CUSA Football general news, info, Etc....

[UD '01 grad]

JAX was without CUSA POY Cam Cook.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... ter-portal

[hoopster]

If I’m not mistaken, the CUSA conference schedule comes out in February. At this time, it’s still unclear if Louisiana Tech will leave after this season or stay until 2027. Does anyone know when an announcement will be made with respect to their status? Thanks.

[HensRock]

How about Conference USA 4-1 over Sun Belt in Bowl matchups!

W - Jax over Troy
W - Delaware over ULL
L - Mo State fell to Ark State
W - WKU over Southern Miss.
W - La Tech over Coastal Car.

[BigBlueRooster]

How about Conference USA 4-1 over Sun Belt in Bowl matchups!

W - Jax over Troy
W - Delaware over ULL
L - Mo State fell to Ark State
W - WKU over Southern Miss.
W - La Tech over Coastal Car.

All good stuff. It's nice having more of a rooting interest during bowl season. I don't know how much of a factor bowl performance is in terms of future TV contracts ect... But having a winning record as a conference certainly can't hurt.

[topstraight]

If I’m not mistaken, the CUSA conference schedule comes out in February. At this time, it’s still unclear if Louisiana Tech will leave after this season or stay until 2027. Does anyone know when an announcement will be made with respect to their status? Thanks.

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It's in Court.

Most "think" they will come to some kind of an agreement in the next six months or less.

Schedules may even come out with La Tech still on them as a show of public "force".

Meanwhile the CUSA office will have a couple of other schedule versions "at the ready".

IMO 80% chance Tech is Gone as of 6-30-26.

[Big R]

IMO, what will ultimately hurt all of the G-5 (6) conferences is the recent performance of JMU and Tulane in the CFP (FBS Playoffs). It will be more fodder for the Power4 conferences to justify separating themselves from the G-5 (6) so they don’t have to share TV revenues, which have been significant as long as “we” are part of the Playoff structure. Once they can justify the separation, the G-5 (6), will lose a significant source of revenue that the P4 gurus don’t want to share with us anyway. We’re like a gnat on the rear end of an elephant.
Will G-5 (6) be the “new FCS”? Probably, except that, with higher roster limits (aka scholarships) for football, Title IX requirements are higher, meaning the need to spend more money on additional non-revenue sports. That, plus House decision mandated revenue sharing, and NIL, would appear to place G-5 (6) schools on an upward spending spiral that can’t be sustained once the P4 pull the plug on sharing of revenue from mega-TV contracts with the “gnats”, in the next round of TV negotiations.
So, shuffle away with teams moving from and to CUSA and the other G-5 (6) conferences. They are all in the same boat and likely to lose out to the “Big Boys” in the end, anyway.
If reason prevails (a HUGE “if”), and has been discussed in other topics and posts, we may ultimately see realignment of the G-5 (6) conferences to a regional model that will dramatically reduce travel costs (and, as a side effect, make it easier to create, or re-establish natural regional geographic rivalries, and for fans to travel to support their teams.)

[Hens79]

IMO, what will ultimately hurt all of the G-5 (6) conferences is the recent performance of JMU and Tulane in the CFP (FBS Playoffs). It will be more fodder for the Power4 conferences to justify separating themselves from the G-5 (6) so they don’t have to share TV revenues, which have been significant as long as “we” are part of the Playoff structure. Once they can justify the separation, the G-5 (6), will lose a significant source of revenue that the P4 gurus don’t want to share with us anyway. We’re like a gnat on the rear end of an elephant.
Will G-5 (6) be the “new FCS”? Probably, except that, with higher roster limits (aka scholarships) for football, Title IX requirements are higher, meaning the need to spend more money on additional non-revenue sports. That, plus House decision mandated revenue sharing, and NIL, would appear to place G-5 (6) schools on an upward spending spiral that can’t be sustained once the P4 pull the plug on sharing of revenue from mega-TV contracts with the “gnats”, in the next round of TV negotiations.
So, shuffle away with teams moving from and to CUSA and the other G-5 (6) conferences. They are all in the same boat and likely to lose out to the “Big Boys” in the end, anyway.
If reason prevails (a HUGE “if”), and has been discussed in other topics and posts, we may ultimately see realignment of the G-5 (6) conferences to a regional model that will dramatically reduce travel costs (and, as a side effect, make it easier to create, or re-establish natural regional geographic rivalries, and for fans to travel to support their teams.)

In the end, we are all dead. But yet we try to purse life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness in our lives.

And last year Penn St beat SMU by 28 and Ohio St beat Tennessee by 25 in the CFP. So blowouts happen in the playoffs.

But yeah, the two blow out losses wasn’t good for G5/6 CFP participation. And yeah, the big and greedy will do what they always do and try to keep everything for themselves. But I think going forward there will still be a spot for a G 5/6 team, the guaranteed one. It depends on how much the P4 wants to fight the minimal revenue sharing because the G5/6’s will fight it to the death just as they will being relegated to the “new FCS”. Are the P4 really going to fight for 1 spot out of what will likely be 14 or even 16 spots and the minimal revenue sharing that goes with it? We’ll see.

Finally, the G 5/6 “regional conferences” is almost an entirely separate issue. Some regionality could makes sense. But the days are long gone when the Hens teams could get on a bus for most of their sporting events and their fans make a few hours drive.

