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RE: UMass should try to get into the MAC for all sports.
(10-07-2021 07:15 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  
(10-06-2021 10:46 AM)esayem Wrote:  Marshall, UCF, and Temple (fb-only) stretched the footprint but all have used MAC membership to move up the totem poll. Now UB is being hailed as an AAC replacement, a conference UMass openly covets joining.

Marshall should have never had to rejoin the MAC. In 1995 we had the votes to become a Charter member of CUSA. That was until Louisville's Denny Crum started bellyaching and got Memphis and UAB to change their vote. Marshall was then offered a football only invite which they would have taken if they could have secured a sport for basketball and olympic sports. Marshall got an invite to join the Midwestern Collegiate Conference (Horizon League). Three days before they were to vote us in the MCC Commissioner Jon LeCrone got wind that Marshall would only be in the MCC long enough to get full membership to CUSA, which would have been 2-3 years down the road. The conference had a special meeting and rescinded Marshall's invite. Leaving Marshall no choice to join the MAC if they wanted to move up.

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

I believe I read UCF had an all-sports invite to the Sun Belt but declined and instead took MAC membership.
10-07-2021 07:40 PM
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