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Gonna get this community active again. Invite your friends. We move.

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Thank you

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Not sure how this guy did his calculations, but I'd love to see USM, Marshall and UAB in the AAC.

The AAC is the cog in what will happen as far as expansion/changes in these leagues, is still holding at 11 teams and there's no indication of when or if they will add a 12th team in the near future. There has been lots of talk about Boise State, but that appears to be completely off the table now. That never made sense to me just based on travel alone and then where would BSU's olympic sports go? The AAC didn't want those programs. San Diego State, BYU, CSU and even Air Force have also been discussed. Why? Why would a primarily southern and east coast conference want to spread out to the far west?

The AAC has two teams that MAY and that's a long shot, but MAY get a P5 invite. Those two are Cincinnati and Memphis. I'd put my money on Cincy, but who knows. If the AAC loses a team, that will most likely be the prompt to add two teams to get to 12. So lets dispel with the western teams and look more geographical fits and schools bringing in all sports programs. CUSA holds the best targets.

TV market: FAU and FIU (#7 Miami) Charlotte (#22), MTSU (#36 Nashville) Old Dominion (#37 Norfolk), and UAB (#50).........I'm not including Rice because I don't think Houston and SMU would allow them into the conference.

Historical athletic success: Southern Miss, La Tech, Marshall and Western Kentucky

Historical experience with current AAC teams: Southern Miss, UAB, Marshall

Academic strength: FIU, UAB and FAU

Fanbase support: Southern Miss, Marshall, La Tech and Old Dominion

Geographic rival: Charlotte vs ECU, Southern Miss vs Tulane, MTSU vs Memphis

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So if I'm the commissioner of the AAC and I need to add two teams, I'm probably considering FAU and UAB first. They fit from a market place standpoint and their academics are solid. However, these programs have some of the worst fan support in CUSA. In 2019 both football programs averaged less than 16,000 fans. Southern Miss and Marshall averaged just under 25,000 which would put them way ahead of 3 AAC teams, Tulane, SMU and Tulsa.

Another issue that will face FAU and FIU is will UCF and USF allow these programs in? My guy says absolutely not. I could be wrong, but I don't see those schools wanting a third program from Florida in the conference. They already battle Florida, FSU and Miami for prestige within the state, why add to your competition?

So again if I'm the commissioner do I want to bring in programs just because of their TV markets? Are academics the most important thing? Or am I looking for programs that will bring name recognition and athletic success to the conference?

For me, my criteria would be in this order:

1. Athletic success and fan support (Southern Miss)

2. Academics (FIU)

3. TV market (FIU, FAU, Charlotte)

4. Geographic rivals/fit (Southern Miss, Charlotte, MTSU)

5. Experience with current conference members (Southern Miss, UAB, Marshall)

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My final three: Charlotte, UAB and Southern Miss.

I think FAU, FIU and Rice will not be considered due to existing AAC schools within Florida and Texas would nix their inclusion. I don't see East Carolina complaining too much in getting a second team in North Carolina and the conference doesn't have a team in Alabama or Mississippi. Charlotte is a huge TV market, Birmingham is a good market and Southern Miss has the most tradition and historical success and appears to have recommitted to its athletic programs. I think selecting two of these three teams probably makes the most sense for the AAC should they expand.

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Others from outside CUSA - App State, Georgia State

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As a Southern Miss fan, I have been more than disappointed at the demise of our football program over recent years. I'm still angry we weren't part of the American Conference split (there are a few stories floating on why that didn't happen). That said, I was hopeful that CUSA could hold its own and field competitive programs. Boy, has this conference sucked. UAB and WKU have had some success, USM had one or two good seasons under Larry Fedora and FAU made a little noise with Kiffen at the helm, but outside of that its been mostly average to below average football. Basketball has been pretty weak too, as we continue to be a one bid league year after year. I thought UAB, WKU and ODU would lead the way in basketball, but they haven't been able to make any big runs in the NCCA tourney either. MTSU got to the round of 32 in 2016 and 2017, UAB did the same in 2015. I'm confused as to why CUSA hasn't been able to perform better in basketball.

Anyway...I came here to post this article on the suckiness of CUSA.

Conference USA hit rock bottom in 2020 - Underdog Dynasty

There's not even enough interest from CUSA fans to post a few comments a week. It's a dead sub.

There are 14 teams in the conference and apparently no fans from any of those schools come here. Only 211 people even subscribe. Sad.

This conference is a disaster! We're stretched too wide, the TV contract is beyond pathetic and the CUSA leadership has refused to try and help create some real rivalries by piss poor scheduling. I know we'd all like to go on to another conference...but for grins, I'd like to propose to blend CUSA with the Sunbelt and make two more regionalized conferences like this:

New EASTERN Conference:

1. Marshall
2. Charlotte
3. Old Dominion
4. Western Kentucky
5. Middle Tennessee
6. Florida Atlantic
7. Florida International
8. Liberty University
9. Appalachian State
10. Georgia Southern
11. Georgia State
12. Coastal Carolina

New SOUTH CENTRAL Conference:

1. UAB
2. Southern Miss
3. Louisiana Tech
4. UTSA
5. North Texas
6. Rice
7. Troy
8. Louisiana
9. Arkansas State
10. South Alabama
11. UL Monroe
12. Texas State

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Sorry UTEP.....you're just too far away.

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So..any thoughts??

I'm a teacher in South Alabama with a sports themed classroom. I wondered if y'all could help me. I'm building a mini helmet collection of all of the FBS teams.

As I'm on a teacher budget, I was wondering if anyone might be willing to donate an extra one of their school they might have to my classroom.

At the very least, I'd appreciate it if you could send someone's information at the University or another organization that I could message about it.

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