The one school he fails to mention with the most potential is actually UTSA. They are the only school in the San Antonio, TX metro area and have a great stadium (AlamoDome) to recruit out of. That is one program I would keep an eye out of CUSA more than any other.

There can be no doubt that stupd cow is [insert any w va joke here] .  But, if memory serves, they've at least won the MAC in the lifetime of the 50% or so of the people on this planet who are under 45.

so much hogwash here I don't even know where to begin.

"MAC teams are at the bottom of the food chain and they are fine with that" This type of nonsense is best responded to with all caps and profanity; we don't do that around here though, but that's what I think of this ridiculous comment. To say that MAC teams have no desire to improve is offensive and completely untrue. Do you think NIU made it to the Orange Bowl because they gave up and think that they're just "the bottom of the food chain"? You think Ohio made it to the Sweet 16 because they don't have any desire to improve themselves? Its amazing with all of Marshall's desire to be better that they still have never won a single NCAA Tournament game. Haven't even played one since 1987. I guess Marshall is satisfied with having less success than schools like Florida Gulf Coast.

"CUSA is full of teams that have dreams of growing" And rainbows! And unicorns! Again, to insinuate that MAC teams have no desire to improve is insulting and ignorant. Let me spell it out for you-

STABILITY DOES NOT EQUAL A LACK OF ASPIRATION

sorry, I went as long as I could without going to cap locks. Do you understand what I'm saying, does any of this make sense to you? Just because a school doesn't hop laterally from one lousy conference to another doesn't mean it doesn't seek to be competitive and improve its position. The MAC's stability is a strength, not a liability. And your comment about CUSA being the proving grounds for the Big East is so out dated its vintage. The AAC is not the Big East. The Big East was with the P5, the AAC is not. Huge, huge difference. Its a new world order, there aren't any stepping stones to the big leagues its G5 //....wide chasm....//P5.

ok, that's it. I'm done with this clown.

Could be. I completely agree, looking up the words of trolls is not worth the effort.

Hahahaha

What are you smoking? We all have fan bases that dream of the big time. 90% of the Ohio fans I hang with like Ohio State as much as you guys like WVU. If you think FIU, FAU FPVKYVU are schools ready to explode onto the national scene you are delusional. ODU, Charlotte, WKU, MTSU, UTSA and Marshall are the same as the MAC. Not to mention with the big 5 breakaway those dreams are gone. BYU, UConn and MAYBE Cincinnati and at some point Memphis are the only schools that have a prayer if latching on and moving to the penthouse.

And CuSA provided the stage and exposure to allow ucf to grow and recruit better athletes, and take that next step. A good coach can take a program to the next level from cusa. The next level from the MAC used to be cusa. Many feel it still is, I am among them. Well aware that all on this board would say they want ohio to stay in the mac and would never want to move, but we all know if ohio officials got an invite, you would be changimg that logo on the field and uniforms to cusa. The same way us marshall fans act like we dont want in the AAC to save face but in reality we would go in a heart beat. 

There was a time when CUSA was a better conference than the MAC, but no one disputes that CUSA was hit hard by the league changes I would agree that AAC is better than both, but in my opinion CUSA and the MAC are about equal at the moment, with both being better than the Sunbelt. As you admit, CUSA needs substantially more revenue to offset the higher travel expenses. Beside the questions regarding what will happen to the TV contract, it also remains to be seen what happens to attendance in the "new" CUSA. Will Marshall pack fans in to see their new rivals?

As for having 5 or 6 turnovers in Huntington, go for it..... please. Chuck Landon is always fun to read after games like that.

I wouldn't object to EMU leaving but I'm not sure bringing back Marshall for a 3rd time is the answer.

Here's a radical idea for thought- instead of adding teams, what if the MAC streamlined its members down 9 or 10? This would allow every team to matchup once a year in football and twice a year in bball. There wouldn't be a championship game in Detroit but would anybody miss it?

The tricky part is- which 2 or 3 schools do you boot?

But back to the topic- The Herd looks primed for a strong year against weak competition both in and out of conference. They should be well favored against all 3 MAC opponents as we are in a rebuilding year, Miami hasn't won since they knocked us out of the top 25 back in Oct. 2012 (good god that's embarrassing. for both schools), and Akron is on the way up but they've been bad for so long its hard to pick them. Marshall will be favored in all 3 matchups but will likely blow it in at least one of the MAC battles, because they're Marshall.

I think if Ohio had wanted in CUSA, they could have arranged to make that jump in the recent reshuffling of conferences. Ohio has a lot to offer, and would have been more attractive than some of the other schools that CUSA ended up settling on. Therefore I think you are wrong, and Ohio would not "jump at the chance" to join CUSA. A more interesting question is whether Ohio would "jump at the chance if given" to join the AAC. It's not the conference it once was, but I personally think that it's clearly better than MAC or CUSA. Even then, I don't know if that's the future that Ohio fans want. I know some would like to go the other way, and drop to Division II or lower.

As for Marshall, as much as Marshall fans talk up how much they like CUSA, I think they would jump at the chance, if given. to leave CUSA behind.