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Old Dominion Writer Harry Minium on CUSA Expansion
From his twitter...

"Conference USA source says that expansion will come sooner than later in reaction to ECU and Tulane moving to Big East. Potential candidates include Middle Tenn State, Florida Atlantic, N. Mexico State, W. Kentucky."

I think all four should be added and go to 16. It would be a real solid conference and would create awesome geographical rivalries!! Not to mention ruining the SunBelt competition for good. This would be fun football for the fans!!

MTSU/WKU
USM/La Tech/UAB
FAU/FIU
NMSU/UTEP
North Texas/Tulsa
Marshall/ODU/UNC-Charlotte
Rice/UTSA

Others...

Marshall/WKU
North Texas/Rice
UTSA/UTEP
MTSU/Marshall
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11-27-2012 07:09 PM
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New Mexico St would be very doubtful
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RE: Old Dominion Writer Harry Minium on CUSA Expansion
ODU's current AD is the former Western Kentucky AD, so they may get some support.


I'm down for all the listed schools. Nashville would be a fun trip.
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Yes
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Yes
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If we're going so low as to add NMSU, we've hit meth-junkie bottom. If we're adding NMSU, then schools are leaving us for the Sun Belt***.

Our best bet... and I use "our" loosely because I don't know who will be here when the week ends, is that Big*USA raids the MWC and then we de-facto merge.

***Edit: To be fair, I'm pretty sure that's the same reaction the Big East is having when they consider to possibility of adding UAB.
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I would think Middle Tennessee and Western Kentucky are the top targets.

After that..
Texas State? Appalachian State? Arkansas State?
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RE: Old Dominion Writer Harry Minium on CUSA Expansion
The ONLY way I think we even consider NMSU for basketball is if the Alliance is on Full-Throttle.

my guess 1) WKU 2) MTSU 3) Arky State 4) App. State 5) A really far out reach for Delaware
I'd would like to see NIU on the list (i've always liked them, even during their not-so-super years).
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How would an ODU beat writer know this and get the jump on it?
11-27-2012 07:19 PM
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(11-27-2012 07:19 PM)PGPirate Wrote:  How would an ODU beat writer know this and get the jump on it?

because, sadly, our league is probably having to keep them informed so our FCS members don't abandon us too.
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I'd be fine with anyone but FAU. One "upcoming"school in the Miami area is enough. Personally, I'd like to look a little in a different direction. UMass, Kent State, and Ohio in particular. A bit Sunbelted-out.
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Would love to get revenge on MTSU for the NIT. WKU and us were suppose to have a home and home. Like NmSU and FAU also
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WKU and NMSU would be good for basketball, might as well do something good with this conference.
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Im all for ANY Florida school. Let am all join.

Sign up Florida A & T or whatever they are called. Add Miami Dade Community college. Let em all join.

I also like MTSU and hopefully any that are not 1-AA programs.

PLEASE someway somehow get Ohio U to join!
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If CUSA went after a Georgia school, I'd rather bring up Georgia Southern
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I think these four really provide solid rivalries and many of them within VERY short distances of each other. With MTSU and WKU, Marshall has all kinds of travel goodness.

East

FIU
FAU
Marshall
ODU
UNC-Char
WKU
MTSU
UAB

West

USM
Rice
La Tech
N. Texas
UTSA
UTEP
Tulsa
NM State

You could play 9 conference games with 7 division and 2 cross-overs. That would eliminate travel costs and really build some good rivalries and easy travel for fans.
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(11-27-2012 07:45 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  If CUSA went after a Georgia school, I'd rather bring up Georgia Southern

I think they are pretty dead set on a Sun Belt invite at this point.
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(11-27-2012 07:45 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  If CUSA went after a Georgia school, I'd rather bring up Georgia Southern

Ga Southern has no interest in moving up, at least that I've been told from someone who has friends who are among some of the biggest Ga Southern Boosters.
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(11-27-2012 07:54 PM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  
(11-27-2012 07:45 PM)techdawg88 Wrote:  If CUSA went after a Georgia school, I'd rather bring up Georgia Southern

Ga Southern has no interest in moving up, at least that I've been told from someone who has friends who are among some of the biggest Ga Southern Boosters.

Hmmmm, I was in Statesboro this year where my Apps knocked them off (once again), and they were pretty much all singing the same Sun Belt song. Their AD has stated on more than one time in particular that they intend in moving to FBS in the future. These "boosters" you speak of sound not so involved with the university. They must be of the "blind" donor type.
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If Marshall isnt in the same division as UAB & USM I'll vomit more than I already have been over all of this.
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(11-27-2012 08:11 PM)ManOnABuffalo Wrote:  Hmmmm, I was in Statesboro this year where my Apps knocked them off (once again), and they were pretty much all singing the same Sun Belt song. Their AD has stated on more than one time in particular that they intend in moving to FBS in the future. These "boosters" you speak of sound not so involved with the university. They must be of the "blind" donor type.

Then thinigs have definitely changed, my boss's family is well-acquainted with one of the biggest donors at GaSo... and they were adamant about their desire to stay in the FCS level of play.
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