NMSU Aggies

[Cerebus]

Leading USA at the half.  If they win they are bowl eligible for the first time 1960.  

This is their last year in the SBC, who is kicking them and Idaho out next year.  Idaho will go to 1AA, NMSU is going to try the 1A indy route.  

[DeepGreen]

I feel really bad for New Mexico State being kicked out to the curb.

[NT91]

Add them to the West CUSA and Troy to the East.

[Cerebus]

2 minutes ago, NT91 said:

Add them to the West CUSA 

UTEP would rather burn the Sun Bowl to the ground.

[outoftown]

Gotta say watching on tv, that crowd looks impressive. Somehow this 5-6 team gunning for bowl eligibilty gets much more fans than 10-3 FAU at a conference championship.

[outoftown]

44 minutes ago, DeepGreen said:

I feel really bad for New Mexico State being kicked out to the curb.

I feel bad for them too... but not bad enough to add them to the current roster of C-USA.

[BTG_Fan1]

37 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

UTEP would rather burn the Sun Bowl to the ground.

UTEP should be glad they aren’t being swapped out..  would love to see Troy added.. they are a solid team in a bad conference 

[El Paso Eagle]

41 minutes ago, Cerebus said:

UTEP would rather burn the Sun Bowl to the ground.

As much as UTEP bitches about wanting to be in the Mountain West they should have no say in New Mexico State.  Financially would make sense if the conference added NMSU so basketball  and other sports could play two games when they head out this way 

Edited December 3, 2017 by El Paso Eagle

[MattMakesLoans]

New Mexico State is horrible and has always been horrible.  Longest Bowl drought in the country.  

 

[FAU Connoisseur]

1 hour ago, NT91 said:

Add them to the West CUSA and Troy to the East.

No thank you..keep Troy in Sun Belt purgatory with all of their Gray shirting back in the day they can keep looking up.

[Cerebus]

Aggies just took the lead with 30 seconds left.  Stadium is packed.  

[MattMakesLoans]

Looks like the longest bowl drought in the NCAA has been broken.

CUSA & SBC should swap the New Mexico Bowl & Cactus Bowl spots.

[El Paso Eagle]

 Congratulations to the Aggies 

[Aquila_Viridis]

Why does anyone care about NMS? They’re in the middle of nowhere.

[NM Green]

I want to play nmsu in the New Mexico bowl and ski for the weekend

[Aquila_Viridis]

Such honesty is far too rare in today’s society.

[BTG_Fan1]

2 hours ago, FAU Connoisseur said:

No thank you..keep Troy in Sun Belt purgatory with all of their Gray shirting back in the day they can keep looking up.

What is the problem with Troy? They Would he a great addition to CUSA if it expanded.. 

[keith]

34 minutes ago, BTG_Fan1 said:

What is the problem with Troy? They Would he a great addition to CUSA if it expanded.. 

There's more to conference affiliation than having a good football team.

[BTG_Fan1]

1 minute ago, keith said:

There's more to conference affiliation than having a good football team.

Still have no idea how Troy would hurt anything in this conference when we have UTEP being the only winless team.. 

[Rudy]

I'm not sure the SBC needs to be kicking anyone out. And no, they shouldn't be added to CUSA.

 

[CaribbeanGreen]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't it a pretty big academic issue with Troy?

[keith]

9 minutes ago, BTG_Fan1 said:

Still have no idea how Troy would hurt anything in this conference when we have UTEP being the only winless team.. 

Membership in a conference is not exclusively a football thing.   These are athletic conferences of institutions of higher education.  These institutions want to be associated with like institutions.   It's not always fair, but in this world you are judged by the company you keep.  Troy could have the best football team in the entire nation and they would never be invited into the Big 10.

Edited December 3, 2017 by keith

[BTG_Fan1]

3 minutes ago, keith said:

Membership in a conference is not exclusively a football thing.   These are athletic conferences of institutions of higher education.  These institutions want to be associated with like institutions.   It's not always fair, but in this world you are judged by the company you keep.  Troy could have the best football team in the entire nation and they would never be invited into the Big 10.

Again, no issues have been stated as to what the problem is with Troy.. it was posted that academics are an issue, which if that that is fine with me for them not being let in.. but again no reasons have been presented and that is what I have asked.. 

[keith]

2 minutes ago, BTG_Fan1 said:

Again, no issues have been stated as to what the problem is with Troy.. it was posted that academics are an issue, which if that that is fine with me for them not being let in.. but again no reasons have been presented and that is what I have asked.. 

Yes, it's an academic thing.  Probably some other factors, but the academics is the predominant factor.  Presidents of universities determine/accept/approve who is let into their conference club and their motivations extend way beyond the football field.

[BTG_Fan1]

Just now, keith said:

Yes, it's an academic thing.  Probably some other factors, but the academics is the predominant factor.  Presidents of universities determine/accept/approve who is let into their conference club and their motivations extend way beyond the football field.

Thank you for comfirming the academic issues.