NorthTexan95

His teams are basically .500 in ACC games but he's always around 20 wins on the season.

It would be something if the men's job was filled before the women's job.

I'm not "going" with either. I'm just relaying what's been reported.

It was an article from late last week: My link Granted, it is from a UTSA source but it's a source nonetheless. The article doesn't mention Utah State or San Jose State. I agree with someone who said earlier that the "sources" the writer talked to may have meant UTSA is third for the CUSA side of the alliance.

With the women's opening Rick took a week to gather resume's and to define exactly what they were looking for. Then a second week for interviews. One interview was last weeks and supposedly a second one was this weekend. I would think the men's search would be similar. It could go quicker if a well-known or a slam-dunk resume comes across RV's desk.

If right now I was betting money on the a 20 team alliance I'd bet on this. ECu won't be happy but oh, well.

Hmmm ... figured.

Yeah, that's what I'm thinking but I don't have a lot hope for San Jose. I don't know much about them and most of that is bad.

It depends on the criteria. The basis of the article written last week was that FIU and UNT are in and UTSA is up to third. If that is correct then they would probably go west. I think Utah State is perfered by the MWC, though. UTSA vs San Jose ... I might take UTSA.

Interesting ...

This is the most logical answer.

The only support is UTSA saying they were willing to go to the West. I'm not saying UTSA is going to the west ... I'm just saying they are willing to. If UTEP decides they really don't want to go to the west then UTSA would be an option.

UTSA will go east or west so in your Two Conference scenario you could replace San Jose with UTSA. Also, in your Full Merger scenario if UTEP would rather stay with the other Texas teams then UTSA could go west.

Hold on there ... Arkansas is looking for a new head football coach ... we need to put coach Mac into lockdown!

Thanks for everything, Coach! Best wishes.

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This is no fun at all.

ESPN Page 2 This was highlighted on ESPN's Page 2 site. Scroll down a bit to see the video.

I don't think they'll go 0-12 but they'll be at the bottom of the conference for awhile. Then we'll see how that attendence holds up.

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The thought that UTSA could be second and could move out west opens up some possibilities. If they only expand to 20 teams then it could also give some slight hope for the WAC. Currently, there are eight teams going to be in CUSA: Southern Miss, Marshall, East Carolina, UAB, Tulsa, Rice, UTEP, and Tulane. There will also be eight teams in the MWC: Wyoming, Air Force, Colorado State, UNLV, New Mexico, Nevada, Fresno State, and Hawaii. That leaves a total of four openings. UNT and FIU appear to be almost locks according to all the latest rumors which leaves two spots open. FIU has to go to CUSA. UNT could go to the MWC but I think would prefer to be in CUSA. This leaves two spots open - most likely in the MWC. If UTSA is the third choice. I'm not sure how much I buy into that but let's assume it's true. Could UTEP flip to the MWC? I keep hearing different rumors about their preference. However, UTEP and UTSA would fill up the MWC (while also giving UTEP a Texas team in their division) and open one spot in the east for a LT, MTSU, or someone else. So how can this save the WAC? The WAC would be left with Utah State, San Jose State, New Mexico State, Idaho State, and Texas State. They would need one more team to have the minimum of six teams. They would have to find at least one ... if not more ... teams to move up and fill the conference. You've gotta think they could find one team to fill the void. Leaving the WAC in place would help the MWC by having ready teams available when they are ready to expand to 12 teams (24 teams in the Alliance). It also gives time for the WAC to try to get more teams to move up to replace someone like Utah State who would then be a shoo-in for the MWC. So I've just spent too much time typing all of this up there is one more important note. While it appears from all the latest rumors that UNT and FIU are locks ... if UTSA is indeed the third team on the list and is flexible to move east or west ... and if the conference is looking at stoping at 20 teams ... then Utah State has to be included in the competition for that fourth spot.

That's bad. Really bad.

This guy is starting to rub me the wrong way. He seems to always take a negative angle on being left out of the Big East and pointing the blame elsewhere. That's not how you make friends and get what you want.

I voted LA Tech just because of their hatred for the Sun Belt.

VERY interesting ...