I wholeheartedly admit I pushed for MAC when CUSA was imploding simply because I felt it was better than staying. Not that I wanted MAC or that culturally we belong there. I personally think we belong in the SBC but that ship has sailed.
But Judy actually surprised me. Am I thrilled with all of the new schools, no. But I was pleasantly surprised with the new TV deal that some years will even best the current MAC and SBC deals $ wise. Plus no more Stadium, FB, or even CUSATV. It'll be CBSSports, ESPN, or ESPN+. That's it. Can't complain about that.
Once Kennesaw comes to make CUSA 10 schools, only 4 will be west of the Mississippi. I don't know if they will pull an old B12 round robin reducing OOC to 3 games or not. But still. It could be way worse. I think FIU is in the worst position in the conference. And just look at USC/UCLA. $ works there but still. Even Alabama has 4 games against west of the Mississippi teams.
If we were to add a school in Arkansas, every state in the conference would border each other. We aren't that bad off in my opinion. Two of our games against west of the Mississippi teams are OOC too, one a $ game.