Connelly’s C-USA preview, part 2: Which returning teams might rule

In 27 seasons, Conference U.S.A. has produced 29 champions or co-champions. The conference’s nine present members have actually accounted for … 2 of them. Western Kentucky won in 2015 and 2016. That’s the whole list.C-USA is college football’s ultimate method station, a stopping point on your way up or down the football ladder, however short-term house or no, this is usually a conference loaded with range and loads of tight games. There’s absolutely nothing incorrect with that, and there’s no factor to think 2023 will be anything different.SP+ jobs four groups within 0.8 conference wins of each other atop the league, and the variety of approaches is quite clear. WKU’s Tyson Helton made his group a league preferred by choosing to air out the football. Louisiana Tech coach Sonny Cumbie does not mind going vertical, Middle Tennessee’s Rick Stockstill has conserved his task numerous times with a relentless horizontal death game and UTEP’s Dana Dimel simply wants to push you over. Florida International’s Mike MacIntyre? His technique has moved at times, but he’s won 10 games at both Colorado and San Jose State– he’s brave and going to try just about anything.Last week, we previewed C-USA’s 4 beginners; this time around, let’s look at the holdovers.Every week through the offseason, Bill Connelly will preview another division from the Group of 5 and Power 5 exclusively for ESPN+, eventually consisting of all 133 FBS groups.The sneak peeks will consist of 2022 breakdowns, 2023 sneak peeks and burning questions for each team.Earlier sneak peeks: Conference U.S.A. (beginners)