(06-26-2019 02:17 PM)WKUYG Wrote: (06-26-2019 02:00 PM)TTT Wrote: (06-26-2019 01:45 PM)WKUYG Wrote: (06-26-2019 01:32 PM)TTT Wrote: The AAC choosing to not add a school right away from CUSA is bad news for candidates like UAB/ODU and pretty good news for schools like USM/Marshall. Here's why:
If they were to add a school right now they'd be stupid not to add UAB (super hot football program right now, Bham market, nice facilities, super solid basketball program) or ODU (market, fan support, facility investment, super solid basketball program).
If you're USM or Marshall, the longer the AAC waits to add a program (assuming they add one from CUSA) the more time/opportunity it gives them to improve their football/basketball resume be/c if they get invited it's not going to be because of market. Both schools already have pretty solid brands in the college football world and both have a lot of history with many of the current AAC schools. They'll have to make up for their lack of market with football/basketball successes. I can't speak for Marshall's outlook, but I know that for the first time in a long time there's a lot of stability at USM (from President->AD->FB/BB HC's...and everything is trending up. We've got an AD who's worked at USM before and knows us, CUSA, and Mississippi/the south like the back of his hand. Our fb coach is a USM guy who's making the right hiring decisions to address the team's needs. Our basketball coach played at USM and also knows our program like the back of his hand. We just need a little more fan investment but I think you'll see that this fall because USM football is going to surprise a lot of folks. As will basketball, especially since we no longer have any more sanctions. We've improved the W column every year for the past 4/5 years. Over the past 2 years while on sanctions we've beaten plenty of conference opponents (Charlotte, ODU, MTSU, UAB, Marshall to name a few) that spend triple on their bball programs compared to what USM spends on it's.
What is a brand? If you already have it those picking CUSA TV games would pick the "brand" to be on TV more often? Other words S. Miss football should be controlling the CUSA TV games...even if they are limited. Would you agree with that?
If you go back and read this board EVERY preseason S. Miss is going to surprise people. At some point the law of averages will take place.
Well, Southern Miss does have FIVE linear TV games this Fall. That's tied for the most in CUSA (along w/ LT, Rice, and FAU). Also, not sure about theirs but FWIW ours are all on Saturdays too:
@ Mississippi State ESPNU
@ Alabama SECN
@ La Tech NFL Network
vs. UAB NFL Network
@ FAU NFL Network
Two of those are not CUSA controlled games. Anyone that plays a sec team will be on TV
But let me give you the answer to the total amount of times S. Miss was choose for a tier 1 CUSA TV game. Between the years 2014-2018....7 games and 2 of those were vs a SEC school. Our Tier 1 usually picks game vs P5
That would be less than half of Marshall and about a 1/3 of Western's "cusa tv games"
Tier 1 schmear 1. The only "tier" games I care about (and I'm sure most in the CFB world would agree) are the ones that you can actually watch on a television set and not have to be streamed through the whataburger app.
Here's everyone's linear tv schedule this fall:
UAB - 4
@ Akron CBS Sports
vs. South Alabama NFL Network
@ Tennesse NFL Network
@ Southern Miss NFL Network
North Texas - 3
@ Cal PAC12 Network (more than likely)
vs. UTEP NFL Network
@ Rice NFL Network
Southern Miss - 5
@ Mississippi State ESPNU
@ Alabama SECN (more than likely or ESPNU)
@ La Tech NFL Network
vs. UAB NFL Network
@ FAU NFL Network
La Tech - 5
@ Texas Longhorn Network
vs Grambling NFL Network
vs. FIU CBS Sports Network
vs. Southern Miss NFL Network
@ Marshall CBS Sports
UTSA - 3
@ Baylor FSN
vs Army NFL Network
@ TAMU SECN (more than likely or ESPNU)
UTEP - 2
@ Texas Tech FSN
@ UNT NFL Network
Rice - 5
@ Army CBS Sports Network
vs. Wake Forest ACCN (more than likely)
vs. Texas CBS Sports Network
vs. Baylor CBS Sports Network
vs. North Texas NFL Network
MTSU - 3
@ Michigan BTN
@ Iowa ESPN/2/U
vs FIU NFL Network
Marshall - 4
@ Boise State ESPN
@ FAU CBS Sports Network
vs. La Tech CBS Sports Network
vs. FIU CBS Sports Network
FIU - 4
@ La Tech CBS Sports Network
@ MTSU NFL Network
vs. Miami CBS Sports Network
@ Marshall CBS Sports Network
Charlotte - 2
@ Clemson ACCN (more than likely)
vs. FAU NFL Network
FAU - 5
@ Ohio State
vs. UCF CBS Sports Network
@ Charlotte NFL Network
vs. Marshall CBS Sports Network
vs. Southern Miss NFL Network
ODU - 2
@ Va Tech ESPNU
@ Virginia ACCN (more than likeley)
WKU - 1
@ Arkansas SECN (more than likely)