SMU to the MWC? :)

(10-18-2021 06:44 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:41 PM)JSchmack Wrote:  I'd have to think C-USA invites New Mexico State. Easy add, pair them with UTEP.

I also expect they invite UMass for all sports, and when they say no, football only.

Why would you take UMass for football only?

Yeah that makes no sense at all.

CUSA in a lot of trouble. I bet ESPN talking big with Sun Belt right now on them expanding. Could easily see 2 teams added pretty quickly. FIU and La Tech?

(10-18-2021 06:46 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:44 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:41 PM)JSchmack Wrote:  I'd have to think C-USA invites New Mexico State. Easy add, pair them with UTEP.

I also expect they invite UMass for all sports, and when they say no, football only.

Why would you take UMass for football only?

Yeah that makes no sense at all.

CUSA in a lot of trouble. I bet ESPN talking big with Sun Belt right now on them expanding. Could easily see 2 teams added pretty quickly. FIU and La Tech?

Still got my money belt guns for Southern Miss and Marshall

(10-18-2021 06:39 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:37 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:35 PM)b0ndsj0ns Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:30 PM)stever20 Wrote:  to me the 2 to watch out for major growth like UCF- Charlotte and UTSA. Those 2 programs are ones that I could see in 15-20 years being something else.

Hell yeah! 15-20 years from now they could be good! Meanwhile for the next decade the TV deal probably just went down to like 2 million per school.

I don't think it's going to take that long even realistically. Those 2 will be programs that get an immediate boost. Also North Texas I think.

Oh no, they for sure get an immediate boost, while the AAC makes what was already going to be a financial haircut into a financial head shaving.

Two thoughts, other than baseball what has ECU brought to the party since they have been in the AAC?, and the financial hit was because the AAC lost Cincy/UCF/Houston, more than the teams coming in to shore it up. Too bad ECU couldn't balance the books with $7 million/yr in TV money, because you probably are screwed now.

Other than that I look forward to playing the Pirates in everything.

(10-18-2021 06:47 PM)RamblinRedWolf Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:46 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:44 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:41 PM)JSchmack Wrote:  I'd have to think C-USA invites New Mexico State. Easy add, pair them with UTEP.

I also expect they invite UMass for all sports, and when they say no, football only.

Why would you take UMass for football only?

Yeah that makes no sense at all.

CUSA in a lot of trouble. I bet ESPN talking big with Sun Belt right now on them expanding. Could easily see 2 teams added pretty quickly. FIU and La Tech?

Still got my money belt guns for Southern Miss and Marshall

I could see Marshall and Temple to the MAC.

(10-18-2021 06:41 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:23 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:21 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:08 PM)Owls9878 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:06 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  Thamel: The expectation is that they will be accepted and the AAC will grow to a 14-team football league. (Also 14 teams in hoops.)


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Don’t get this at all for the AAC. Why go so hard on Texas? And 14 teams? No room for future expansion. Basketball quality also goes out the window.

totally eliminates Texas as an option for the MWC. All that is left is Texas St and UTEP.

Maybe that is the point. To hurt both the MW and C-USA.

Cutting off your nose to spite your face?

I don't see this ending well.

And why would SMU go for this?

Maybe SMU is going to the Big 12?

(10-18-2021 06:24 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:23 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  Strategically, this hamstrings both the MW and C-USA. The MW would have to take UTEP and Texas State to get into Texas.

Yeah, definitely makes the AAC the top dog in G5.

I don't know, the Sun Belt could make a case for this if they expand by 4 with Marshall, James Madison, Western Kentucky, and Southern Miss.

(10-18-2021 06:48 PM)SMUfan Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:41 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:23 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:21 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:08 PM)Owls9878 Wrote:  Don’t get this at all for the AAC. Why go so hard on Texas? And 14 teams? No room for future expansion. Basketball quality also goes out the window.

totally eliminates Texas as an option for the MWC. All that is left is Texas St and UTEP.

Maybe that is the point. To hurt both the MW and C-USA.

