If the AAC were to take any one team or possibly more..which ones would be more hurtful to CUSA by them leaving.

I'm just going to say USM, since that's what you're really asking..

(08-05-2016 12:52 PM)Jayesseagle Wrote:  If the AAC were to take any one team or possibly more..which ones would be more hurtful to CUSA by them leaving.

Just going to tell you what you want to hear and say USM.

As of today, I think losing Southern Miss and UTEP would hurt the most.

Southern Miss has the best overall history and tradition of any C-USA school, so whatever prestige is left in the league would take a pretty large hit. Good Olympic sports too with a great baseball program.

Losing UTEP would be a major blow to basketball. Also, in the rare seasons when the Miners have a good football team, they've been known to draw 40-50k crowds. I don't think another program in the league has that potential.

Losing Marshall football imo would be the biggest blow to CUSA. In terms of single fan, losing Jayseagle would be a blow CUSA would never recover from.(ribbing ya guy)

I'm going to be serious and say Southern Miss. Founding member, and more football history and tradition than the majority of CUSA combined.

USM.

(08-05-2016 12:52 PM)Jayesseagle Wrote:  If the AAC were to take any one team or possibly more..which ones would be more hurtful to CUSA by them leaving.

UAB.
Cheers!

(08-05-2016 02:11 PM)baruna falls Wrote:  Losing Marshall football imo would be the biggest blow to CUSA. In terms of single fan, losing Jayseagle would be a blow CUSA would never recover from.(ribbing ya guy)

Haha..! Nahhh...Losing me wouldn't be that big of a blow because I post over here more than I do on CUSA board..lol

(08-05-2016 12:52 PM)Jayesseagle Wrote:  If the AAC were to take any one team or possibly more..which ones would be more hurtful to CUSA by them leaving.

FIU FAU b/c we lose a huge junk of the FL market...seriously like half of the state..maybe more..plus our out of the country markets since these schools capture the international and the atlantic markets.

brand wise usm (athletical brand)

atheltic capability wise Marshall, the non-qs give them the ability to compete and carry c-usa on most years, remove marshall and their could be c-usa years that could be really really bad if others dont step up

wku isnt a big lose today but with the recent success in fball and projected in bball, in a few years wku might be the biggest perception hit athletically

top to bottom all things considered: my final answer is rice, you dont take an athletic hit with rice but rice in c-usa protects c-usa from being dragged in ways they arent now..rice is preventing a lot of academic slander, as well as prestige slander, right now.. anyone comes at c-usa from those angles, you can always say rice a top 20 university is in our league

remove rice and the prestige goes with it...and the c-usa perception if they dont win could really being something negative even on the academic level as far reputation and the "types of teams that are in c-usa" etc...

not a dig just my opinion..