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3. North Texas – I’m looking for big improvements for the Mean Green in 2013, as head coach Dan McCarney is finally starting to get his recruits on the field. North Texas also has a transfer expected to start at quarterback, as they add in former Kansas signee Brock Bergland. As a whole the Mean Green have 17 starters coming back and with a couple of favorable non-conference matchups, I’ll call for them to get back to a bowl game for the first time since 2004. http://www.boydsbets.com/conference-usa-football-predictions/

Off the CUSA board The NEW C-USA's wins vs. Power-Five Conference USA 2013. From ESPN's site, going back to the '02 season: USM: Illinois ('02), Nebraska ('04), NC State ('06), Virginia ('09), Kansas ('10), Virginia ('11) UAB: Baylor ('03), Baylor ('04), Mississippi State ('04) ECU: Duke ('05), Virginia ('06), NC State ('06), North Carolina ('07), Virginia Tech ('08), WVU ('08), NC State ('10) FAU: Minnesota ('07) FIU: Louisville ('11) Marshall: Kansas State ('03), Louisville ('11) MTSU: Vandy ('02), Vandy ('05), Maryland ('08), Maryland ('09), Ga Tech ('12) La Tech: Oklahoma State ('02), Michigan State ('03), Mississippi State ('08), Ole Miss ('11), Illinois ('12), Virginia ('12) North Texas: Baylor ('03), Indiana ('11) Rice: Purdue ('11), Kansas ('12) UTEP: NONE UTSA: none....but you're cool. Tulane: Mississippi State ('03), Mississippi State ('06), Rutgers ('10) Tulsa: Notre Dame ('10)<---does that count??, Iowa State ('12)

Wonder if they'd like to have a long term home-home with SMU and Army ?

Papa Dawg is Tech's UNT90

Phil Steele predicted a tie between Southern Mississippi and UAB for 3rd-4th place in CUSA East. Phil Steele predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and Florida International for 6th-7th place in CUSA East. Phil Steele predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and North Texas for 4th-5th place in CUSA West. USA Today predicted a tie between East Carolina and Marshall for 1st-2nd place in CUSA East. USA Today predicted a tie between Florida Atlantic and UAB for 5th-6th place in CUSA East. USA Today predicted a tie between Louisiana Tech and North Texas for 3rd-4th place in CUSA West. http://preseason.stassen.com/consensus/2013.html#cusa

4-star Scott Young may not be the shoo in choice for Tech's QB that many thought. His questionable mobility is probably one of the reasons Mac was more interested in BB. Here's a part of a post that a Tech fan posted on the CUSA board. "Truth be told, we need it right now. From what I've heard, the guy most would call the "clear favorite" hasn't locked the job up completely. He has the better arm, but if his backup could be more accurate it wouldn't surprise me if he got the job. He has more mobility but yeah, hasn't really shown he can be trusted with the ball for 12 games."

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That means getting out of Conference USA, according to Carlisle, where the plate of conference foes suddenly became a lot less appetizing with the formation of the new American Athletic Conference this year. “Trying to be in this weak conference and playing Florida International and North Texas, the idea you’re going to bring 25,000-30,000 folks to your stadium isn’t going to happen,” Carlisle said. http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/article/20130623/NEWS01/306230025/New-USM-athletic-director-choice-crucial-supporters-say?nclick_check=1

"The Pac-12 is not expected to renew its contract with the New Mexico Bowl when it runs out after this season, according to two sources. Conference USA will likely replace the Pac-12 and play the Mountain West Conference representative for the 2014-19 cycle, according to a source."

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/genrel/auto_pdf/2013-14/misc_non_event/c-usa-whos-next.pdf

http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2013/6/20/4445294/college-football-2013-teams-to-watch

Rice and North Texas are the only New CUSA schools (Tulane leaves in 2014) that are among the 86 US universities that are members of the Universities Research Association. http://www.ura-hq.org/universities/index.html

I mostly use NT or North Texas. I did attend North Texas State College.

http://www.conferenceusa.com/genrel/062013aak.html

http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/c-usa/genrel/auto_pdf/2012-13/misc_non_event/logo-usage-guidelines.pdf

He's a perfect fit for the Ponies

Army-Navy basketball game half-time show. http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1418565565?bctid=23207933001

The only people in the country who think we may or will lose to Idaho are on gomeangreen.com

Sigh. Ya try to be upbeat about the upcoming season, then a few posters over here seem to take that energy away with their Mean Green will or could be a train wreck posts. Guess the best thing to avoid depressing attitudes is to stay away.

So sad isn't it ? Guess North Texas needs to be envious and jealous of all. Everyone does everything so much better. TIC

CUSA 5 years, $35 million, CBS College Sports (through 2016) 5 years, $35 million, Fox (through 2016) Annual: $14 million Average Annual per School: $1.17 million 2012 Television Revenue By Conference http://collegesportsinfo.com/2012/05/10/2012-ncaa-television-revenue-by-conference/

Additions give C-USA more than 80 televised games this fall. IRVING, Texas - FOX College Sports has announced that it will televise 10 Conference USA football games this fall. The FCS schedule includes seven league games and will involve 12 current C-USA schools, as well as two future league members From October 5 to November 9, one conference game will be televised in five of six Saturdays. Those five league contests will feature nine different schools, with North Texas appearing twice. FOX COLLEGE SPORTS NETWORK SCHEDULE Saturday, August 31 - Old Dominion at East Carolina - 7 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 7 - New Mexico at UTEP - 7 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. CDT Saturday, September 21 - UTSA at UTEP - 8 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. MDT Saturday, October 5 - North Texas at Tulane - 3:30 p.m. EDT/2:30 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 12 - Marshall at Florida Atlantic - 5 p.m. EDT/4 p.m. CDT Saturday, October 26 - North Texas at Southern Miss - 7 p.m. EDT/6 p.m. CDT Saturday, November 2 - Middle Tennessee at UAB - 1 p.m. EDT/Noon CDT Saturday, November 9 - FIU at Middle Tennessee - 4 p.m. EST/3 p.m. CST Saturday, November 16 - Charlotte at Old Dominion - Noon EST/11 a.m. CST Saturday, November 30 - Tulane at Rice - 3 p.m. EST/2 p.m. CST http://www.conferenceusa.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/061213aac.html

Percentage of offensive yards returning #11 UTSA 91.0% #17 Tulsa 86.0% #20 ODU 85.2% #27 UAB 83.8% #28 Marshall 82.9% #29 ECU 82.5% #42 North Texas 79.2% #54 Middle Tennessee 73.7% #57 FIU 72.2% #76 UTEP 63.4% #87 Tulane 59.2% #93 FAU 54.6% #101 USM 49.9% #121 Louisiana Tech 29.8% OOC Opponents 9 Ball State 91.3% #13 Ohio 89.3% #19 Georgia 85.7% Idaho 28.7% http://philsteele.com/Blogs/2013/JUN13/DBJune12.html

Correct and Tulane, Tulsa and ECU will be gone. 2014 is the first year of the "new" CUSA.