(07-12-2013 07:56 PM)Attackcoog Wrote:  

(07-12-2013 07:48 PM)Blackhawk-eye Wrote:  What?

"Better than where we were."

Where "was" ECU? In a conference with Memphis, UCF, SMU, Houston, Tulsa, Tulane. Where are they going? To a conference with Memphis, UCF, SMU, Houston, Tulsa, Tulane. Is the AAC better than the new C-Belt? Yes, but Holland is using past tense. In reality, the AAC is the old CUSA.

ECU and the others just moved the stay the same. And that's better than falling behind, but not better than before.

But USF, UConn, Navy, Cinci, and Temple were not in CUSA. Also CUSA didn't get 2 million a year in media (I know, 2 million sucks too, but it more than they were getting). Additionally, the coverage (90% of all football games on ESPN/ESPN2/ABC/ESPN-U) is a significant improvement.

Doubt we get 90% with Fox, but between Fox Sports 1, 2, College, the regional networks and CBS Sports, I bet the new CUSA gets a pretty good amount of air time too.

I definitely think CUSA will see coverage improve over CUSA 2.0 despite the loss of some of its best programs. With Fox, CBS, and NBC, there is simply far more time to go around now.

Definitely won't be as much national coverage as what the AAC gets, but if its on TV somewhere, that means I can at least go to a bar and watch the game.