(10-09-2019 01:00 PM)chrisattsu Wrote:  

(10-01-2019 11:03 PM)PicksUp Wrote:  

(10-01-2019 10:53 PM)mturn017 Wrote:  

(10-01-2019 08:12 PM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(09-28-2019 06:07 PM)PicksUp Wrote:  Arguing about which of the two is better is pointless without facts. ...

In the context of this question, arguing about which of the two is better in general is pointless with or without facts ... because whichever of the two you want to consider as being marginally ahead of the other, being in the CUSA East is better for Marshall than being in the Sunbelt.

Indeed, that may be why the discussion of the original question has died down and it has been entirely replaced by the pointless argument over which of the two is better.

As I said early on. It makes little sense for Marshall. It might make sense for USM geographically but it would be a hard sell to thier fans who feel they should be in the AAC with their former conference mates.

As a UTEP fan I believe we belong in the MWC. I’m not sure if a realignment with the westernmost schools would be enough to keep UTEP fans from longing for the MW. Probably not.

As I understand it, the argument for staying CUSA is regular games in DFW, Houston, and Austin-San Antonio.

With the 11 other FBS schools (23 total D1 programs in the state), it seems like they could find games in those cities during their out of conference while playing sports against western peers. In addition, it presents an alternative to the other Texas G5 schools.

That was the argument. Supposedly the MW was interested in adding UTEP before they added Utah St and San Jose St. I’m not sure how accurate those reports were. I believe it was before Houston, SMU and the rest left for the AAC. UTEP decided to stay and then we were left behind with a few others.