically be the old CUSA. Nothing more, nothing less. Boise would not have said F'U if that wasn't fact. I look forward to playing you all. Trips to Dallas, Nashville, Miami, Ruston, etc excite me.

Together we will rise to new heights.

Go CUSA

thanks for the warm welcome

(01-10-2013 10:01 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  other schools that wind up in CUSA. I welcome you all. Disregard any posts from fans of schools leaving CUSA. They have convinced themselves they are better than the new schools entering CUSA. They have every right to feel that way, even if it is based on fantasy and not fact. The new BE will basically be the old CUSA. Nothing more, nothing less. Boise would not have said F'U if that wasn't fact. I look forward to playing you all. Trips to Dallas, Nashville, Miami, Ruston excite me.

Together we will rise to new heights.

Go CUSA

It's gonna be fun. Looking forward to making new friends in this fine conference. Thanks for the warm greeting :) Class act, for sure.

(01-10-2013 10:01 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  other schools that wind up in CUSA. I welcome you all. Disregard any posts from fans of schools leaving CUSA. They have convinced themselves they are better than the new schools entering CUSA. They have every right to feel that way, even if it is based on fantasy and not fact. The new BE will basically be the old CUSA. Nothing more, nothing less. Boise would not have said F'U if that wasn't fact. I look forward to playing you all. Trips to Dallas, Nashville, Miami, Ruston, etc excite me.

Together we will rise to new heights.

Go CUSA

Same from me. Looking forward to it. This lineup has HUGE upside. Assuming we stay together, it will be interesting to see how the conference develops over the next 10 years.

Can't wait for the road trip to Hattiesburg. That goes for Norfolk, Huntington, Charlotte, Birmingham, etc as well. I think everyone will find that MT fans travel very, very well on the road. We'll have beers waiting on you in the Grove whenever your team makes the trip up.

(01-10-2013 10:17 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  

(01-10-2013 10:01 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  other schools that wind up in CUSA. I welcome you all. Disregard any posts from fans of schools leaving CUSA. They have convinced themselves they are better than the new schools entering CUSA. They have every right to feel that way, even if it is based on fantasy and not fact. The new BE will basically be the old CUSA. Nothing more, nothing less. Boise would not have said F'U if that wasn't fact. I look forward to playing you all. Trips to Dallas, Nashville, Miami, Ruston, etc excite me.

Together we will rise to new heights.

Go CUSA

Same from me. Looking forward to it. This lineup has HUGE upside. Assuming we stay together, it will be interesting to see how the conference develops over the next 10 years.

Hear Hear!!!!

YES! YES! YES! And a thousand times I say YES! Our goal is to be a positive for CUSA. LOVE IT! LOVE IT! LOVE IT!

This Conference is as good as any from the group of 5. Lining up to be the tallest midget is not on my tondo list. An un defeated CUSA team has just as good a shot as any other for a BCS bowl. Don't let anyone tell you any different.

I am looking forward to the Southeastern matchups against our CUSA foes!

In all honesty, we have equally replaced all of the teams leaving (unless we lost Tulsa). The thing that concerns me is the lack of name recognition. We have either very stupid or very stingy "fans" and names like ODU, MTSU, UNT etc mean nothing to them even though they are better than Memphis and Tulane

Oh hey look another backhanded anti BE thread. Why is this necessary?

(01-10-2013 11:44 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Oh hey look another backhanded anti BE thread. Why is this necessary?

Oh look, you're still on the CUSA board.

Back to the original post though.... I'm with ya all the way.

I'm looking at the positives of this ncusa as a Marshall fan. We now have a much more regional friendly conference. I look forward to the trips to ODU, MTSU, Charlotte, etc. I also look forward to seeing how many fans you guys will bring to Huntington.

How many fans do you guys seriously think you will bring your first trip to Huntington?

On behalf of the fans of one of "the other schools that wind up in CUSA", we thank you and look forward to joining the conference.

(01-10-2013 11:44 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Oh hey look another backhanded anti BE thread. Why is this necessary?

I used to respect you. No longer. That post was totally uncalled for. Your insecurity is overflowing.

(01-10-2013 11:44 PM)JDTulane Wrote:  Oh hey look another backhanded anti BE thread. Why is this necessary?

somehow saying something positive about the BE now equals saying something negative about CUSA.

Thanks to the mod that took out the garbage. Well done.

(01-10-2013 11:53 PM)Fear The Beak Wrote:  On behalf of the fans of one of "the other schools that wind up in CUSA", we thank you and look forward to joining the conference.

I guess formalities are good, now pass the chicken

(01-10-2013 10:01 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  other schools that wind up in CUSA. I welcome you all. Disregard any posts from fans of schools leaving CUSA. They have convinced themselves they are better than the new schools entering CUSA. They have every right to feel that way, even if it is based on fantasy and not fact. The new BE will basically be the old CUSA. Nothing more, nothing less. Boise would not have said F'U if that wasn't fact. I look forward to playing you all. Trips to Dallas, Nashville, Miami, Ruston, etc excite me.

Together we will rise to new heights.

Go CUSA

What the OP of this thread said is essentially correct. Those leaving have convinced themselves of something that is mostly a fantasy they are living in their minds. Too many of them are not living in the now, but in the what was. The rest is from never never land.

(01-10-2013 10:01 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  other schools that wind up in CUSA. I welcome you all. Disregard any posts from fans of schools leaving CUSA. They have convinced themselves they are better than the new schools entering CUSA.

I don't think they are wrong. They are the biggest budget programs, and that is one of the biggest factors when comparing college athletic programs.

But that does not mean that the remaining programs, and the new programs, can't rise to that level and beyond.