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Post by troy79 on Nov 10, 2021 17:44:13 GMT -6
As we have all seen, Commissioner Gill has done a wonderful job being 'proactive' in the recent realignment world, while the CUSA Commissioner Judy MacLeod sat on her laurels and didn't think the Texas/Oklahoma move would impact her world. Keith Gill has saved our conference and made it much stronger. I am wondering if he has any other 'potential moves' up his sleeve?
Here's a thought. It appears MTSU has turned down the offer to join the MAC, WKU is still considering the transition but my guess is they may stick with CUSA, at least for now. I know how many of you on this board feels about those two former Sun Belt schools, but could we see a little more movement on the horizon?
I would be open to adding MTSU and WKU and in return, the Conference lets Arkansas State and Texas State go, along with Arkansas Little Rock and Texas Arlington. CUSA would happily take those schools as UCONN and UMASS will be Football Only members (thus CUSA will need two more all sports additions) and it would give some of their western schools a much more manageable travel footprint (for LA Tech, UTEP, Sam Houston State, and New Mexico State) and would give the Sun Belt a smaller footprint.
The Belt could then divide up between North and South which would be very fan friendly for travel purposes:
North: Marshall, WKU, MTSU, Old Dominion, James Madison, App. State, and Coastal Carolina
South: Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy, USA, Southern Miss, Louisiana Monroe, and Louisiana
I open this thread for your thoughts, but this move would make us even more strong in several ways, specifically basketball.
Again, very proud we have Keith Gill leading the way for the Sun Belt.
Go TROY!
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Post by cornhole on Nov 10, 2021 18:11:13 GMT -6
Commish Keith Gill is a good man and evidently the "Right" man for the SBC at the Right time.
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Post by troy79 on Nov 10, 2021 19:00:44 GMT -6
As we have all seen, Commissioner Gill has done a wonderful job being 'proactive' in the recent realignment world, while the CUSA Commissioner Judy MacLeod sat on her laurels and didn't think the Texas/Oklahoma move would impact her world. Keith Gill has saved our conference and made it much stronger. I am wondering if he has any other 'potential moves' up his sleeve?
Here's a thought. It appears MTSU has turned down the offer to join the MAC, WKU is still considering the transition but my guess is they may stick with CUSA, at least for now. I know how many of you on this board feels about those two former Sun Belt schools, but could we see a little more movement on the horizon?
I would be open to adding MTSU and WKU and in return, the Conference lets Arkansas State and Texas State go, along with Arkansas Little Rock and Texas Arlington. CUSA would happily take those schools as UCONN and UMASS will be Football Only members (thus CUSA will need two more all sports additions) and it would give some of their western schools a much more manageable travel footprint (for LA Tech, UTEP, Sam Houston State, and New Mexico State) and would give the Sun Belt a smaller footprint.
The Belt could then divide up between North and South which would be very fan friendly for travel purposes:
North: Marshall, WKU, MTSU, Old Dominion, James Madison, App. State, and Coastal Carolina
South: Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy, USA, Southern Miss, Louisiana Monroe, and Louisiana
I open this thread for your thoughts, but this move would make us even more strong in several ways, specifically basketball.
Again, very proud we have Keith Gill leading the way for the Sun Belt.
Go TROY!
Just read that the MAC decided they’d stay at 12 members, so MTSU and Western Kentucky will remain with CUSA, for now. Go Troy!
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Post by cornhole on Nov 10, 2021 19:15:37 GMT -6
As we have all seen, Commissioner Gill has done a wonderful job being 'proactive' in the recent realignment world, while the CUSA Commissioner Judy MacLeod sat on her laurels and didn't think the Texas/Oklahoma move would impact her world. Keith Gill has saved our conference and made it much stronger. I am wondering if he has any other 'potential moves' up his sleeve?
Here's a thought. It appears MTSU has turned down the offer to join the MAC, WKU is still considering the transition but my guess is they may stick with CUSA, at least for now. I know how many of you on this board feels about those two former Sun Belt schools, but could we see a little more movement on the horizon?
