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Geez, reading some of these discussions since the latest realignment has taken place almost makes one think that the way to build rivalries isn't to be in the same conference, but rather to join different ones. lol
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(12-12-2021 03:26 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  
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(12-10-2021 03:01 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  Imo if we go to 10 we should get a team in the middle of Texas to bridge UTEP/NMSU to SHSU/LT.

Texas State fits like a glove. Whether or not they'd come is debatable (I think extremely unlikely) but they fit the geography.

Debatable? That's not even close to being debatable. You are totally out of your mind if you think Texas State would leave the Sunbelt for CUSA. Have you not seen what has happened over the last 4-6 months?

The Sun Belt is still the trailer park of conferences. If you look at each school’s acceptance rate/SAT scores/athletic budgets, the standards are generally lower than the new CUSA and significantly lower than the AAC (there are exceptions like UTEP). Nobody from the Belt was ever looked at for the AAC openings, why? Status and perception. If you think UNT got into the AAC because of a market, you have not looked at the full picture. It’s the athletic budget, the infrastructure investment, the coaches’ salary pool, all the things that show we are committed to building a real program. The Belt does way more with way less, but notice that no big schools will touch them in bowls. Back to back great seasons and the Belt can’t even get an AAC team in a bowl game this year, just MAC and CUSA. So would Texas State look at CUSA? We will have to see if the remaining/new schools decide to double down or if they keep it status quo.

UNT HAS NEVER DONE JACK AND WILL CONTINUE TO NEVER DO JACK... The AAC isn't going to change that. UNT HAS 6 COUNT THEM 6 WINNING SEASONS SINCE THEY MOVED UP.

UNT was taken to cover SMU when they leave END OF F'N STORY

Not one of the New AACk members will ever come close to thinking about doing what UCF or Cincy has done. I give it until the next TV deal when ECU and the rest lose their 7 million and come back down to earth and realize that they are just a mediocre pile of @#$% that CUSA was, they will then start to scream the conference needs to split, I hope no one hears their screams.

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(12-12-2021 04:20 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Geez, reading some of these discussions since the latest realignment has taken place almost makes one think that the way to build rivalries isn't to be in the same conference, but rather to join different ones. lol

Yep
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(12-12-2021 04:29 PM)deb025 Wrote:  
(12-12-2021 04:20 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Geez, reading some of these discussions since the latest realignment has taken place almost makes one think that the way to build rivalries isn't to be in the same conference, but rather to join different ones. lol

Yep

Well, one of the the best ways to build rivalries is to have schools in fairly close proximity to each other, like USM-UL-ULM, and App-Marshall-ODU, etc. That’s what was missing in the old cusa, and is pretty much worse in this new version of it.
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(12-12-2021 03:26 PM)HerdZoned Wrote:  
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(12-10-2021 03:01 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  Imo if we go to 10 we should get a team in the middle of Texas to bridge UTEP/NMSU to SHSU/LT.

Texas State fits like a glove. Whether or not they'd come is debatable (I think extremely unlikely) but they fit the geography.

Debatable? That's not even close to being debatable. You are totally out of your mind if you think Texas State would leave the Sunbelt for CUSA. Have you not seen what has happened over the last 4-6 months?

The Sun Belt is still the trailer park of conferences. If you look at each school’s acceptance rate/SAT scores/athletic budgets, the standards are generally lower than the new CUSA and significantly lower than the AAC (there are exceptions like UTEP). Nobody from the Belt was ever looked at for the AAC openings, why? Status and perception. If you think UNT got into the AAC because of a market, you have not looked at the full picture. It’s the athletic budget, the infrastructure investment, the coaches’ salary pool, all the things that show we are committed to building a real program. The Belt does way more with way less, but notice that no big schools will touch them in bowls. Back to back great seasons and the Belt can’t even get an AAC team in a bowl game this year, just MAC and CUSA. So would Texas State look at CUSA? We will have to see if the remaining/new schools decide to double down or if they keep it status quo.

UNT HAS NEVER DONE JACK AND WILL CONTINUE TO NEVER DO JACK... The AAC isn't going to change that. UNT HAS 6 COUNT THEM 6 WINNING SEASONS SINCE THEY MOVED UP.

UNT was taken to cover SMU when they leave END OF F'N STORY

Not one of the New AACk members will ever come close to thinking about doing what UCF or Cincy has done. I give it until the next TV deal when ECU and the rest lose their 7 million and come back down to earth and realize that they are just a mediocre pile of @#$% that CUSA was, they will then start to scream the conference needs to split, I hope no one hears their screams.

