Cusa Board On Mwc's Options

[All About UNT]

Some refer to us as a "shoe-in" if either SMU leaves for the MWC or if the MWC decides they want DFW market share and SMU won't budge.

CUSA thread

[Mean Green 93-98]

Some refer to us as a "shoe-in" if either SMU leaves for the MWC or if the MWC decides they want DFW market share and SMU won't budge.

CUSA thread

Yes, and the one who used that term is a North Texas fan.

[All About UNT]

Yes, and the one who used that term is a North Texas fan.

ouch...damn my ailing eyes.

[All About UNT]

Yep.. only way UNT is a shoe in to CUSA is if SMU leaves...

Is there any way for the CUSA to justify having a hole in the DFW area in their coverage map when it is in the middle of their conference? No way they lose the DFW market when they are already concerned about losing both the Raleigh/Durham, Orlando and Houston markets. The problem is that SMU has no real incentive to leave.

very true... though I would still state that the MWC is one notch above CUSA at this point. So how can we get SMUt to bounce?

[UNTflyer]

Yep.. only way UNT is a shoe in to CUSA is if SMU leaves...

I disagree. SMU is not as powerful as some people would like to believe, especially with all the talk of realignment. SMU is surely chomping at the bit to leave so their opposition will not be quite as relevant.

[forevereagle]

The problem is that SMU offers the same thing UNT offers as far as media goes. Once that chip is used up UNT really makes no sense. Why overlap programs in the same market?

If Houston leaves, then I would wonder about SMU's desire to keep us out.

[NM Green]

It will be interesting to see who the MWC feels should get the invite should one come to a DFW school - SMU or UNT. They have relationships with both of us, more with SMU but you cannot ignore UNT's investment over the past few years (all around - not just a coach).

GMG

[adman]

The problem is that SMU offers the same thing UNT offers as far as media goes. Once that chip is used up UNT really makes no sense. Why overlap programs in the same market?

USC/UCLA - Same market. Seems to work.

[GreenMachine]

I think this is were having Rawlins and Neimas on board will help us much more than the coaching search.

[Keith7]

USC/UCLA - Same market. Seems to work.

I've never heard anyone from Duke complain about sharing a conference with North Carolina

[jimmyjames_99]

I think this is were having Rawlins and Neimas on board will help us much more than the coaching search.

My thoughts exactly...

[Quoner]

I've never heard anyone from Duke complain about sharing a conference with North Carolina

But Wake and NC State must piss them off to no end.

[GrayEagle]

The problem is that SMU offers the same thing UNT offers as far as media goes. Once that chip is used up UNT really makes no sense. Why overlap programs in the same market?

North Carolina/NC State/Duke are all in the Raleigh-Durham market. Utah and BYU were in the same market and conference for many years.

[PlummMeanGreen]

The problem is that SMU offers the same thing UNT offers as far as media goes. Once that chip is used up UNT really makes no sense. Why overlap programs in the same market?

The times they are a-changin'...the problem that SMU will have with UNT from now on and in the future is that UNT's overlap is much larger than SMU's over-lap. That 1939 national championship will hardly matter with today's conference leaders and moguls although it worked quite well for the Stangs in the past. NOTE: SMU will still not sponsor us or buy tickets from any of us for the church raffle, either. It's just "their" history that will only change with some future new SMU president who will see the total unadulterated non-sense of their past condescension with us--then that is when things will change with SMU's attitude toward UNT..

I defer to this list below once more (others may want to add other positive benefits I left off this partial list):

(1) North Texas just brings far more to the table with a larger fan base,

(2) UNT with an enrollment that all but quadruples SMU's

(3) Approx. twice as many UNT students now living on/near campus than SMU and TCU's combined enrollments.

(4) With close to 100,000 NT Exes in the DFW Metroplex, we dwarf SMU's alumnus numbers

(5) Our football stadium and basketball facility combo? Finally, no comparison with SMU'sFord and Moody

(6) Easy major airport access from either DFW Airport (25 minutes from Denton) or even Alliance Airport (15 minutes from Denton City Limits sign out near SUMG's house)!

(7) Big Mac Attack On The Way At The New Mean Green Stadium (with I hope a Chico style offense run by Chico the Man himself as Asst. HFC/OC--this could really be a win-win for all & I hope Coach Mac offers it & Coach C accepts)!.

GMG!

Edited November 29, 2010 by PlummMeanGreen

[VideoEagle]

Anyone else notice most of the SMU fans and the UTEP fans DON'T want to leave CUSA for the new MWC? Between the old MWC and CUSA, the MWC is better and closer to BCS AQ status. The new MWC is almost the WAC before they went to 16 and UTEP doesn't want back in that.

Hopefully the MWC invites a Texas school and CUSA needs a replacement as that is the better conference for NT the way the teams are configured now.