My great fear is that there are still elements on the board not fully committed to reclassification, who were reluctantly talked into the move. Unless there's a complete change in athletic philosophy away from the financially irresponsible 1990s broad based nonsense in favor of a more targeted appr...

Very soon a 5-7 P4 will be playing a bowl game while a 6-6 G5 sits at home. You heard it here first. :oops: Already happened this year with Army getting hosed because of their late game after bowl selection happened...although in Army's case they had 2 FCS wins...but they still were kept out of a b...

That article was a great example of an organization (in this case, Temple) with a group of incompetent hires in leadership positions. Mr. Johnson was a bad, unqualified hire as AD…small minded, non-creative thinking. “We’ve got to get better”…followed by zero ideas of how to do that. :lol: Nearly e...

A complete aside, but I notice that Western Michigan in the MAC, has only 5 of 12 games at home this year. Four of the first 5 games are on the road, with the home game being Bethune Cookman. They open the season on the road at Wisconsin and then at The Ohio State. If that is not a sign of financia...

IMO, it’s unfathomable that UMass could be joining the MAC now and that UD never knew there was a good probability of that happening - there was (is) no blindsiding . These are two separate issues that did not happen separately in a vacuum. Is it possible that UD joining CUSA was a trigger for WKU ...

UMass is their only lacrosse school on the men's side. I don't think their athletic programs are in a strong enough financial spot to add lax. If a few other schools added it, it's possible the league could sponsor with a chunk of affiliations but my hunch is UMass will likely keep lax in the A-10 o...

77HEN wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 12:05 pm Does the MAC have any history of transitioning in a program from FCS?

Marshall, UCF, and I believe Buffalo.

Marshall had history in the league in the 50's and 60's. UCF was a football-only add.

Thanks Steve...is UMass making the move with us? Would be great to get the band back together... :D Heard no, CUSA is not an academic fit for us. It's the MAC all sports in the next 1-3 years. If it's UMass all sports and UConn FB only, two independents will need time to unwind the schedules. Hey c...

Massey ratings of CUSA teams (and Delaware)

Liberty 39
Jax St 92
NMSU 93
WKU 95
MTSU 126
Delaware 134
UTEP 144
Sam Houston 156
Louisiana Tech 159
FIU 162

What? We are not a mid-pack CUSA team. Stop. On our best day, we might pull an upset over a lower tier CUSA team, but we are not built to beat FBS teams of any calibre. Outside of the top 3 in CUSA, the league falls off hard: * Western Kentucky, 6-5 * Middle Tennessee, 4-7 * FIU, 4-7 * UTEP, 3-8 * ...

Hengrad07 wrote: ↑Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:03 am When was the last time UD made a deep run in the FCS fall tournament?

Been way too long if we're honest about it.

We've only been to the playoffs, period...5 times (including this year) since the 2007 title game run?

Future CUSA rival New Mexico State beat Auburn by 21 today and collected a $1.8 million check in the process. Details: Auburn was 6-4 playing at home. NMSU is probably the THIRD best team in CUSA this year. JAX State almost beat Auburn this season(Had game won). CUSA is a Good league. Liberty, NMSU...

Future CUSA rival New Mexico State beat Auburn by 21 today and collected a $1.8 million check in the process. "rival" I don't think anyone really would consider a school roughly 2,000 miles away from Newark, DE as a rival if we join Conference USA. Being in the same conference as someone ...

You have too much time on your hands CH. CUSA is better than FCS including the CAA. We all know it. Glad you are finally getting it too. I don’t need a semantic debate between better, way better and way way better. Conference USA is roughly equivalent to the top 8 schools (the Dakota 4, Southern Il...

If UD is ready to win CUSA Titles, I'm ok with that, BUT to finish in the middle of the pack, and finish with 6 wins to become “bowl eligible@, not so much based on the current membership! Looking at Sagarin and Massey rankings for this season, we would probably be a middle of the pack Conference U...