Coach Bill Lewis

(All times Central) Middle Tennessee at Old Dominion (FSN) - 3:00p KenPom ODU 69% UTEP at UTSA (ASN) - 3:00p KenPom UTEP 67% UAB at Charlotte (C-USA DN) - 6:00p KenPom UAB 66% Louisiana Tech at Florida Atlantic (C-USA DN) - 6:00p KenPom LA Tech 70% Southern Miss at FIU (C-USA DN) - 7:00p KenPom FIU 87% Marshall at Rice (ASN) - 7:00p KenPom Marshall 61% WKU at North Texas (C-USA DN) - 7:00p KenPom WKU 58% Quote: WOMEN Sat., Jan. 16 Rice @ Marshall Charlotte @ UAB North Texas @ Western Kentucky FIU @ Southern Miss Florida Atlantic @ Louisiana Tech Old Dominion @ Middle Tennessee Sun., Jan. 17 UTSA @ UTEP

http://espn.go.com/college-football/stor...title-game Big 12 has successfully fought for the right to hold a title game in a league with fewer than 12 members. This is one of the biggest nut kicks ever. This rule was responsible for the vast majority of football realignment since the late 80's. It's a big reason why Utah and Colorado are in the Pac 12. It's why Arkansas and South Carolina are in the SEC. It's a reason why C-USA ever went to 12 and started divisions. Now it just gets easily overturned in hopes the Big 12 won't expand. Insane. If it had been overturned years ago, the college football landscape would look completely different.

The Wall Street Journal ranks the net worth of all college football teams. The most valuable being Ohio State at $443.13 million. The least valuable is La Monroe at $5.65 million. Here are the CUSA rankings.... Quote: Brewer analyzed each program’s revenues and expenses and made cash-flow adjustments, risk assessments and growth projections to calculate what a college team would be worth on the open market, if it could be bought and sold like a professional franchise. 82. UNT $25.76 million 84. UTEP $22.27 million 87. Rice $20.25 million 88. Marshall $18.74 million 89. UAB $18.64 million 91. FIU $17.06 million 92. MTSU $16.94 million 93. WKU $16.10 million 94. FAU $15.42. million 104. USM $11.86 million 114. LaTech $8.17 million Did not see UTSA, Old Dominion and Charlotte on the list. http://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-is-...1452473476

"Old Dominion and the other 13 14 Conference USA schools will have to make do with about $500,000 less in television revenue next season" http://pilotonline.com/sports/college/ol...bcc60.html

Will be on digital sub-channels in select markets initially. Will expand over time. As MattSarz mentioned on Twitter, could be related to the next C-USA contract announcement. Go buy yourself a nice OTA antenna.

Average Attendance YTD: UTEP 7190 ODU 7055 Charlotte 5281 UAB 4943 Marshall 4487 WKU 3353 La Tech 3353 Southern Miss 2979 MTSU 2217 Rice 2082 UNT 1820 FIU 1617 UTSA 1104 FAU 1028

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I can't wait for actual movies again the next several years. Might as well have a thread for all this. Post away! Only 2 weeks left 'til Episode VII.

Reports are swirling that UTSA OC has been let go and possibly one other position coach. AD has unofficially said salary for new OC could double what Coach Brown was making. UTSA attempts to get better...

for the ACC Championship, should Fedora's team be in the playoff ? I personally hope so if they win!

I'm sort of partial to USM's with the built in shower and hot tub. North texas needs to step up their game. C-USA Equipment Transports

Year of the QBs: C-USA gunslingers among nation's best FOUR CONFERENCE USA QBS ENJOYING HUGE YEARS Conference USA is home to four quarterbacks who have passing yardage numbers that rank top 15 in the country. Western Kentucky's Brandon Doughty, Southern Miss' Nick Mullens, Middle Tennessee's Brent Stockstill and Louisiana Tech's Jeff Driskel are all enjoying huge statistical years

1-0. The SEC is eliminated from the CUSA tourney. Marshall FIU final.

Quote:To date, UAB has the No. 1 recruiting class in Conference USA. It's ranked No. 66 nationally. As has always been the plan with this first rebound recruiting class, UAB is chasing junior college prospects, guys with college experience that will be able to contribute effectively in the program's first year back. With the big names that UAB is landing, the roster is going to look very familiar to fans of some of the top programs in the country. http://247sports.com/Bolt/UAB-repurposin...t-40972276

http://www.sunherald.com/sports/college/...01780.html Apologies if this has been posted previously and I missed it.

