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Conference USA, which has four schools departing to the Big East next season, is reloading by adding six schools in 2013, industry sources told CBSSports.com.

Florida International, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Texas San Antonio, Charlotte and Old Dominion will join C-USA giving the league 14 members. However, it's not clear how soon after 2013 Charlotte, which is beginning its football program in 2013, and ODU, currently in the FCS, would be able to compete as a C-USA football member.

An official announcement could come as early as Friday, sources said.

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Dude! You got me by a minute!!! I come back from a long hiatus and this is how you treat me...unbelievable.

mcveyrl wrote:Dude! You got me by a minute!!! I come back from a long hiatus and this is how you treat me...unbelievable.

Welcome back!!

Well at least they left Texas St. for us when AFA goes to the BE.

Bye.
Nice knowing ya'll.

CAA Flagship wrote:Bye.
Nice knowing ya'll.

Please don't leave.

Fresno St. Alum wrote:Well at least they left Texas St. for us when AFA goes to the BE.

Any chance of that actually happening? I know you following this stuff closely. I assume MWC wants to stay at 10 for a year or two to see what Boise and SDSU do. But of they don't come back and/or AF leaves then I could see MWC wanting back in Texas. Or would they try to grab utep? So many scenarios.

MWC could be our fourth conference in four years.

slycat wrote:

Fresno St. Alum wrote:Well at least they left Texas St. for us when AFA goes to the BE.

Any chance of that actually happening? I know you following this stuff closely. I assume MWC wants to stay at 10 for a year or two to see what Boise and SDSU do. But of they don't come back and/or AF leaves then I could see MWC wanting back in Texas. Or would they try to grab utep? So many scenarios.

MWC could be our fourth conference in four years.

I don't think UTEP will come alone. You are our only option for Texas. If AFA leaves or if they say no and we leave, I think you're next. Either way we need a baseball team. MWC would be down to 5. That leaves only Texas St. and NMSU. UNM doesn't want NMSU in the same conf. Advantage Texas St., plus you're better at baseball, and at worst would be NMSU in fb. you get us Tx recruiting. It would be utterly stupid to pass on you when AFA leaves. We could go to 12 too. No way do I see you left out of that either.

Fresno St. Alum wrote:

slycat wrote:
Any chance of that actually happening? I know you following this stuff closely. I assume MWC wants to stay at 10 for a year or two to see what Boise and SDSU do. But of they don't come back and/or AF leaves then I could see MWC wanting back in Texas. Or would they try to grab utep? So many scenarios.

MWC could be our fourth conference in four years.

I don't think UTEP will come alone. You are our only option for Texas. If AFA leaves or if they say no and we leave, I think you're next. Either way we need a baseball team. MWC would be down to 5. That leaves only Texas St. and NMSU. UNM doesn't want NMSU in the same conf. Advantage Texas St., plus you're better at baseball, and at worst would be NMSU in fb. you get us Tx recruiting. It would be utterly stupid to pass on you when AFA leaves. We could go to 12 too. No way do I see you left out of that either.

I would like an invite as I have traditionally followed western teams closer. When is AFA expected to move? I would think at least 2014 season. Texas St could be like a mini TCU hopping all around.

Have fun never competing for a national title.

slycat wrote:

Fresno St. Alum wrote:
I don't think UTEP will come alone. You are our only option for Texas. If AFA leaves or if they say no and we leave, I think you're next. Either way we need a baseball team. MWC would be down to 5. That leaves only Texas St. and NMSU. UNM doesn't want NMSU in the same conf. Advantage Texas St., plus you're better at baseball, and at worst would be NMSU in fb. you get us Tx recruiting. It would be utterly stupid to pass on you when AFA leaves. We could go to 12 too. No way do I see you left out of that either.

I would like an invite as I have traditionally followed western teams closer. When is AFA expected to move? I would think at least 2014 season. Texas St could be like a mini TCU hopping all around.

