Yeah, but rumors state that UTEP later was invited to the MWC, and so UTEP had a choice: jump to the MWC, or stay in CUSA.
Well of course, the choice was to stay in CUSA, for the reasons that so many of you eagerly parroted as reasons for joining that great conference in the first place:
"To be with the Texas schools!" "It helps recruiting!"
"To enjoy the east-coast bias that mighty CUSA enjoys!"
Well, those reasons are still valid. We're still with "the Texas schools" in CUSA with UTSA, Rice, and UNT (MWC has none). This allows us to recruit San Antonio, DFW, and Houston.
CUSA still has all those schools in the Eastern time zone (MWC has none).