RE: What could C-USA have done better?
If you want to hindsight CUSA's moves I would go back to 2005.
Start by adding La Tech over UTEP
East: ECU, UCF, Marshall, Southern Miss, UAB, Memphis,
West: Tulsa, SMU, Houston, Rice, Tulane, La Tech
This would have been my 2005 CUSA, knowing you needed 12 for the Made for TV Championship game
That CUSA West is a tight footprint while the East is a good "best of the rest" division that is probably the best you could assemble
When the Big East split, you still would have lost Houston, Tulane, Tulsa, SMU, Memphis, ECU, and UCF. However, this is when you focus on football quality and history and take a chance
In the East
App instead of Charlotte
Ga Southern instead of ODU
FAU instead of both FIU and FAU
MTSU and WKU
In the West
UTSA, N Texas, Arkansas St, and Louisiana instead of moving UAB to the west
This would have given you
CUSA East: Marshall, App, Ga Southern, UAB, MTSU, WKU, FAU
CUSA West: UTSA, N Texas, Rice, La Tech, Louisiana, Arkansas St, S Miss
That conglomeration would have grown well and would not have been lapped by the Sunbelt.
(This post was last modified: 05-09-2022 04:02 PM by solohawks.)
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