This is from a Q&A article in the Tennessean with House Speaker Cameron Sexton
https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...iminal-justice-nashville-memphis/69791358007/

How confident are you in the House approving money for remodels at FedExForum and Liberty Stadium in Memphis?

Sexton: "Liberty Bowl and FedExForum are used by the University of Memphis, so my big thing is trying to help them get into a power five conference. There are certain things that those conferences said that you have to upgrade, like minimum required upgrades. It'd be great for Memphis to be in the power five because that would help Tennessee and Memphis grow. The upgrades at FedEx would also help the Grizzlies, but they are not asking for a rebuild. It's all remodeling. We've done this at Neyland Stadium and a lot of different remodeling for colleges before."

Why is there no one pushing for MT to get into a power conference or making upgrading our stadium a priority. Sexton is not even from Memphis he is from Crossville. I know it's been brought up multiple times before, but it is astonishing the lack of political clout MT has.

Wednesday, Jan. 11
Coverage Time (CT)/Results

UAB at WKU CUSA.tv 11 a.m.
Florida Atlantic at FIU ESPN+ 4 p.m.
North Texas at LA Tech CUSA.tv 6 p.m.
Rice at Middle Tennessee ESPN+ 6 p.m.
UTEP at UTSA CUSA.tv 7 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 14

WKU at FIU ESPN+ 11 a.m.
Rice at UTEP CUSA.tv 1 p.m.
LA Tech at UAB CUSA.tv 2 p.m.
Charlotte at UTSA ESPN+ 2 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at North Texas ESPN+ 3:30 p.m.

Location: San Antonio, TX
Enrollment: 34,742
Arena: Convocation Center (2,650)
Colors: Navy Blue, Orange & White Nickname: Roadrunners
Head Coach: Steve Henson
Record at School: 89-101 (7th Season)
Career Record: 89-101 (7th Season)
2021-22 Record: 10-22, 3-15 2021-22 Finish: 6th 2021-22 Postseason: C-USA First Round
Starters R/L: 2/3 Letterwinners R/L: 8/6

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Location: Denton, Texas
Founded: 1890 Enrollment: 40,806
Colors: Kelly Green & White Nickname: Mean Green
Series: MTSU leads 22-4
Facility: The Super Pit
Head Coach: Jalie Mitchell
Record at NT: 100-107 (7) Overall: Same 2021-22 Record: 17-13 2022 Postseason: WNIT First Round
Starters Ret./Lost: 2/3 Letterwinners R/L: 6/9

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fwiw:

General Information

Location: Cookeville, Tenn.
Founded: 1915
Enrollment: 9,902
Colors: Purple & Gold Nickname: Golden Eagles
Series: MTSU leads 44-39
Facility: Eblen Center
Head Coach: Kim Rosamond
Record at TTU: 92-87 (6) Overall: Same
2021-22 Record: 21-11 2022 Postseason: WNIT Second Round
Starters Ret./Lost: 2/3 Letterwinners R/L: 10/5

General Information

Location: San Antonio, Texas
Founded: 1969 Enrollment: 34,734
Colors: Blue, Orange & White Nickname: Roadrunners
Series: MTSU leads 8-0
Facility: Convocation Center
Head Coach: Karen Aston
Record at UTSA: 7-23 (1) Overall: 292-169 (14)
2021-22 Record: 7-23 2022 Postseason: None
Starters Ret./Lost: 2/3 Letterwinners R/L: 6/10

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Screw every P5

Do we have anyone that has announced leaving? Haven't seen it yet. What spots does everyone think we need help on? Or will it mare a difference with some of the position coaches in place?

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This is what kills me about our staff. They preach it but they damn sure don't do it in recruiting. Too much low hanging fruit out there available for the pickin. So, Walker Merrill entered the portal from UT. Localish kid. Out of Brentwood. A low 4-star rating. Never even received an offer from us out of HS. He did from UAB. And Memphis. And App State. And Charlotte. But not us. Think he's going to give a G5 much attention that didn't even bother to offer him out of high school? SMH.

This is indicative of one of three reasons why we have a. 500 program.

Thursday, Jan. 5

UAB at Florida Atlantic ESPN+ 6 p.m.
Charlotte at FIU ESPN+ 6 p.m.
LA Tech at Rice ESPN+ 7 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at UTSA ESPN+ 7 p.m.
North Texas at WKU CBS Sports Network 8 p.m.


