[LUOrange]

Time to dump Maine and Bowling Green from the schedule so we can add Wazzu and OSU:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ch-deal-25

We can hope and pray for this. Next year at minimum, we'll have Delaware, Kenny State, and FIU on our schedule. Not complaining about them, but I am about Maine and BGU. If we could replace both of them with the PAC2 or at least just Maine with one of them, it'd really help our SoS out. Maybe CUSA could sign a scheduling agreement with the PAC2 and help us out.

[ATrain]

Time to dump Maine and Bowling Green from the schedule so we can add Wazzu and OSU:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ch-deal-25

We can hope and pray for this. Next year at minimum, we'll have Delaware, Kenny State, and FIU on our schedule. Not complaining about them, but I am about Maine and BGU. If we could replace both of them with the PAC2 or at least just Maine with one of them, it'd really help our SoS out. Maybe CUSA could sign a scheduling agreement with the PAC2 and help us out.

That'd be great, and also bring in Oregon State baseball.

[JK37]

Honest question: how do you think the rest of the CUSA would feel about that?

Feels like LU is in a league of 1, within its own league, sometimes.

[socal_flame]

Interesting article on the potential breaking away from the NCAA.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-footb ... ncaa-next/

[tyndal23]

Time to dump Maine and Bowling Green from the schedule so we can add Wazzu and OSU:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ch-deal-25

We can hope and pray for this. Next year at minimum, we'll have Delaware, Kenny State, and FIU on our schedule. Not complaining about them, but I am about Maine and BGU. If we could replace both of them with the PAC2 or at least just Maine with one of them, it'd really help our SoS out. Maybe CUSA could sign a scheduling agreement with the PAC2 and help us out.

That'd be great, and also bring in Oregon State

Pac2 probably won’t schedule past 25 ( today ) so if we need a game, have to dump Maine home game and fly 6k round trip for a 1 off away. Is that really what the AD, staff wants ? Seems easier to buy out a UNC (middle tier ACC type ) FCS game for a 1 off road game. The 2 for 1 door seems to be closed and I think with P4 - 12 team playoff - the shift is towards easiest non con possible and even getting a 1 off road game is tough for LU.

[aredd33]

[LUOrange]

We can hope and pray for this. Next year at minimum, we'll have Delaware, Kenny State, and FIU on our schedule. Not complaining about them, but I am about Maine and BGU. If we could replace both of them with the PAC2 or at least just Maine with one of them, it'd really help our SoS out. Maybe CUSA could sign a scheduling agreement with the PAC2 and help us out.

That'd be great, and also bring in Oregon State

Pac2 probably won’t schedule past 25 ( today ) so if we need a game, have to dump Maine home game and fly 6k round trip for a 1 off away. Is that really what the AD, staff wants ? Seems easier to buy out a UNC (middle tier ACC type ) FCS game for a 1 off road game. The 2 for 1 door seems to be closed and I think with P4 - 12 team playoff - the shift is towards easiest non con possible and even getting a 1 off road game is tough for LU.

An ACC school is ideal, except that if anyone other than Tech would play us it would've probably already have happened. Flying to Corvallis or Pullman to start next year wouldn't be so bad, since we already have a bye week in Week 2. Unless the NCAA would give us an exception to play 13 to schedule OSU or WSU in week 2. Highly unlikely though.

[ATrain]

Honest question: how do you think the rest of the CUSA would feel about that?

Feels like LU is in a league of 1, within its own league, sometimes.

If it meant more $$$, the rest of CUSA would probably be ok with it.

[tyndal23]

That'd be great, and also bring in Oregon State

Pac2 probably won’t schedule past 25 ( today ) so if we need a game, have to dump Maine home game and fly 6k round trip for a 1 off away. Is that really what the AD, staff wants ? Seems easier to buy out a UNC (middle tier ACC type ) FCS game for a 1 off road game. The 2 for 1 door seems to be closed and I think with P4 - 12 team playoff - the shift is towards easiest non con possible and even getting a 1 off road game is tough for LU.

An ACC school is ideal, except that if anyone other than Tech would play us it would've probably already have happened. Flying to Corvallis or Pullman to start next year wouldn't be so bad, since we already have a bye week in Week 2. Unless the NCAA would give us an exception to play 13 to schedule OSU or WSU in week 2. Highly unlikely though.

I doubt we have considered dropping a home game to go take a 1 off P4 road game for 25 - the “formula” worked last year so why tweak it ( probably is the philosophy until it doesn’t work ). Regardless of what fans think or want. Still time to tweak after season if needed ( I would have WSU OSU on the phone now considering a week zero ). Send Maine a check and an apology. I doubt staff or AD are considering yet...ACC probably wouldn’t take a last minute change to take a home game with LU ( but most would with time to schedule - just will never do a 2 for 1 again ).

[Kricket]

This is not really surprising in my opinion. It didn’t feel like a great fit for either parties.

[Ill flame]

If uconn can become respectable (6+ wins a year) with decent attendance in football it could make sense for the big 12 considering their goal to become the premier basketball conference but I just can't see uconn football getting to that point as an independent. Uconn football in their current form is too much of a liability for it to make sense. No point in making the same mistake the AAC did.

