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Jared (@CFF_Jared), Chris (@FFChrisB) & special guest Luke Probasco (@PorbascoLuke) of the G5Hive dive into one half of the G6 conferences the American, the Sun Belt and CUSA, covering the 60 players who are set to define these conferences in the 2026 college fantasy landscape!Join Jared Palmgren and Chris Battistel as we look to analyze the college football landscape and determine how to win your fantasy leagues this fall!Email: ctn.fantasyfootball@gmail.comEmail 2: cffjared@gmail.comFollow us on Twitter:https://twitter.com/CFF_Jaredhttps://twitter.com/FFChrisBhttps://twitter.com/ChasingthenattyFollow us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3EdFkDN...Follow us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chasing-the-natty-a-college-football-fantasy-podcast/id1557043581

On this episode of The Group of Five Guys Podcast, The GOFG discuss which teams in C-USA have the most pressure to win this season? The Texas Tech decision has set a new precedent in which local judges are running college football and more. The guys dive into it all!! Do not miss out on another jam packed episode of The Group of Five Guys Podcast! SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/@GroupofFiveGuys WEBSITE: http://www.groupoffiveguys.com/ MERCH: https://groupof5guys.onechaptr.com/group_of_5_guys_2-24/shop/products/all?page=1 Subscribe and follow the Group of Five Guys! @groupoffiveguys @Sprouse_68 @Tyler_J_Tipton @JMurphyLee SPONSOR THE SHOW OR BUSINESS INQUIRES: Email: groupoffiveguys@gmail.com Direct Message on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GroupOfFiveGuys #G5 #groupoffiveguys #G5Live Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Conference USA 2026 Season Preview | Play The Fight Song College Football Show LIVE The road to the 2026 college football season begins as the Play The Fight Song CFB Show breaks down Conference USA. Join us LIVE as we preview every team in the conference, analyze key returning players, discuss coaching storylines, predict conference standings, and make our official season predictions.Will the Owls run it back to the top? Can Big Red and the Hilltoppers live up to the hype? Can Jax State run their way to another championship game. Let's take a look in! Play It!

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Preview Season rolls along as we welcome Ben Sorrells (@sportsofshsu) of March to the Pod to break down all things CUSA!What will year two of the Phil Longo Era look like in Huntsville?Can Delaware elevate to a title contender?Will Liberty bounce back?Fading the reigning champs?Check out our brand new sponsor — ⁠⁠Red Water Hats!⁠⁠Get 15% off your first purchase from Homefield Apparel when you use code “THREETECHPOD” at checkout!https://tr.ee/ZFhu7XSuLgJoin the Jimmy's and Joe's for CFB content for all 138 teams!FOLLOW: @ThreeTechPod on Instagram and Twitter!HOMEFIELD DISCOUNT: THREETECHPOD for 15% off!

