The only way Holtz faces East Carolina is if both teams make it to the league championship game.
McNeill is in his fourth season at East Carolina, where he replaced Skip Holtz,Cheap NFL Jerseys Free Shipping, who is back in C-USA in his first season at Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs didn't play in a bowl last season even after going 9-3 while averaging 51 points and 578 yards per game. Sonny Dykes, another son of a well-known head coach, left for California and there are also 32 seniors gone from that squad.
When Tulsa, East Carolina and Tulane head to the American Athletic Conference,Cheap NFL Jerseys, there will be seven former C-USA teams next season in the league that used to be the Big East.
Or maybe a newcomer like Louisiana Tech or Middle Tennessee can get started with a championship in C-USA, which still has plenty of teams coming and going.

Defending C-USA champion Tulsa lost eight starters from the league's top defense but is still the West Division favorite. The Golden Hurricane also won the league's first championship game in 2005. East Carolina,Cheap Jerseys, which has also won two titles in that span, returns eight starters on both offense and defense and is favored in the East on its way out.
The Bulldogs and Blue Raiders are among six new teams this season in Conference USA,Discount NFL Jerseys, those additions more than offsetting the four that left. Tulane joins Tulsa and East Carolina as schools in their final season in the league — and that trio will be fully replaced over the next two years.
"Honestly, it's exciting to me. I think that having the fact that it's already out there that there's going to be transition when the year's over, it takes away the concern," said Tulsa coach Bill Blankenship. "What I'm more excited about is getting to play Texas-San Antonio and Larry Coker, and North Texas and Dan McCarney,Wholesale Jerseys China, and Skip Holtz and Louisiana Tech."
Tulsa and East Carolina get one more chance to win another Conference USA title before moving to a new league.
"It's not that awkward and being picked always just makes it a real challenge, but it shows great respect for your program,Wholesale NFL Jerseys," Pirates coach Ruffin McNeill said.