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EJ,

Any of us with the Capital Area CHAMPS will be glad to help any way we can. We appreciate your support of our group over the last year.

I usually get over to Houston 2-3 times/month and...

The original theme of this thread is a great idea. As seems to happen a lot lately, these Sun Belt posters have changed the theme to explain what a great conference the Sun Belt is.

Back to the...

The 2 main things I see from this article are:

1. What a blow it was to not get in C-USA (Guess we already knew this)
2. What an awful conference the SunBelt is.

Definitely the "Caught...

Markay,

We were there. As Reddawg said, there was nothing about athletics mentioned except about a 3 minute talk by Bicknell in which he said nothing. It was focused on academics. They recognized...

Sooner,

I agree. Let's don't worry about geography. The WAC is probably stronger from a competitive stand point than it was. Except for Rice's baseball team, we haven't lost anything. So why...

Bama,

Being in some sort of sales for over 20 years, I would agree that our product would be difficult to sell. For instance, I can see how it would have been difficult to beat out Temple, Toledo,...

Don't forget Alabama '97, Baylor (10-9 last second win), California (last second win), and of course comeback to beat Colorado State for 1990 Indy Bowl invite.

Brad,

Couldn't agree more. We have the money for C-USA. Let's use it to get rid of Bicknell. 3-9 is best hope. I see the only winnable games with Bicknell as ULL, UTEP, and SMU. However, we play...

I still have not read anything that would even remotely explain why UCF, UAB, Memphis, ECU, and Marshall would support UTEP over us. I could see Marshall and ECU supporting a MAC school over us...

The Capital Area CHAMPS will be cooking a jambalaya at Saturday's baseball game. We will be set up near the batting cages on the 3rd base side. Food will be ready immediately after the baseball game...

We will be set up on the 3rd base side in the vicinity of the batting cages. Hope everyone can come by after the game , enjoy some jambalaya and visit with the players and coaches.

It may not quite be over. Though I am not optimistic, I can not find anything other than the Orlando paper article that really says UTEP is the choice. Everything else seems to come from that...

Back when C-USA first started coming apart, there was a little effort by the WAC to add Houston and Tulane. I think the main reason it never got off the ground then was because the WWAC schools were...

HP,
I'm afraid I'm not very optimistic either. Though everything is still rumors, there are so many of the same rumors from many different sources, that it seems hard to ignore.

The other thing...

HELP JACK PACK!!!! It's not too late to save the 2004 season. Appoint an assistant for the year and get a real coach in 2005.

I don't think the MAC is a bad option. Certainly beats the Sun Belt. However, if we add enough Belt teams to make a 2 division WAC, the revenue would probably be better. Also, I believe the MAC only...

HD,

I'm with you. Assuming this is true about UTEP and it looks like it is, we ought to announce tomorrow we are withdrawing from C-USA consideration. Then we need to take the lead in rounding up...

I think the best case left(not really very good) would to be keep the 7 WWAC schools and have Tech, UNT, ULL, ASU, Troy, and MTSU in the east all as one conference. That is enough to have a...

Mike,

Reddawg may be a little low on his upper age. We do hope you could join us. We have a real good group. Ages and professions vary a lot but the one thing everyone has in common and what makes...

Rooster,

Yes, the due date was Valentine's Day. He came a couple of weeks earlier than expected. His name is William Clay.

Actually, if you go to some of the individual school boards, such as Marshall, ECU, Memphis, and USM there is not nearly so much Tech bashing, and even some support, as on the C-USA boards. There...

Longshot, but not impossible. This team could win all 10 remaining games or they could lose all of them. Who knows.

My scenario:
Current record - 10-8 (yea, the D-2 wins don't count for RPI but...

Good summary. I might add baseball to the mix. C-USA is a good baseball conference( Rice, Tulane, and USM in particular).

UTEP and UNT do not have baseball. Temple and Toledo are so far north that...

Interesting article. Another candidate that doesn't know for sure if it would be interested. Maybe we are using the wrong approach. Instead of saying "We would like to join C-USA" maybe we should say...

I have been to Ohio many times over the years. My company's US headquarters is in Cleveland. I go there 4-6 times per year. I have been to Toledo a couple of times when the plane was diverted from...