Can transcendence still make philosophical sense after modernity? John Vervaeke speaks with philosopher William Desmond about Platonism as a living tradition, the meaning of strong transcendence, and Desmond's philosophy of the metaxu: the between. The conversation builds from John's proposal that relevance realization and transjectivity are philosophically grounded in Desmond's ontological account of the between. John begins by distinguishing modern psychological accounts of transcendence from the ancient and Platonic sense of strong transcendence. In this stronger sense, transcendence is not merely a better state of mind. It discloses truths that are otherwise unavailable and changes the knower's relation to reality. That claim challenges modern assumptions about flat ontology, the buffered self, representational cognition, and the fact-value split. Desmond responds through Plato. He presents Plato not as a dry theorist of two worlds, but as a philosophical artist of the between: a thinker of mimesis, eros, mania, dialogue, singularity, and participatory transformation. Plato's dialogues are not ornamental containers for arguments; their drama, characters, and dialogical movement are part of the philosophy itself. The later conversation opens into deep memory, imagination, eternity, possibility, God, Daoism, intercultural philosophy, pilgrimage, and the life-world. Desmond and Vervaeke converge on the need to move beyond the view from nowhere and return philosophy to transformative practice, embodied dwelling, and a richer contact with the sources of intelligibility. Key Insights Strong transcendence has epistemological and ontological significance, not only psychological benefit. The metaxu, or between, names a porous relation before, beneath, between, and beyond modern dichotomies. Modernity's fact-value split risks producing default atheism or default nihilism. Participatory knowing offers an alternative to treating cognition as internal representation of an external world. Plato's dialogical form is integral to his philosophy; the drama cannot simply be stripped away to extract arguments. Mimesis involves relation between image and original without collapsing their difference. Eros and mania point to two directions of transcendence: from below upward and from above downward. Deep memory is a source of imagination and ontological depth, not merely storage of past facts. Possibility should not be reduced to logical possibility; living possibility points toward enabling power. Pilgrimage and theoria are linked: philosophical transformation requires being on the way, not merely observing from nowhere. Timestamps 00:00 Welcome and setup 01:00 Relevance realization and the philosophy of the between 02:00 Platonism as living tradition 02:40 The need for strong transcendence 03:50 Transcendence after modernity 04:40 William Desmond introduces his work 05:00 Between system and poetics 06:00 The Western tradition as conversation partner 08:00 John's paper on strong transcendence 09:20 Psychological transcendence in modern thought 10:00 Truths disclosed through transcendence 11:00 Flat ontology and layered reality 12:30 The buffered self 14:00 Fact-value dichotomy and default atheism 15:10 Contact epistemology and participatory relation 17:20 Being realized as you realize 18:20 Anagoge and the cave 18:40 Interior, exterior, and superior transcendence 20:10 Autonomy, heteronomy, theonomy, and theosis 21:30 Desmond responds 22:00 Plato's philosophical art and the Sophist 22:30 Art, origins, and otherness 23:40 Originality, creativity, and modern art 25:20 Mimesis and the difference between image and original 28:20 Plato as thinker of the metaxu 29:00 Eros and self-transcendence 30:00 Mania and divine inspiration 31:30 Inspiration as transmission 33:20 Metaxology and Hegel 34:40 The Sophist and participatory knowing 36:40 The who of the sophist 38:10 Periagoge and the turning of the soul 39:40 Philosophy as a way of life 40:30 Exiting modernity's frame 43:20 The dialogue form is not ornamental 45:30 Socrates as an image of courage 46:20 Dialogos and method 48:00 Diaphanous logos 49:00 Singular incarnation and witness 51:10 Theoria as contemplation and pilgrimage 52:00 John's dialectic-in-dialogos practice 53:20 Anamnesis in practice 54:20 The logos beyond the participants 55:20 Deep memory and imagination 57:00 Muses, memory, and hidden springs 58:20 AI and outsourced memory 59:00 Memory as ontological depth 01:00:30 Eternity and the other to time 01:02:40 Inward otherness and ultimate otherness 01:04:50 Plato's sun and enabling light 01:06:20 Porosity and the buffered self 01:07:00 Living possibility 01:09:00 Possibility, transcendence, and God 01:10:40 What makes intelligibility intelligible? 01:11:40 Eastern and Western approaches to possibility 01:13:30 Coming to be and becoming 01:15:40 Nicholas of Cusa 01:17:00 Wu wei and giving way 01:18:20 Daoist practice and Socratic midwifery 01:20:20 Philosophical Silk Road 01:22:10 The intimate universal 01:23:20 Against philosophical tourism 01:25:30 Elemental porosity 01:26:00 Pilgrimage and practice 01:27:40 Being underway 01:29:30 Theoria as metanoetic passage 01:30:10 Symphonic language 01:34:00 The life-world 01:35:40 Rejecting the view from nowhere 01:36:20 Closing Resources William Desmond, Being and the Between William Desmond, Ethics and the Between William Desmond, God and the Between William Desmond, Art, Origins, Otherness: Between Philosophy and Art Plato, Symposium, Ion, Sophist, Republic, and Laches Plotinus and Proclus Hegel Charles Taylor Catherine Pickstock, Aspects of Truth Paul Tillich Thomas Aquinas Nicholas of Cusa Pierre Hadot Henry Corbin Frank, Gleiser, and Thompson, The Blind Spot Follow John Vervaeke: Website: https://johnvervaeke.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@johnvervaeke/videos X: https://x.com/DrJohnVervaeke Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/johnvervaeke

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On this week's Flames Central Podcast presented by OrthoVirginia, men's multi-event track athlete Gabe Willis joins the show to discuss being a CUSA champion, why he started competing in the decathlon and heptathlon, and more. Plus, we preview the CUSA baseball championship and answer your mailbag questions!

The Diamond 'Dogs are off to Kennesaw, GA this week with intentions of winning a championship & earning the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament. Drew Parsley, aka 'The Middle King,' joins Kyle Schassburger in previewing the event, Tech's last in Conference USA.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week's Flames Central Podcast presented by OrthoVirginia, head track and field coach Lance Bingham joins the show to discuss the program's success so far this season and to preview the CUSA Championship meet this week. Plus, the crew recaps Liberty softball's run at a CUSA title and Flames baseball's weekend series vs. LA Tech... and more!

Baseball America national college reporter Jacob Rudner and prospect analyst Geoff Pontes offer their analysis and latest reporting on the SEC's decision to bring the ABS challenge system to its conference tournament this year. Plus, Rudner and Pontes talk about teams on the hosting bubble.(4:03) ABS is coming to college(14:42) Prospects who could be valuable with ABS(20:22) Arizona State's ceiling(28:02) Cincinnati's unique resume(35:10) Can Boston College host?(42:22) Alabama's challenging schedule(47:16) A huge couple weeks for Oregon(53:21) Jacksonville State leads the charge for CUSA(56:50) Oklahoma State's revivalMINT MOBILEIf you like your money, Mint Mobile is for you. Plans start at $15/month at MintMobile.com/Territory Our Sponsors:* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/ba2022Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week's Flames Central Podcast presented by OrthoVirginia, men's golfer Ike Joy joins the show to talk about the Flames' winning another CUSA Championship title. Plus, we share updates on baseball and softball series sweeps, football CUSA schedule, and more!

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On this week's Flames Central Podcast presented by OrthoVirginia, we get a recap of spring football with Liberty offensive coordinator Newland Isaac, we also discuss the Flames winning on both the baseball and softball diamonds, a CUSA title for Women's Tennis and some new additions for Liberty Women's Basketball.

