(12-08-2020 07:01 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  

(12-08-2020 06:13 PM)balanced_view Wrote:  

(12-08-2020 02:42 PM)EagleNationRising Wrote:  Guys, the purpose is to make the conference better. No to Central Arkansas, North Florida, FGCU, Stetson, etc. If the ULM rumor is true and the Sunbelt decides only to backfill their spot, then you go after one of USM or Marshall (western teams like USM, eastern terms like Marshall). If you decide to expand to 12 then offer both USM and Marshall and then one of Liberty or JMU (I choose these two because although UAB, and LaTech are still out there, you don’t want to help CUSA out of their ditch too far).

jmu is not joining the Sun Belt. not sure a 12/14 setup would happen either. So If going to 12, UTA and UALR are on the way out.

JMU previously didn’t want to join the sunbelt. They may stick their foot in their mouth now. The question is if we actually want them now. I like the idea of staying at 10 FB schools and my first choice would be Marshall, if ULM dropped...but USM holds an importance also, and since they’d replace ULM, I can see them getting the nod over Marshall based on proximity.