Someone is posting on the Belt board that WKU is having a coaches meeting later this week to announce they are moving to C-USA. Anybody know anything about this?

(Insert "The Power is Yours!" joke here)

Sounds like mostly rumors. But lots of folks have said for a while that if there is another shift that WKU was likely the next on deck. The below is from the WKU beat writer. Makes me think the nBE TV is all wrapped up and they are moving to the next setp.

Chad Bishop ‏@MrChadBishop
@DaRitzMan It's my understanding that once BE TV deal done, then Tulsa invite, then WKU invite to C-USA. That's mostly conjecture.

Chad Bishop ‏@MrChadBishop
More of a rumor than anything. RT @dmrnevada: Word is that once the BE TV deal is done, Tulsa will be invited. This info via @MrChadBishop

Will Tulsa definitely join?

If I were Tulsa, I'd hold off on moving until the exit fees are resolved, if they hold true at $6.5mil, I wouldn't move.

Oh boy, this will be fun....

If WKU were to beging C-USA play in 2014, we might see Bobby Petrino roaming the C-USA sidelines for one season, but there's still a fair chance he's one and done at WKU.

I believe that if he stays on his best behavior and WKU has a good season, barring a colossal turnaround by Pinkel, that Petrino will be named the head coach at Missouri after this season.

(02-26-2013 01:35 PM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  If WKU were to beging C-USA play in 2014, we might see Bobby Petrino roaming the C-USA sidelines for one season, but there's still a fair chance he's one and done at WKU.

I believe that if he stays on his best behavior and WKU has a good season, barring a colossal turnaround by Pinkel, that Petrino will be named the head coach at Missouri after this season.

Unless he finds a reason to stay..........

If TU is offered, they'll join. If you're serious about athletics, you want to be in the best possible conference. TU has also made noises about moving.

Assuming TU is in fact next, I think this means they wanted it more than USM. Our AD is soft on conference realignment. My suspicion is that Aresco et al. approached him informally, but didn't get a strong, enthusiastic "yes."

Tulsa's an OK choice, but I think USM is better: more students, more alumni, better geography..

I still don't like the fact that adding WKU means UAB shifts west.

I think WKU is the best add if geography weren't a factor, but in this case I think Texas State is a better choice.

(02-26-2013 01:45 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  If TU is offered, they'll join. If you're serious about athletics, you want to be in the best possible conference. TU has also made noises about moving.

Assuming TU is in fact next, I think this means they wanted it more than USM. Our AD is soft on conference realignment. My suspicion is that Aresco et al. approached him informally, but didn't get a strong, enthusiastic "yes."

Tulsa's an OK choice, but I think USM is better: more students, more alumni, better geography..

So, explain why they want to move to the Big east if they want to better themselves?

(02-26-2013 01:45 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  If TU is offered, they'll join. If you're serious about athletics, you want to be in the best possible conference. TU has also made noises about moving.

Assuming TU is in fact next, I think this means they wanted it more than USM. Our AD is soft on conference realignment. My suspicion is that Aresco et al. approached him informally, but didn't get a strong, enthusiastic "yes."

Tulsa's an OK choice, but I think USM is better: more students, more alumni, better geography..

If Hammond had accepted the offer floated by him, he would have been insane. To say it was bad economics is an understatement. Patience will be a positive as this realignment continues. Some have acted in a hysterical rush and that was a mistake.

(02-26-2013 01:47 PM)MTowho Wrote:  I still don't like the fact that adding WKU means UAB shifts west.

I think WKU is the best add if geography weren't a factor, but in this case I think Texas State is a better choice.

lol

(02-26-2013 01:53 PM)mathenis89 Wrote:  

(02-26-2013 01:47 PM)MTowho Wrote:  I still don't like the fact that adding WKU means UAB shifts west.

I think WKU is the best add if geography weren't a factor, but in this case I think Texas State is a better choice.

lol

I'm just saying I want to keep UAB in the East. There's no doubt WKU is the better program, and the best program available by a long shot. Not trying to start ****.

(02-26-2013 01:50 PM)usmbacker Wrote:  

(02-26-2013 01:45 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  If TU is offered, they'll join. If you're serious about athletics, you want to be in the best possible conference. TU has also made noises about moving.

Assuming TU is in fact next, I think this means they wanted it more than USM. Our AD is soft on conference realignment. My suspicion is that Aresco et al. approached him informally, but didn't get a strong, enthusiastic "yes."

Tulsa's an OK choice, but I think USM is better: more students, more alumni, better geography..

If Hammond had accepted the offer floated by him, he would have been insane. To say it was bad economics is an understatement. Patience will be a positive as this realignment continues. Some have acted in a hysterical rush and that was a mistake.

Their TV contract is bigger. Whatever short-term advantage you see in staying will be overwhelmed by the TV money. You just have to project further into the future.

It's unfortunate that Hammond's managed to get fans thinking this way. Figuring out the financial part of moving up is his job. He's not doing it.

This is a hypothetical argument... where it becomes concrete is scheduling. Take a look at this year's football schedule. Dollars be damned,we need to escape THAT.

If we turn down the Big East, we're basically turning down a better job because we don't have money for a necktie.

I want WKU, but in a strictly platonic conference way. Nothing more.

I think someone is a creative rumor spreader. The story doesn't hold water enough to be worth investigating.

Is there any rivalry in CUSA that can match the intensity and insufferability (from an outsider's view) of the MT/WKU rivalry? Not that I've seen.

(02-26-2013 02:01 PM)MTowho Wrote:  Is there any rivalry in CUSA that can match the intensity and insufferability (from an outsider's view) of the MT/WKU rivalry? Not that I've seen.

It's an unfair question, mainly because WKU/MTSU fans are caught up in the passion and hatred of it. I'm sure to fans part of other rivalries, theirs is more intense.

Neil Callaway just got hired as their offensive line coach.