Join Jordan, Commish, Pitt Girl, and Big Sky Brigit. The Steamed Hams and here comes the pizza episode anniversary, Iowa hit with tampering violations, we maintain the 2023 Sickos Committee National Championship for the Hawkeyes and contend it makes it more Sickos now, La Tech paying over 8 million to leave CUSA to go to the Sun Belt this year, the CFP's refreshed logo with THICCCCCC Brackets and Rounded corners, Sir Mix-a-lot kick's his nasty thoughts, Rutgers has Indiana for homecoming, US Open Cupdates with CUPsets and fields with so many lines on it, 6 new NAIA Members, Scorpions, Georgia Southern in Swainsboro and United States Sports University and Mike Leach got a Master's there? the World Cup is going to be a mess, we get totally sidetracked by Protein Hookah and then of course Air Bud reboot talk again and oh so much, much more!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

So much for playing a (potential) 20-game football season this year for Louisiana Tech University! Bulldogs fans can breathe a rather expensive $8 million sigh of relief after the school and Conference USA have apparently come to terms on a long-awaited exit agreement. This will allow Louisiana Tech to officially begin play in the Sunbelt Conference beginning with this fall’s college football season. The national news media enjoyed a not-that-funny field day making jokes about how Louisiana Tech might play a 20-game schedule this fall.  Conference USA and the Sunbelt Conference each released their football schedules in March which featured the Bulldogs participating in games in both conferences this fall. It started when Conference USA posted a 2026 fall football schedule on March 12 which included Louisiana Tech.  The Bulldogs have been a part of Conference USA since 2013.  However, the school gave notice to C-USA last summer that the Bulldogs intended to leave and join the geographically-closer group of schools in the Sunbelt Conference. Not to be outdone, the Sunbelt Conference released its own 2026 fall football schedule – including Louisiana Tech – the following day on March 13. A quick review of those two football schedules meant that the Bulldogs might have to play a 20-game football schedule this fall! A very creative sportswriter in Shreveport recently came up with a plan where Louisiana Tech could possibly play all 20 games this fall by utilizing a split-squad on a couple of occasions.  With 20 possible football games, the Bulldogs might be able to post the school’s first 10-win season and secure a top bowl invitation! The deal is not official – yet A few news outlets reported Tuesday that Louisiana Tech will open its wallet to pay Conference USA over $8 million to exit the league in order to join the Sunbelt Conference this fall. If you would like some history as to how this began, check out my previous posts here and here.  In recent weeks, Louisiana Tech and Conference USA have been at the negotiation table trying to settle this matter via arbitration. Neither Louisiana Tech nor Conference USA have officially announced this settlement agreement or its terms.  Many negotiated settlements include certain provisions which the two parties are required to keep confidential. We may never know the actual amount or how long Louisiana Tech has to pay it. Given the size of the reported settlement, the smiles seem more likely to be coming from Conference USA and its attorneys as many expected the final amount to be in the range of $4-5 million. What is $8 million worth to Louisiana Tech?  Plenty! The Knight Foundation college athletics database showed Louisiana Tech’s total athletics spending in 2024 was $33 million.  Football amounted to $9 million or 27% of the total. By contrast, Louisiana’s football giant LSU showed athletics spending of $221 million in 2024.  Football expenditures were $60 million of the total. To my surprise, football at LSU consumed the same 27% of the total athletics budget as Louisiana Tech’s. Unlike Louisiana Tech, though, LSU’s expensive athletics program has been turning a profit for decades.  The Ruston-based Bulldogs have gone into the red in several recent years. That’s why Louisiana Tech’s willingness to pay a $8 million price tag to exit Conference USA is a bit surprising. Why did Louisiana Tech agree to pay up? The school’s national reputation was on the line if a deal wasn’t consummated this spring. Conference USA’s agreement with Louisiana Tech had specific requirements which the school had to meet in order to exit the contract before its scheduled termination.  One stipulation involved Louisiana Tech giving a minimum notice (rumored to be 14 months) prior to exiting C-USA.  Another required Louisiana Tech to forfeit two years of its share of C-USA media revenues (estimated to be at least $2 million or more per year). For its part, Louisiana Tech watched as former Conference USA members Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss locked hands and broke away together to join the Sunbelt Conference in 2022. Not only did the exiting trio appear to give less prior notice than Louisiana Tech provided, the word leaked that each party had paid Conference USA about $3 million apiece in order to walk away. It’s quite possible that the leadership at Louisiana Tech expected similar treatment. One thing which most media sources have failed to consider is Conference USA’s current television/media deal with ESPN and CBS Sports Network. The new arrangement began in 2023 – one year after Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss had already walked away. The current media contract may have included a provision to reduce the annual media revenues to C-USA should any of the league’s then-current members (such as Louisiana Tech) leave the conference prior to the end of the latest media contract. Perhaps Conference USA demanded Louisiana Tech to compensate the remaining group of primary Conference USA members for several years of lost media revenues. Even at $8 million, should this be considered a good deal for Louisiana Tech? In the short term, it appears that the proverbial cart got before the horse. The $8 million price tag was a very steep price to pay for a school leaving a declining mid-major athletics conference to join a rising mid-major conference like the Sunbelt. Anyone looking to point fingers should start with Louisiana Tech’s decision makers.  Many openly expressed their desire to join the Sunbelt Conference months ahead of the official announcement last July.  Nearly everyone wanted to see the Bulldogs renew their old rivalries, save significantly on travel expenses, and retain top athlete-students. This fall’s move to the Sunbelt Conference will be a very positive moment for Louisiana Tech athletics.  The $8 million price tag must be amortized over a period of more than just a few years in order to feel better about the short-term financial pain. I have been a long-time critic of Conference USA’s rinky-dink October mid-week college football games.  Bulldogs fans cringed as their Saturday home games were moved to Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday nights during October purely for television. This was done to quench the media’s insatiable desire to show competitive football on television (and reap the advertising benefits) seven nights per week during fall’s pre-Christmas advertising blitz. Sports fans of the ULM Warhawks and Louisiana’s Ragin’ Cajuns will be thrilled to have Louisiana Tech join their athletics conference.  Those two Sunbelt schools will see higher attendance and lower travel costs for all sporting events involving Louisiana Tech beginning this fall. The unfortunate downside of this expensive buyout is whether Louisiana Tech failed to fully understand its existing contract agreement with Conference USA. Someone at the school had to have established a value representing the worst-case scenario of the potential exit costs prior to making a deal to join the Sunbelt Conference.  A good attorney should have flagged the potential worst-case possibilities as well. It appeared that the school expected to make a reasonable exit deal ($3 million) similar to what Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss accomplished in 2022. Last July’s announcement decision by Louisiana Tech to join the Sunbelt Conference “no later than 2027” almost immediately started the clock running on legal fees. Conference USA sued Louisiana Tech in state court months later in November.  Tech countered with their own suit against C-USA in early 2026.  Recent weeks of arbitration and settlement discussions have been ringing up even more legal bills. In the end, Conference USA “won” its $8 million, but that’s about it Nothing against other long-time Conference USA members such as Western Kentucky, Florida International, and Middle Tennessee State, but Louisiana Tech carried the most recognizable national sports footprint in C-USA in recent years. Conference USA will no longer be able to claim the school whose athletics history includes Hall-of-Famers such as football’s Terry Bradshaw and Willie Roaf. The same goes for basketball Hall-of-Famers Karl Malone and women’s point guard-turned-four-time national championship coach Kim Mulkey. Conference USA’s far-flung geography was a big factor in Louisiana Tech’s decision to move to the Sunbelt.  Liberty University in Virginia and the University of Delaware are both more than 1,000 miles northeast of Ruston, Louisiana.  To the west, New Mexico State in Las Cruces is 936 miles away. By contrast, Louisiana Tech will become a member of the Sunbelt Conference Western Division. That means playing intrastate rivals UL-Monroe (35 miles east of Ruston) and UL-Lafayette (185 miles to the south).  Other Sunbelt West partners include Southern Miss in Hattiesburg (240 miles), Arkansas State in Jonesboro (300 miles), South Alabama in Mobile (340 miles) and Troy (440 miles away in southern Alabama). Louisiana Tech Bulldogs sports teams spent $5 million during 2024 on game expenses and travel as a member of Conference USA.  The school could save $1 million or more annually on reduced travel expenses as a member of the Sunbelt Conference Western Division. Louisiana Tech sports fans will now get to enjoy a Saturday, October 10 home college football visit from in-state rival UL-Lafayette. The following week will have the Bulldogs taking a short trip down I-20 to Monroe.  This much-anticipated football game against the ULM Warhawks will fill Monroe’s Malone Stadium on Saturday, October 17. Had the Bulldogs remained in Conference USA, their October football schedule would have included a Thursday night game followed by three consecutive Wednesday night contests.  The league’s annual “made-for-midweek-TV” October schedule would make any serious football program want to leave C-USA at the first opportunity. In all fairness, the move to the Sunbelt wasn’t likely worth $8 million, either. At least this year’s new Sunbelt football schedule (especially during the month of October) will be a nice down payment to build years of renewed fan interest in Louisiana Tech athletics. Go, Dogs, Go! The post Go, Dogs, Go! appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

