You guys realize "Conference America" came as a suggestion from the writer and not any conference official...right?

Wow.. We have one bad season and Andre has us in a downward spiral for the next decade.

Thanks for having faith.

Go cheer for LSU.

(12-18-2012 03:45 PM)Complacent Cajun Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 03:13 PM)AtlantaEagle Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 01:11 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  Yeah, but the root cause isn't realignment. The root cause is a bunch of overly ambitious commuter schools going FBS and diluting the brand. That's what started all of this. The formation of the SBC was a watershed event, and was bad for CFB. USM, ECU, Cincy, Houston, Memphis, and Louisville had a pretty well-established place in Division I and were at least tolerated by the traditional powers.
Once ULL, USA, GSU, Troy, UNT, etc. tried to start feeding at the trough, though, all hell broke loose. Now, instead of actually being what USM was, these clowns get to drag USM down to their level. They get a little thrill out of claiming to have climbed to our level, but really they just brought us back down to their level.

Could be the most on-point post currently on this board.
Can't blame the traditionals to want to separate.

That damn overly ambitious ULL is the 2nd largest university in the state of Louisiana, and has always been a part of the FBS.

I admire ULL's ambition but it damned sure doesn't help USM.

And remember : USM happens to have a directional name, but there's no UNM, UWM, or UEM, and there's certainly not a Southeastern Mississippi University.

(12-18-2012 04:07 PM)gdunn Wrote:  Wow.. We have one bad season and Andre has us in a downward spiral for the next decade.

Thanks for having faith.

Go cheer for LSU.

I hope I'm wrong. But that would require us to either pull a huge upset or to suddenly rediscover winning after a 1-15 dry spell. I'm just being realistic. My house is covered in USM memorabilia and always will be.

(12-18-2012 03:36 PM)HoustonCajun Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 01:11 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 12:56 PM)SgtGoldenEagle Wrote:  well I do know this for sure, it is going to be interesting to see what comes of all this, but I would be surprised if college football gets much improvement is any from it all.

Yeah, but the root cause isn't realignment. The root cause is a bunch of overly ambitious commuter schools going FBS and diluting the brand. That's what started all of this. The formation of the SBC was a watershed event, and was bad for CFB. USM, ECU, Cincy, Houston, Memphis, and Louisville had a pretty well-established place in Division I and were at least tolerated by the traditional powers.

Once ULL, USA, GSU, Troy, UNT, etc. tried to start feeding at the trough, though, all hell broke loose. Now, instead of actually being what USM was, these clowns get to drag USM down to their level. They get a little thrill out of claiming to have climbed to our level, but really they just brought us back down to their level.

Yeah, CUSA is dubbed the worse BCS conference and you are the worse team in the conference. So, where does that leave USM? Your arrogance is amazing.

CUSA has one of its worst down seasons ever. It's not like its the norm.

I think we're going to be better than 1-4 at the beginning of the season. I saw a USM team without direction hang with Nebraska last year for a half. If they had leadership from the sideline a win could've been possible.

I'd be daring to bet a win over TSU and Arkansas and maybe Boise.

(12-18-2012 04:14 PM)gdunn Wrote:  I think we're going to be better than 1-4 at the beginning of the season. I saw a USM team without direction hang with Nebraska last year for a half. If they had leadership from the sideline a win could've been possible.

I'd be daring to bet a win over TSU and Arkansas and maybe Boise.

Good point; and another close loss was to Louisville. So we'll see. I'm scared though. There's just no other word for it.

We had no leadership and no enthusiasm.

I think we've made a hire who's got enough fire in him to jump start us back to where we belong.

I'd say we're going to at least break even next season.

(12-18-2012 04:08 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 03:45 PM)Complacent Cajun Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 03:13 PM)AtlantaEagle Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 01:11 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  Yeah, but the root cause isn't realignment. The root cause is a bunch of overly ambitious commuter schools going FBS and diluting the brand. That's what started all of this. The formation of the SBC was a watershed event, and was bad for CFB. USM, ECU, Cincy, Houston, Memphis, and Louisville had a pretty well-established place in Division I and were at least tolerated by the traditional powers.
Once ULL, USA, GSU, Troy, UNT, etc. tried to start feeding at the trough, though, all hell broke loose. Now, instead of actually being what USM was, these clowns get to drag USM down to their level. They get a little thrill out of claiming to have climbed to our level, but really they just brought us back down to their level.

Could be the most on-point post currently on this board.
Can't blame the traditionals to want to separate.

That damn overly ambitious ULL is the 2nd largest university in the state of Louisiana, and has always been a part of the FBS.

I admire ULL's ambition but it damned sure doesn't help USM.

And remember : USM happens to have a directional name, but there's no UNM, UWM, or UEM, and there's certainly not a Southeastern Mississippi University.

But there is the North Mississippi institute for Judicial bribery and bartending, located inside the West Tennessee Oxford center

(12-18-2012 04:23 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  But there is the North Mississippi institute for Judicial bribery and bartending, located inside the West Tennessee Oxford center

Would that be at Ole Misses Southaven campus?

(12-18-2012 04:27 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 04:23 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  But there is the North Mississippi institute for Judicial bribery and bartending, located inside the West Tennessee Oxford center

Would that be at Ole Misses Southaven campus?

Or excuse me miss, they are interchangable

(12-18-2012 04:31 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 04:27 PM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 04:23 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  But there is the North Mississippi institute for Judicial bribery and bartending, located inside the West Tennessee Oxford center

Would that be at Ole Misses Southaven campus?

Or excuse me miss, they are interchangable

Is that where people who are too good for U of Memphis but who want to live in Southaven go to college?

