Conference Realignment: Missouri St to Conference USA

Missouri State Bears join CUSA

[@willcooper6980]

It's unreal the recent growth of Conference USA. They were on the verge of dying 3 years ago.

[@zerocool1980]

C-USA commissioner Judy Macleod should be sending Middle Tennessee St a thank you basket every month. If they don't turn down the invitation from the MAC then I'm not sure the league exists today. Cause they would've been left with 3 schools.

[@marcus813]

@@zerocool1980 If not for Middle Tennessee getting cold feet, it and WKU would've taken their rivalry to the MAC and I'm not sure what the remaining CUSA members would've done after that. The Blue Raiders altered the course of college sports history.

[@Gigi-xr3qs]

Cal Poly next.

[@erictaylor1385]

Great recap!! I think this was a fantastic choice of C-USA!!! Welcome Bears family!!

[@GlassJoe1337]

Nice to see the C-USA back to 12

[@bobbolondz2701]

This has been an impressive build back for CUSA.

[@justinhaase8825]

I’ve covered Mo St since 2007. We have had bad fb coaches excluding Petrino. That has meant poor results on the field and in the stands. Men’s bb is similar. WBB is renowned in cbb. Jackie Stiles in the day…and we have been showing well in the NCAA tourney recently. MTSU is good, but we have great gals. Very curious how this stacks up. Baseball has produced many major leaguers and has high expectations. Softball has done well too. Soccer and other sports have some playoff experience. In regards to the arena memorabilia, there is a guy named Jimmy who was equipment manager for decades . He now is part of the courtside bb tech crew..timeouts, scoring, clock etc. Beyond obvious trophies, he squirreled away a BIG portion of the stuff shown in the museum cases…or that exhibit prob would have been a few trophies and a bunch of pics. It seems in most sports overall in the Valley, which is an above average D-1AA/FCS conference, the bears have consistently been above average. Deep down we are more MBB/WBB with BB more respected than FB. But we have seen WSU and Creighton leave…this is not a clear cut fit for us…BUT…in this changing landscape, even being FCS holds a lot more standing going into the future than being a very good FCS school like the Dakotas schools. I liked the Valley. There were always 2 top tier teams in any sport you didn’t want to see and they would shift as programs grew or didn’t. We could get Ark/Miz/KSt/OSU regularly too. The one thing we lack is booster support $ wise. We have a few whales but lack local and student/graduate outreach. Even a $1 a month campaign could raise a hundred grand…and open the idea of other tiers. I’m cautiously optimistic but hopeful. That said, admin has been both bullish but also conservative…the folks doing day to day related need to step up.

[@danielmarley9922]

MWC needs to make WSU and OSU full members and add NDSU, SDSU, Montana, and Montana State.

[@donnie2832]

There’s been some WAC, WCC action as well.

[@theinfinity2988]

Make a video about your predictions of the future of the caa

[@jeffslote9671]

Women’s basketball has been the most important sports program at Missouri St. They will be head and shoulders above the rest in the conference against the other women’s programs

[@06hilltopper]

WKU, MTSU, and LaTech all have strong women's basketball programs. Missouri State is right up there with them, but "head and shoulders above" is a stretch.

[@WDB2005]

I honestly thought they would've added Tarleton or Stephen F Austin

[@thebeerbaron02]

I drank some beers in that arena while under construction (my roommate ripped a tunnel through some construction debri). Everything said here was awesome.

[@RandomDudeOYT]

Not me patiently waiting for the MVC expansion video 😂

[@d1_360]

Gonna have to push that back to Friday. Sorry! I overestimated how much time it takes to compile info/make graphics. That's my favorite video to do as well.

[@olyeranderson7905]

@@d1_360thanks for the update. Heard rumors that the Valley is looking at/vetting NKU, Little Rock and Central Arkansas. Can’t wait for your expansion video.

[@rangersking6699]

DOUBLEHEADER FOR THE WAC COMING TODAY LETS GO

[@colorfulmarbles156]

Huh?

[@colorfulmarbles156]

Oh never mind I saw it LETS GO GCU MOVED

[@rangersking6699]

@@colorfulmarbles156 absolute chaos for the WAC incoming

[@colorfulmarbles156]

@@rangersking6699 I know If anything Pacific should join them Look at their men’s basketball team before replying and tell me how good they are

[@dennistuel898]

Hopefully you will be doing a realignment video on the WAC. Can you cover what the options are for the WAC to survive? Where ACU and SFA look to be headed? Tarleton and UTA headed where?

[@mmmcounts]

This is a very good move. C-USA should absolutely focus on the MVFC and take as many of those programs as want to move up. Northern Iowa would be a good target to look at next. In some instances, C-USA should only add the football program which is often easier to do when you're dealing with the MVFC. C-USA should also target schools that only do Olympic sports, but if they do very well go ahead and bring them in.

[@djt434s]

I really appreciate this video. Thank you for putting it together. The Sugar Bears are awesome, the cheer squads are awesome, the band...

[@jamespyle777]

14 years ago, Missouri State dropped a few sports: both tennis teams, men's cross country, men's indoor/outdoor track and eight years ago field hockey. Only women's tennis has been brought back.

