Originally Posted by
Dwayne From Minden
There will not be an ultimatium or deadline issued by Jim Oakes or TECH as far as CUSA in concerned -
If CUSA decides to drag this thing out to Christmas, then we will continue to "hang on" - we have no real choice otherwise...
CUSA is WELL aware of that and they also KNOW what they are getting if they invite us, UNT or UTEP....
CUSA also knows that these 3 have no other place to go (even though UTEP would prefer the MWC) so therefore they KNOW they don't have to be in a hurry...
What's the old saying "Beggars can't be choosers..." - I think that fits this situation to a T -especially when your "choices" are a far-flung, diluted WAC or a weak Sunbelt that may not have 8 members...
They also know that the odds of them landing a Temple, Miami of Ohio or Toledo are slim - so the east coast schools are pushing a "hard sell" to try and land them -
The "worst" (and most likely) thing that could happen is for the east coast schools to say NO, but yet they may luck up and land one of them...
I fully understand their relunctance of not being in a "hurry" - don't like it, but I understand it...
And in this case, throwing an ultimatum down or drawing a line in the sand would be catamount to cutting off your nose to spite your face because we REALLY have no bargaining power...