Originally Posted by
CaseyDawg
Degrade the Sunbelt all you want. Just don’t look at the standing for the last two seasons when the Sunbelt had two teams with at least 7 wins. Plus additional teams, ULM & ULL, at 6 wins and bowl eligible. With 7 conference games, soon to be 8, the Sunbelt should produce two teams with 7 wins each year.
These and other secondary contracts will help to determine which bowl eligible teams from the WAC, Mountain West, Sun Belt, and MAC replace teams from the ACC, Big East, CUSA, Big 12, Big 10, PAC 10, and SEC.
This is not meant to say that Tech should join the Sunbelt, I personally believe Tech in better off in the WAC and our long-term future will be with teams currently in CUSA. Tech’s potential far exceeds teams from the Sunbelt. But playing bowl games 1500 miles for Ruston, especially with openings much closer being filled by these secondary contracts, does not excite me.