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RE: Really, Those that bailed , are here to heckle those left. Sick
Auburn and Clemson are land grant schools. Our budget is going to be a factor that holds us back. At this point I’m hoping that we can make solid addition in cusa that keep us relevant.
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(10-26-2021 10:34 PM)Agtopper91 Wrote:  Auburn and Clemson are land grant schools. Our budget is going to be a factor that holds us back. At this point I’m hoping that we can make solid addition in cusa that keep us relevant.

Right you are...I was trying to think of an example off the fly and misfired on that.
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(10-26-2021 10:22 PM)TroyTBoy Wrote:  
(10-26-2021 10:14 PM)RustonBulldog Wrote:  With all the people kicking Tech while their down, because “We deserve it,” that’s cool, but just know when we bounce back we are going to be twice as unbearable as you think we were before. You better hope this kills us.


This is the Tech spirit that we all know. 03-lmfao

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(10-26-2021 09:05 PM)Hilltop75 Wrote:  First off why are not you defectors on the
SBC and AAC Boards posting with your new mates
Some of you are here telling us who to
Add or not

First off I will put WKU’s all time
Record in our sports up against any school in
The American, Sun Belt, Mac, or
MWC.

The only thing we can’t do is put our
Campus on 4 wheel dollies and move it
To a Big City.

Who ever the tool was that said don’t
Take any FCS schools because it dilutes
FBS. I have to laugh. CUSA would not
Have had to do that if the American only took
4 schools and the SBC only took 1.

That would have left 9 in CUSA.

This is the second time where the Conference
We were in got up and left. UAB, ODU and
UNCC did it to us twice.

And guess what Conference those schools left.
The Sun Belt. UAB went to the Great Midwest
ODU to the Colonial and UNCC to the Metro

Well we have been here before and will live
To win many more games. Hang in there
LaTech (I still remember that 1973 camellia Bowl)
FIU, MTSU, UTEP. Don’t let the Middle School
Gloaters bother you.

Because WKUYG stalked Marshall fans all over this board with all of his facts and figures showing why we shouldn't go to the SB. It got old... really, really old.
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(10-26-2021 09:22 PM)EKUSteve Wrote:  
(10-26-2021 09:19 PM)rileylives Wrote:  
(10-26-2021 09:13 PM)Eagleyed Wrote:  I wish realignment was based on results and not how many bodies your city has in it. I guess Alabama is worthless as a school to the media people because of the small town. It's stupid. The main thing we can all do is show them how wrong they are for just picking cities.

I have said this FOR YEARS.

College Station, PA
Tuscaloosa, AL
Clemson, SC
Athens, GA

Do we need to go on?

The best programs and the best brands pull from the big markets.

State College, PA. Not College Station which is TX.

To be absolutely clear, College Station which is Texas A&M -- in the great state of Texas. Cheers! 04-cheers
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Southern Miss, Marshall, UAB, Rice, and UTEP found themselves in this situation about a decade ago. After Houston, SMU, Tulsa, ECU, Memphis, UCF, and even freakin Tulane left us behind. USM had to even watch Cincinnati, USF, Louisville, and TCU leave for greener field before Marshall joined in 2005. You guys will add NMSU and call up 2 from the MVC if Liberty isn't interested. Hopefully they go with State schools that are winners over mArKeTz with unattractive names.
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Just remember, Southern Miss and Marshall fans know exactly what it feels like to be in your shoes. We've been a part of conferences seeing many teams leave us before.
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technically, we're still in the C-USA until Fall 2023. If we post here is because we still belong here.
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Yes, what Polk said.
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I have no idea what will happen to the 5. I have no ill feelings towards any of the 6 and 3 leaving for what they perceive to be greener pastures. They did what they felt was best for their schools.

Message board fans gloating or being arses is the norm in this format and even that hasn't bothered me that much...well, it did at first but I've gotten over it. It's frustrating because we were all in this boat together and fighting the same challenges and some got the golden ticket out and others haven't gotten that golden ticket...yet. Most fans have been gracious though, and it's much appreciated.

Regardless, I will continue to pull for most of you to succeed in your new homes. Heck, I pulled for the SBC teams that didn't get the invite to the CUSA in the last round because I wanted them to succeed as well.

These next few weeks are going to be tough for all 14 fanbases, some more tough than others. All I can hope for now is for WKU to win the east and snatch that crown away from UTSA before they can put it on their head. :-)

WKU's options are very limited. Hope for an invite from the MAC (an option I'm not excited about but would understand if we accepted because it's a lifeline) or try to rebuild this league. I seriously doubt the AAC or SBC will be extending any other invites and at this point, I'm not in favor of either. Those conferences are too big for G5....been there, done that.

Marshall, I wish you guys well. You're a perfect fit for the SBC East. The rivalries and game day atmosphere will likely be the best in all of G5. That's got to be exciting for ya'll. I have yet to attend a WKU/Marshall game in Huntington because my kids' athletics prevented me from attending games on the weekend but this year, now that my last has graduated high school, I may be able to make the trip up for what may be the last opportunity.

OK, I'll stop rambling for now. I may take a hiatus from all this message board stuff. It hasn't been good for my health these last few days.
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No one is leaving the board until 1 of 2 things happens:

1) Our schools officially join their new conferences (for most this will likely be July 1st, 2023).

2) GTS says it's time to move on early.

Otherwise everyone needs to continue to comply with the AUP, and treat each other with respect.
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I don't see any heckling from Rice fans. We know we got lucky. And we have empathy since we've been left behind multiple times ourselves.
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(10-27-2021 09:30 AM)goliath74 Wrote:  technically, we're still in the C-USA until Fall 2023. If we post here is because we still belong here.

