(01-25-2018 12:05 PM)HoustonCajun Wrote:  

(12-10-2017 03:49 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(12-10-2017 09:47 AM)OdinFrigg Wrote:  I understand it is Rice that retains the name and the dormant charter of the old Southwest Conference. If the B12 has more defections in a few years, revive the Southwest Conference with Rice being a part of it.

Alot of people are predicting (especially on the CUSA board) that the next AAC deal with collapse to CUSA levels in the next deal. In that kind of AAC worst case scenario I could see Houston and SMU grabbing Rice and creating a Texas based regional G5 that revives the SWC name. The base would be something like Houston, Rice, SMU, UTSA, Texas St, LaTech, Memphis, and ArkySt. Then, depending on how large you want to be, you fill in the edges with teams like Tulsa, S Miss, Tulane, ULL, Memphis, Tulane, and maybe Cincy.

This would be a nice regional SWC:

South Division

Houston, Rice, Texas State, UTSA, Louisiana, S. Miss, Tulane

North Division

Tulsa, SMU, Memphis, Cincy, N. Texas, LA Tech, Ark State

Why not East/West?

East: Ark State, Cincy, LA Tech, Memphis, Tulane, ULL, USM
West: Houston, North Texas, Rice, SMU, Texas State, Tulsa, UTSA

Maybe trade Cincy for UAB? Cincinnati is more valuable, but a bit outside the intended region.