In this episode, Phil and JF discuss Haruki Murakami's “Cream,” from First Person Singular, alongside Jorge Luis Borges's classic tale, “The Garden of Forking Paths.” Together, these two stories occasion a meditation on time, perplexity, and the strange possibility that meaning isn't found at the end of the maze, but discovered only in the course of wandering it. Photo by DMzlC via Wikimedia Commons. Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp page, home of Weird Studies Vol. 3 (to be released May 22, 2026). Joel Plaskett's website and Substack References Geoffrey Cornelius, “Chicane: Double-Thinking and Divination among the Witch-Doctors,” in Divination: Perspectives for a New Millennium, ed. Patrick Curry (Burlington, VT: Ashgate, 2010), 119– 42.  Joe Leduc's Blood Oath  Jorge Luis Borges, “The Garden of Forking Paths”   Haruki Murakami, “Cream”  Marc Augé, Non-Places  Federico Campagna, Technic and Magic  Phil Ford, “The View from the Cheap Seats at the UFO Show”  Nicholas of Cusa, “On the Quadrature of the Circle”   Ethan Weed, “A Labyrinth of Symbols” Kids in the Hall, “Premise Beach”  David Lynch, Twin Peaks: The Return   David Lynch, Lost Highway  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni  Weird Studies, Episode 66 on “Diviner's Time”   Gottfried Leibniz, Theodicy  Quentin Meillasoux, After Finitude  Alejandro Jodorowsky, The Way of Tarot  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kennesaw St vs. Gonzaga College Basketball Pick Prediction by Tony T. Kennesaw St vs. Gonzaga Profiles Kennesaw St vs. Gonzaga 10PM ET— Kennesaw St has a record of 21-13 and 10-10 in Conference USA. The Owls went 2-8 on the road in conference. They faced no power conference teams in the non-conference. They drooped a 19-point home decision against USF and loss by nine on a neutral court to a down Oral Roberts team. They come off the 71-60 victory against Louisiana Tech on Saturday in the CUSA championship game winning three games in three days.

