(09-06-2015 04:45 PM)grapes Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 09:06 AM)Cscollis Wrote:  I see the AAC, MWC, MAC and CUSA as peers in football. All of there top teams are capable of beating each other any Saturday. The bottom team in each are really bad but the top teams are capable of top 25. I know the AAC fans think they are almost in the club but in truth they are no closer to the P5 than any other G5 conference. The only way to get in the club is to beat them with it. The bottom and middle of the p5 is about the same as a average G5. I wish they would take the top P5 schools and create there own semi pro league. The bama, OSU, OU, oregon's of the world are playing on a different field than the rest of the p5 and G5. Not to say they can't be beat but they have all of the resources.

With that being said, the Big 12 isn't going to be looking for schools from CUSA.
The best expansion candidates come from the MWC & AAC.
Our position is much better. That has worth.

Using baseball as an anology, I agree with you that it's fair to say you're Triple A and we're Double A. Still can you imagine Triple A ballplayers puffing their chest out at Double A players as if they're way above them? How ridiculous would that be on their part?

(09-06-2015 05:15 PM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 03:13 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 05:43 AM)BlueRaider0x0 Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 12:45 AM)EagleX Wrote:  stop it. if any of us got an offer to the aac, we would jump on it like it was kate upton on roofies.

We know how Southern Miss fans feel. No one cares.

^ lot of butt-hurt in that post...

then I guess I'm butt hurt.

I'm aware...

(09-06-2015 04:45 PM)grapes Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 09:06 AM)Cscollis Wrote:  I see the AAC, MWC, MAC and CUSA as peers in football. All of there top teams are capable of beating each other any Saturday. The bottom team in each are really bad but the top teams are capable of top 25. I know the AAC fans think they are almost in the club but in truth they are no closer to the P5 than any other G5 conference. The only way to get in the club is to beat them with it. The bottom and middle of the p5 is about the same as a average G5. I wish they would take the top P5 schools and create there own semi pro league. The bama, OSU, OU, oregon's of the world are playing on a different field than the rest of the p5 and G5. Not to say they can't be beat but they have all of the resources.

With that being said, the Big 12 isn't going to be looking for schools from CUSA.
The best expansion candidates come from the MWC & AAC.
Our position is much better. That has worth.

That is soooooo 2013.

dom·i·nate
ˈdäməˌnāt
verb
have a commanding influence on; exercise control over.
"the company dominates the market for operating system software"

The only domination being done in the G5 is Boise State over the MWC, and NIU over the MAC.

Tulame smack is always good for a laugh.

Congratulations on the good week, CUSA.

I have zero attachment to the new members except WKU basketball has always been impressive to me.....but I have tons of respect and attachment to the long-time members of CUSA and the fans/posters of those programs.

CUSA was and remains a good conference with quality members that serves its members very well.

(09-06-2015 08:20 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  Congratulations on the good week, CUSA.

I have zero attachment to the new members except WKU basketball has always been impressive to me.....but I have tons of respect and attachment to the long-time members of CUSA and the fans/posters of those programs.

CUSA was and remains a good conference with quality members that serves its members very well.

nice post and thanks for the nice words on western.

(09-06-2015 08:20 PM)oldtiger Wrote:  Congratulations on the good week, CUSA.

I have zero attachment to the new members except WKU basketball has always been impressive to me.....but I have tons of respect and attachment to the long-time members of CUSA and the fans/posters of those programs.

CUSA was and remains a good conference with quality members that serves its members very well.

Always classy and always on point Oldtiger. GL to Memphis going forward.

(09-06-2015 07:26 PM)LR Eagle Wrote:  Tulame smack is always good for a laugh.

I wonder were OUR bell is stored anyway/?

(09-06-2015 10:51 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 07:26 PM)LR Eagle Wrote:  Tulame smack is always good for a laugh.

I wonder were OUR bell is stored anyway/?

Haha you can keep the bell, we do not view you as a rival anymore. We have stepped up quite a bit with our new conference and the last thing we want to do is be associated with bush league C-USA schools like Southern Miss. Move on, lord knows we have.

Congrats Marshall on today win. (Although I had you winning by more... )

C-USA did well this week. Props USM for giving MooState all they could handle.

(09-07-2015 12:01 AM)GreenWave16 Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 10:51 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 07:26 PM)LR Eagle Wrote:  Tulame smack is always good for a laugh.

I wonder were OUR bell is stored anyway/?

Haha you can keep the bell, we do not view you as a rival anymore. We have stepped up quite a bit with our new conference and the last thing we want to do is be associated with bush league C-USA schools like Southern Miss. Move on, lord knows we have.

Don't worry, Tulame was never our rival. The 23-7 record and fact that we outdrew you at your own (rented) stadium attest to that. The only I miss about playing Tulame is the seventh home game in New Orleans and the automatic win.