Okay. Remember, UNT was playing DI football long before Marshall moved up in 1997. But since our return to the big time college football in 1995, UNT has spent hundreds of millions of dollars on facilities or renovations. And since returning UNT has also improved our conference affiliation several times, moving from the Big West to the Sun Belt, then from the Sun Belt to C-USA, and now from C-USA to the American. We've even won a few bowl in that time frame too. Plus, UNT has doubled our athletic budget from around $20 million back when we were in the Sun Belt to over $40 million as we prepare to leave for the American. Is UNT a perfect program? No. None of us are. We all have things to work on. But UNT isn't the worst program in C-USA either.

Marshall has been a successful program on the field, and I wish you continued success in the Sun Belt.
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(12-11-2021 07:04 AM)MeanGreenStebo Wrote:  
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(12-10-2021 03:01 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  Imo if we go to 10 we should get a team in the middle of Texas to bridge UTEP/NMSU to SHSU/LT.

Texas State fits like a glove. Whether or not they'd come is debatable (I think extremely unlikely) but they fit the geography.

Debatable? That's not even close to being debatable. You are totally out of your mind if you think Texas State would leave the Sunbelt for CUSA. Have you not seen what has happened over the last 4-6 months?

The Sun Belt is still the trailer park of conferences. If you look at each school’s acceptance rate/SAT scores/athletic budgets, the standards are generally lower than the new CUSA and significantly lower than the AAC (there are exceptions like UTEP). Nobody from the Belt was ever looked at for the AAC openings, why? Status and perception. If you think UNT got into the AAC because of a market, you have not looked at the full picture. It’s the athletic budget, the infrastructure investment, the coaches’ salary pool, all the things that show we are committed to building a real program. The Belt does way more with way less, but notice that no big schools will touch them in bowls. Back to back great seasons and the Belt can’t even get an AAC team in a bowl game this year, just MAC and CUSA. So would Texas State look at CUSA? We will have to see if the remaining/new schools decide to double down or if they keep it status quo.

SHSU, La Tech, WKU, MTSU, Liberty, Jacksonville State would all switch to the Sun Belt in a second if given the chance. There lies the problem, CUSA is just to unstable at the moment, like an item that has just been taken out of its mould. It needs time to dry out, become stronger before it can be handled, that's how I see CUSA at the moment. With all that said, this version of CUSA has a fair amount of potential and TXST does fit better geographically and culturally better with UTEP, NMSU, SHSU and La Tech than the other Sun Belt schools. Maybe after a few years sustained success, winning on the field and on the court, maybe getting a decent TV deal and getting to the point to where the schools above would have to give it some serious thought before moving on. If it ever gets to that situation then a move to CUSA may be considered although it would be a last resort with a move to MWC or AAC being better options. Right now it would be utterly crazy for any Sunbelt school (TXST included) to make the switch to CUSA.
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(12-12-2021 05:09 PM)TxSt1992 Wrote:  
(12-11-2021 07:04 AM)MeanGreenStebo Wrote:  
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(12-10-2021 03:01 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  Imo if we go to 10 we should get a team in the middle of Texas to bridge UTEP/NMSU to SHSU/LT.

Texas State fits like a glove. Whether or not they'd come is debatable (I think extremely unlikely) but they fit the geography.

Debatable? That's not even close to being debatable. You are totally out of your mind if you think Texas State would leave the Sunbelt for CUSA. Have you not seen what has happened over the last 4-6 months?

The Sun Belt is still the trailer park of conferences. If you look at each school’s acceptance rate/SAT scores/athletic budgets, the standards are generally lower than the new CUSA and significantly lower than the AAC (there are exceptions like UTEP). Nobody from the Belt was ever looked at for the AAC openings, why? Status and perception. If you think UNT got into the AAC because of a market, you have not looked at the full picture. It’s the athletic budget, the infrastructure investment, the coaches’ salary pool, all the things that show we are committed to building a real program. The Belt does way more with way less, but notice that no big schools will touch them in bowls. Back to back great seasons and the Belt can’t even get an AAC team in a bowl game this year, just MAC and CUSA. So would Texas State look at CUSA? We will have to see if the remaining/new schools decide to double down or if they keep it status quo.

