Wac Will Come Calling Again

UNTflyer · January 15, 2011

"Sources also said the WAC could make fresh runs at Montana and North Texas, both of which turned down invitations last November."

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shaft · January 15, 2011

And we should say no again. Both UNT and LA Tech are waiting to see if a spot opens up in CUSA.

greenminer · January 15, 2011

Are we on Benson's speed dial?

Harry · January 15, 2011

Or a Larry Craig footap?

Eastwood Eagle · January 15, 2011

Are we on Benson's speed dial?

Number 2 on his speed dial actually, Number 1 is his voicemail, which has a message from UNT saying the WAC is not an option.

SilverEagle · January 15, 2011

I agree with Rudy. We should look into filing charges on him for stalking.

SUMG · January 15, 2011

The WAC has as much of a chance to get us......as I have of actually dating one of the hot chicks in the Zoosk ad.

emmitt01 · January 15, 2011

Thanks, but no thanks.

Eagle1855 · January 15, 2011

NO I WILL NOT MAKE OUT WITH YOU

forevereagle · January 15, 2011

NO I WILL NOT MAKE OUT WITH YOU

GrayEagle · January 15, 2011

Hey, I'm flattered. Not as flattered as I was the first time that they called but flattered nonetheless.

wardly · January 16, 2011

And we should say no again. Both UNT and LA Tech are waiting to see if a spot opens up in CUSA.

la.tech. has a mediocre,cash straped athletic program in a rual market with about 60 black and white t.v.'s.why would cusa want them? in fact, why would the belt want them?

UNTalum82 · January 16, 2011

I say we stay in the belt. This conference is growing and starting to earn respect, in a few years I think people will be wanting to move to the Sunbelt!

GrayEagle · January 16, 2011

I say we stay in the belt. This conference is growing and starting to earn respect, in a few years I think people will be wanting to move to the Sunbelt!

I'm not sure that we've had a Top 50 team, much less a Top 25. The conference schedule is not conducive to have top teams and our attendance won't get many home and home games that we can win. That, and most teams don't have the budget to get a first class coaching staff. There is not enough payout from the NCAA for much improvement. They would have to hit it lucky. The Belt and the MAC will be bottom feeders for longer than I have left on this earth.

Rudy · January 16, 2011

Are we on Benson's speed dial?

Yes, along with his IM list, Myspace Friends, and he keeps trying to add NT on Facebook, despite the repeated denials.

Rudy · January 16, 2011

To: Karl Benson,

emmitt01 · January 16, 2011

Here's something that will give you a chuckle. The consensus on the WACky board is that NT should jump at the chance to join them because...wait for it...UTSA and schools like Lamar and Coastal Carolina will lead them back to being a first rate conference soon. Theyre velebrating the decision to grant them a waiver to just REMIN A CONFERENCE as if its an AQ invite.

We have been given grief for years because we were the league of upstarts and castoffs...now the WAC is gonna build a juggernaut of a conference out of 1AA's?

Wow.

Yellow Snow · January 16, 2011

I say we stay in the belt. This conference is growing and starting to earn respect, in a few years I think people will be wanting to move to the Sunbelt!

I don't know how to say this without coming across as an arrogant *ss... and have tried and tried re-typing it, but to no avail. When Dan McCarney was hired at UNT I had no idea what conference you were in. I had to look up the SBC just to see what schools are in it. You should get out of the SBC if the WAC offers again. There is only so much respect that can be earned in the SBC, even by winning every game by 50 points.

The WAC may or may not be a better football conference than the SBC, but the level of respect for the SBC will still be less than a re-vamped WAC on name alone. EVERY college football fan knows about the WAC... the SBC... not so much. The WAC name alone is a bump up in the college football pecking order. As an average Joe football fan, your program will get noticed more in the WAC than they will in the SBC even winning it consistently.

Ask yourself this... Is there ANY school in the SBC that would accept a WAC invite if offered? If the answer to that is yes, you should know what UNT's answer should be if asked again.

Get out of the SBC... bottom line from an impartial observer with no dog in this fight. I may be totally wrong, ignorant, misinformed, have completely ridiculous pre-concieved notions of the SBC, be an AQ elitist homer, etc., but it doesn't matter. Unfortunately perception is reality, and I guarantee that most other football fans with no rooting interest in either conference feel like i do. The WAC trumps the SBC on name alone.

Rudy · January 16, 2011

I don't know how to say this without coming across as an arrogant *ss... and have tried and tried re-typing it, but to no avail. When Dan McCarney was hired at UNT I had no idea what conference you were in. I had to look up the SBC just to see what schools are in it. You should get out of the SBC if the WAC offers again. There is only so much respect that can be earned in the SBC, even by winning every game by 50 points.

The WAC may or may not be a better football conference than the SBC, but the level of respect for the SBC will still be less than a re-vamped WAC on name alone. EVERY college football fan knows about the WAC... the SBC... not so much. The WAC name alone is a bump up in the college football pecking order. As an average Joe football fan, your program will get noticed more in the WAC than they will in the SBC even winning it consistently.

