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The rise of FAU and North Texas is exactly what Conference USA needs

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For only the second time in Conference USA history, we will see a Florida based school square off against a Texas based school in the conference championship game. The only other time it happened was in 2010, when No. 21 UCF defeated SMU 17-7.

The Conference USA Championship Game has only been around since 2005, but the fact that we’ve only seen this type of matchup once before is pretty shocking. After all, Texas and Florida are universally touted as hotbeds for football talent.

While this iteration of Conference USA is not yet on the level where we’ll see two ranked teams play for the title like in 2011 when No.