Part Iii Thoughts On Realignment & Baseball

[MeanGreen61]

http://meangreenblog.dentonrc.com/archives/2010/06/realignment-series-part-iii-th.html

[MeanGreen61]

Exerpt of post by HawaiiMongoose on the WAC board.

So, I suggest an offer to North Texas as a mutually-beneficial marriage of convenience. It would be with the acknowledgement and understanding that NT, just like Louisiana Tech, ultimately aspires to a home in Conference USA. However, joining the WAC would be a good short-term step up for North Texas, putting the Mean Green in a stronger conference than the Sunbelt with more respected opponents and better TV coverage and travel that's only marginally worse than what NT faces today. The benefits to the WAC of bringing aboard NT have been addressed in other threads, but they include proximity to NMSU and Louisiana Tech, a decent academic reputation, excellent facilities (a new 30K stadium is scheduled to open next season), some strong teams (notably basketball which has been to the NCAA twice in the past four years), and easy access (a short drive from DFW airport). It's true that the NT football team has been down recently, but historically it has done well, with four Sunbelt championships in the past nine seasons.

Edited June 15, 2010 by MeanGreen61

[GrayEagle]

I couldn't have said it better myself and I'm a definite "homer".