Re: SoMiss/ODU/Marsh/JMU announcements
Posted: Wed Nov 10, 2021 7:12 pm
No MAC expansion , at least for the foreseeable future.
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CUSA's response is basically continuing the trend of "well, they better stick around, or else!"appstate77 wrote: ↑Fri Feb 11, 2022 5:21 pmGood for them; CUSA cannot loan shark those schools nor the Belt.
How reliable is that Intel about UTEP? Anything is possible but all 3 of the Texas CUSA teams that the AAC invited are closer to TXST than UTEP is. And UTEP has also not been particularly good. If the goal was an actual travel partner, the only one that makes sense would be UTSA because it's only an hour away from TXST. You have to fly to UTEP from San Marcos so that's not really a travel partner. But culturally, I think the best fit to pair with TXST would have been UNT. Solid fan base and tradition, really has invested in facilities.Stonewall wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:41 pmFrom a gentleman I met in Pensacola :Texas State pushed for UTEP and NMSU to be added ,which I can see given their location.We pretty much killed that as Everts was the Chancellor pushing the realignment from day one ,the goal being App in the geographic center of an Eastern Division of an all-football playing Sunbelt.We had the most leverage as the "Strongest National Brand" and used it .Coastal and LaLa ,as well as the Georgia schools ,for all intents and purposes , agreed to "go with what App works out". Gill played a very minor role as he was trying to keep everyone happy,including Texas State.We did try to recruit ECU as they were not happy with the new AAC , but they have their "sights set higher".Good luck to them.
i'm not an insider at all ,but what is on the SBCBBS board from known insiders there is that after USM, the only western target was UTSA, who would be a travel partner and is already a rival of TXST. The feedback was there was interest if the AAC didn't work out, which obviously it did.citroknight wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 9:45 amHow reliable is that Intel about UTEP? Anything is possible but all 3 of the Texas CUSA teams that the AAC invited are closer to TXST than UTEP is. And UTEP has also not been particularly good. If the goal was an actual travel partner, the only one that makes sense would be UTSA because it's only an hour away from TXST. You have to fly to UTEP from San Marcos so that's not really a travel partner. But culturally, I think the best fit to pair with TXST would have been UNT. Solid fan base and tradition, really has invested in facilities.Stonewall wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:41 pmFrom a gentleman I met in Pensacola :Texas State pushed for UTEP and NMSU to be added ,which I can see given their location.We pretty much killed that as Everts was the Chancellor pushing the realignment from day one ,the goal being App in the geographic center of an Eastern Division of an all-football playing Sunbelt.We had the most leverage as the "Strongest National Brand" and used it .Coastal and LaLa ,as well as the Georgia schools ,for all intents and purposes , agreed to "go with what App works out". Gill played a very minor role as he was trying to keep everyone happy,including Texas State.We did try to recruit ECU as they were not happy with the new AAC , but they have their "sights set higher".Good luck to them.
You can stick a fork in this chapter.McLeansvilleAppFan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 29, 2022 8:22 pmhttps://conferenceusa.com/news/2022/3/2 ... -miss.aspx
https://conferenceusa.com/news/2022/3/2 ... ement.aspx
Exactly what I heard as well. I heard it was Georgia Southern that was the main opponent to ODU and JMU. When ESPN came with the dollar signs, Georgia Southern's tone changed real quick.BallantyneApp wrote: ↑Wed Mar 30, 2022 10:04 ami'm not an insider at all ,but what is on the SBCBBS board from known insiders there is that after USM, the only western target was UTSA, who would be a travel partner and is already a rival of TXST. The feedback was there was interest if the AAC didn't work out, which obviously it did.
UNT was a little in the same boat, but UNT was already in the sun belt and was one of the worst teams historically, so i doubt either side would really like to see them back.
on the eastern side App did have to exert influence to get the ODU+JMU combo in, everyone was sold on Marshall but it took some wrangling to get ODU and JMU in. ESPN came in with more $$ to make everyone happy.
Thats the story at least.
To the rest of the Sun Belt: you're welcome.Stonewall wrote: ↑Sat Mar 05, 2022 3:41 pmFrom a gentleman I met in Pensacola :Texas State pushed for UTEP and NMSU to be added ,which I can see given their location.We pretty much killed that as Everts was the Chancellor pushing the realignment from day one ,the goal being App in the geographic center of an Eastern Division of an all-football playing Sunbelt.We had the most leverage as the "Strongest National Brand" and used it .Coastal and LaLa ,as well as the Georgia schools ,for all intents and purposes , agreed to "go with what App works out". Gill played a very minor role as he was trying to keep everyone happy,including Texas State.We did try to recruit ECU as they were not happy with the new AAC , but they have their "sights set higher".Good luck to them.
This is a great recap on how the SBC is rising in the pecking order. The SBC has transformed into a HUNTER, and no longer the hunted. I expect the latest moves will continue to drive the conference upward. This article is evidence that folks are noticing and once the new schools start competing it will drive us further up the food chain. I think the AAC made a HUGE mistake in this round, much like CUSA did by going for markets in 2013/14. I think we will overtake the AAC in a few years.CVAPP wrote: ↑Thu Mar 31, 2022 5:08 pmApparently making the Sun Belt the cool conference now:
https://collegefootballnews.com/2022/03 ... 2022-no-18