I'm sure all two of them are tgrilled

(12-18-2012 04:12 PM)MU ATO Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 03:36 PM)HoustonCajun Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 01:11 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 12:56 PM)SgtGoldenEagle Wrote:  well I do know this for sure, it is going to be interesting to see what comes of all this, but I would be surprised if college football gets much improvement is any from it all.

Yeah, but the root cause isn't realignment. The root cause is a bunch of overly ambitious commuter schools going FBS and diluting the brand. That's what started all of this. The formation of the SBC was a watershed event, and was bad for CFB. USM, ECU, Cincy, Houston, Memphis, and Louisville had a pretty well-established place in Division I and were at least tolerated by the traditional powers.

Once ULL, USA, GSU, Troy, UNT, etc. tried to start feeding at the trough, though, all hell broke loose. Now, instead of actually being what USM was, these clowns get to drag USM down to their level. They get a little thrill out of claiming to have climbed to our level, but really they just brought us back down to their level.

Yeah, CUSA is dubbed the worse BCS conference and you are the worse team in the conference. So, where does that leave USM? Your arrogance is amazing.

CUSA has one of its worst down seasons ever. It's not like its the norm.

Speak for yourselves. No down season in Tulsa.

(12-18-2012 12:11 PM)panicstricken Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 11:52 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Conference 'Murica

'Murica F@!K Yeah!!!

LOL. First thing I thought of when I read it.

Quote:America, F**K YEAH!
Coming again, to save the mother f**king day yeah,

(12-18-2012 02:25 PM)UTEPDallas Wrote:  Mountain East Conference?
Eastern Athletic Conference?
PanAm Conference?
PacAtla Conference? (Pacific to Atlantic)
CalTexFlo Conference?
Frequent Flyer Program Conference?
WeStillThinkWeAreRelevant Conference?
AlmostGotACCMoney Conference?

Mountain East is already taken.

http://bdtonline.com/collegesports/x9830...-organized

(12-18-2012 03:13 PM)AtlantaEagle Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 01:11 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  Yeah, but the root cause isn't realignment. The root cause is a bunch of overly ambitious commuter schools going FBS and diluting the brand. That's what started all of this. The formation of the SBC was a watershed event, and was bad for CFB. USM, ECU, Cincy, Houston, Memphis, and Louisville had a pretty well-established place in Division I and were at least tolerated by the traditional powers.
Once ULL, USA, GSU, Troy, UNT, etc. tried to start feeding at the trough, though, all hell broke loose. Now, instead of actually being what USM was, these clowns get to drag USM down to their level. They get a little thrill out of claiming to have climbed to our level, but really they just brought us back down to their level.

Could be the most on-point post currently on this board.
Can't blame the traditionals to want to separate.

I honestly hope that USM and Marshall get calls from the BE. Seems really unfair to their fan basses that they are going to be grouped with the new Conf configuration. These are teams that have proven themselves year after year. Would not surprise me if both schools join the BE.

(12-18-2012 05:09 PM)Nice Guy Eddie Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 04:12 PM)MU ATO Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 03:36 PM)HoustonCajun Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 01:11 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 12:56 PM)SgtGoldenEagle Wrote:  well I do know this for sure, it is going to be interesting to see what comes of all this, but I would be surprised if college football gets much improvement is any from it all.

Yeah, but the root cause isn't realignment. The root cause is a bunch of overly ambitious commuter schools going FBS and diluting the brand. That's what started all of this. The formation of the SBC was a watershed event, and was bad for CFB. USM, ECU, Cincy, Houston, Memphis, and Louisville had a pretty well-established place in Division I and were at least tolerated by the traditional powers.

Once ULL, USA, GSU, Troy, UNT, etc. tried to start feeding at the trough, though, all hell broke loose. Now, instead of actually being what USM was, these clowns get to drag USM down to their level. They get a little thrill out of claiming to have climbed to our level, but really they just brought us back down to their level.

Yeah, CUSA is dubbed the worse BCS conference and you are the worse team in the conference. So, where does that leave USM? Your arrogance is amazing.

CUSA has one of its worst down seasons ever. It's not like its the norm.

Speak for yourselves. No down season in Tulsa.

You are correct. I don't think Tulsa has had a loosing season since being in the conference.

But you know this Tulsa team wasn't even close to as good as the Paul Smith-led teams.

(12-18-2012 05:43 PM)baruna falls Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 03:13 PM)AtlantaEagle Wrote:  

(12-18-2012 01:11 PM)AndreWhere Wrote:  Yeah, but the root cause isn't realignment. The root cause is a bunch of overly ambitious commuter schools going FBS and diluting the brand. That's what started all of this. The formation of the SBC was a watershed event, and was bad for CFB. USM, ECU, Cincy, Houston, Memphis, and Louisville had a pretty well-established place in Division I and were at least tolerated by the traditional powers.
Once ULL, USA, GSU, Troy, UNT, etc. tried to start feeding at the trough, though, all hell broke loose. Now, instead of actually being what USM was, these clowns get to drag USM down to their level. They get a little thrill out of claiming to have climbed to our level, but really they just brought us back down to their level.

Could be the most on-point post currently on this board.
Can't blame the traditionals to want to separate.

I honestly hope that USM and Marshall get calls from the BE. Seems really unfair to their fan basses that they are going to be grouped with the new Conf configuration. These are teams that have proven themselves year after year. Would not surprise me if both schools join the BE.

Marshall has really done nothing since joining conf usa. Had some success in past but in MAC. Would I love to be in conf with ECU yes but we have had no real success since conf usa. Oh forgot success does not matter anymore look who's in it.

How about ~

transamerican conference - winning team gets a classic 1978 trans-am!!!