Saturday, Jan. 7

Charlotte at Florida Atlantic CUSATV 1 p.m.
UTEP at LA Tech CUSATV 2 p.m.
WKU at UTSA Stadium 3 p.m.
North Texas at Middle Tennessee ESPN+ 5 p.m.
UAB at FIU ESPN+ 6 p.m. T

Location: Bowling Green, KY
Enrollment: 19,461
Arena: E.A. Diddle Arena (7,523)
Colors: Red & White Nickname: Hilltoppers
Head Coach: Rick Stansbury
Record at School: 122-73 (7th Season) Career Record: 415-239 (20th Season)
2020-21 Record: 19-13, 11-7 2020-21 Finish: 2nd C-USA 2020-21 Postseason: C-USA Quarterfinal
Starters R/L: 4/1 Letterwinners R/L: 6/6

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Thursday, Jan. 5 Coverage Time (CT)/Results

FIU at Charlotte ESPN+ 5 p.m.
Rice at LA Tech CUSA.tv 6 p.m.
UTSA at Middle Tennessee ESPN+ 6 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at UAB CUSA.tv 6 p.m.
WKU at North Texas YouTube 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 7

FIU at UAB CUSA.tv 12 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at Charlotte ESPN+ 1 p.m.
UTSA at WKU -- 1 p.m.
LA Tech at UTEP CUSA.tv 2 p.m.
Middle Tennessee at North Texas YouTube 3:30 p.m.

General Information

Location: Bowling Green, Ky.
Founded: 1906 Enrollment: 16,750
Colors: Red & White Nickname: Lady Toppers
Series: Series tied 32-32
Facility: E.A. Diddle Arena
Head Coach: Greg Collins Record at WKU: 67-50 (4) Overall: Same
2021-22 Record: 18-12 2022 Postseason: None
Starters Ret./Lost: 4/1 Letterwinners R/L: 8/4

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kicking off 50th anniversary of Murphy Center

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Thursday, Dec. 29

Middle Tennessee at Charlotte ESPN+ 5 p.m.
UTSA at LA Tech ESPN+ 6 p.m.
Rice at WKU ESPN+ 6 p.m.
Florida College at FIU CUSATV 6 p.m.
UTEP at UAB ESPN+ 6:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic at North Texas ESPN+ 7 p.m.

Saturday, Dec. 31

LA Tech at Charlotte ESPN+ 1 p.m.
FIU at North Texas ESPN+ 3 p.m.
UTSA at UAB ESPN+ 3 p.m.
WKU at Middle Tennessee CBS Sports Network 3 p.m.
Rice at UTEP CUSATV 3 p.m.

We discussed it in the GoMiddle staff group chat. I'm very intrigued to see how the Deion at Colorado saga unfolds. I think he will be a. good recruiter. @AustinLewis has pointed it out and it's true. you can get by with 8-4 at Colorado. Compared to schools like Auburn where they may run Freeze off if he doesn't consistently win 10....

I don't know the full scope of academics and admissions at CU but I'm banking on Deion getting the job done.

Thoughts on CUSA 4.0 having a potential tie in?

After all of the bloodshed, here's how it all went down.

AAC - 3-3 with Tulane left to play USC so let's go with 3-4 (Memphis finally wins a bowl game.)

CUSA - 3-3 (MT, WKU and UAB get it done UTSA, UNT and Rice crapped the bed) Congrats to NMSU! Good for them. First bowl win I think.

MAC - 4-3 (OHIO, Toledo, Buffalo and EMU get it done)

MWC - 3-4 (Fresno, Boise and USAF get it done)

SBC - 3-4 (USM waits to leave CUSA before they finally have a pulse, Marshall gets the W and Troy gets one too.) Looks like the mighty SBC isn't all that mighty.

So the winner of the G5 bowl season is the MAC. Isn't that the conference a bunch of people on here didn't want us to join? Hmmmmm.

Now we get to play with powerhouses like Kennesaw St. and whoever U. CUSA wasn't the worst yet again. UTSA and UNT could have easily put us at the top. What this really shows the parity that truly exists within the G5. We think one conference is so much better than the other and they really aren't. If bowls are the pinnacle and true measurement, these results show how even it really is. Next year, it could be different with the better teams from CUSA going to the AAC but, I don't think it will.