If you're betting on March Madness, stop guessing. We break down the ONLY six teams that can actually win it all based on real trends that have held up for decades. But that's just the start of the chaos. Tonight's episode includes: • World Baseball Classic drama as Team USA pushes for the title (and the commercials get… weirdly specific) • Louisiana Tech somehow scheduled for 20 football games thanks to a conference lawsuit

On this week's Flames Central Podcast presented by OrthoVirginia, the crew recaps the Flames' quarterfinal loss in the CUSA Championship and previews the NIT tournament. Plus, first team All-American, Allie Zealand, joins the show to discuss her impressive finish in the 3k at Indoor Nationals.

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The traditional March 1 release of the Sunbelt Conference fall football schedule has been delayed. According to one source, the league is waiting for incoming new member Louisiana Tech University to resolve its legal issues with its current affiliate, Conference USA. The Sunbelt Conference lost Texas State University to the Mountain West Conference beginning this fall.  That leaves a vacancy in the Sunbelt’s Western Division. That’s where Louisiana Tech was expected to step-in this fall. Except… The Bulldogs from Ruston, Louisiana remain in a legal “dog house” with their long-time partner, Conference USA. Until that issue is solved in the courthouse or out in the hallways with a big sack of cash, Louisiana Tech’s predicament has other members of the Sunbelt Conference twiddling their thumbs waiting for a final resolution. The Sunbelt Conference currently has 14 members.  Seven schools are in the Eastern Conference and seven are currently in the West.  However, Texas State is bolting for the Mountain West after baseball season ends. That leaves just six teams in the West if Louisiana Tech is unable to work out a suitable exit deal with Conference USA soon. The Sunbelt Conference wants to avoid having an “unbalanced” schedule in 2026 with seven East teams and only six in the West if Louisiana Tech doesn’t come aboard this fall. What a mess!  How did we get here? On July 15, 2025, a big celebration in Ruston was held announcing that Louisiana Tech was moving from Conference USA to the Sunbelt Conference no later than the fall of 2027.  The expectation was (and still is) that a deal could be reached with Conference USA which would allow Louisiana Tech to begin Sunbelt play this fall in 2026. As of today, neither Conference USA nor the Sunbelt Conference have released their 2026 football schedules.  That’s because no one knows where Louisiana Tech will be playing football and other sports beginning this fall. The Bulldogs joined Conference USA in 2013.  This rather far-flung conference was considered (at the time) to be a good fit. Prominent C-USA members in 2013 included UAB, Florida Atlantic, Marshall University, UNC-Charlotte, North Texas, Rice University, Old Dominion, Southern Miss, and UT-San Antonio. Every one of those nine schools has vacated C-USA in the past four years to join either the American Athletic Conference or the Sunbelt Conference. The University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) will become yet another major defection from C-USA beginning this fall.  The Miners (members of Conference USA since 2005) are joining the Mountain West Conference (like Texas State of the Sunbelt Conference). Why did all of those teams leave C-USA? The television and media revenue offered by other conferences was substantially more than Conference USA’s most recent media contract to pay to its member schools. A majority of Louisiana Tech’s athletic supporters are ready to skedaddle from Conference USA’s geographically expansive league as quickly as possible. C-USA has added schools in recent years such as Liberty University (Lynchburg, Virginia – 1,000 miles from Ruston, LA) and the University of Delaware (1,321 miles each way from Ruston). Joining the Sunbelt Conference will allow Louisiana Tech to renew regional rivalries with UL-Monroe (35 miles via I-20), UL-Lafayette (185 miles south of Ruston), and even Southern Miss (240 miles to the southeast in Hattiesburg).  The travel savings for Louisiana Tech (along with the other Sunbelt schools) will be substantial across all sports. But… Athletic conferences and member schools sign long-term affiliation contracts which require a minimum notice period along with a hefty exit fee to allow the school to leave before the primary term ends. A payment of several million dollars for early termination is likely required for Louisiana Tech to leave Conference USA. With so many other universities bolting from Conference USA in recent years, the conference has pocketed millions in early exit fees.  They should be able to afford the finest attorneys to protect their best interests in court, if necessary. The other teams’ departures have left Louisiana Tech as one of C-USA’s top remaining draws. Conference USA appears to have no financial incentive to budge when it comes to allowing Louisiana Tech out of its contract. The Bulldogs’ departure could significantly diminish the current media value of Conference USA’s contract with its TV partners. C-USA signed a five-year media deal with CBS Sports Network and ESPN beginning in the fall of 2023.  