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  1. if all goes well, it appears that SMU, Houston. and UCF will be joining the Big East by end of month. if CUSA wants to reload to 12 schools, it probably would replace their Western Division loses with NT, and either La.Tech or UTSA.I mention UTSA because they are 3rd largest market in Texas, while Ruston is a rual community of 25,000.my Eastern Division replacement would be one of the F_U's, as the conference wants a presence in Florida. if CUSA decides to become a 10 team conference, i think the choice is between NT and one of the F_U's. what does your crystal ball project?
  2. one problem, besides AFA having 2nd thoughts, is that neither Cincinnati nor Louisville are willing to play in a Western Division. the Big East solution is to move UCF west where they would join Houston,SMU,AFC,Bosie,and BYU. UCF would then be allowed to play South Florida annually. makes as much geographical sense as Missouri to SEC Eastern Division, but more sense that bringing in SDSU for football only.
  3. i personally have found the Sagarin rating the most accurate. he rates ASU 55,ULL 84,FIU 91, WK 114, NT 120, La.Monroe,127, Troy 148, MTSU 160, USA 173, FAU 190, & Indiana 132.[ Alabama 3, Houston 23, & Tulas 27.]this is out of 246 football teams. WK index is 61.03, NT 59.53. adding in 2.41 for home field advantage, we should be a 1 point favoeite. for those unfamilar with Jeff Sagarin, he is a 1970 MIT math graduate.
  4. agreed. that makes this game against WK even more important.
  5. i thought the New Orleans Bowl got 1st pick if there was a tie for belt championship, otherwise they get the conference winner. ASU has a 2 game lead over ULL with 2 to play. would not ASU get the New Orleans Bowl and ULL the Godaddy bowl? just asking.
  6. i would say 3 at most. ASU,ULL, and FIU. i think we will beat WK at home saturday, and both of us will finish 6&6. if we don't, then they will finish 7&5, but i just don't think the belt gets 4 bids. just an old mans opinion.
  7. the fact that we are even having this discussion shows how far we have come this season regardless of our final record.
  8. only because Hawaii is unavailable.
  9. thanks for spelling correction. fingers sometimes get ahead of brain. besides, i went to elementry school in Arkansas.
  10. then we may have a problem, as Boise won't go without a travel partner, and AFC is having 2nd thoughts.
  11. what hapens if Boise, AFA, and NAVEY decline football only invitations? it appears SMU,UCF, and Houston are good to go in all sports, but the above mentioned football only schools appear to have 2nd thoughts.
  12. from what i have read in various Big East articles. SMU,CFU, and Houston are a go for all sports. the holdup are the "football only " schools. Navey is waiting on Boise to committ, Boise is waiting on the AFA, and the AFA is waiting on Navey.
  13. would some one please explain to me how having a "travel partner " works? thanks,
  14. as soon as Big East falls into place later this month CUSA and MWC will know what holes they need to fill.if BSU & AFA move to Big EAST they probably will be replaced by Utah State and SJSU. If SMU,Houston, and CFU also move they probably will be replaced by UNT and La. Tech in the western division, and F_U in the east.ECU also has an outside chance at Big East membership, which might cost the Belt the other F_U. when the smoke clears, the WAC could be down to NMSU,Idaho, Texas State,and UTSA, while the Sun Belt may have 7 to 8 members. they probably will merge is some fashion, but i think if Belt needs 2 schools, the Texas universities are in. if 3, then NMSU. however, Idaho will probably drop down. please note the number of times "may" and "probably" are used. this is all a work in process, and if you don't enjoy the speculation then try to avoid the subject. i do agree that the subject has somewhat over shadowed the season, but UNT has made a $75 million stadium investment betting on the outcome, which is of great interest to some of us.
  15. sounds too logical to work, but wouldn't it be great!
  16. BSU would like BYU to join for football only, but their independent t.v. network contract with ESPN is a smaller version on LONGHORN network, and they are not going to give it up as per todays article in Provo, Utah newspaper.just too much money and national exposure.
  17. he is feeling guilty knowing that when they and Air Force leave they will be replaced by 2 WAC schools, SJSU and Utah State, which only leaves La. Tech, New Mexico State, and Idaho left as current WAC members. Funny he didn't mention the Vandals.
  18. i have one major concern regarding our opportunity to join CUSA, and its how many schools does it want in it's conference.the MWC will lose BSU and AFA, add SJSU and Utah State to remain at 10 universities. CUSA has 12,will lose SMU,HOUSTON, CFU, and perhaps ECU. do they go back to 12, or drop to 10? if they plan for their champion to play MWC champion at end of year, then why would they have 12 schools and a CUSA conference championship game. why not just have 10 like MWC, skip a meaningless conference championship game , and have their 10 school champion play MWC's 10 school champion? just asking.
  19. they probably would go back to Belt or drop down to Big Sky. Idaho is in same boat, but probably has fewer options.
  20. i am susprised he mentioned La. Tech as a good fit. the main reason UTEP perfers CUSA over MWC is that it's alumni base is in Texas, and the DFW market is big for them. i still think that when smoke clears CUSA will want a presence in Florida,DFW, and possibility San Antonio. depends on whether or not CUSA loses 3 or 4 schools. on short list for 7th university to replace W.V. is Temple, which Nova is dead set against,E.C.U., and perhaps Memphis. if i'm CUSA i am looking at UNT,UTSA,FIU,FAU, with La. Tech as fall back.but then again, this seems too logical.
  21. have not heard about UAB dropping football. can you provide more information?
  22. the Big East wants to go to 12 football schools. they now have 8 in all sports, losing 3, and adding 3 in all sports plus 3 for football only. if my math is correct, they need one more for football only. Temple is 1st choice, but Nova is against their admission nor wanting to share Philly. fall back is ECU, so CUSA could lose 4 members.
  23. they are losing 3 schools. i can't believe they would not want a presence in DFW,San Antonio, and Florida.
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