Shuttering of UAB football gives UMass another league option in C-USA

[VideoEagle]

Yes, I think we should invite Wisconsin to join CUSA immediately!

[JesseMartin]

Stranger things have happened. On Wisconsin, On Wisconsin, to Conference USA....

[UNTFan23]

They are definitely not a suitcase college and they would be a great improvement from any Sunbelt team.

Their football stadium is an old stadium that was recently renovated, holds many more than Apogee and has much better attendance. The university itself is beautiful, especially with the lakes surrounding it. It would make a pleasant trip.

This video should help sum up their sports culture:

I would vote for them to join C-USA. It would pull us up.

Are you pimping out Wisconsin or UMass with that video?

What stadium that holds more than Apogee are you talking about? Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium only holds 17,000 as listed on both their athletic website and Wikipedia. While UMASS did spend 30 million to upgrade their stadium/build a new end-zone facility (which was below MAC standards) no new seating was added. So, North Texas still holds a 13,000 seat advantage to UMASS.

Aside from seating capacity, one of the other major topics surrounding the McGuirk upgrade is whether there will be permanent bathrooms added. As it stands, McGuirk only has permanent bathrooms in the current locker room facility. All other facilities are temporary, portable enclosures. le Cour indicated that bathrooms are a “hot topic and there is much discussion about them and the need for them.”

- See more at: http://maroonmusket.com/2012/10/no-expanded-seating-for-mcguirk-alumni-stadium/#sthash.2JQ2EKY9.dpuf

I'm glad North Texas got this issue resolved with the building of Apogee.