Anyway, I am glad the Hens are where they are today and have these kinds of things to think about rather than planning for games with Hampton. Bryant, Campbell etc ….

[Cluck U]

How about Conference USA 4-1 over Sun Belt in Bowl matchups!

W - Jax over Troy
W - Delaware over ULL
L - Mo State fell to Ark State
W - WKU over Southern Miss.
W - La Tech over Coastal Car.

All good stuff. It's nice having more of a rooting interest during bowl season. I don't know how much of a factor bowl performance is in terms of future TV contracts ect... But having a winning record as a conference certainly can't hurt.

Yup, it was nice to see our conference do well. Window dressing for the fans and sports enthusiasts...and perhaps recruits won't bother noticing which teams played with their players and which teams had a bunch of players on the sideline or announcing their portal intents.

But, it would be interesting to hear, from a recruit's perspective, whether a team's players sitting out bowl games matters to recruits. If a team has a lot of players sitting out a bowl game, does that indicate that the team's camaraderie is bad, or will recruits just brush that off and see it as an opportunity to get more early playing time?

Interesting times.

[Bluewyn Gold]

I’d rather LA Tech pay up and move on in July. It should be a mutually beneficial parting of ways. Don’t see what’s to gain by keeping them around for a lame duck year.

[Caribbean Hen]

IMO, what will ultimately hurt all of the G-5 (6) conferences is the recent performance of JMU and Tulane in the CFP (FBS Playoffs). It will be more fodder for the Power4 conferences to justify separating themselves from the G-5 (6) so they don’t have to share TV revenues, which have been significant as long as “we” are part of the Playoff structure. Once they can justify the separation, the G-5 (6), will lose a significant source of revenue that the P4 gurus don’t want to share with us anyway. We’re like a gnat on the rear end of an elephant.
Will G-5 (6) be the “new FCS”? Probably, except that, with higher roster limits (aka scholarships) for football, Title IX requirements are higher, meaning the need to spend more money on additional non-revenue sports. That, plus House decision mandated revenue sharing, and NIL, would appear to place G-5 (6) schools on an upward spending spiral that can’t be sustained once the P4 pull the plug on sharing of revenue from mega-TV contracts with the “gnats”, in the next round of TV negotiations.
So, shuffle away with teams moving from and to CUSA and the other G-5 (6) conferences. They are all in the same boat and likely to lose out to the “Big Boys” in the end, anyway.
If reason prevails (a HUGE “if”), and has been discussed in other topics and posts, we may ultimately see realignment of the G-5 (6) conferences to a regional model that will dramatically reduce travel costs (and, as a side effect, make it easier to create, or re-establish natural regional geographic rivalries, and for fans to travel to support their teams.)

Well, Alabama got blown out yesterday so (TICC)

Seriously though as far as realignment speculation goes

You take the majority of the SEC/Big 10 P1 and P2 teams sprinkled in with some ACC / Big 12 teams and form NFL light. Of course Notre Dame is included and start it out with a 48 team league with plans to expand upwards to say 64 teams over the years.

A certain criteria would be established to determine who gets to move into the NFL light level of what was previously known as college football. I can imagine that competition to get into the new NFL lite would be a vicious cage like fight.

What is left behind would be known as division one football.
It would include pretty much be all of what is known as G5 today with some P4 stragglers sprinkled in. Some G5 would be able to make it up to NFL light if they meet certain conditions and de facto NFL teams could fall back to division one football if they don’t cut it. This would make it a fluid process and give Hope.

In order to increase the amount of teams in the newly designated division one football league, FCS teams would be given an opportunity to join if they met a certain criteria. They would be slotted up To D1 in rhythm with teams sloting up to the new and improved mini NFL.

Eventually, you bring the new DIv 1 up to about 100 or so teams with additions from FCS. Of course the new D1 would need a playoff system of their own and the earlier rounds of these playoffs could be Bowl games just like they are now

[UD '01 grad]

Liberty RB going to Boston College.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... on-college

Third school for Dickens.

[Cluck U]

Liberty RB going to Boston College.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... on-college

Third school for Dickens.

Perhaps he is updating his novel to, A Tale of Three Cities.

[Bluewyn Gold]

Perhaps he is updating his novel to, A Tale of Three Cities.

Touche. In all seriousness, he's a very fine ballplayer. Glad to get him off Liberty's roster.

[UD '01 grad]

Liberty coach:

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... -condition

[topstraight]

Quick CUSA 2026 Preview:

(no order)

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CUSA will be Stronger overall and will surpass the MAC.

---Mo State already recruiting well and bringing in Better coaches on their staff; Texas talent pipeline wide open along with their offense under new coach Casey Woods (former SMU OC)

---Cellar dweller UTEP gone

-- SH will bounce back with more time and NIL Money for their second year coach to recruit talent rich East Texas--plus all true Home games in their Remodeled Stadium

--FIU (with momentum) returns their first year coach

--MT will show slight improvement

--LIBERTY--Ha!!--Don't expect them to stay down--No way with their tradition and most NIL money in CUSA--they will recover Strong and immediately

Delaware-- Solid FB school and consistent winners return their QB and six of seven All conf. selectees

JAX St.---CUSA title runs thru them Every year IMO--Strong team Again

KSU--Coming off BEST year Ever--And return their Coach

WKU--We just Re-load--and if things click will be in the hunt for the "TOP" spot

NMSU- No pushover--played most teams close this year

Only One new coach--and that might be an upgrade!