Topic: H-D: C-USA has help on way for football at Marshall

[ZackUSAF82]

CHUCK LANDON
The Herald-Dispatch

Ready to read some good news about Marshall's football program?

Then, you've come to the right place.

After two 7-6 records and six losing seasons in the last eight years, I am pleased to announce the Herd is headed for prosperity again.

It's inevitable.

I mean, has anybody seen the composition of Conference USA's new East and West divisions when all the new members come aboard?

The West Division will include Tulsa, UTEP, Rice, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, UT-San Antonio and -- surprise -- Southern Miss.

Link: http://www.herald-dispatch.com/sports/x41560569/C-USA-has-help-on-way-for-football-at-Marshall

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Chuck's article might be obsolete only a few hours after being published... after all, the more significant "help" might arise from these lines from the NY Post story...

A source said the Big East was leaning towards a second option - adding schools. It wants to return to its days as a 10-12 school conference with a homogenous membership headlined by elite basketball programs in urban markets.

What is certain is that programs such as Temple, which is set to join the Big East in basketball next season, Cincinnati, Connecticut and South Florida, are in terrible limbo.

The Big East recently added a group of schools such as Boise State, Central Florida, East Carolina, Houston, San Diego State and SMU to bolster its football roster. Those schools might return to their respective conferences.

The future of St. John’s and Seton Hall is uncertain. St. John’s has a much stronger brand name and it is one of just six schools to have developed its own HDTV network than can broadcast games on television, computer and hand held devices.

With the Big East taking this step, the move to five super conferences is all but complete. There still could be some realignment - Connecticut is desperate for an invitation to the ACC. But the new map of college athletics has been drawn.

[BuyNtelos4]

Wonder what that article recommends those former conferences do to get rid of all of the scrubs they scrambled to invite over the past 6 months, to make room for all of the old members?