BE has to announce by summer of 2014 so the school can give 1 year notice. Navy begins play in th BE in 2015.

See ya ODU.

When completed, Conference USA's new 14-team league is expected to be split into two divisions: East - East Carolina, FIU, Marshall, Southern Miss, UAB, Charlotte and ODU; West - Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Rice, Texas San Antonio, Tulane, Tulsa and UTEP.

That's a nice geographic league, especially with the bastardizations of geography by a lot of other conferences lately.

CAA Flagship wrote:Bye.
Nice knowing ya'll.

I guess this was your secret meeting. Looks like UD and AppSt must have shat themselves at the table.

89Hen wrote:See ya ODU.

When completed, Conference USA's new 14-team league is expected to be split into two divisions: East - East Carolina, FIU, Marshall, Southern Miss, UAB, Charlotte and ODU; West - Louisiana Tech, North Texas, Rice, Texas San Antonio, Tulane, Tulsa and UTEP.

That's a nice geographic league, especially with the bastardizations of geography by a lot of other conferences lately.

Sorta - two big outliers, and a huge gap between Mid-Atlantic 4...

We must be headed for a NCAA tournament style football bowl championship. These "conferences" just keep getting larger....as do the television dollars.

dbackjon wrote:Sorta - two big outliers, and a huge gap between Mid-Atlantic 4...

Compare it to the Big East.

89Hen wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote:Bye.
Nice knowing ya'll.

I guess this was your secret meeting. Looks like UD and AppSt must have shat themselves at the table.

Hell, Charlotte doesn't even have a stadium yet, much less even fielded a team. I was looking forward to kicking the crap out of them at the FCS level, not having them look down upon us while we crush them at their place.

For ODU, hate to see ya go, but you've at least demonstrated a solid fan base and tremendous improvement in a tough conference since your inception. Best of luck.

ASUG8 wrote:For ODU, hate to see ya go, but you've at least demonstrated a solid fan base and tremendous improvement in a tough conference since your inception. Best of luck.

I really wanted ODU to win a National Championship before heading out the door, but things don't always work out as planned. The FCS is fun as hell though and has that rare feeling of community that's missing in American sports these days. Sure it's not as large as the FBS, but the division is much more intimate as a result. Anyways, if this moves happen, it was an awesome helluva experience at this level; I'll always defend the FCS on FBS boards.

Fresno St. Alum wrote:Well at least they left Texas St. for us when AFA goes to the BE.

Not so sure Texas St. would be overly willing to dump their new Sun Belt home for the MWC until they know what's up with the merger/alliance. The TV deal will likely be a bit better for the MWC than SB, but there is stability in the SB once Texas St. and UT-Arlington officially join. Will be interesting to see if they'd risk a stable home for a rocky one in the MWC if Air Force does leave for the BE. Of course, AF might need a non-football home since the WAC could be over and the WCC hasn't bent over backwards for them just yet. WCC and MVC attmept #2 would need to be lined up.

Razor, don't let the door hit ya in the azz on yer way out.

Ivytalk wrote:Razor, don't let the door hit ya in the azz on yer way out.

Yep, Vanilla Ice will be watching the playoffs on TV this season....

dbackjon wrote:

89Hen wrote:See ya ODU.


That's a nice geographic league, especially with the bastardizations of geography by a lot of other conferences lately.

Sorta - two big outliers, and a huge gap between Mid-Atlantic 4...

Throw the C-USA teams in the hopper with the Sunbelt teams and then divide them up into two conferences and you could have conferences that make some geographical sense.

Can someone help me understand why Charlotte is attractive?

LynchburgFlamesFan wrote:Can someone help me understand why Charlotte is attractive?

Its roughly the 25th largest media market in the US and the 4th largest without a FBS team.

Its all about media market size and revenue potential. That's the only plausible reason why JMU and App State are on the outside looking in still.

The CAA is dying rather quickly.