CUSA Regionalization concept would realign teams in AAC, Conference USA, Sun Belt

[dawg80]

As I said, Wood is an empty suit. Hogdawg said he was negotiating behind the scenes and would get us in the AAC. Empty suits don't accomplish such things.

[Champ967]

Wow! Now that's it official...MU and USM to the Belch, and WKU and MTSU to the MAC (probably, and who can blame them?)

Nah -- the MAC is helium. They're Switzerland. Over the last 20 years, they've thrown lifelines to Marshall, UCF, Temple, & UMass and got burned each time. I dont see them getting involved.

CUSA will backfill with some combination of UMass, UConn, Liberty, & NMSU. And we'll still be in it.

[SicemDawgz]

Wow! Now that's it official...MU and USM to the Belch, and WKU and MTSU to the MAC (probably, and who can blame them?)

Well, it's a damn good thing I am trying to kick my addiction to sports. This will help! Tech is DOA.

Pretty much. We will be forced to go independent, and in todays athletic landscape, that's going to be hard to overcome.

[dawg80]

Nah -- the MAC is helium. They're Switzerland. Over the last 20 years, they've thrown lifelines to Marshall, UCF, Temple, & UMass and got burned each time. I dont see them getting involved.

CUSA will backfill with some combination of UMass, UConn, Liberty, & NMSU. And we'll still be in it.

Hey, works for me!

[Tech52]

As I said, Wood is an empty suit. Hogdawg said he was negotiating behind the scenes and would get us in the AAC. Empty suits don't accomplish such things.

Oh, please. No matter how hard you try, you don’t always get what you want. Fact of the matter is we don’t know anything about what happened behind the scenes or not.

[inudesu]

So, if the scenario plays out whereby Tech and 4 others are left stranded, and IF CUSA stays viable as an existing conference then we should realize a hefty payday from all the exit fees paid by 9 departing schools. Isn't it something like $1.4 million each? This is why the departing schools, in kahootz with the raiding conferences and ESPN, are trying to kill CUSA as an existing entity. No exit fees would be owed if CUSA officially no longer exists.

The total buyouts when split between the remaining schools will almost certainly exceed our tv contract money. So at least in the very (one time) short term, that's some cash to store up (maybe for our own buy-out or to subsidize trips to Miami and El Paso).

[dawg80]

Oh, please. No matter how hard you try, you don’t always get what you want. Fact of the matter is we don’t know anything about what happened behind the scenes or not.

Oh...please yourself.

[dawg80]

The total buyouts when split between the remaining schools will almost certainly exceed our tv contract money. So at least in the very (one time) short term, that's some cash to store up (maybe for our own buy-out or to subsidize trips to Miami and El Paso).

So, it might come down to the Final Four: Tech, UTEP, ODU, and FIU. LOL!!! Talk about a geographic tight fit, eh! Not! It's practically the 4 corners of the current alignment. Or, close enough to laugh about. Yeah, we four will be able to bring in other schools to build a cohesive league.

[THEarmada]

Not sure my fandom will survive this shake up.

[kfj]

So, it might come down to the Final Four: Tech, UTEP, ODU, and FIU. LOL!!! Talk about a geographic tight fit, eh! Not! It's practically the 4 corners of the current alignment. Or, close enough to laugh about. Yeah, we four will be able to bring in other schools to build a cohesive league.

Does this mean that the rumor of ODU to Sun Belt with USM and Marshall isn't correct?
https://www.deseret.com/2021/10/20/2...n-miss-liberty

[Blue Dawg]

Not sure my fandom will survive this shake up.

Many such cases!

Tech doesn't want your fandom. I'm not sure they care about anyone's fandom.

[inudesu]

Oh...please yourself.

twss

[Bone_afide_Dawg]

Oh, please. No matter how hard you try, you don’t always get what you want. Fact of the matter is we don’t know anything about what happened behind the scenes or not.

We may not know exactly what went on behind the scenes, but we do know that to this point it’s amounted to nothing! So, based on the outcome, Nothing went on behind the scenes. But hey, that’s the norm with the powers at be these days... a lot of big talk and high hopes with rice flakes to show for it.

[johnnylightnin]

So, based on the outcome, Nothing went on behind the scenes.

That's really bad thinking.

All we know is that we're not in the AAC. This isn't over.

[LEEDAWG]

CUSA will backfill with some combination of UMass, UConn, Liberty, & NMSU. And we'll still be in it.

I vomited a little bit as I read these sentences.

Would be more appealing to me if certain Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas FCS schools could promote to FBS and join C-USA.

I vomited a second time as I just typed that thought.