SHSU, La Tech, WKU, MTSU, Liberty, Jacksonville State would all switch to the Sun Belt in a second if given the chance. There lies the problem, CUSA is just to unstable at the moment, like an item that has just been taken out of its mould. It needs time to dry out, become stronger before it can be handled, that's how I see CUSA at the moment. With all that said, this version of CUSA has a fair amount of potential and TXST does fit better geographically and culturally better with UTEP, NMSU, SHSU and La Tech than the other Sun Belt schools. Maybe after a few years sustained success, winning on the field and on the court, maybe getting a decent TV deal and getting to the point to where the schools above would have to give it some serious thought before moving on. If it ever gets to that situation then a move to CUSA may be considered although it would be a last resort with a move to MWC or AAC being better options. Right now it would be utterly crazy for any Sunbelt school (TXST included) to make the switch to CUSA.

Not really. If the Mountain West called then for sure. The AAC too if Memphis, Wichita St., and SMU stick around. The Sunbelt is about to kick out the 4th team from that conference in recent years (Idaho, New Mexico St., UTA and UALR). These teams helped that conference survive during previous realignments. Behavior like that gives me serious concern on joining a conference that lacks any loyalty or ethics.
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The SBC is not kicking out any team. This lack of ‘loyalty and ethics’ does not exist, except in the minds of those desperately trying to create drama where there is none.
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(12-12-2021 06:57 PM)FrankyP Wrote:  The SBC is not kicking out any team. This lack of ‘loyalty and ethics’ does not exist, except in the minds of those desperately trying to create drama where there is none.

But the Sunbelt has kicked out 2 and will kick out 2 more. No matter how you try to spin the truth. Not a good luck by the Sunbelt conference at all. Those 4 teams literally helped the Sunbelt from folding and this how they're repaid, with a knife in the back. If I was Texas St. I would be nervous right now, and I would have good reason to be.
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(12-12-2021 07:11 PM)deb025 Wrote:  
(12-12-2021 06:57 PM)FrankyP Wrote:  The SBC is not kicking out any team. This lack of ‘loyalty and ethics’ does not exist, except in the minds of those desperately trying to create drama where there is none.

But the Sunbelt has kicked out 2 and will kick out 2 more. No matter how you try to spin the truth. Not a good luck by the Sunbelt conference at all. Those 4 teams literally helped the Sunbelt from folding and this how they're repaid, with a knife in the back. If I was Texas St. I would be nervous right now, and I would have good reason to be.

Omg debb. Your jealousy is unbelievable.

Make NO MISTAKE: this ‘horrible’ conference you are trying to create is one that LTU would jump at to join, and is taking as much action as they can to contain the damage because they were not, and will not be invited to join.
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(12-12-2021 12:52 PM)MeanGreenStebo Wrote:  
(12-12-2021 10:32 AM)Saint3333 Wrote:  The new AAC will not receive the same privileges as the current one.

Expectations are going to be severely destroyed if you believe the AAC bowls aren’t going to take a serious hit. The TV money for the new members is less than 1/3 of the old members. That type of treatment will be pervasive.

We don’t know any of that. Sounds like you want that to be true, but we don’t know it to be true. When CUSA lost most of its “name brand” schools to the AAC, this type of stuff was said about them. We said they would never get a good contract and they would fall behind the rest. Well, they didn’t because the AAC chooses schools with a huge financial commitment. Look at the ones chosen, they have made a significant budget commitment. Why would a conference invite 6 new members and treat them differently? Sure they might pay less in place of entrance fees, that’s normal. Or maybe until the contract is up for renewal they pay a reduced amount since they are adding 6 to replace 3.

But just like the Big 12 will not suddenly become a G6 conference because they lost a couple of schools, the AAC will no suddenly lose all its value. We don’t know what will happen in the future - none of us. I believe that schools will step up, just like they did when Louisville moved up.

It’s so funny to read these message boards where people think they know about TV contracts. Is it really TV money if ESPN is essentially outsourcing the production to the schools? That’s what ESPN+ does with the Belt and the MAC, they “pay” for the rights to broadcast and that amount covers the production costs that the schools lay out. In return, espn gets to pick up certain games for national broadcast. CUSA on the other hand gets paid less by CBS Sports or Stadium but those networks handle all production costs and fly in the announcers, etc. Completely different model, but comparing the two is like apples and oranges. I am rooting for all G5 conferences and hope that we will all achieve fair access in the future. When I talk to my friends that went to P5 schools, they think drastically different.

All those words and still wrong. The truth isn’t going to be funny when you find out the details of your contract.
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(12-12-2021 07:11 PM)deb025 Wrote:  But the Sunbelt has kicked out 2 and will kick out 2 more. No matter how you try to spin the truth. Not a good luck by the Sunbelt conference at all. Those 4 teams literally helped the Sunbelt from folding and this how they're repaid, with a knife in the back. If I was Texas St. I would be nervous right now, and I would have good reason to be.