[ballcoach15]

SMU suffered their first loss since joining ACC last night, 18-15 to BYU. I hope they go 1-11 on the season.

[tyndal23]

SMU suffered their first loss since joining ACC last night, 18-15 to BYU. I hope they go 1-11 on the season.

Not a fan of SMU, however I wouldn’t mind the remnants of ACC seeing that a rich private school buying in brought immediate success to their Conference...might come in handy soon.

[Sly Fox]

Clearly this was just a case of Yormark not getting enough votes to follow his lead. Everyone is waiting for the ACC scraps.

[Ill flame]

Looking like the PAC-2 is poaching the top brands from the MWC rather than simply merging, which shouldn't surprise anyone. No word yet on whether or not any of the western AAC schools could be involved. Our next opportunity to move to another conference is likely coming quickly which makes this season pretty crucial. You have 3 G5 conferences all trying to establish themselves as the top G5. At what point do they give one of the top G5 programs (LU) a call? I don't think the PAC 2 will be willing to go coast to coast like the AAC tried to do when the big east died and rose again from the dead but if they have "P6" aspirations it makes sense to add all of the schools with the will and the way to make that a reality.

[LUGrad2000]

PAC-2 still needs to add at least 2. Those most likely will come from AAC. If AAC loses only 2, do they replace or stay put?

[ATrain]

PAC-2 still needs to add at least 2. Those most likely will come from AAC. If AAC loses only 2, do they replace or stay put?

It probably depends on who they lose. I have a feeling the PAC-2(soon 6) won't be stopping with just 2 more schools though. I'm sure they're looking at AAC and more MWC conference schools.

"All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than other." - Orwell, Animal Farm.

[Kricket]

ESPN article about the 4 PAC 12 additions.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... oin-pac-12

I’m kind of excited to see how this goes down. Maybe it won’t impact us or C-USA. I think it could go so many directions that I can’t even imagine predicting this.

Maybe PAC-12 takes a few more MWC teams and they take a few FCS call ups and it trickles out. I’m not sure the PAC 12 will be stable enough to pull from the AAC but I suppose money talks so if the TV deal is big enough.

[Kricket]

Maybe they add UNLV and New Mexico due to market size and to get to 8 and wait for the ACC to implode? They take back Cal and/or Stanford?

[JK37]

It’s interesting how the type of schools academically in the PAC-12 has shifted so much. Oregon State and Washington State got left because they were the two schools completely unlike all the others, especially academically.

Now, they’re bringing in four schools much more like themselves. Which seems smart.

If I were trying to predict which two (or more) colleges they’ll bring in now to get to the NCAA minimum of 8, I’d be scouring the AAC and MWC for two like these six. Large state schools, regionally western, good athletic brands.

UNLV and NMSU make some sense.

Hard to imagine Stanford and Cal coming back to join schools like those 8.

[aredd33]

It won’t affect us at all but it will be interesting to see how the MWC reacts. Do they try to go to Texas schools for replacement? Maybe NMSU? Or maybe the Dakotas/Montana?
What the PAC(insert number here) does has more potential to trickle down to us but I’m still interested in the MWC too.

[aredd33]

By the way this has been my favorite thread for years.

[cruzan_flame13]

It’s interesting how the type of schools academically in the PAC-12 has shifted so much. Oregon State and Washington State got left because they were the two schools completely unlike all the others, especially academically.

Now, they’re bringing in four schools much more like themselves. Which seems smart.

If I were trying to predict which two (or more) colleges they’ll bring in now to get to the NCAA minimum of 8, I’d be scouring the AAC and MWC for two like these six. Large state schools, regionally western, good athletic brands.

UNLV and NMSU make some sense.

Hard to imagine Stanford and Cal coming back to join schools like those 8.

All interesting points. What if they look into more schools than the two mention above? I'm looking close to UTSA and Memphis. Yes, Memphis is technically east of the Mississippi, but will they wait to try to get a "hopeful" call up to the Big XII or even the struggling ACC? I could see them seeing some interesting opportunities that they once saw with the AAC back in the 2010's with the schools that are already joining the new PAC. This just got more interesting .

[LUOrange]

My guess is UTSA & UNLV. IMO, they're the top brands. I saw one tweet that said NV had to go with UNLV though. If so, who knows on a 3rd option. Air Force? I do think this eventually trickles down to CUSA & us. My guess is that CUSA would stand pat if UTEP & NMSU left and wait on the ACC implosion, which may be the best move for Memphis as well.

[aj7]

Andy Staples mentioned that maybe the Pac-6 is leaving two spots open for Stanford/Cal if the ACC implodes soon...which is probably good for Liberty. That likely means the ACC loses FSU, Clemson, Stanford, Cal, and maybe a few teams to the Big 12.

If the Pac-6 goes a different direction it'd probably be UNLV and...San Jose State? They could try to target North Texas, Texas State, or UTSA. But not sure why those teams would see a more beneficial setup than their current conferences. Arizona and Arizona St might jump, but probably can't at this point.

It's quite possible the Pac-6 ends up inviting Memphis and Tulane. Pretty much every scenario helps Liberty.