(04-25-2018 03:06 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  Looking at the Mountain West’s media deals, I’m thinking this might not be a half bad idea. Can’t be much worse than C-DOA.

Travel makes it not feasible for a poor school like us. BUT, football alone, YES I'd rather play in the Mountain West Conference than our current shat hole any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

(04-25-2018 12:56 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(04-25-2018 09:43 AM)goldeneagle21 Wrote:  

(04-25-2018 03:06 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  Looking at the Mountain West’s media deals, I’m thinking this might not be a half bad idea. Can’t be much worse than C-DOA.

No, AAC or bust and even AAC could eventually be a bust. We only go if teams leave for the P5. If 4 teams leave, do we really leave for this? It's nothing to jump around about and in this scenario UConn and Cincy would probably go independent rather than be associated with this conference so add in a couple of other schools like Marshall and Ohio to replace them. It's starts to look like what's the point in moving, especially if the money situation isn't much better.

Tulsa
Tulane
Temple
ECU
Wichita
Navy
Marshall
Ohio
USM
ODU
UMass
Army

UCONN and Cincinnati would be the teams moving to the P5 conference.

(04-25-2018 01:35 PM)goldeneagle21 Wrote:  

(04-25-2018 12:56 PM)SouthernMiss3613 Wrote:  

(04-25-2018 09:43 AM)goldeneagle21 Wrote:  

(04-25-2018 03:06 AM)DawgNBama Wrote:  Looking at the Mountain West’s media deals, I’m thinking this might not be a half bad idea. Can’t be much worse than C-DOA.

No, AAC or bust and even AAC could eventually be a bust. We only go if teams leave for the P5. If 4 teams leave, do we really leave for this? It's nothing to jump around about and in this scenario UConn and Cincy would probably go independent rather than be associated with this conference so add in a couple of other schools like Marshall and Ohio to replace them. It's starts to look like what's the point in moving, especially if the money situation isn't much better.

Tulsa
Tulane
Temple
ECU
Wichita
Navy
Marshall
Ohio
USM
ODU
UMass
Army

UCONN and Cincinnati would be the teams moving to the P5 conference.

Maybe. The teams moving up in my scenario were Houston, Memphis, UCF and USF. It is perfectly feasible to remove two of those teams and add in Cincy and UConn but it is not as feasible for six teams to move up. If we could be in a conference again with any two of those six teams it would be a positive for us.

There will be some kind of split in the AAC just like those that took off from CUSA, but they will no more be in a Power Conference than Tulane ever will be.

Whats going to happen after 2021 is Texas and Oklahoma are going to finally get their bags packed and take off to the PAC 12 and probably take Oklahoma State and Kansas with them, if not Kansas then they will head to the B10 which is now setting at 13.

That's going to leave the "Little Six" in K-State, Iowa State, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU and West Virginia. They will then raid the AAC of 4-6 members of Memphis USF UCF Cincy, Houston SMU. And UConn gets left in the cold again. Once that happens the B12 is just like the BE, its no more a power conference.

That then leaves Temple ECU UConn Tulane Navy (Football) and Tulsa scrambling for new members if all 6 are taken. If only 4 then I think SMU and one of the Florida Twins are left out.

The question then becomes, does part of the East of CUSA (3-4 schools) along with USM and maybe LA Tech jump at the chance or stay put and let the 5 misfits scramble for safety?

The only school out of the "Little Six" I could see being saved is WVU and that's only if the ACC would save them. And the Triangle has always kept WVU out, going back to the early 80s.

(04-27-2018 12:42 PM)HarborPointe Wrote:  Our focus need to be on creating a new conference in the wake of that next reshuffling. Best case for us is a league located almost entirely in the Central time zone with a mix of current CUSA, AAC, Sun Belt, and Big 12 members.

This is the reality no one wants to face. There is no way to significantly increase revenue. TV contracts are only going to get smaller. We will not sell more tickets to see us play UNCC, ODU, UTSA, UTEP, etc. We spend a large portion of our budget on travel to far-flung conference foes. Controlling costs is the only way to really survive as a viable D1 program and a compact, regional conference would help tremendously with travel costs. I doubt the Big 12 is going to stoop to inviting us or anyone in CUSA or the Sun Belt. They will eventually pull teams from the AAC and then the team grubbing will begin. So, a redistribution of teams from CUSA, remaining AAC, and Sun Belt will likely happen. The MWC will probably be involved...who else wants New Mexico State and UTEP? It could be a pretty decent couple of conferences then. Plus some of those teams like ULL, Troy, USA, etc. might bring a couple of thousand people to a game in Hattiesburg (just look at the La Tech rivalry now). It just doesn't make sense for all of these conferences to continue to struggle while sending their kids all over the country to compete when they could be in more regional conferences. Higher Ed everywhere is facing numerous challenges in funding and they will have to start looking at ways to cut costs in athletics at most schools as a result.

(05-02-2018 05:11 PM)ProfessorEagle Wrote:  This is the reality no one wants to face. There is no way to really survive as a viable D1 program. It just doesn't make sense.

No need to clutter it up Chief