Let's take a look at why some really want to jump at the chance to move to the AAC so quick. First the AAC at the present has eleven members (waiting on Navy to join) of which of the eleven, Nine, that's right, Nine, were formally from CUSA. If not for getting and duping these teams of dreams of grandeur of which at the time they thought they would be going to the "Big East" and major bucks and one of the big conferences and major bowls and big tv money and big time recruiting commits and the such, they still fell for the AAC spill knowing that they wouldn't have the big time money. How did they know that? Well lets see. Every time a team left the Big East which conference did they rob? When they did become the AAC which conference did they poach from? Again the same, CUSA. So all of the CUSA teams are hell bent to get the hell out of dodge for greener pastures, for more money, bigger TV contracts, play better team mates because the ones they play in CUSA suck and aren't any good. Well lets see, here are the nine that I mention earlier that couldn't wait to get out of CUSA, to play better competition and all of the above,Cincy,Houston,Tulsa,East Carolina,USF,SMU,Tulane,Memphis,UCF and L'vill of course but got out as fast as they could. Uconn and Cincy is trying to get out now and if successful will leave them with nothing but all CUSA leftovers that didn't want to be in CUSA. And with AAC tv contracts coming up,and with ESPN money problems like they are, you can bet that the AAC is going to take a big hit there.
So, here it is in a nutshell,teams leave CUSA to play with what they think is better conference and better teams and better themselves,but the teams in that conference only took them to survive because they had to have a minimum amount to have a conference.They(former big east teams) couldn't wait to get out and thought they were above and better than them,like most P5 schools, result leaving nine of eleven former CUSA schools. Now they are no better than CUSA, and in next 3-5 years, CUSA, will pull ahead of our former mates. Sure Houston had a good year last year, but UCF, had a great year two year ago and finished 0-12 last year and now their head coach is gone. Southern Miss is back and our conference will be better also. Give us time. And by the way, UAB, is a joke and will never be relevant in football again.
So, here it is in a nutshell,teams leave CUSA to play with what they think is better conference and better teams and better themselves,but the teams in that conference only took them to survive because they had to have a minimum amount to have a conference.They(former big east teams) couldn't wait to get out and thought they were above and better than them,like most P5 schools, result leaving nine of eleven former CUSA schools. Now they are no better than CUSA, and in next 3-5 years, CUSA, will pull ahead of our former mates. Sure Houston had a good year last year, but UCF, had a great year two year ago and finished 0-12 last year and now their head coach is gone. Southern Miss is back and our conference will be better also. Give us time. And by the way, UAB, is a joke and will never be relevant in football again.
