http://hamptonroads.com/2015/04/conferen...ing-dallas

Quote:@Harry_MiniumVP
@Conference_USA will make decision on UAB on June 8 in Dallas.

That article didn't seem too promising.

I want to keep UAB

I want to keep uab but only if football comes back. I'm sorry but if the school doesn't decide to have football I say goodbye. Dumb on his part to cancel it in the first place so hopefully uab will end up in a pitiful conference and the president gets removed quicker. And the next changes UABs direction.

I want to keep UAB too but football is a must.

Looking more and more like USA slide over to replace UAB..Kind of wish conf. would downsize to 12 teams..

(04-10-2015 12:22 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  http://hamptonroads.com/2015/04/conferen...ing-dallas

Quote:@Harry_MiniumVP
@Conference_USA will make decision on UAB on June 8 in Dallas.

you got to have football.

(04-10-2015 02:40 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Looking more and more like USA slide over to replace UAB..Kind of wish conf. would downsize to 12 teams..

who said anything about USA?

(04-10-2015 02:40 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Looking more and more like USA slide over to replace UAB..Kind of wish conf. would downsize to 12 teams..

It's not certain that C-USA would move to replace UAB.

I agree with Belief blazer on this one. Why should we add when the quality isn't there and the rules have changed?

(04-10-2015 02:43 PM)BeliefBlazer Wrote:  

(04-10-2015 02:40 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Looking more and more like USA slide over to replace UAB..Kind of wish conf. would downsize to 12 teams..

It's not certain that C-USA would move to replace UAB.

I think we'll sit at 13 if UAB goes.

(04-10-2015 02:40 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Looking more and more like USA slide over to replace UAB..Kind of wish conf. would downsize to 12 teams..

Source?

(04-10-2015 02:47 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(04-10-2015 02:40 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Looking more and more like USA slide over to replace UAB..Kind of wish conf. would downsize to 12 teams..

Source?

I've heard from several people that USA is very interested and that their President has already contacted some C-USA leaders. Doesn't mean it'll happen. Jags might not be so interested if the next C-USA tv numbers come back too low.

WKU's Beat writer has said on Twitter he thinks USA will be the replacement and has heard USA is making a push to join CUSA...He has been right before and would think his sources at WKU would be pretty strong on this matter..

(04-10-2015 02:40 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Looking more and more like USA slide over to replace UAB..Kind of wish conf. would downsize to 12 teams..

Where are you seeing this?

To me this makes no sense at all. Makes baseball stronger I guess and the bball is decent. But Louisiana Lafayette is even better in both AND brings a better football program along with New Orleans bowl prospects....

EDIT: Ok now I see you cited a writer saying USA wants in. Well I bet ULL wants in too. There have been many reports of them wanting in CUSA. And they'd be a way better add.

Gotta grab ULL, Ark St or Georgia Southern to widen the gap from Sun Belt to CUSA.

(04-10-2015 03:02 PM)Ragu Wrote:  

(04-10-2015 02:40 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Looking more and more like USA slide over to replace UAB..Kind of wish conf. would downsize to 12 teams..

Where are you seeing this?

To me this makes no sense at all. Makes baseball stronger I guess and the bball is decent. But Louisiana Lafayette is even better in both AND brings a better football program along with New Orleans bowl prospects....

EDIT: Ok now I see you cited a writer saying USA wants in. Well I bet ULL wants in too. There have been many reports of them wanting in CUSA. And they'd be a way better add.

Gotta grab ULL, Ark St or Georgia Southern to widen the gap from Sun Belt to CUSA.

No our beat writer actually said ULL has not made any push to join CUSA>..

(04-10-2015 02:40 PM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  Looking more and more like USA slide over to replace UAB..Kind of wish conf. would downsize to 12 teams..

I'd be surprised it is USA...doesn't look like they have the resources for CUSA

Most recent USA Today Athletic Budget #'s:
South Alabama $21,115,562

we are already double that number in FCS.

As of just a week and a half ago,USA was not one of the schools mentioned as one of the schools being in serious consideration. Just because a school wants in doesn't mean its a front runner or is under serious consideration. Still a lot of moving parts but unless something drastically changes, the presidents supposedly are not on board with the idea of allowing UAB to stay under a basketball only agreement from what I've heard.

Yea I think we all know UAB will be gone June 8th, and I am sure has heard the same..He also apparently heard USA is a leading candidate to replace UAB....Don't shoot the messenger, he might be wrong but he has been dialed in before on realignment...

Hate it for UAB. Love it for selfish reasons. I have heard from USA folks (donors) that they were in on the ground floor of CUSA1 then backed out at the last minute. Second chance?