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Pete Thamel
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Sources: The three Conference USA schools departing to the Sun Belt – Marshall, ODU and Southern Miss – have finalized a separation agreement from Conference USA. The terms of the separation have been agreed upon but are not expected to be made public.
Conference USA will play with 11 members in 2022 and is expected to release a new schedule soon. The league has petitioned the NCAA to play a pair of Week 0 league games for health and safety reasons.
The Week 0 games help alleviate teams playing games too many consecutive games, which is inherent in the awkwardness of an 11-team league.