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[milwaukeejedi1]

Conference Realignment: The UAB Trickle Down Effect

http://www.midmajormadness.com/2014/12/2/7322231/conference-realignment-uab-blazers-football-cusa-sun-belt-ovc-caa

[TheSultan]

is Liberty really joining CUSA? I hadn't heard that....seems like a bizarre move for the conference.

That isn't set in stone by any stretch. There is some talk they want a team out east, but James Madison is as likely as Liberty - and both would need to jump from FCS.

Texas State is where I think they will go. Huge university in the Austin / San Marcos area. Already playing FBS ball.

[Alan Bykowski, "brewcity77"]

I'm sure the CUSA rumors were a recruiting tool, as Layer hasn't had a winning conference record since his second year at Liberty in 2010-11. More of a team chasing the elusive D1 football carrot. It will definitely be an easier road to hoe for Dawson, as Liberty hasn't been very good for a few years now.

[TulsaWarrior]

I covered Liberty a long time ago. Got in trouble for calling a recruit a born again rebounder. Liberty has a heck of a lot of resources. Just wondering how much time Layer will be given?

[Mark Miller]

I covered Liberty a long time ago. Got in trouble for calling a recruit a born again rebounder. Liberty has a heck of a lot of resources. Just wondering how much time Layer will be given?

"Born Again Rebounder."

That's Gold, Tulsa. Gold.

[MU Viking]

Not Marquette Gold, Tulsa, just "gold."

[MU/Panther]

That isn't set in stone by any stretch. There is some talk they want a team out east, but James Madison is as likely as Liberty - and both would need to jump from FCS.

Texas State is where I think they will go. Huge university in the Austin / San Marcos area. Already playing FBS ball.

I've heard that Liberty is ifey at best about jumping to the FBS level.

[IWB]

C-USA has been trying to get Illinois State for a couple of years, but Illinois State has other plans/hopes.

By the way - Illinois State is playing in the FCS Championship on Saturday in Frisco Texas - will start a new thread as to not dirty the John Dawson talk....