That new media deal was signed around the same time that three former C-USA members (Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss) negotiated their own early exit deal to join the Sunbelt Conference in 2023. What if Conference USA’s current media deal calls for a payment reduction if one of its primary institutions (such as Louisiana Tech) left during the term of that contract? Keep that in mind as this game plays out. Then there is the issue of prior notice required to leave Conference USA According to previous reports, Conference USA’s agreement with Louisiana Tech required 14 months prior written notice.  Since Tech gave C-USA notice on or about July 15, 2025, that 14 month period will not be satisfied until September 15, 2026 (a few weeks into the 2026 football season). Most major college football conferences allow their teams to open with a series of non-conference opponents. Last fall, both the Sunbelt Conference and Conference USA member schools did not play their first conference game until Week #4 (Saturday, September 20, 2025). Based on this year’s calendar, Louisiana Tech could, conceivably, begin as a Sunbelt member in time for Week #4 on Saturday, September 26, 2026. But then… Conference USA surprised Louisiana Tech by filing a lawsuit in the state of Louisiana in November, 2025. The lawsuit asserted that Louisiana Tech misled Conference USA by intentionally delaying its exit announcement (mid-July, 2025) until after the school had already cashed its annual media revenue check from C-USA paid in late June. In addition to providing 14 months prior notice to leave, Louisiana Tech’s contract with Conference USA apparently called for the school to forfeit its share of media revenue (estimated at $3 to $4 million annually) for two years. Conference USA claims that Louisiana Tech (theoretically knowing that it was planning to leave C-USA) erred by accepting and cashing the late June media check. Are you confused enough yet? There has been very little news since Conference USA filed that lawsuit in November, 2025.  One local news outlet reported in mid-January that “conversations remain ongoing between C-USA and Louisiana Tech on a negotiated exit fee settlement”. That sounds nice, but we’re now into the month of March. The Sunbelt Conference football schedule remains on hold.  Conference USA’s football schedule has not been published yet, either.  However, Louisiana Tech’s logo remains firmly atop the C-USA athletics page banner even today. Conference USA is in no hurry to resolve this issue.  The conference “wins” if Louisiana Tech is forced to remain a part of the league (and part of its media agreement) through the 2026-2027 athletics year. Some good news and bad news Conference USA allowed the trio of Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss to exit prior to the start of the 2023 football season after they provided less than 12 months’ prior notice.  The three schools were able to negotiate a financial settlement with C-USA and left for greener pastures. That would seem encouraging to supporters of Louisiana Tech’s exit – even at this late hour. However, the departure of Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss came around the same time that C-USA’s was signing its new media deal with CBS Sports Network and ESPN. Louisiana Tech has been playing football in the major college division since 1987. It is now a nationally known sports brand. Conference USA likely touted Louisiana Tech as one of its (pardon my pun again) “big dogs” in the league’s new media package starting in 2023. There is a chance that implications with C-USA’s media contract may (or may not) become another snag in the negotiations between the conference and Louisiana Tech. Conference USA can afford to wait this game out.  They have no reason to budge anytime soon. Louisiana Tech has a tough and expensive business decision to make It can opt to pony-up and pay a ransom to exit Conference USA to join the Sunbelt this fall. This might involve the school’s major athletics donors, bankers, and (perhaps) even a Sunbelt Conference “angel” to help finance a loan to be paid-back through future Sunbelt media revenues. Or Louisiana Tech can say that the early exit price being asked by C-USA was simply too high.  Fans and alumni (like me) would be disappointed in having to wait until 2027 to begin Sunbelt Conference play in football.  Future Sunbelt intrastate foes like UL-Monroe and UL-Lafayette will also lose by such a delay. It’s time to make a deal – or not – quickly. We can handle the truth! The post Louisiana Tech – Who’ll Let the Dogs Out? appeared first on SwampSwamiSports.com.

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On this week's Flames Central Podcast presented by OrthoVirginia, the crew discusses Liberty Basketball's regular season championship and their confidence level about the CUSA tournament. PLUS, Liberty Women's Basketball standout Avery Mills joins the show to talk about the Lady Flames hot streak, her recovery from injury and how this team has grown throughout the season.

On this week's Flames Central Podcast presented by OrthoVirginia, the crew reacts to men's basketball's first CUSA loss of the season and discuss where the Flames need to improve heading into the final games of the regular season. Plus, we celebrate Team USA men's hockey gold medal victory and dig into plenty of Mailbag questions!

Liberty head coach Ritchie McKay sits down with Isaac Bourne and Ian Sacks to discuss the Flames' attempt at repeating as CUSA champions. His group went 73 days without a loss before being picked off by Western Kentucky this past week. Plus, Isaac and Ian touch on the big stories from the week, such as Miami (OH) remaining undefeated, Saint Louis splitting its games, Merrimack and Austin Peay securing conference regular-season titles, and the OVC looking wide open. It's also a six-pick week in our final segment.