[@pattydinero6292]

you're work is impressive.

[@jackclark1227]

Great video brother, I appreciate the MVC content as a Illinois State fan

[@d1_360]

I'll have an MVC expansion video up over the weekend!

[@Homedepotorange]

Im a Mizzou fan so its weird to no longer be the sole FBS team of the state. I honestly hope MO State really climbs quickly somehow and develops into a solid in state rival. It does have the making of the classic city school vs rural school as most of the state including St. Louis and Kansas City would stick with Mizzou while the rural southwest, ozark, and maybe bootheel would be drawn to the Bears.

[@purplesprigs]

The stadium has a long way to go to not be considered rock bottom in C-USA. Big money is needed.

[@TheGoldflame3]

New upload! Was waiting for this one.

[@robbieg416]

Thanks a lot for this video. Great info!

[@pavelhanek9790]

Great fit for C-USA, go bears

[@LymetimeProductions]

I imagine EKU was probably brought up as #12 but got shot down by WKU

[@rangersking6699]

Just wait till WKU leaves for the MAC and we’re back here again for EKU

[@LymetimeProductions]

MAC would preferably want 14 so obviously it should be WKU, it makes too much sense

[@zerocool1980]

​@@rangersking6699I actually feel it'll be Eastern Kentucky that joins the MAC. C-USA is in a better position now than the MAC.

[@rangersking6699]

@@zerocool1980 the MAC hasn’t done a FCS to FBS transition other than the UMass football only fiasco since Akron. We’ll see if they’re motivated to try that now.

[@zerocool1980]

So now we ask ourselves the question: Who replaces Missouri St? I'd lean towards Milwaukee. 2) Northern Kentucky 3) Wright St 4) UM Kansas City. This is a stretch but a dark horse candidate. 5) Bellarmine

[@olyeranderson7905]

I know you just did the GCU/Seattle to WCC video, but how soon to the MVC Expansion video? Patiently waiting.

[@d1_360]

Friday. I underestimated how much time these things take to compile information/make graphics. Sorry!

[@olyeranderson7905]

@@d1_360 I know you said Friday, but I thought maybe we’d get an early surprise on that MVC Expansion video. Friday it is, then.

[@d1_360]

@@olyeranderson7905 Gotta push it back to early next week. Sorry. About 65% done but taking a lot more work than anticipated. Enjoy your weekend!

[@olyeranderson7905]

@@d1_360 thanks for the update. Thought I’d missed it somehow. No problem. Do your business!

[@olyeranderson7905]

How’s it coming? 🤔

[@CowsMakeMooSound]

columns are vertical, rows are horizontal btw

[@rangersking6699]

Humans make mistakes believe it or not. Pretty sure he knows

[@CowsMakeMooSound]

when its pointed out, people tend not make the same mistake twice. just trying to help make the content better :)

[@Lawomenshoops]

Is CUSA stopping at 12 or will they go 14? Will the MVC stay at 11 or go back to 12? Who will be the 12th school?

[@06hilltopper]

12 is it for now for CUSA.

[@natec4339]

How would you rank the fan turnout at Arch Madness?

[@d1_360]

Unscientific Eyeball Test 1 Indiana St 2 Bradley 3-6 SIU/Illinois St/Drake/UNI 7-9 Murray St/Evansville/Missouri St 10-12 UIC/Valpo/Belmont

[@zerocool1980]

I'm a big Belmont fan but I'm not surprised that their fanbase is that low. A bit surprised about Murray. But when you get the first game on day 1, I can see why the low turnout.

[@d1_360]

@@zerocool1980 That's exactly what I think was the issue with Murray: their only game was the dreaded Thursday Noon slot (low turnout for all leagues). Murray took over Evansville for the OVC Tournament, so I expect they'll do that again once Murray's back to contending.

[@maxwellr2533]

the goat

[@marcus813]

I forgot about how the men's March Madness selection committee screwed the Bears. San Diego State should've gone dancing alone from the MW in 2006. Air Force had no business snagging an at-large bid in '06 over a clearly superior Missouri State side.

[@ZayAgka]

Loooong overdue for Mo State. They should’ve been focusing on football years ago despite its basketball success. Makes no sense to have been FCS for so long

[@WDB2005]

This move is kinda lame, they're middle of the pack in the MVFC and they expect to be good in the FBS?

[@LymetimeProductions]

They could do better in the C-USA given the fact they won't be playing SDSU, NDSU, ISU every year. That's a big if though

[@rangersking6699]

Notoriously good fcs school kennesaw state

[@twomasta]

If they're are willing to fork over 5 million to make a the jump to the weakest fba conference you better believe they are going to make the investment and effort to get atleast to utsa or liberty level.

[@rangersking6699]

@@twomasta lol Im sorry but there have been schools in FBS who elevated decades ago who still haven’t hit that level. No guarantee MO State would either

[@nickmeara5323]

Theory: Mizzou (SEC) was the sole FBS program in the state, the remaining SEC programs would prefer the instate talent be split off to another instate FBS program. The AD of SEC programs scheduling out of conference games may have dropped hints that if Mo State was in C-USA, then money games would go to C-USA programs over Sun Belt programs and Bob your Uncle.