Cusa

[MCMLXXX]

According to Top Coog on the NCAA BBS Forum we were 1st runner up last time.

"Tallgrass and the guys on the cusa board will tell you the same thing. Banowsky brought in a consultant and LT began to slip over a facilities issue. UTEP draws substantial crowds and owns the Sun Bowl, not to mention that it has a good size market. Before it was over LTU actually slipped to third place behind UTEP and UNT."

[NT80]

According to Top Coog on the NCAA BBS Forum we were 1st runner up last time.

"Tallgrass and the guys on the cusa board will tell you the same thing. Banowsky brought in a consultant and LT began to slip over a facilities issue. UTEP draws substantial crowds and owns the Sun Bowl, not to mention that it has a good size market. Before it was over LTU actually slipped to third place behind UTEP and UNT."

I heard we were given a "to do" list for next time. CUSA apparently liked our future Eagle Point plans back then. I believe someone said it mentioned the need for more overall average attendance in football and men's basketball, a new football facility, and adding baseball....things we all know already. Location, size, academics, everything else was OK. Although UTEP had no baseball and eastern CUSA members weren't crazy about the long travel, they beat us mainly because they were in the 40/10 club back then (avg. 40K in football and 10K in basketball). Plus they are on the SWA chart (a Southwest Airlines destination).