CUSA East schools looking to break away

[GreenFlag]

This journalist/writer/whateves was sniffing around about the CAA (FCS conference) and came across a significant tidbit about CUSA East schools.

 

A conference at a crossroads. Where does the CAA go from here? - by Matt Brown - Extra Points with Matt Brown (substack.com)

[Harry]

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It’s even possible there could be realignment at the FBS level, as two industry sources told Extra Points that some schools from Conference USA had expressed interest in splitting and forming a more geographically concentrated league, similar to what happened with the Mountain West and WAC. 

Interesting.  I pulled the above from the article.

[untjim1995]

Please go…no offense, but we don’t need to be in a conference with any of them in CUSA East

[Hunter Green]

4 minutes ago, Harry said:

Interesting.  I pulled the above from the article.

Probably needs to happen.

[greenminer]

4 minutes ago, Harry said:

Interesting.  I pulled the above from the article.

Possible likely takeaway: we [CUSA] have a few members that are not happy with the current setup.

[UNTLifer]

My guess would be ODU and Marshall.

[Hunter Green]

2 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Possible likely takeaway: we [CUSA] have a few members that are not happy with the current setup.

Time for a new SWC.

[GreenFlag]

20 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Possible likely takeaway: we [CUSA] have a few members that are not happy with the current setup.

I don't believe anyone is happy. Some in the east have been pretty vocal about it too.

[ColoradoEagle]

I would expect some major reorganization between CUSA, AAC, MWC, and SBC after the P4/5 make their moves. Some schools should take the opportunity to move to FCS, but they won't.

[RBP79]

No one is happy with CUSA. That falls on its leadership. 

[PlummMeanGreen]

Haven’t most in these parts been saying the same about CUSA East almost from the beginning?  When G5’s have little in common to not even want to play each other that says it all.  What times we live. 
🦅North Texas:  Just keep growing & keep building!  That will pay off in time, but leave the past behind.  We have little to learn from all that which will help us in today’s & the future NCAA.

❇️🦅❇️

Edited July 27, 2021 by PlummMeanGreen

[meangreen11]

15 minutes ago, RBP79 said:

No one is happy with CUSA. That falls on its leadership. 

Schools deserve some blame as well tho.  They haven’t given much for the conference to work with.  There hasn’t been a team like Houston who almost made it into the money bowls way back when since the new group formed.

[El Paso Eagle]

Look for the schools from CUSA and the Belt to regionalize. Then draw straws to see who gets stuck with Judy

[Hunter Green]

6 minutes ago, El Paso Eagle said:

Look for the schools from CUSA and the Belt to regionalize. Then draw straws to see who gets stuck with Judy

Boot her out! Serioulsy, what has she done to advance the conference in any way?

Edited July 27, 2021 by Hunter Green

[El Paso Eagle]

5 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

Boot her out! Serioulsy, what has she done to advance the conference in any way?

[Wag Tag]

I would like to be in the same Conf as  Tulsa and Tulane. Regional makes a lot of sense. 

[El Paso Eagle]

1 minute ago, Wag Tag said:

I would like to be in the same Conf as  Tulsa and Tulane. Regional makes a lot of sense. 

My guess - B12 leftovers/AAC/MWC - Somehow 2 conference out of this
CUSA/Belt - mix and match
MAC - Not sure

[greenminer]

2 hours ago, Hunter Green said:

Time for a new SWC.

One giant, unlikely leap:

This new "Super" group - P5/Conference/whatever - is actually smaller than what people anticipate.  Some of the current P5s get booted out.  A variation of the old SWC - minus OU/UT/A&M - is reformed and somehow includes us (plus Arkie, SMU, Houston, Tulsa, TTech, etc)

That might be pretty cool.  One out of 14,000,605 timelines, but hey! one can choose to think optimistically in these times.

Edited July 27, 2021 by greenminer

[Monkeypox]

10 minutes ago, greenminer said:

One giant, unlikely leap:

This new "Super" group - P5/Conference/whatever - is actually smaller than what people anticipate.  Some of the current P5s get booted out.  A variation of the old SWC - minus OU/UT/A&M - is reformed and somehow includes us (plus Arkie, SMU, Houston, Tulsa, TTech, etc)

I think Arkansas stays or is put into the new super group. They might suck at football, but they have a lot of money, and bring a lot of viewership. 

[Hunter Green]

40 minutes ago, greenminer said:

One giant, unlikely leap:

This new "Super" group - P5/Conference/whatever - is actually smaller than what people anticipate.  Some of the current P5s get booted out.  A variation of the old SWC - minus OU/UT/A&M - is reformed and somehow includes us (plus Arkie, SMU, Houston, Tulsa, TTech, etc)

That might be pretty cool.  One out of 14,000,605 timelines, but hey! one can choose to think optimistically in these times.

My pick for a new SWC would be (assuming Tech, Baylor and TCU stay in the B12)

North Texas, UTEP, UTSA, Rice, La Tech, S. Miss, LaLa, UAB, Ark. St (plus, one or two others that make geographic sense). Not sure any schools in the AAC would defect, but who knows? Tulsa maybe?

[greenminer]

23 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

My pick for a new SWC would be (assuming Tech, Baylor and TCU stay in the B12)

North Texas, UTEP, UTSA, Rice, La Tech, S. Miss, LaLa, UAB, Ark. St (plus, one or two others that make geographic sense). Not sure any schools in the AAC would defect, but who knows? Tulsa maybe?

Only one (Rice) is a former SWC.  That's not a new variation of the SWC.  That's a new conference with one former SWC school lol

 

58 minutes ago, Monkeypox said:

I think Arkansas stays or is put into the new super group. They might suck at football, but they have a lot of money, and bring a lot of viewership. 

yeah, I think Arkansas will be included too.

Edited July 27, 2021 by greenminer

[Hunter Green]

13 minutes ago, greenminer said:

Only one (Rice) is a former SWC.  That's not a new variation of the SWC.  That's a new conference with one former SWC school lol

 

yeah, I think Arkansas will be included too.

I just mean "new SWC" by name only. Pick any name you like.

[Salsa_Verde]

50 minutes ago, Hunter Green said:

My pick for a new SWC would be (assuming Tech, Baylor and TCU stay in the B12)

North Texas, UTEP, UTSA, Rice, La Tech, S. Miss, LaLa, UAB, Ark. St (plus, one or two others that make geographic sense). Not sure any schools in the AAC would defect, but who knows? Tulsa maybe?

I would like to see Air Force and Colorado State along with the boring private schools of Tulsa and Tulane. These maneuvers take a dynamic and charismatic commissioner….soooo yeah. 🥲

[GreenFlag]

14 minutes ago, Salsa_Verde said:

I would like to see Air Force and Colorado State along with the boring private schools of Tulsa and Tulane. These maneuvers take a dynamic and charismatic commissioner….soooo yeah. 🥲

I've seen Colorado State thrown out there in several scenarios and I can't figure out why. They have a nice new stadium but everything else about them is mid-tier MWC.

[DeepGreen]

1 hour ago, Hunter Green said:

My pick for a new SWC would be (assuming Tech, Baylor and TCU stay in the B12)

North Texas, UTEP, UTSA, Rice, La Tech, S. Miss, LaLa, UAB, Ark. St (plus, one or two others that make geographic sense). Not sure any schools in the AAC would defect, but who knows? Tulsa maybe?

I think you’ll see Marshall, So. Miss, and UAB move out of CUSA.  Where, I don’t know.   But they consider themselves elite programs and deserve better than CUSA.  And would try hard to get La Tech in their club.