Question?

[eeally]

Did UNT turn down an invitation to the WAC?

A Co-worker said we did.

Is this true?

[Rudy]

I don't know for sure, but Im 99% sure that we did, and I thank God for that. The Big West days nearly killed our program.

[medpilot21]

Yes we did...and thanks RV for being wise enough to tell them NO THANKS. We get NO benefit from being a WAC team? Travel costs, same strength of schedule as Belt, non-regional opponents, fans cant attend as many away games, etc....

We are in the Belt until C-USA decides we are ready. Works for me!!!! Trust in RV to get that done in the near future. He has delivered on his other promises so far...

OOC wins, a new stadium, attendance improvements, and C-USA will follow. We have a few tasks to go in this conference first.

GMG!!!

[eeally]

Sure would have been nice to see Boise ST and Fresno ST at Fouts. Not to mention the great Road Trips to Hawaii. I see that cost would have been enourmous.

[Coffee and TV]

Sure would have been nice to see Boise ST and Fresno ST at Fouts. Not to mention the great Road Trips to Hawaii. I see that cost would have been enourmous.

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my thoughts exactly. Even with the travel costs is it worth it to challenge Boise and Fresno every year rather than spank the UL_'s and F_U's of the world?

[shaft]

A formal invite was never but on the table, but that's not exactly how these things operate. Like Larry Coker at Miami said," these things are sort of like marriage, you don't ask unless you pretty sure what the answer is going to be."

[Eagle-96]

Ahhh west coast football. Games starting at 9:00 PM. Not being able to travel to away games, increased travel costs.

[VideoEagle]

Not another one of these threads!

Let's not forget that the WAC has serious bowl problems. They theoretically guarantee their top two teams bowls, but more than once things have only worked out by chance. Now, they are one bowl less - although I think the bowl in San Jose only ever took Fresno. How long to you think the Hawaii Bowl if going to last if Hawaii isn't in it?

As for Boise and Fesno helping us by coming to town, ask TCU or SMU or Tulsa or Rice or UTEP how much that helped them.

And don't forget the lack of any local TV or newpaper coverage for west coast games. The late games get nothing on local TV and many, many times the DMN says "check our website" for the results on late games.

TCU managed to work a deal with the MWC to eliminate late games for themselves.

And if the WAC is so good, why did TCU, SMU, Tulsa, Rice and UTEP jump out at the first chance they got? Why is LaTech begging CUSA to let them in? Why have two new west coast bowls BOTH said no to the WAC?

Let's just not go WACy!