I think as long as your school is southeast enough and sponsors FBS football, then you might be safe? Texas State is probably safe too as long as the leadership of the Sun Belt ensures their East Division teams only go there no more than once every 4-5 years in football and every 2-3 in other sports. However, anything could happen and the Belt could decide one day that being in Texas isn't part of their mission as a conference or they may want to sponsor a bunch of sports that Texas State couldn't afford to add and send teams on away trips every year in cross-divisional play east of Alabama.
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(12-12-2021 05:09 PM)TxSt1992 Wrote:  
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(12-10-2021 03:01 PM)JCMiner Wrote:  Imo if we go to 10 we should get a team in the middle of Texas to bridge UTEP/NMSU to SHSU/LT.

Texas State fits like a glove. Whether or not they'd come is debatable (I think extremely unlikely) but they fit the geography.

Debatable? That's not even close to being debatable. You are totally out of your mind if you think Texas State would leave the Sunbelt for CUSA. Have you not seen what has happened over the last 4-6 months?

The Sun Belt is still the trailer park of conferences. If you look at each school’s acceptance rate/SAT scores/athletic budgets, the standards are generally lower than the new CUSA and significantly lower than the AAC (there are exceptions like UTEP). Nobody from the Belt was ever looked at for the AAC openings, why? Status and perception. If you think UNT got into the AAC because of a market, you have not looked at the full picture. It’s the athletic budget, the infrastructure investment, the coaches’ salary pool, all the things that show we are committed to building a real program. The Belt does way more with way less, but notice that no big schools will touch them in bowls. Back to back great seasons and the Belt can’t even get an AAC team in a bowl game this year, just MAC and CUSA. So would Texas State look at CUSA? We will have to see if the remaining/new schools decide to double down or if they keep it status quo.

SHSU, La Tech, WKU, MTSU, Liberty, Jacksonville State would all switch to the Sun Belt in a second if given the chance. There lies the problem, CUSA is just to unstable at the moment, like an item that has just been taken out of its mould. It needs time to dry out, become stronger before it can be handled, that's how I see CUSA at the moment. With all that said, this version of CUSA has a fair amount of potential and TXST does fit better geographically and culturally better with UTEP, NMSU, SHSU and La Tech than the other Sun Belt schools. Maybe after a few years sustained success, winning on the field and on the court, maybe getting a decent TV deal and getting to the point to where the schools above would have to give it some serious thought before moving on. If it ever gets to that situation then a move to CUSA may be considered although it would be a last resort with a move to MWC or AAC being better options. Right now it would be utterly crazy for any Sunbelt school (TXST included) to make the switch to CUSA.

Not sure JSU would move in the future. Of course it could change if a big shift happens again.

The SBC would leave us in about the same situation. Schools over 250 miles would have little change to our fans. 250 is about all you could expect a fan to travel to a game and we would swap MTSU for GSU and troy state would be less than 250. In current setup we fall inline with JMU, ODU and GaSo with one conference mate within 250.

troy state is the only SBC member who could possibly move the meter more at JSU vs CUSA teams. South while in the same state has little to no history with JSU or even our part of the state, just an unknown in NE Alabama. App's history in FCS would make it a better draw than any others in SBC. GaSo and USM would have brand awareness in our area. Sam with recent FCS history and ex conference mate would have name draw (last game had over 23000). UTEP, Marshall, La Tech, Liberty, JMU and WKU would be the next best brands in our area.

FIU, ODU, ULaLa, ULM, Tx St, NMSU, Coastal, MTSU and Ark St are mostly unknown in our area.

If the CUSA expands with Kennesaw and UTC, JSU will not be moving for sometime if ever.
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(12-12-2021 05:00 PM)FrankyP Wrote:  
(12-12-2021 04:29 PM)deb025 Wrote:  
(12-12-2021 04:20 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  Geez, reading some of these discussions since the latest realignment has taken place almost makes one think that the way to build rivalries isn't to be in the same conference, but rather to join different ones. lol

Yep

Well, one of the the best ways to build rivalries is to have schools in fairly close proximity to each other, like USM-UL-ULM, and App-Marshall-ODU, etc. That’s what was missing in the old cusa, and is pretty much worse in this new version of it.

I don't think the western part of CUSA is that bad if they add Tarleton State or Stephen F. Austin, in terms of geography. The eastern part is more the issue. Had ODU, JMU, and Marshall stayed in CUSA, it could have been so much better geographically.
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(12-13-2021 09:37 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  Not sure JSU would move in the future. Of course it could change if a big shift happens again.

