C-USA’s expansion selections of 2012/13 were not based on football. I know that sounds incredibly weird, but it’s true. And the last 6-7 years have shown the results of that “strategy”.

(11-14-2020 12:00 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  do you think the Belt would have any interest in adding Marshall+Liberty? Move Troy to the western division. That would be 12 for football and 14 for hoops. Good idea?

I like it. There would be some dissent among Marshall fans. But C-USA’s intrinsic weakness and irrelevance have become glaringly obvious in the last year or two. The fact that C-USA does not have the resources or leadership to change that narrative is staring us in the face. So I think there is a new willingness among Marshall fans to do something that would’ve been considered a “risk” a few years before.

(11-14-2020 12:26 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  BTW, could C-USA backfill from the Sun Belt today? I don't think so.

Not a chance.

(11-14-2020 12:40 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  Texas State is the only Sun Belt member that would benefit from switching to C-USA. And (best I can tell) C-USA doesn’t want Texas State.

Yep.