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Liberty22 wrote: ↑October 18th, 2021, 7:52 pm If the news that’s come out on Twitter is true, I hope for the life of me IM keeps us Independent and not to some new looking CUSA or Sunbelt. If AAC is going with these schools I’m holding out hope for Independent with A-10/Big East.I second that motion.
rmiller1959 wrote: ↑October 18th, 2021, 7:53 pm Looks like the AAC is poised to add some teams:The only way adding 6 makes sense to me is if the AAC expects to lose a few more teams to the Big 12. It does water down their conference significantly, but hey, it's their conference to ruin.
- FAU
- Charlotte
- Rice
- North Texas
- UAB
- UTSA
Hopefully by the end of the weekend, we'll have wins against two teams on this list. It may not get us a conference invite, but it will give us something to hang our hats on.
Ill flame wrote: ↑October 18th, 2021, 10:57 pm I'm curious who c-usa backfills with. I'm sure they will give us an offer out of desperation which should promptly be rejected if Marshall leaves. Missouri St and jmu are popular fcs names that get thrown around but I'm not sure either school is desperate enough to join that mess.Yeah, it isn't looking good for C-USA.
“We will be much better without those six schools,” a C-USA source said. “The AAC will see their College Football Playoff rankings drop in the Group of Five. We have a chance to leapfrog them. This is a good day for C-USA.”
BuryYourDuke wrote: ↑October 19th, 2021, 8:01 pm I seriously doubt Temple would have any part of a conference that we were a member of.The way I see it, most schools wouldn't vote us in because they would have to justify their vote, but the amount of heat they would get by joining a conference we are already in is significantly lower as it wouldn't be a direct vote for us.
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