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That ought to be your signature, 06.

I think Navy would opt out and I seriously doubt Marshall gets an invite. UTSA could.

I can think of at least three ways to read this statement. If it's the last one, wherein the viewership of incoming teams won't be able to replace the viewership of outgoing teams, I actually agree....

Here's anothing thing, explaining why UH and SMU might have preferred Tulane over Tulsa: recruiting. It's helpful to have a presence in Louisiana that helps get your toe in the door but isn't very...

I'm going to guess (in order of certitude) Southern Miss, Tulsa, UTSA, and ... Marshall? UTEP would make my list, but I'm gonna guess Marshall. Rice being the runner up.

I don't see regionalization east of the rockies. Either the ACC or the Big 12 would have the upper hand, and the most desirable schools would go there whether they are in Kansas, Philadelphia, Waco,...

My understanding is that it will be up to a selection committee and that this is still the rule of the day. It'll take more than an undefeated record to get you in, but there is no formal block. I...

Consideration for one of the four playoff spots. Non-AQA teams have been ranked in the top 4 and non-contact teams probably will, too. I think the committee will be hardpressed to leave a school out...

That is likely correct, the vast majority of seasons. However, someone emerging from that conference with undefeated records is likely to get more consideration than someone emerging from the MAC or...

If the ACC gets decimated as described, it becomes likely that they decimate the BE by pilfering it's new additions. But the new ACC will look mostly like the BE is slated to, plus a few and minus a...

The likelihood that UH and SMU would reconsider dropped precipitously with the additions of UNT and UTSA.

I still don't get the Tulane invite when Tulsa is available.

Tulane was right to make...

When Conference USA went to 14 and added a school from Florida and two from Texas, they oddly enough increased the likelihood that Big East Football stays together in some form. With these additions,...

By my understanding, the MAC schools most amenable to leaving are Toledo and Akron. I'd imagine UMass as well. Maybe Buffalo. The fact that the MAC was such an impressive conference this year may...

That's actually less a problem for them than most. Lots of non-FB conferences in the east. They were originally FBO in C*USA and had their other sports in the Atlantic Sun Conference and can probably...

Seems less likely today than yesterday. They (or at least some of them) were on board with Tulane. So they seem open to inviting new members to keep the conference viable.

Conference USA will be at 12 when Charlotte and ODU make it in. So no further expansion should be necessary IF there are no further losses.

Yet another weird aspect to it: They do understand. They have to. They've all (okay, not all, but most) been conference-mates with Tulane. The New Orleans market isn't even appreciably larger than...

Ordinarily yes, but I think they had to do something to address concerns about competitiveness. (Which makes picking Tulane over Tulsa just all the more bizarre.)

The basketball schools are probably one of the things that made this happen.

Wow. I actually didn't see this one coming. Tulsa makes so much more sense and Tulane is one of the reason to get out of Conference USA. If I had to guess, it'd have to do with history (Tulane going...