Rumor: MSU to C-USA

[WstateU]

If anybody is bored, Id be curious as to the basketball attendance numbers of the CUSA schools.

Memphis - 16,768
UTEP - 8,959
UCF - 6,370
Tulsa - 5,676
Marshall - 5,524
UAB - 5,167
E. Carolina - 4,566
S. Miss - 3,517
Houston - 3,281
SMU - 1,970
Tulane - 1,843
Rice - 1,838

Could you imagine a future football game between Marshall and WSU? Likely won't happen in my lifetime, however it would/could be an emotional STORY.

[ShockerGorilla]

As far as MSU going, how can you be one of the worst Div 1-AA schools around and hope to compete at 1A. I don't mean that as an insult, but I've always wondered how they seem to suck year in and year out in valley football. Maybe I'm wrong on that and somebody can correct me but I think that is the case.

2010 MSU football record: 5-6
Avg attendance: 9028 (capacity 16,600)

2009 MSU football record: 6-5
Avg attendance: 9570

2008 MSU football record: 4-7

Looks like they are ready to make the move up to FBS! 8)

[RoyalShock]

FoosBall Subdivision.

[ShockTalk]

CUSA

Top 100
8. Memphis - 16768
51. UTEP - 8959
81. UCF - 6370
95. Tulsa - 5676
100. Marshall - 5524

Others
UAB - 5167
ECU - 4566
So Miss - 3517
Houston - 3281
SMU - 1970
Tulane - 1843
Rice - 1838

MVC

Top 100
22. CU - 13507
40. WSU - 10428
56. BU - 8447
69. MSU - 7595

Others
Ind St - 5602
UE - 4910
UNI - 4767
Ill St - 4636
DU - 4230
SIU - 4188

If Ind St is at 5602 and #100 Marshall at 5524, how did Ind St not finish in the top 100? Typo?

[RoyalShock]

Yeah, I just missed it. I edited my post to reflect it.

[SubGod22]

Memphis, UTEP, Tulsa and UAB sound like nice opponents. Beating up on Houston would be fun.

I'm surprised that Houston draws so poorly. Still waiting for Southern Miss to figure things out.

Who wants to find the RPIs for this past season and compare? I may here in a little bit after I get a few things taken care of.

[Ta town]

Memphis, UTEP, Tulsa and UAB sound like nice opponents. Beating up on Houston would be fun.

I'm surprised that Houston draws so poorly. Still waiting for Southern Miss to figure things out.

Who wants to find the RPIs for this past season and compare? I may here in a little bit after I get a few things taken care of.

UH... C-USA with 8 teams in top 100 RPI and valley with 3. I wouldn't show the actual numbers, it's embarrassing.

[WSUwatcher]

Houston

Sub, Houston doesn't draw for two reasons: (a) it's an NBA town, which means that the local enthusiasm and media attention is mostly sucked up by the Rockets (a phenomenon that applies almost everywhere pro and college sports coexist, by the way), and (b) it's in Texas. which means basketball is an afterthought. I can pretty much guarantee you that good high school football programs draw more in the Houston area than UH basketball does.

[60Shock]

Anybody know what the division of money from TV, bowl games, BB post season tournaments is for C-USA members versus MVC members?

Must be significant since we receive no money from football and have of late been a one bid conference for the NCAA.

[GoShockers89]

This would be a dream come true if it happened (longshot I know). We regain the rivalry with Tulsa, keep a decent one with MSU, and join other programs whose administrations generally give a crap about athletics. Not to mention the enormous benefit it would have for baseball.

At least it's something to dream about in the slow months.

[Aargh]

At this time, this move is nothing but a rumor, so I may as well throw in one version of the rumor I've run across.

One of the internet comments in the Springfield papers web site indicated that MSU was invited as a NON-FOOTBALL member. It's the off-season. Things are slow. Otherwise I wouldn't mention that variation on the rumor.

[shockar25]

Sadly ADES isn't bold enough for such a controversial move. It'd really suck if MSU goes and we stayed in the Valley though.

[ShockerFever]

Sadly ADES isn't bold enough for such a controversial move. It'd really suck if MSU goes and we stayed in the Valley though.

This is 100% fact. ES would make a really good NAIA AD somewhere.

This "rumor" is quite a mystery to me:
1.) Why would CUSA go to 13 teams?
2.) Why would it want a member to join as a non-football member? What is the benefit to that exactly?
3.) Is the Springfield, Missouri media market really that desirable? :roll:
4.) How can a school that has won 1 conference title in its most prominent sport in the last 20 years be that big of a lure to C-USA? And with all of those NCAA appearances (or lack thereof) to boot?

My theory is that the MSU player who tweeted this was busy looking through the MSU message board and came across one of the dozen threads about their obsession and fascination with C-USA and just assumed it was happening and tweeted it.

[moshock]

Sadly ADES isn't bold enough for such a controversial move. It'd really suck if MSU goes and we stayed in the Valley though.

This is 100% fact. ES would make a really good NAIA AD somewhere.

This "rumor" is quite a mystery to me:
1.) Why would CUSA go to 13 teams?
2.) Why would it want a member to join as a non-football member? What is the benefit to that exactly?
3.) Is the Springfield, Missouri media market really that desirable? :roll:
4.) How can a school that has won 1 conference title in its most prominent sport in the last 20 years be that big of a lure to C-USA? And with all of those NCAA appearances (or lack thereof) to boot?

My theory is that the MSU player who tweeted this was busy looking through the MSU message board and came across one of the dozen threads about their obsession and fascination with C-USA and just assumed it was happening and tweeted it.

+1

[SB Shock]

Has not this rumor been put to rest by the MSU athletic department and by conference USA with their statements yesterday? They seemed pretty unequovicall that nothing is going on.