Ask yourself this... Is there ANY school in the SBC that would accept a WAC invite if offered? If the answer to that is yes, you should know what UNT's answer should be if asked again.

Get out of the SBC... bottom line from an impartial observer with no dog in this fight. I may be totally wrong, ignorant, misinformed, have completely ridiculous pre-concieved notions of the SBC, be an AQ elitist homer, etc., but it doesn't matter. Unfortunately perception is reality, and I guarantee that most other football fans with no rooting interest in either conference feel like i do. The WAC trumps the SBC on name alone.

This is not going to go well.

Edited January 16, 2011 by Rudy

Travis · January 17, 2011

Ask yourself this... Is there ANY school in the SBC that would accept a WAC invite if offered? If the answer to that is yes, you should know what UNT's answer should be if asked again.

As I understand... some schools have been asked... and they said no.

Yellow Snow · January 17, 2011

This is not going to go well.

Hehehe... yea, probably won't go well... but it is what it is.

Just throwing out my opinion, for better or worse. Not right or wrong, just throwing it out there...

:sword:

Rudy · January 17, 2011

Hehehe... yea, probably won't go well... but it is what it is.

Just throwing out my opinion, for better or worse. Not right or wrong, just throwing it out there...

Wel I'll go ahead and answer in an attempt to curb the lynching of our new friend from Iowa.

We were already in the WAC once, when it was called the Big West. It is the conference we left to join the SBC. While the WAC still carries the "name" recognition, for now, it will lose it very soon. They have even been getting turned down by Montana. TSU adnd UTSA only joined because they are determined to move to FBS and the SBC has decided not to bring anymore schools from the FCS for the time being. When we were in the Big West, our athletic program nearly died, literally. It cost the university too much to send the "Olympic Sports" as they are now called to play out there. The WAC had a few decent teams and a couple of good ones, Boise, Nevada, Hawaii and Fresno. Now those teams are bolting to the MWC and Hawaii has chosen to go indy in football. So it makes even less sense to go to what essentially is the Big West all over again, minus the best schools. While travel wcosts would be more in the MWC, the schools are definitely a step up, so it would be beneficial to NT. Even the WAC's biggest blowhards on this board have abandoned that ship.

Black Scholes · January 17, 2011

I am totally wrong, ignorant, misinformed, have completely ridiculous pre-concieved notions of the SBC, be an AQ elitist homer, etc., but it doesn't matter cuz I'm am not intellectually taking into consideration how bad the WAC will suck with their new team alignment and forever be the bottom dwellers of FBS football!

Updated quote nough said!

Yellow Snow · January 17, 2011

Wel I'll go ahead and answer in an attempt to curb the lynching of our new friend from Iowa.

We were already in the WAC once, when it was called the Big West. It is the conference we left to join the SBC. While the WAC still carries the "name" recognition, for now, it will lose it very soon. They have even been getting turned down by Montana. TSU adnd UTSA only joined because they are determined to move to FBS and the SBC has decided not to bring anymore schools from the FCS for the time being. When we were in the Big West, our athletic program nearly died, literally. It cost the university too much to send the "Olympic Sports" as they are now called to play out there. The WAC had a few decent teams and a couple of good ones, Boise, Nevada, Hawaii and Fresno. Now those teams are bolting to the MWC and Hawaii has chosen to go indy in football. So it makes even less sense to go to what essentially is the Big West all over again, minus the best schools. While travel wcosts would be more in the MWC, the schools are definitely a step up, so it would be beneficial to NT. Even the WAC's biggest blowhards on this board have abandoned that ship.

Ahhh... That makes perfect sense. I told you I was ignorant... hehehe

My concern is that no matter what you guys do in the SBC, you'll be fighting a conference perception problem. Most college football fans are about as in tune to the nuances you pointed out as I am. Which is basically zero. Believe me, you guys are going to get tired of arguing with people on behalf of the SBC. You are going to be telling guys like me what's what forever... it's an image issue that will be hard to shake.

Based on what you told me above, I'd agree that the WAC is not a place you want to be.

Rudy · January 17, 2011

Ahhh... That makes perfect sense. I told you I was ignorant... hehehe

My concern is that no matter what you guys do in the SBC, you'll be fighting a conference perception problem. Most college football fans are about as in tune to the nuances you pointed out as I am. Which is basically zero. Believe me, you guys are going to get tired of arguing with people on behalf of the SBC. You are going to be telling guys like me what's what forever... it's an image issue that will be hard to shake.

Based on what you told me above, I'd agree that the WAC is not a place you want to be.

Well Rome wasn't built in a day. Granted, the SBC won't become the next Ottoman Empire, but the image is slowly improving. We had 3 bowl teams for the first time this season and went 2-1. If the WACky continues its trend, it won't be long until we have passed the WACky in perception.

Ahh hell, the negative monster is back. :rolleyes: