(01-23-2014 01:58 PM)AndreWhere Wrote: I stopped reading when I got to "MAC". C-USA is just better than the MAC in every respect, and always will be. Football results in one season or even a decade of seasons can't change this. C-USA just has more fans, more budget, better schools, more history, etcetera. Can anyone imagine a school leaving C-USA for the MAC? Wouldn't that be like flushing money down the toilet?
I'm no C-USA fan... there are schools in C-USA that I don't think USM should ever play at home; schools that make me want to go back to playing 4 or 5 games at home and 2 or 3 at SEC opponents; etc.
But the MAC is better than C-USA? Come on. That doesn't pass the laugh test.
how can you say the CUSA has better budgets when it is simply not true
$34,375,037 Old Dominion
$29,465,734 Massachusetts
$27,832,911 Miami Ohio
$27,817,159 Western Michigan
$27,798,118 Eastern Michigan
$27,478,169 Buffalo
$27,428,271 Florida International
$27,412,637 Alabama at Birmingham
$27,225,730 Akron
$27,092,238 Texas-El Paso
$26,816,730 Marshall
$26,542,476 North Texas
$26,450,723 Middle Tennessee State
$25,770,262 Western Kentucky
$25,738,861 Central Michigan
$24,408,346 Ohio
$23,863,877 Northern Illinois
$22,735,640 Kent State
$22,381,963 Toledo
$21,914,136 Southern Mississippi
$21,223,077 Texas-San Antonio
$20,265,479 North Carolina Charlotte
$20,174,709 Ball State
$20,020,133 Florida Atlantic
$18,687,576 Louisiana Tech
$18,387,277 Bowling Green
the MAC clearly has more teams at the very top and the CUSA clearly has more teams at the very bottom
and if you compare actual athletic program revenues it is slightly better for the CUSA at the top. but worse at the bottom
Old Dominion $35,247,421
Massachusetts $29,762,217
Marshall $29,203,535
Eastern Michigan $29,062,905
Ohio $28,671,520
Miami Ohio $28,121,483
Alabama at Birmingham $28,114,179
Western Michigan $27,899,949
Buffalo $27,480,211
Texas-El Paso $27,230,937
Akron $27,217,473
Middle Tennessee State $26,555,473
Western Kentucky $25,770,262
Central Michigan $25,738,861
Florida International $25,201,564
Northern Illinois $23,504,505
Florida Atlantic $23,226,481
Kent State $22,903,668
Texas-San Antonio $22,308,205
Southern Mississippi $21,526,695
Toledo $21,265,873
Ball State $21,129,858
Bowling Green $20,731,957
North Carolina Charlotte $20,573,594
North Texas $19,029,641
Louisiana Tech $18,734,197