Monday February 09, 2004

OPTIMISM STILL REIGNS IN C-USA

Departures, arrivals have league in flux

By Ted Lewis
Staff writer

Depending on who's talking, Conference USA's glass is half full or half empty.

But one thing's for sure -- the league lineup in 2005 will be radically different ...

Sunday, December 14, 2003 12:00AM EST

ECU selling tickets to 'virtual bowl'
Fan comes up with way to raise money

By AL MYATT, Staff Writer

GREENVILLE -- East Carolina went 1-11 in the 2003 football season, but bowl tickets are becoming the rage among Pirates fans since Doug Groome of ...

NEW ORLEANS BOWL
New Orleans, Dec. 16, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
Sun Belt champ vs. C-USA
NORTH TEXAS vs. SOUTH FLORIDA: The Mean Green stay perfect (5-0) in Sun Belt Conference play with their victory last week and are primed for another berth to the New Orleans Bowl. South Florida finally gets a bowl ...

From the Conference USA web site:

11.4.2003

Conference USA Adds Five New Members; Commissioner Discusses Future Plans

Marshall University, Rice University, Southern Methodist University (SMU), the University of Tulsa and the University of Central Florida (UCF), have officially entered ...

UCF will accept all-sports invite into Conference USA

By Alan Schmadtke | Sentinel Staff Writer
Posted November 4, 2003, 12:41 PM EST

UCF will receive and accept an all-sports invitation to Conference USA today, multiple sources in the Golden Knights' football program confirmed.

C-USA ...

I'm still not convinced that, if TCU is offered, that they will accept a move to the Mountain West. In fact, the more I think about it, the more I'm convinced they will NOT go.

The Dallas Morning News article that started all of this stated that travel costs would increase by at least $200,000 a ...

South Florida is gone. I feel certain that East Carolina is staying and that Marshall is coming. I also feel fairly confident that Central Florida is coming as well.

UCF - outside of the Culpepper years - has not distinguished itself in football. Based on that, why not just maintain Temple as the ...

I'll have to admit, I wondered myself why they were Hurricane and not Tornado.

WAC commissioner identifies replacement candidates

Oct. 20, 2003
SportsLine.com wire reports

TULSA, Okla. -- The Western Athletic Conference has identified eight schools as possible replacements after losing three teams to Conference USA,.

New Mexico State, North Texas, Louisiana ...

I wanted to join my ECU comrade and welcome the Mustangs to the Conference USA family. I've got a friend here in Hattiesburg (an SMU alumnus) who is fired up about getting to see his 'Stangs on a regular basis.

Besides, with USM and SMU, it will be interesting to see if the media has any trouble ...