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Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 11:56 amby Stallion
IF-and I'm not saying this is accurate- Hawaii, TCU and more schools are involved in rapid fire realignment then this looks more like a pre-arranged plan-perhaps CUSA/MWC merger?
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Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 12:01 pmby SMU89
What is Bleacher Report saying?
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:00 pmby leopold
Nope - Auburn!
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:49 pmby reddevil
The only benefit of LaTech would be not having to play in El Paso, although I am not really in favor of this trade off. I would like to see the proposed merger between CUSA and MWC, but how many teams get included and who is left out?
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:41 pmby PK
La Tech is in the WAC...not MWC. I'm pretty sure that UTEP is not interested in joining the rapidly sinking WAC. Granted, if UTEP were to leave CUSA and join MWC, CUSA might, maybe, go after La Tech to replace it, but I would hardly call that a trade which would imply a negotiated deal between all parties.
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:48 pmby Stallion
your one step behind-it would if the MWC and CUSA were planning a merger
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 2:53 pmby PK
Stallion wrote:your one step behind-it would if the MWC and CUSA were planning a merger
That still wouldn't necessarily include La Tech...there is always NTSU or a few other spare schools out there.
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 3:01 pmby NickSMU17
BLACK BALL!!!!
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 5:34 pmby Insane_Pony_Posse
"The only benefit of LaTech would be not having to play in El Paso"
I dunno 'bout that.
Did you go to Ruston the last time we played there?
No flights available into Ruston
No nice hotels. Holiday Inn Express ok...but about the only choice.
K-Bobs would be considered an upscale restaurant.
Their stadium is a sewer.
Stadium parking is a freaking field.
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Fri Nov 19, 2010 8:15 pmby Charleston Pony
All of this actually makes sense to me with conferences that end up looking like this:
MWC West - Hawaii, SDSU, Fresno, UNLV, Nevada, Boise
MWC East - TCU, UTEP, UNM, CSU, AFA, Wyoming
CUSA West - SMU, Tulsa, Houston, Rice, Tulane, La Tech
CUSA East - USM, Memphis, UAB, Marshall, ECU, UCF
Probably wouldn't last if/when Big XII and/or Big East came to pick some of this group
Hard to say who the backfills would be; would depend on when it fell apart.
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:09 amby Big Hoss
When it was imminent we were joining CUSA, and it wasn't clear about the 4th team going, I kinda thought La Tech might have been the choice. At the time, they were decent in football, and geographically, it is closer to the other schools in the West.
What if UTEP stays in, and Central Florida leaves for the Big East (or elsewhere). Does La Tech become a CUSA target? Maybe Troy, Middle Tennessee St, or one of the better Sun Belt schools? Please Lord, not UNT.
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:16 amby Samurai Stang
Big Hoss wrote:What if UTEP stays in, and Central Florida leaves for the Big East (or elsewhere). Does La Tech become a CUSA target? Maybe Troy, Middle Tennessee St, or one of the better Sun Belt schools? Please Lord, not UNT.
If Central Florida leaves, it will be replaced by a school in the American East (not the superior East that is Asia). Troy is a reasonable choice due to their success, but one imagines CUSA will wish to maintain a presence in Florida.
NTSTC will only be considred by CUSA if SMU is no longer a member.
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:20 amby Big Hoss
Samurai Stang wrote:Big Hoss wrote:What if UTEP stays in, and Central Florida leaves for the Big East (or elsewhere). Does La Tech become a CUSA target? Maybe Troy, Middle Tennessee St, or one of the better Sun Belt schools? Please Lord, not UNT.
If Central Florida leaves, it will be replaced by a school in the American East (not the superior East that is Asia). Troy is a reasonable choice due to their success, but one imagines CUSA will wish to maintain a presence in Florida.
NTSTC will only be considred by CUSA if SMU is no longer a member.
Who does that leave in Florida? Perennial cellar dwellars FAU or FIU?
The main reason I thought of Middle Tennesse St is because of Memphis, so that would fit regionally I guess. Same thing with La Tech compared to Tulane & SMU.
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:42 amby Stallion
There is no way that the academic institutions will EVER allow Troy in CUSA. They are the lowest common denominator.
Re: Is CUSA trading UTEP for Louisiana Tech
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Sat Nov 20, 2010 12:43 amby Samurai Stang
Big Hoss wrote:Who does that leave in Florida? Perennial cellar dwellers FAU or FIU?
The main reason I thought of Middle Tennessee St is because of Memphis, so that would fit regionally I guess. Same thing with La Tech compared to Tulane & SMU.
Taking a team that is not even Division-I is something that only the Big East is able to accomplish without being ridiculed. I would expect Middle Tennessee State to be targeted by the MAC or Sun Belt.
FIU and FAU are both terrible in football, but they are not much weaker than Troy while providing a far superior market. UCF would be the fifth BCS school in Florida, and it is unlikely that there will be another. As such, adding FIU or FAU to CUSA will not create new competition for the Eastern conference members that desire to be taken by an AQ conference.