UTSA Wants to Join C-USA & Play Football in 2010

[MrMustang1965]

SAN ANTONIO -- The University of Texas at San Antonio has begun a feasibility study to determine whether a Division 1 football team would benefit the university.

"Do we have enough support, financial support, to support a team?" asked Marianne Lewis, UTSA spokeswoman. "The team cannot be supported by state dollars."

UTSA is considering playing Division 1 football by 2010. Sources told KSAT 12 News that UTSA is interested in joining Conference USA. Roadrunner home games could be played at the Alamodome until a stadium adjacent to UTSA is built.

UTSA's plan has already scored with local leaders.

"If we could have a great college football team here, that would be wonderful," Mayor Phil Hardberger told KSAT News on Wednesday.

"I think they could get a lot of support for a Division I football team," said Councilman Art Hall.

http://www.ksat.com/sports/5035474/detail.html

Note from MrMustang1965: The mayor of San Antonio commited a PR no-no with his statement in this article. Trinity University in San Antonio has a damn good football team in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (Div. III).

Trinity, led by 16th-year head coach Steve Mohr, has won 12 consecutive Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference titles. In addition, the Tigers have advanced to the NCAA Division III playoffs for eight straight years – the second-best streak in all of Division III football.

Last season, the Tigers, who went 9-2 overall, won the SCAC crown with a 6-0 record.

So far, in 2005, they are undefeated with a 7-0 record.

[PonyCat]

Someone might want to let them know that C-USA has 12 members already and there is "no room in the inn."

[MrMustang1965]

Someone might want to let them know that C-USA has 12 members already and there is "no room in the inn."

...perhaps someone plans to vacate the premises...?

[BRStang]

Honestly, in this day and age, I feel we'll be lucky if C-USA is still in existence or doesn't look dramatically different in 2010. With the Tulane football team disbandment rumors swirling, plummeting attendance rates of SMU, Tulsa, Rice, etc., and USM and Memphis looking like solid "fillers" for other conferences, I don't feel like C-USA is the model of stability. Of course, I hope and pray that I'm just being paranoid.