Tough game to lose, especially after being so close. But in the end, MTSU got it done, and the Herd didn't. Now, take care of business the rest of the way and win the ones you should (meaning, of course, all of 'em) and lock in your bowl eligibility. Hey. At least the game was interesting, if nothing else...

Quote:Financing would allow the construction to begin, even if all funds were not "in hand." The Board expressed its support for that process to be sped up during the physical properties committee meeting. Quote:The UAB Athletics Foundation also indicated that there are discussions about the BJCC and City of Birmingham possibly constructing a multi-purpose stadium suitable for football, and asked the Board for support of UAB being a long-term tenant for the stadium. http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2015/...roval.html

http://www.underdogdynasty.com/conferenc...ch-in-2016 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Five CUSA Teams Most Likely To Have A New Head Coach in 2016 By Jeremy Adcock @cfoutpost on Nov 4, 2015, 3:00p + Mark Zerof-USA TODAY Sports With ten head coaching jobs open on the FBS level already, it would not be a huge surprise if one or two were filled by CUSA coaches. There will also be situations with a CUSA program going in a different route and bringing in a new coach for 2016. This season has brought forth the biggest divide of the haves and have nots in Conference USA since the addition of several Sun Belt teams. There is a huge gap between the top teams like Western Kentucky, Marshall, and Louisiana Tech versus the bottom of the conference. There are 13 football programs in Conference USA. At least one of those programs, possibly many, will have new head coaches for the 2016 season. Some will have changes due to massive failure, while others will have to make a change due to massive success. Let's take a look at the five teams that are mostly likely to make a change, whether from success or failure. North Texas: This is the only guaranteed change as they have already fired their head coach. Interim head coach Mike Canales should, but probably wont, get a fair shot at getting his interim label removed. If they do not go with Canales, it will be interesting to see what direction those in charge of the Mean Green go. I would expect a young coordinator or a FCS coach looking to make a splash at the FBS level. Western Kentucky: While I am not saying he will take a new job, Jeff Brohm's stock will be very high if the Hilltoppers finish the season strong. His name has already been mentioned with several different openings, and some team will try to poach him from WKU. Brohm seems very happy with WKU, but it is hard to turn down a possible dream job. Expect to hear his name with nearly every job opening. Marshall: Doc Holliday is a little older than what power five programs normally like to hire, but he is an excellent head coach that has Marshall in the running for a conference title on a yearly basis. He is on pace for his third straight 10+ win season with the Thundering Herd. Holliday is extremely happy at Marshall and would not leave unless the perfect job came open. I think there will be many suitors, but Holliday will be at Marshall in 2016. Florida International: Always the wild card, no one really knows what the Panthers will do. Logically, they would give Turner a fourth season to get the team to a bowl game, but who really knows. Considering the fact that they led Mario Cristobal go after a 3-9 season that followed back to back bowl berths, it would not surprise me to see Ron Turner fired. Instability has been the name of the game at FIU since the football program was started. Anything could happen at FIU and I would not be surprised. Southern Miss: Every year, there is a coach that takes his team from a cellar dweller to one of the better in the conference and gets poached by a larger program. The coach that fits that category is Todd Monken. The fact that he has won more games in 2015 than in his two previous seasons combined has caught the eye of other programs. The main reason to believe that Monken will be in Hattiesburg for the long term is the fear of a team poaching him and finding out that he is a one year wonder. If he puts in two or three seasons of top level CUSA football, schools will be knocking down his door to talk with him. Do you agree or disagree? Could we see a surprise defection from the CUSA coaching ranks after this season? Let me know in the comments and we can have a discussion.[url={url}]View the full article[/url]

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http://footballscoop.com/news/minority-head-coaching-candidates-that-warrant-a-closer-look/

Footballscoop did a listing of the best available minority head coaching candidates. Definitely some solid names to consider on there. Jay Norvell at Texas is just one example. http://footballscoop.com/news/minority-head-coaching-candidates-that-warrant-a-closer-look/

If Fritz won't leave what about calling Mickey Mathews? He is a good coach and has had success at the smaller school level.

How did these guys drop 50 on USM? They look turrible against Georgia Southern. Tyler Jones, who passed for 333 against USM, is 8 for 22 for 76 yds. How did this happen?