Maybe your new "big time" conference will help you improve on that 33-88 record over the past ten years, but I doubt it.

Now run along back to Aak board, there are grown ups talking here.

CUSA 3.0 is an interesting league to me. Some good teams, a decent bowl lineup, some real rivalries, a really compact western division, etc. If you guys manage to pull off a decent new tv contract, I don't see any big downside to the league. The access bowl spot being open to the entire G5 has leveled the playing field a lot.

I kind of question the need for 14 teams, but in today's realignment environment, a cushion of two teams helps I guess if you suddenly get raided.

(09-07-2015 12:01 AM)GreenWave16 Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 10:51 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 07:26 PM)LR Eagle Wrote:  Tulame smack is always good for a laugh.

I wonder were OUR bell is stored anyway/?

Haha you can keep the bell, we do not view you as a rival anymore. We have stepped up quite a bit with our new conference and the last thing we want to do is be associated with bush league C-USA schools like Southern Miss. Move on, lord knows we have.

Translation: With realignment, we get to lose to better teams now!

(09-07-2015 02:11 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 12:01 AM)GreenWave16 Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 10:51 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 07:26 PM)LR Eagle Wrote:  Tulame smack is always good for a laugh.

I wonder were OUR bell is stored anyway/?

Haha you can keep the bell, we do not view you as a rival anymore. We have stepped up quite a bit with our new conference and the last thing we want to do is be associated with bush league C-USA schools like Southern Miss. Move on, lord knows we have.

Translation: With realignment, we get to lose to better teams now!

Translation: We make much more money, have much more national respect, and are next in line for a Big 12 invite. The difference between our two conferences is that when we beat you it is expected but when you beat us it is viewed as an upset, a David vs. Goliath situation. The little guys beat the big guys. That is why we do not view any of you as a rival, you do not deserve the recognition of being associated with us.

The first week Massey ratings are out and it looks like C-USA has a slight edge:

36. Marshall
48. Memphis
55. La Tech
60. Cincinnati
63. Rice
66. ECU
67. Temple
70. WKU
72. Navy
73. Houston
80. UCF
95. FIU
99. UTEP
101. MTSU
102. UTSA
119. ODU
120. Tulane
122. North Texas
126. South Florida
128. Tulsa
129. Uconn
132. Southern Miss
135. FAU
150. SMU


C-USA: 86.85
AAC: 93.25

(09-07-2015 12:01 AM)GreenWave16 Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 10:51 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 07:26 PM)LR Eagle Wrote:  Tulame smack is always good for a laugh.

I wonder were OUR bell is stored anyway/?

Haha you can keep the bell, we do not view you as a rival anymore. We have stepped up quite a bit with our new conference and the last thing we want to do is be associated with bush league C-USA schools like Southern Miss. Move on, lord knows we have.

Moved on? I'm confused - isn't this the C-USA board?

(09-07-2015 03:30 PM)T_Won1 Wrote:  The first week Massey ratings are out and it looks like C-USA has a slight edge:

36. Marshall
48. Memphis
55. La Tech
60. Cincinnati
63. Rice
66. ECU
67. Temple
70. WKU
72. Navy
73. Houston
80. UCF
95. FIU
99. UTEP
101. MTSU
102. UTSA
119. ODU
120. Tulane
122. North Texas
126. South Florida
128. Tulsa
129. Uconn
132. Southern Miss
135. FAU
150. SMU


C-USA: 86.85
AAC: 93.25

Hard to make an argument when you don't even get conference members right.

(09-07-2015 03:11 PM)GreenWave16 Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 02:11 PM)Nugget49er Wrote:  

(09-07-2015 12:01 AM)GreenWave16 Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 10:51 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(09-06-2015 07:26 PM)LR Eagle Wrote:  Tulame smack is always good for a laugh.

I wonder were OUR bell is stored anyway/?

Haha you can keep the bell, we do not view you as a rival anymore. We have stepped up quite a bit with our new conference and the last thing we want to do is be associated with bush league C-USA schools like Southern Miss. Move on, lord knows we have.

Translation: With realignment, we get to lose to better teams now!

Translation: We make much more money, have much more national respect, and are next in line for a Big 12 invite. The difference between our two conferences is that when we beat you it is expected but when you beat us it is viewed as an upset, a David vs. Goliath situation. The little guys beat the big guys. That is why we do not view any of you as a rival, you do not deserve the recognition of being associated with us.

Next in line for a Big 12 invite? Sounds like someone had a little too much fun on Bourbon Street.

Quick question, when was the last time Tulane was ranked in any sport? You guys are a complete embarrassment to the AAC and even the rest of your conference members know it. Nothing has changed since you were stinking it up in C-USA.

Tulane