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troy state is the only SBC member who could possibly move the meter more at JSU vs CUSA teams. South while in the same state has little to no history with JSU or even our part of the state, just an unknown in NE Alabama. App's history in FCS would make it a better draw than any others in SBC. GaSo and USM would have brand awareness in our area. Sam with recent FCS history and ex conference mate would have name draw (last game had over 23000). UTEP, Marshall, La Tech, Liberty, JMU and WKU would be the next best brands in our area.

FIU, ODU, ULaLa, ULM, Tx St, NMSU, Coastal, MTSU and Ark St are mostly unknown in our area.

If the CUSA expands with Kennesaw and UTC, JSU will not be moving for sometime if ever.

This is mostly accurate. The only correction I'd make is that MTSU *does* have name recognition with JSU fans in extreme NE Alabama and NW Georgia. We don't have much history with them, but the two games in '94 and '98 left a mark on fans who attended. It's a rivalry I think could develop pretty well within CUSA.

Also, you left out Ga State from the SBC. That's another one where JSU has some history as former (non-football) conference mates in the TAAC/ASUN. The football rivalry was just beginning to develop when the Panthers moved up. I wouldn't say they'd move the needle on us moving to the SBC, but they definitely offer an intriguing OOC matchup for both schools.

But your last sentence is spot on. It doesn't even have to be both... just add one of the two, and we'd lose all interest in the Belt, except as a source of non-conference games.
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(12-13-2021 06:21 PM)whupemall Wrote:  
(12-13-2021 09:37 AM)Gemofthehills Wrote:  Not sure JSU would move in the future. Of course it could change if a big shift happens again.

(snip)
troy state is the only SBC member who could possibly move the meter more at JSU vs CUSA teams. South while in the same state has little to no history with JSU or even our part of the state, just an unknown in NE Alabama. App's history in FCS would make it a better draw than any others in SBC. GaSo and USM would have brand awareness in our area. Sam with recent FCS history and ex conference mate would have name draw (last game had over 23000). UTEP, Marshall, La Tech, Liberty, JMU and WKU would be the next best brands in our area.

FIU, ODU, ULaLa, ULM, Tx St, NMSU, Coastal, MTSU and Ark St are mostly unknown in our area.

If the CUSA expands with Kennesaw and UTC, JSU will not be moving for sometime if ever.

This is mostly accurate. The only correction I'd make is that MTSU *does* have name recognition with JSU fans in extreme NE Alabama and NW Georgia. We don't have much history with them, but the two games in '94 and '98 left a mark on fans who attended. It's a rivalry I think could develop pretty well within CUSA.

Also, you left out Ga State from the SBC. That's another one where JSU has some history as former (non-football) conference mates in the TAAC/ASUN. The football rivalry was just beginning to develop when the Panthers moved up. I wouldn't say they'd move the needle on us moving to the SBC, but they definitely offer an intriguing OOC matchup for both schools.

But your last sentence is spot on. It doesn't even have to be both... just add one of the two, and we'd lose all interest in the Belt, except as a source of non-conference games.

Did leave out GSU but they would be within 250 miles. Would give us 2 in SBC. Guess me leaving them out tell you their brand value in Jville.

MTSU will/should be a rival and a fun trip for both fan bases.
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RE: [split] NEW CUSA MAP
Stephen F. Austin or Tarleton State would geographically fit great in CUSA's western flank and sure it up. I just feel like a conference feels more legit with 10 than 9. If you added a team in the east in the future, maybe EKU or Kennesaw State. Kennesaw would help FIU a little bit. Want no parts of Texas State or helping the Sun Belt out.
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RE: [split] NEW CUSA MAP
Looking at the "gaps" in the current map, Liberty could use a travel partner. (NCAT is my top choice for that.)

JSU is a reasonable distance from both MTSU and WKU, but as was discussed a couple posts up, we're missing a conference rival. Our biggest rivals are either stuck in FCS (UTC/UNA/KSU) or in the AAC or Sun Belt. It'd be nice adding a conference rival, but as long as we can get some of those others on our non-conference schedule, we'll be fine. It's not a huge priority.

The West needs another team. I don't think you necessarily need to build a "bridge" to UTEP and NMSU -- Texas is far too big for one school to be a bridge -- but adding another one within 5-6 hours of La Tech and SHSU would help foster some cohesion. SFA would be perfect for that (~3 hours from La Tech, ~2 hours from SHSU). UCA would work as well (~3.5 hours from La Tech, ~6.5 from SHSU). Even oft-mentioned Tarleton State would work (~5.5 hours from La Tech, ~3.5 hours from SHSU).

My top choice for western expansion (MOST) actually fails miserably in this regard.
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