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Agreed, but coach was fired 2 years ago for allowing allowing hazing plus one player had gun incident in Albuquerque when they were playing UNM. All the players left and they brought in Sam Houston State coach for a total rebuild. However this realignment is all about football and size of media market. Las Cruces is the 2nd largest city in New Mexico with urban population of 141,000 surrounded by desert with a mountain range to the east and about a 45 minute drive from El Paso. The New Mexico State University campus in Las Cruces has 12,600 enrolled students this fall. A few years ago the Aggies were invited to a bowl game in Arizona and their president made a public statement that the school might not be able to afford to send their team. They did go and if memory serves won. This is the girl that you would take home at closing time only if you were really drunk.

I have attended UNT football games, both at home and on the road,for 63 years and basically nothing has changed. We have a core fan base that as the university and city has grown still only fills about 2/3's of our stadium. I have decided that for weekends we are close enough the DFW for a large number of our students to drive too but not close enough for our alumni to drive from.In a perfect world our flagship campus would be in Wichita Falls.

They bring nothing to the table. No market, no fans ,no money.

The have not broken ground on new stadium and I think it has bee pushed back to 2026.

I find this surprising, as the Rainbow Warriors play football in a high school stadium and I doubt the rest of their facilities are up to D1 standards. I guess its cheaper to continue to supplement their travel expenses that add someone like SAC STATE. The SAC KINGS just offered their arena to the Hornets when open dates are available so they are getting a lot of community support in the nation's 20th largest media market.

McNeese has the x coach from LSU and has put together a very good program.

Perhaps " letter of commitment " is not the appropriate wording. I though the 4 schools offered by the PAC announced something to that effect when they turned down their offer and announced were staying in the AAC.

Didn't their head coach recently fire all his assistants? Sounds like a another problem could be coming to light.

Gee, didn't Memphis just sign a letter of commitment to the AAC? What is the world coming too when you can't trust the word of a University.

Well they did sell hunting magazines also, along with LIFE and LOOK. The newspapers I remember being most popular were the Ft. Worth Press and Dallas Times Herald.

They are sold at a news stand.

This happens in other college sports as well, especially football. The ZAGGS accepted PAC offer and paired with SDSU look strong in men's hoops. Could other WCC teams follow?

This is all about football. Only BIG 10 seems to care about academics but you also must move media ratings up.

Actually Thursday night T.V., not tonight. At least I got the week right.[ I think ]

Word is that TSU said no to the MWC. Also none of the Montana and Dakota schools can afford to move up. The cost is $5 million plus 80 scholarships , NIL, and media market about the same as Wyoming. I would think Sac State would be the 1AA play . New Mexico State appears to be the last resort. Interesting times, but the MWC seems to be a step ahead of the PAC 7 although getting the ZAGGS is a great move for their basketball image.

La Tech has gone down hill and is a long ways away for all sports. NMSU is too close to El Paso, has no money and declining enrollment. SHS was probably a package deal with TSU which I can only assume is not moving to the WAC. The sleeper is SAC State,in the 29th largest media market, building a new 25,000 + new stadium, and announced today they have $50 million [yes, I said million] dollars pledged to their NIL.

You are correct, and we probably won't. However now, at least for football, looks like your ticket is for a nosebleed seat in the end zone.

Agreed. If I was ranked 107 th out of 134 D1 programs I don't think I would brag. Actually Navy and Tulane are our headliners, while Houston is ranked last in the Big 12.

They still need one more all sports program and while they might not want a 1AA program SAC STATE makes sense. New Mexico State just has no market, no money,and a declining enrollment.

I saw several west coast pod casters mention Tarleton State as a MWC target but discounted it. However since UTEP accepted MWC invitation today it might make sense, especially if TSU and SHS declined. Unfortunately for NMSU they are too close to El Paso and I doubt UNM was much help in their cause.

UTEP added because MWC got to end of alphabet , and yes, the Miners were part of the WAC that was left behind 23 years ago. Tonight 3 of Texas schools mentioned as MWC targets are playing . TSU vs Troy @ 6:00 on ESPNU, and SHS vs UTEP at 8:00 on CBSSN. The recent rank of 134 D1 football programs has UTEP at 131,TSU at 78, and SHS at 77. UNT is ranked 72, and AAC programs remaining on our schedule are Temple,129,FAU, 112, UTSA, 99,ECU,73,Army,60,Tulane,49, and Memphis,30. Our last 4 games are a challenge.

No, its the MWC. TSU is the key to the MWC getting in Texas. If TSU moves the MWC goes after UTEP and/ or Sam Houston.From all I have read they want at least 2 schools in Texas.

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I have seen all 3 teams play and they all run the ball very well,as does Navy. I know I may sound pessimistic but unless we can sneak an extra player on the field and run a 4-4-4 we are probably in trouble against all of them.

The question is where we will rank after playing Memphis, Tulane, and Army 3 games in a row.