I would be open to adding MTSU and WKU and in return, the Conference lets Arkansas State and Texas State go, along with Arkansas Little Rock and Texas Arlington. CUSA would happily take those schools as UCONN and UMASS will be Football Only members (thus CUSA will need two more all sports additions) and it would give some of their western schools a much more manageable travel footprint (for LA Tech, UTEP, Sam Houston State, and New Mexico State) and would give the Sun Belt a smaller footprint.
The Belt could then divide up between North and South which would be very fan friendly for travel purposes:
North: Marshall, WKU, MTSU, Old Dominion, James Madison, App. State, and Coastal Carolina
South: Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy, USA, Southern Miss, Louisiana Monroe, and Louisiana
I open this thread for your thoughts, but this move would make us even more strong in several ways, specifically basketball.
Again, very proud we have Keith Gill leading the way for the Sun Belt.
Go TROY!
Just read that the MAC decided they’d stay at 12 members, so MTSU and Western Kentucky will remain with CUSA, for now. Go Troy! Yessir. There are greater and omnipotent powers that supercede us message board experts. Appreciate your thought into this but still agree with your assessment of SBC under Keith Gill!
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Post by cardinalblacktrojan on Nov 10, 2021 20:53:57 GMT -6
I would be open to adding MTSU and WKU and in return, the Conference lets Arkansas State and Texas State go, along with Arkansas Little Rock and Texas Arlington. CUSA would happily take those schools as UCONN and UMASS will be Football Only members (thus CUSA will need two more all sports additions) The Sun Belt would never, ever make a deal where they trade Arkansas State and Texas State for MTSU and WKU. The Sun Belt is fine with allowing Little Rock and UT-Arlington leave though. The Sun Belt wants to be a football league. And UConn and UMass aren't going to join CUSA at all either. UConn has apparently already said they aren't interested. On the flip side, CUSA isn't interested in UMass football at all, unless they bring all of their sports over to CUSA... and that certainly won't happen. UMass basketball has it made being in the multi-bid Atlantic 10.
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Post by trojanmatt on Nov 10, 2021 21:04:37 GMT -6
What will happen with Marshall and their soccer program? How many SBC schools have men’s soccer?
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Post by Mr E 205 Legion on Nov 10, 2021 21:14:55 GMT -6
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Post by Trojans1andAll on Nov 11, 2021 0:09:58 GMT -6
I don't know how many times it will take but I'll keep saying it, MT and WKU made their bed, now they gotta sleep in it. We don't need their poison back in the Sun Belt just to be nice.
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Post by Troy_Fan_15 on Nov 11, 2021 22:35:26 GMT -6
As we have all seen, Commissioner Gill has done a wonderful job being 'proactive' in the recent realignment world, while the CUSA Commissioner Judy MacLeod sat on her laurels and didn't think the Texas/Oklahoma move would impact her world. Keith Gill has saved our conference and made it much stronger. I am wondering if he has any other 'potential moves' up his sleeve?
Here's a thought. It appears MTSU has turned down the offer to join the MAC, WKU is still considering the transition but my guess is they may stick with CUSA, at least for now. I know how many of you on this board feels about those two former Sun Belt schools, but could we see a little more movement on the horizon?
I would be open to adding MTSU and WKU and in return, the Conference lets Arkansas State and Texas State go, along with Arkansas Little Rock and Texas Arlington. CUSA would happily take those schools as UCONN and UMASS will be Football Only members (thus CUSA will need two more all sports additions) and it would give some of their western schools a much more manageable travel footprint (for LA Tech, UTEP, Sam Houston State, and New Mexico State) and would give the Sun Belt a smaller footprint.
The Belt could then divide up between North and South which would be very fan friendly for travel purposes:
North: Marshall, WKU, MTSU, Old Dominion, James Madison, App. State, and Coastal Carolina
South: Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy, USA, Southern Miss, Louisiana Monroe, and Louisiana
I open this thread for your thoughts, but this move would make us even more strong in several ways, specifically basketball.
Again, very proud we have Keith Gill leading the way for the Sun Belt.
Go TROY!
Listened to an interview Gill did with some guys in Richmond and he said one of the biggest reasons they looked to add 3 into the east (ODU, JMU, Marshall) was so that Troy could move west where we belong. Good guy Gill is!
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