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i think its great to play one of the best teams in cusa to see how we stack up against them. also, do they "travel" as well as we do ?

great post! yes, we need to take care of our business and hopefully good things will happen. having said that, wonder who would get the spot in cusa/west if houston replaces utah in mt. west. us or la.tech?

go with ark. st and make it a 10 team round robin conference. works for mt. west and "new" big 12/southwest conference.

seems like yesterday when d.d was head coach that we we ranked in mid 60's.

i find it hard to complain about the wac, when n.t. has won about 10 games the last 5 seasons, and is the "worst of the worst" at this point. in fact, our overall belt record is around 50% won/loss. we probably should be happy that anyone wants us until/if football program turns around.

just having one vote and being able to keep a team in or out of a conference are not the same. smu has the power, in my opinion, to either help or hinder our hopes of admission into cusa should houston replace utah in mt.west. to say smu has " only " one vote in cusa is like saying texas has "only" one vote in big 12.

what do you suggest he does?

big 12 says they have no immediate plans for expansion, and if they did, they would not add tcu or any other school in texas. if houston is lucky, the will get the spot in mt. west that comes available this week when utah moves to pac10. if north texas is lucky, we will get houston's spot in cusa. if i'm lucky, i will get.....

i was thinking if realignment "land minds". opps, there i go again.

any thoughts regarding mt. west? when they drop back to 9, will they add houston, which tcu wants, and open up a spot in cusa/west? will that spot go to us or la.tech, or will they add a school in east and shift memphis west? inquiring mines want to know.

its a school that we have never beaten in football[0&6]

i could be wrong, i think tcu average attendance last year was about 35,000+

damn. sorry i asked.

anyone know where/if "pizza man" is playing? thought he was going to A&M.

if big 12 survives as a 10 school conference, its because each school will have the right to develop its own independent t.v. network, something texas wants and neither pac 10 nor sec allow. also, a 10 school conference works fine, with a round robin schedule and 3 non-conference games. plus both brown and stoops hate division championship game for conference title. i also don't think mt. west is through expanding. t.c.u. would like houston in, which opens up a spot in cusa/west. the 12th mt. west school would probably come from the usual wac suspects, although utep might be considered. if so, this is another open spot in cusa/west. my biggest fear in cusa openings is that smu will push la. tech in over us. in fact, i think they would take lamar over n.t.

add unt and ark. st. to wac now, and texas state and utsa later. this gives you wac/east consisting of 6 schools with n.mexico st & la. tech.

if a&m and west virginia go to sec,utah to pac/southwest, baylor and iowa st.to cusa, kansas, k. state, and missouri to mt. west, n.texas has no place to go, unless they and ark. st.join 8 member wac to create 10 school conference, adding texas state and utsa at a latter date. question? are we better off in the belt than in west division of wac with new mexico st. la. tech, ark. st., texas state, and utsa, under the premise that s.m.u. will block our entry into any conference that they are a member? your thoughts?

no one wants baylor or iowa state, and no one trusts missouri. assuming a&m comes to their senses and moves to pac/southwest, i would look for 10 member mt. west to add kansas and kansas state. i am not knowledgeable on politics in kansas, but assume they may be locked at the hip. baylor would then move to cusa, with missouri and iowa state hosed. question is, would 6 member cusa west plus baylor decide to create a 10 member conference, adding north texas, la.tech, and ark. state? if memory serves, baylor athletic budget is in $30 million range, smu in high $20 million range,while rest of schools vary from mid teens to low twenties. this should put baylor in a conference that they could dominate, with 5 private and 4 low budget state schools. 10 member conferences work well, with round robin and 3 ocs games. i see a great expense reduction in a regional "southwest conference", but little t.v. money. probably makes too much sense to work.

what if this is it? big 10 stops with addition of big red, pac 10 adds utah to get to 12, mt. west replaces utah with boise, big 12 goes forward with 10 schools for now, and big east goes back to sleep. a lot of foreplay with a premature climax. a 10 school big 12 conference makes a lot of sense. round robin conference play with 3 non- conference games. could happen.

i believe this is with state money, not private finds/student fees. also, i love the duke city.

lindy's has us 8th in belt, as does sporting news. athlon ranks us 7th, with a a projected 2&10 record. a number of you are predicting us at 6&6 or 7&5. what do you know that people who do this for a living don't? just asking.

the big east has no other option other to split. this would give the 8 football schools a chance to add ucf or e.c.u for a 9th full member. however, this still won't protect them from big 10 expansion if n.d. remains a football independent. the only move that saves big east football members from big 10 is to force n.d. out. the irish would have nowhere to put their basketball and other sports, and would reluctantly join big 10, which would end efforts to raid big east football members. while big east may not want to throw n.d. under the bus, decisions are easier when you have no options. the big 10 is thinking expansion, while big east is fighting to survive. just an opinion.

the big east has one hole card they need to play in order to save their football programs. tell n. dame to either become a football member, or they will be kicked out of the big east in all other sports. this would probably drive n. dame to the big 10, and expansion would stop there,leaving the big east as we know it.