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CoxMustangFan wrote:I really don't take pleasure in seeing bad things happen to UNT, but I would have to chuckle for a second or two if they end up in a watered down Sunbelt. On the bright side, they should immediately be a bowl eligible team!

I want UNT to do well...

CoxMustangFan wrote:I really don't take pleasure in seeing bad things happen to UNT, but I would have to chuckle for a second or two if they end up in a watered down Sunbelt. On the bright side, they should immediately be a bowl eligible team!

isn't the sunbelt already watered down? are they bowl eligible?

Mrydel is right. How would it benefit C-USA/MWC to add schools that bring nothing to the table when they'll already have 18 schools?

I'd vote for Troy. He seems like a nice guy.

LA_Mustang wrote:Mrydel is right. How would it benefit C-USA/MWC to add schools that bring nothing to the table when they'll already have 18 schools?

UNT is a growing child in a big boy's world. He is the kid in little league struggling to get the bat on the ball, but in a few years could be a home run champ... Why? Because they have 28,283 undergrads, beautiful new stadium, in the DFW Market, will soon be considered a more traditional D1 FBS program compared to Texas State and UTSA, a decent history (ex. Mean Joe Green), I give them 10 years and they will be an exponentially better program than they are now... If I am Britton Banowsky and I am about to lose my biggest Texas markets to the Big East... Then North Texas is my next play... Buy low, sell high (in Banowsky's case, buy low, once your teams get high, they leave and go to a better conference)... Regardless they are the best investment in College Football for a Non AQ conference right now...

Denton is too far away to be considered DFW proper. I have lived in Dallas for ten years and I've been to Denton maybe twice. No one from Dallas is going to go all the way out there to watch a meaningless football game.

And no. They are not "the best investment in non AQ football". I can think of SEVERAL before I get to UNT such as:

Hawaii
Nevada
Fresno State
UTSA
Southern Miss
ECU
FAU
Colorado State

There are probably several others I'm forgetting.

StallionsModelT wrote:Denton is too far away to be considered DFW proper. I have lived in Dallas for ten years and I've been to Denton maybe twice. No one from Dallas is going to go all the way out there to watch a meaningless football game.

And no. They are not "the best investment in non AQ football". I can think of SEVERAL before I get to UNT such as:

Hawaii
Nevada
Fresno State
UTSA
Southern Miss
ECU
FAU
Colorado State

There are probably several others I'm forgetting.

Let me clear things up, I mean investment for MW and C-USA to poach teams form MAC and Sun Belt...And if they are not a DFW area team, then why is their logo on the ESPN Dallas Blog Nav Bar next to SMU and TCU???

CUSA and the MWC would be wise to stay at 9-10 members each of they are going to go through with the "merger" and championship game between the 2 league champs. I personally like 9 teams for even home/home scheduling but going to 10 members and 9 conference games does make non-conference scheduling easier

MWC adds Utah State to get to 9

If Big East loses 1 or 2 (Louisville and/or WV) and CUSA then loses ECU and/or Memphis, La Tech would be my 1st choice but they may want to retain a FL presence and FIU looks the most attractive today. Can't rule out UNT, Arky State, MTSU or Troy

I would think Troy would be high on the list, too.

Big Hoss wrote:I would think Troy would be high on the list, too.

UAB might blackball them

Dutch wrote:

Big Hoss wrote:I would think Troy would be high on the list, too.

UAB might blackball them

UAB's UNT

smupony94 wrote:UAB's UNT

We're smart enough to get Dutch's reference too. Post count?

LA_Mustang wrote:

smupony94 wrote:UAB's UNT

We're smart enough to get Dutch's reference too. Post count?

No

Cowboys,

Based on fan support at games...Tarleton State, Abilene Christian or Midwestern State. Maybe North Texas.