New Mexico State men's basketball coach Jason Hooten discusses the Aggies roller coaster ride in CUSA play. When will scheduling issues start to impact athletics in terms of extended travel? UNM's comeback means the bubble did not burst. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you've ever played video games you know the feeling of powering on Street Fighter or Tekken and getting to choose your fighter before going to battle. It feels like that in the Big 12 and B1G right now. So many options, each with their own strengths (and flaws), but multiple paths towards the same goal. So, in light of the weekend action - which Hartzell and Norlander break down enthusiastically for the first 45 minutes of the show - now might be a good time to lock in and choose your fighter in these two leagues because, buddy, they're absolutely loaded at the top. Special guest Ritchie McKay - the head coach at Liberty - joins the show to talk about what it's like riding a 16-game win streak and looking to stay perfect in CUSA play. Does Norlander even know where the CUSA tournament is? You'll be shocked to know that he does, in fact, not. Coach McKay brings the gas and brags about his veteran team looking to punch back-to-back tickets to the big dance. Monday and Tuesday are jam-packed with some really good basketball, which the fellas touch on before some brief 'Now Spinning' and just like that Norlander is off to Indy for some mid-week hoops and mock selection committee work. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Join Jordan, Commish, Pitt Girl, and our VP of Podcast Production, Arthur. We record as the Super Bowl ends, a $180 LX Hammer Burger complete with Beef Shank, Marist's Super Bowl Dominance by Jason Myers, do you consult Eastern Michigan University on how to train Emus? North Dakota State to the Mountain West, Sac State to CUSA? the MAC? whomever will have them? Bobby Hauck stepping down at Montana and Bobby Kennedy (not that one) taking over, THE B1G TRIFECTA, C-Unit, Rutgers hiring South Dakota's Coach as the DC, THEN IT'S WINTER OLYMPICS TIME, Skisprung-Verband reagiert auf Penis-Wirbel aka the Ski Jumping suit hack, Opening ceremonies, Gold Medals for the US, Jordan begrudgingly watches Figure Skating, Poland's emotional support Pierogi, Gold Medal Luger aka The Fruit Ninja, soccer controversy in the Maldives and oh so much, much more!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Fresh off WKU's first CUSA win, Reily Chestnut catches up with Head Coach Greg Collins.Where does Coach Collins feel the team's trajectory has changed since Saturday's 68-59 breakthrough?How can the Lady Toppers keep chopping wood and working toward a CUSA postseason bid in March?What challenges do Sam Houston and Louisiana Tech pose on this week's huge road swing?Finally, who has inspired Collins over his life to become a symbol of steadiness to countless Lady Toppers over the years?Find out right now on episode three of season two's Tops Live Lady Topper Podcast.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

On this week's Flames Central Podcast presented by OrthoVirginia, the crew is talking hoops with Flames big man Josh Smith. What does he think of Liberty's 5-0 start in CUSA? Where can they still improve? What was it like overcoming injury? Plus, we discuss women's hoops, football's transfer portal, and much more!

On this episode of the podcast, Tyler Gallo and Lucas Neidich join the show! The SIDs for FIU Men's & Women's Basketball talk some hoops as the Panthers get ready for CUSA play!

On this week's Flames Central Podcast presented by OrthoVirginia, Matt and Joe are back from an extended break... and joined by a very special guest as they recap the beginning of CUSA play for men's and women's basketball, discuss a new addition to LU's football coaching staff, and much more!

Nicholas of Cusa was a 15th-century philosopher, theologian, and mathematician whose ideas anticipated modern science and philosophy. In this video, we explore his life, key works, and radical concept of “learned ignorance,” as well as his views on infinity, knowledge and religious diversity. Discover why this forgotten medieval thinker still matters today.Find me and my music here:https://linktr.ee/filipholmSupport Let's Talk Religion on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/letstalkreligion Or through a one-time donation: https://paypal.me/talkreligiondonateSources/Recommended Reading:Bond. H. Lawrence (edited and translated by) (1997). "Nicholas of Cusa: Selected Spiritual Writings". Classics of Western Spirituality Series. Paulist Press.Hopkins, Jasper (translated by) (1986). "NICHOLAS OF CUSA'S DE PACEFIDEI AND CRIBRATIO ALKORANI". Second edition. THE ARTHUR J. BANNING PRESS MINNEAPOLIS.McGinn, Bernard. "The Presence of God" Series, in several volumes. Perhaps the best and most comprehensive introduction to Christian mysticism. Published by Crossroad Publishing Co.Valkenberg, Pim (2011). "Sifting the Qur'an: Two Forms of Interreligious Hermeneutics in Nicholas of Cusa". In "Interreligious Hermeneutics in Pluralistic Europe", Currents of Encounter Online, Volume: 40. Brill. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're in the final few episodes of 2025, but that doesn't stop our tour around the sport. On today's episode, we take a look at Conference USA and the two teams that squared off for the crown last year. First, you'll hear from Liberty head coach Dot Richardson on finally breaking through to the Super Regionals last season. She also shares her thoughts on the conference and another rugged non-conference schedule.Afterwards, we visit with Jacksonville State head coach Julie Boland. She talks about being one win away from the title and how that will motivate her team in 2026. She also shares what she learned while coaching under Hall of Famer Jana McGinnis and more.The guys then share their thoughts on who will be inducted into the 2026 NFCA Hall of Fame in Atlantic City.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this week's episode of SOTG, we break down what went wrong in the C-USA Championship game loss, look ahead to the Salute To Veterans Bowl against Troy for the first time in over two decades, discuss the importance of this rivalry and much more on the State of the Gamecocks!!!