I think his post was about the "suggestions" for CUSA in 2023 and beyond by those who will not be here in 2023.
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(10-27-2021 09:30 AM)rileylives Wrote:  Just remember, Southern Miss and Marshall fans know exactly what it feels like to be in your shoes. We've been a part of conferences seeing many teams leave us before.

False equivalence. Neither of those schools have ever been in this level of a decimated conference with so few options for expansion candidates.
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Rumors in Bowling Green are that our Herd brethren are telling the Sun Belt, "yes we will come, but WKU is our travel partner. If you don't want to add them, you lose us and we will both go the the MAC"
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(10-27-2021 10:12 AM)All4One Wrote:  False equivalence. Neither of those schools have ever been in this level of a decimated conference with so few options for expansion candidates.

That could be debatable. Losing Louisville (BE, ACC), Cincinnati (BE, AAC, B12), USF (BE, AAC) and TCU (MWC, B12) was pretty decimating. Even as a Marshall fan I understand that Tulsa, SMU, UTEP, UCF, Rice and Marshall didn't make up for the schools that left.
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(10-27-2021 10:12 AM)All4One Wrote:  
(10-27-2021 09:30 AM)rileylives Wrote:  Just remember, Southern Miss and Marshall fans know exactly what it feels like to be in your shoes. We've been a part of conferences seeing many teams leave us before.

False equivalence. Neither of those schools have ever been in this level of a decimated conference with so few options for expansion candidates.

We lost 7 schools out of 12 so basically the same equivalent.
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(10-27-2021 10:27 AM)Shadow_Son Wrote:  Rumors in Bowling Green are that our Herd brethren are telling the Sun Belt, "yes we will come, but WKU is our travel partner. If you don't want to add them, you lose us and we will both go the the MAC"

That would be an interesting turn of events. Not sure I buy it, the time for negotiations was last week.
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As a Marshall fan it certainly hurts knowing that we will not be in a conference with WKU and MTSU anymore. Really enjoyed the rivalries and respected the programs. I just think it was dangerous to build a conference that was that spread out in the first place. I hope everyone lands on their feet somewhere
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I actually am horrified to watch this playing out, especially feel deeply for those schools who were/are left behind in CUSA. We have been speculating on the Rice board for decades about the possible demise of athletics in general, or at least a severe downgrade, worse than last time, for our long-storied program. Rice was admittedly lucky to escape to find a foothold on a level that is basically similar to where we just were in more ways than it is dissimilar. The difference is how it would have looked if Rice had been one of the schools left in CUSA, and what impact that would have made to a) the current efforts of CUSA to stay afloat and rebuild and b) Rice's own athletic program status.

I feel for the fanbases here, especially UTEP, which also has a long history but is geographically challenged in several of the ways Rice has been, and reliant on others' kindness for help in these situations;
for WKU, who as a relatively recent move-up, has done a remarkable job on the field and courts over the years they have been in CUSA, and plus, I like calling them the Marshmallows, as a good-natured poke at their mascot, who, let's face it reminds us of a red Cookie Monster, and everybody in the end loves Cookie Monster (if you don't there's something wrong with you);
LaTech, who also has a history of success and effort, especially in Women's Hoops in the past where they used to be national championship contenders regularly for years, and they have been tremendous on the football field and have built up some nice facilities with their school's admin's investment;
ODU, you have not been here too long, hut looks like you are moving on to the Belt, so will be interesting to follow how y'all grow your program in the future;
FIU, well, wrong place, wrong time. You guys are the ones with the view of the beach form your stadium, right? I just don;t know too much about you and you are a recent move up as well, so your story is just starting and there will be these kind of hiccups along the way;
MTSU, well, I always intended to drive up to a game or two there, as I'm far from Houston myself, but never made it farther than Birmingham each time, so I don't know what to say--probably the same as FIU, your story is longer, but the road ahead is long and will wind here and there, so hang in there and it'll get better if you keep caring and growing;
Marshall- how a program with your history and results gets left back this way is weird, but I think y'all'l do well in the Belt, which looks like a stronger conference with solid fan bases;
Southern Miss- y'all have been fun, have a great history, and have been close enough to bring fans to Houston for games, we wish you the best success in your future endeavors, but this won't be the last time you face this type scenario, unfortunately;
To those moving across to the AAC with us (can't really say it's all that much up as top programs have left, and there look to be further reverberations coming, so we'll have to see) we all dodged a bullet, clearly, and some of us were more ready than others, but all of us need to work hard to improve and invest. Rice has had a big problem with both of those for more than 60 years now, and I don't know if we'll be rescued again despite our relative lack of effort again when next big restructuring happens--but then, if the top 24, 48, 64 teams do break off to form a semipro league, we'll probably rely on their leftovers to make our lack of motivation and investment payoff again like we just did with this move. It's sad to watch when of all the schools left behind this round, we have the most money and potential to quickly change our own fortunes, but our admin simply refuse and are more comfortable being parasites than leaders athletically.
Anyways, I have enjoyed (and will continue to enjoy) participating on this board, starting weird threads and poking fun in a very southern and unorthodox way over he years. I appreciate y'all's passion for your schools and for sports and other issues, and wish each of your schools the best that can be. Some of you we may well meet with again in the future, so don;t fret. The only thing constant about these realignments is that they always happen and things can and will continue to change. Peace, bros!
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