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Rumor:
Sept 3, 2001 - C-USA on the Horizon. "I
heard from a very reliable source last night that all that is left
is formalities. Marshall is going to CUSA as a football only member.
There is a conference presidents meeting in October for CUSA and
a vote and an invite will come out of the same meeting.
My
source also say that it is down to two conferences on where the
rest of our sports will go. Our first choice is the A-10. But they
have had only a luke warm response. Our allie hear is UMass, they
are pulling for the HERD in discussions with conference officials
and league presidents. However, as hard as UMass is pulling for
us, Dayton is adamantly against us. They believe that the league
which may already have twelve members (I'm sure about that) is big
enough already.
He tells me that the most likely place for our other sports to land
is the Horizon league. It only has nine members and really needs
a tenth to even things out. He told me that when the talk started
about Marshall to CUSA for football only it really peaked the interest
of Horizon league presidents, and now they want Marshall badly.
Dr. Angel spent four days in Chicago last week with officials from
the CUSA and Horizon leagues to get to work on details. I'm not
sure of every team in the Horizon league but some of the schools
I'm aware of are Wisc. Green Bay, Butler, Cleveland St., Bradley,
and I think Youngstown.
The Horizon
sent one team to the NCAA last year and two to the NIT. The four
years prior to that they have sent 2 and 2. If you remember Butler
is the team that should have beaten Kentucky in the first round
last year, they only lost by a couple of points.
Anyway, that is the word and like I said it comes from a very reliable
source.
Forgive
me if I have the name of the Horizon Conf. wrong. He was calling
me from a cell phone and it was breaking up pretty bad. It used
to be the MACC I believe and changed because it was to similar to
the MAC. I think him referring to it as the Horizon."
Thanks to < TW > for that rumor.
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Date: Monday, September
3, 2001
Time: 2:23 PM EST
Subject: Reply to HerdRumors
"If I am not mistaken
, Bradley is in the Missouri Valley Con. not the Horizon . I say a new
con. , but don't screw every other sport just to pacify the footballs
needs need to prove themselves. Remember , just a few years ago we would
have been talking the same stuff for the b-ball team , not football .
With White as the coach,I don't think we will have to be worrying about
that again any time soon . Stay in the MAC , all or none."
pippi
Date: Wednesday, September
5, 2001
Time: 6:15 PM EST
Subject: Reply to HerdRumors
"Good post, but
Butler beat Wake Forest in the first round of the bball tourney last year.
Not sure who you were referring to when mentioning they should have beat
UK."
Rick
here
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