CUSA Regionalization concept would realign teams in AAC, Conference USA, Sun Belt

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Originally Posted by The Historian

This is what the Sun Belt wants to do. Not exactly what the school involved want to do.

Do you think UAB wants to go Sun Belt if they have an offer from the AAC? Do you think UTSA would go Sun Belt before they would go to the MWC?

Chuck Landon, who covers Marshall, said last week that Marshall was in talks with the AAC. Would Marshall go Sun Belt before AAC?

And Southern Miss is a total train wreck right now. Do you really want them?

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LaTech is “bad orange man” to the Sunbelt. That’s all that really matters

I don’t see why UTSA would want to lose associations with Rice, UNT, Tech for Texas State and ULL?

I could see USM and UAB preferring to be in a more regional conference with ULL, USA, Troy.

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Originally Posted by exflash

….As it stands now the Sunbelt wants to drop UTA and LR…..add UTSA and USM to the West and UAB and MARSHALL TO THE East….this would be 5 presently potential top30-40 schools in football with some schools with qualified past accomplishments……this puts the Sunbelt as the #1 G-5 as the AAC loses their best teams!

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....and LA Tech wants to join the SEC. Both scenarios have an equal chance of happening. :icon_roll:

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Originally Posted by Dawgonit

I wonder does this include AAC members. I highly doubt USF wants to be in a conference with FIU, or anyone with ULM. I think in general, 80% of G5 schools would be interested in more geographical realignment, but that other 20% will hold it back due to egos or just pure disdain for other schools.

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Do you think the fans have more disdain for the UL-L and UL-M than Guice and Wood do?

CUSA sent a formal request to the AAC to merge. Sunbelt would be completely left out if it were to happen. In theory we would get all the goodies but that ain't happening. This is a last ditch effort by Judy to save the conference.

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Originally Posted by KSDAWG

CUSA sent a formal request to the AAC to merge. Sunbelt would be completely left out if it were to happen. In theory we would get all the goodies but that ain't happening. This is a last ditch effort by Judy to save the conference AND HER JOB.

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Originally Posted by kfj

Do you think the fans have more disdain for the UL-L and UL-M than Guice and Wood do?

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Disdain in sports is part of the fun. I'm not sure our leaders care much about disdain, but fans do.

I was once in the crowd of don't play them at all. That approach didn't work. Other than Southern Miss, we have no rivals in C-USA. No disdain = no fun.

I'm ready for some disdain.:furious3:

Why on earth would AAC take this deal?

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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg

Why on earth would AAC take this deal?

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They won't.

If you're selling this, the pitch is that SMU doesn't really get much out of playing ECU/Temple/USF. And vice versa. So why not just play a bunch of local schools (the money won't be any better, but the travel costs and maybe ticket sales would improve)?

But we know about this argument. We've lived this. So we also know how it's likely to go.

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Originally Posted by Blue Dawg

Why on earth would AAC take this deal?

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Maybe there's something else the ADs & Presidents know, but fans and press havent heard?

Maybe a reliable prediction that the TV revenue bubble is about to burst, and now's the time to re-focus on attendance and travel costs?

But I'm just spitballing here. Unless there's some other shoe to drop, AAC presidents will listen to the pitch as professional courtesy and that'll be the end of it.

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Originally Posted by Champ967

Maybe there's something else the ADs & Presidents know, but fans and press havent heard?

Maybe a reliable prediction that the TV revenue bubble is about to burst, and now's the time to re-focus on attendance and travel costs?

But I'm just spitballing here. Unless there's some other shoe to drop, AAC presidents will listen to the pitch as professional courtesy and that'll be the end of it.

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That's certainly possible. Just don't see on our end what we have that they would want. In some cases, they would want to actively avoid.

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At the risk of upsetting JL… This is Very embarrassing