Cutting off your nose to spite your face?

I don't see this ending well.

And why would SMU go for this?

Maybe SMU is going to the Big 12?

And TCU would go for that why? :)

(10-18-2021 06:46 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:44 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:41 PM)JSchmack Wrote:  I'd have to think C-USA invites New Mexico State. Easy add, pair them with UTEP.

I also expect they invite UMass for all sports, and when they say no, football only.

Why would you take UMass for football only?

Yeah that makes no sense at all.

CUSA in a lot of trouble. I bet ESPN talking big with Sun Belt right now on them expanding. Could easily see 2 teams added pretty quickly. FIU and La Tech?

The Sun Belt already has Louisiana (Lafayette) and Louisiana Monroe. I'd go for Old Dominion in Virginia or Middle Tennessee over La. Tech.

Big yikes man

(10-18-2021 06:49 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:48 PM)SMUfan Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:41 PM)dbackjon Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:23 PM)shizzle787 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:21 PM)stever20 Wrote:  totally eliminates Texas as an option for the MWC. All that is left is Texas St and UTEP.

Maybe that is the point. To hurt both the MW and C-USA.

Cutting off your nose to spite your face?

I don't see this ending well.

And why would SMU go for this?

Maybe SMU is going to the Big 12?

And TCU would go for that why? :)

The same reason SMU would accept North Tx. I don't know....

(10-18-2021 06:44 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  Why would you take UMass for football only?

Protection. They're at 8 schools, they lose one more...

I'd expect C-USA raids the Sun Belt, because there's some good programs left in C-USA, but honestly... if the Sun Belt schools can band together...

It's just mess because common sense dictates "The Sun Belt wins if they stay united." But there's no chance they stay united when Coastal, App State and Georgia State are comparing long-term data sets of performance and markets.

The Sun Belt needs to be on the phone with Marshall and ODU right now.

If CUSA can pull any SBC schools after these 6 leave, big props to them. I don’t see why the SBC teams would do that.

(10-18-2021 06:52 PM)Comet Wrote:  Big yikes man

About to say kind of surprised to see SMU cool with UNT in the league (unless they’ve got their eyes somewhere else)

(10-18-2021 06:54 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  If CUSA can pull any SBC schools after these 6 leave, big props to them. I don’t see why the SBC teams would do that.

They wouldn't

Imagine losing three powerhouses like Cincy, UCF, and Houston, just to backfill with the likes of Charlotte, UNT, and Rice.

Oof. That hurts.

I wonder what Temple is thinking right now. None of these schools move the needle in basketball. They are diluting the number of times Temple gets to play the likes of Memphis, Wichita State, SMU, Tulsa.

(10-18-2021 06:54 PM)DoubleRSU Wrote:  If CUSA can pull any SBC schools after these 6 leave, big props to them. I don’t see why the SBC teams would do that.

I would be SHOCKED (save maybe Georgia state just because they seemingly been dying to get out of sunbelt )

(10-18-2021 06:21 PM)stever20 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:08 PM)Owls9878 Wrote:  

(10-18-2021 06:06 PM)Hokie4Skins Wrote:  Thamel: The expectation is that they will be accepted and the AAC will grow to a 14-team football league. (Also 14 teams in hoops.)


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Don’t get this at all for the AAC. Why go so hard on Texas? And 14 teams? No room for future expansion. Basketball quality also goes out the window.

totally eliminates Texas as an option for the MWC. All that is left is Texas St and UTEP.

Totally eliminates, then goes to list two teams in the state.

(10-18-2021 06:12 PM)Wedge Wrote:  Six new members is a lot. Are they expecting to lose two more, in addition to Cincinnati, Houston, and UCF?

Also: Temple is voting in favor of this? Six new members, and the farthest north among them is Charlotte.

If Memphis gets a Big XII AND Navy goes back to Indy status you would still have 12 FB schools. If only one of those two leaves you can still pick up FAU, ODU, or Marshall to get back to 14.