Belmont to MVC: As early as next week

[ISUBird]

They want TV markets. Boone vs. Charlotte is no contest.

That worked out so well for the CUSA. They need to focus on good programs and not markets.

I don’t get adding any of those teams

I can understand UAB and Rice. They are (poorly) getting ready to lose SMU, Tulsa, Memphis, and Wichita.

 

[goredbirds]

Are we sure WSU is happy? The AAC is losing teams now and travel is much further than it was before. Especially with COVID, I'm sure teams would rather stay closer to home now. If I were the MVC and looking for a 12th, then my first call would be WSU.

The travel is something that is easy to forget because it is not just men's basketball, but all the other sports from men's cross country to women's soccer. A geographically spread out conference stinks for the students and for the athletic travel budgets. WSU has to travel to East Carolina for more than just men's basketball.

 

[goredbirds]

if that is true, the future AAC just seems like a bad conference to me. Few winning traditions and no natural rivalries - it is going the way of Conference USA fast.

 

[Redbird222]

if that is true, the future AAC just seems like a bad conference to me. Few winning traditions and no natural rivalries - it is going the way of Conference USA fast.

It's true and the next steps were taken

American Athletic Conference expands to 14 teams for football, adding six Conference USA programs

www-cbssports-com.cdn.ampproject.org

 

[bombay]

Love seeing this happen to a whiny fanbase like wichita.

Three teams called Owls.

 

[Bird Friend]

Love seeing this happen to a whiny fanbase like wichita.

Three teams called Owls.

Who?

 

[bombay]

Temple, Rice, FAU.

 

[Bird Friend]

Temple, Rice, FAU.

Was the pun too obvious or too subtle? Maybe I should’ve left off the question mark. Guess I gotta work on my technique.

 

[Redbird222]

Was the pun too obvious or too subtle? Maybe I should’ve left off the question mark. Guess I gotta work on my technique.

I got it

 

[Bird Friend]

I got it

Okay. I'll go back to my writers to come up with better material.

 

[SgtHulka]

Okay. I'll go back to my writers to come up with better material.

 

[Bird Friend]

View attachment 549

 

[Redbird222]

TODD AARON GOLDEN: Beware of the desperation phase of conference realignment

Todd Golden writes about conference realignment and to beware of the desperation phase of conference realignment.

www.tribstar.com

Interesting article on CUSA and Missouri State

 

[Redbird222]

Conference USA announced the addition of four new members on Friday, adding Liberty, New Mexico State, Jacksonville State and Sam Houston. This is effective 7/1/2023. James Madison also officially committed to Sun Belt. Middle Tennessee and Wesyern Kentucky are expected to go to MAC. If that happen Conference USA will be at 7 so expect at least one more team to be recruited to USA

Jacksonville St moved to Atlantic Sun so wondering if they they will target another Ohio Valley Team.

 

[jwa123]

A lot of movement this past week. I am most likely the only one but I sort of wish ISU was in the MAC from an institutional fit. What does ISU have in common with Valparaiso besides basketball? MAC schools are sort of like mirror images of ISU. If true that WKU winds up in the MAC, that becomes a more interesting bball conference. Oh well, we still have Valparaiso and Evansville.

 

[bombay]

Was the pun too obvious or too subtle? Maybe I should’ve left off the question mark. Guess I gotta work on my technique.

Too lame.

 

[MadBird]

A lot of movement this past week. I am most likely the only one but I sort of wish ISU was in the MAC from an institutional fit. What does ISU have in common with Valparaiso besides basketball? MAC schools are sort of like mirror images of ISU. If true that WKU winds up in the MAC, that becomes a more interesting bball conference. Oh well, we still have Valparaiso and Evansville.

I'm starting to come around to this way of thinking too. Another factor is stability - the MAC has added teams over the years, but for the most part it has been a pretty solid group of institutions, public schools, midwest, similar enrollment, etc. I don't know.

 

[TIMMY]

A lot of movement this past week. I am most likely the only one but I sort of wish ISU was in the MAC from an institutional fit. What does ISU have in common with Valparaiso besides basketball? MAC schools are sort of like mirror images of ISU. If true that WKU winds up in the MAC, that becomes a more interesting bball conference. Oh well, we still have Valparaiso and Evansville.

Yes. FBS football and bring back wrestling. Get away from the powder puff privates we have little in common with.

 

[jwa123]

Yes. FBS football and bring back wrestling. Get away from the powder puff privates we have little in common with.

Oh I didn’t say I am married to the idea. Just something that has crossed my mind of late from an institutional fit.

I just wonder about different agendas.

From a school size, athletic profile and endowment size our only similar institution is Missouri State in the MVC. That’s it.

 

[isuquinndog]

I'm not sure how we can say we are better than most MVC teams from an athletic profile over the last 10 years. We have had a couple of good seasons in the revenue sports. And we do well in the non-rev sports. I just don't think we are blowing any one out of the water.