Mike and Mike are Joined by Kennesaw State football head coach Jerry Mack as they discuss the the Owls winning the CUSA and turning the team around to having a 10 win season in his first year as the head coach after last season ended with just two wins.

Richard, Alex, and Rodger Sherman talk through a huge Week 12 in college football, highlighting a few dozen games that should be fun! Among the many topics discussed on this episode: * Texas-Georgia, the real push-comes-to-shove spot for Arch Manning* Iowa-USC, the ultimate test of what Lincoln Riley is building in L.A. * Oklahoma-Alabama, where we think the Sooners have a good shot * UVA-Duke, in which a backup QB stands in the way of Duke mounting a serious playoff push and creating a doomsday scenario for the ACC * Is Miami back in the playoff race now? Might be! Why? Don't know! * Florida-Ole Miss, which the Rebels have to be glad is not in Gainesville* UCLA-Ohio State, which is really just a chance to talk about the legal battle unfolding now between UCLA and the Rose Bowl* Tennessee Tech-Kentucky, in what some are calling the most captivating Week 12 matchup ever between an FCS team and SEC team * Richard's big debut as a CBS Sports sideline reporter for UConn-Air Force* Kennesaw State-Jacksonville State, CUSA game of the year? * Boise State-San Diego State, MWC game of the year? * THE MAIN COURSE, presented by Modelo: Pitt hosts Notre Dame for the Panthers' biggest home game in many years … unless you're Pat Narduzzi, who does not seem to think the game is that important And much more! Produced by Anthony Vito. Thanks to our subscribers and partnersSubscribers get about twice as many SZD podcasts during the season. Now, during the coach carousel, is a great time to join. Thanks to everyone who's decided to become a subscriber over the past few weeks! Thanks Dad Water. Code SZD for 20% off, or just click https://drinkdadwater.com/discount/SZDThanks to Nokian Tyres: https://www.nokiantyres.com/szdModelo: Drink responsibly. Beer imported by Crown Imports, Chicago, IL This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.splitzoneduo.com/subscribe

The Boys are back today breaking down all the betting action in the sports world. To start the guys break down the NBA Slate, Party in the C-USA, Hockey, and week 9 NFL matchups and CFB week 10. As always they give their best bets for the day as well.

The Boys are back today breaking down all the betting action in the sports world. To start the guys break down MNF. After that they Pick NBA, Party in the C-USA, NHL, and go through Week 9 of NFL Games as well as Week 10 of CFB. As always they give their best bets for the day as well

The Boys are back today breaking down all the betting action in the sports world. To start the guys break down the NBA Slate, Party in the C-USA, Hockey, and week 8 NFL matchups and CFB week 9. As always they give their best bets for the day as well.

The Boys are back today breaking down all the betting action in the sports world. To start the guys break down MNF. After that they Pick NBA Opening Night, Party in the C-USA, NHL, and go through Week 8 of NFL Games as well as Week 9 of CFB. As always they give their best bets for the day as well

The Boys are back today breaking down all the betting action in the sports world. To start the guys break down the MLB Playoff Game, Party in the C-USA, Hockey, and week 7 NFL matchups and CFB week 8. As always they give their best bets for the day as well.

The Boys are back today breaking down all the betting action in the sports world. To start the guys break down 4 MLB Playoff Games, Party in the C-USA, Hockey, and week 6 NFL mathcups and CFB week 7. As always they give their best bets for the day as well.

On Today's episode of the Cover 3 podcast the guys recap week 4 in college football, react to the new AP poll and look ahead to a loaded week 5 schedule. (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:00) - DK's takeaways from Michigan-Nebraska (00:05:30) - Poll Assassin (00:19:15) - Brilliantly Boring Win of The Week (00:22:00) - Virginia Tech Budget (00:26:20) - Injury Updates (00:29:50) - UFR: Young QBs Emerging (00:36:20) - UFR: SDSU Defeats Cal (00:39:00) - UFR: QB Battles? (00:44:00) - UFR: Sun Belt-C vs. C-USA (00:46:20) - UFR: Western Michigan-Toledo (00:47:30) - UFR: Texas' Social Media Guy (00:50:40) - UFR: North Carolina (00:55:00) - UFR: Top Running Backs Cover 3 is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever else you listen to podcasts.  Visit the betting arena on CBSSports.com for all the latest in sportsbook reviews and sportsbook promos for betting on college football. Watch Cover 3 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cover3 Follow our hosts on Twitter: @Chip_Patterson, @TomFornelli, @DannyKanell, @BudElliott3 For more college football coverage from CBS Sports, visit https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices