Utah State To The Mwc

shaft · January 25, 2011

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700103655/Utah-State-may-be-joining-MWC.html

The Fake Lonnie Finch · January 25, 2011

This whole thing is stupid. Can someone please tell me why the WAC and MWC don't just join up and form one conference? It makes the most sense geographically.

ValleyBoy · January 25, 2011

This whole thing is stupid. Can someone please tell me why the WAC and MWC don't just join up and form one conference? It makes the most sense geographically.

Pride.

ColoradoEagle · January 25, 2011

If USU and SJSU to the MWC is true, then they did. 6 MWC schools + 6 WAC schools. No chairs left for Idaho, NMSU, and La. Tech when the music stopped.

Edited January 25, 2011 by ColoradoEagle

Adub4ever · January 25, 2011

great post colorado eagle u nailed it.... the music finally stopped for LT, NMSU, and Idaho

Maybe not the best news but atleast they keep watering down the MWC and this should kill the WAC..... Tx St. and NMSU would make great conference rivals.... La Tech would probably prefer going indy.... Im not a huge fan of UTSA but they would draw more intrest for home games than F_U...... its really too bad for our old Big West and Sun Belt rival Idaho.... the WAC never was the same after the texas schools left UH, SMU and Rice left, it was obvious that the WAC would be poached by the MWC, and the MWC would be poached by the Pac 10.... but it was BYU throwing a wrench in the whole thing by going indy

Edited January 25, 2011 by Adub4ever

eulessismore · January 25, 2011

This whole thing is stupid. Can someone please tell me why the WAC and MWC don't just join up and form one conference? It makes the most sense geographically.

I've never seen any evidence that football conferences have a map in the room when they're discussing these things.

UNTFan23 · January 25, 2011

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700103655/Utah-State-may-be-joining-MWC.html

The article says USU may be headed to MWC. There has been no official announcement yet. There is nothing from Utah State or the MWC conference. This is nothing more than speculation.

Edited January 25, 2011 by UNTFan23

shaft · January 25, 2011

The article also says the news will be official in 24-48 hours.

Utah State is in.

The Fake Lonnie Finch · January 25, 2011

Stupid. Just throw NMSU and Idaho in the conference and make two seven-team division (MAC-like).

La. Tech, UTSA, and Texas State to the Sun Belt. Throw in Lamar and USA, who is coming eventually anyway, and make it a two-division conference as well:

East

Arkansas State

Florida International

Florida Atlantic

Middle Tennessee

South Alabama

Troy

Western Kentucky

West

North Texas

UTSA

Texas State

Lamar

Louisiana Tech

Louisiana

ULM

Hells damn bells! Throw UTEP and NMSU in with the West, and we could simply walk away from the eastern-most elements of the Sun Belt and have our own conference.

Everyone should get off their high horses and swallows a little pride.

The whole thing is stupid and annoying. It's gotten so ridiculously stupid. I know it's about the money, but that's what makes the whole damn system a charade. The BCS, the NCAA, all of it. It's not about "amateur athletics" anymore. It's about the "traditional powers" cutting off as big a slice of the pie as they can.

Just walk away from the bastards. Can't the F'brains that run programs in the Sun Belt and other conferences just grow some balls and ignore the "traditional powers"?

Make it real. Make it semi-pro. Do something else besides making all of these stupid false gestures towards "amateur athletics" and the BCS. Call their bluff! Start paying the players in the non-AQ conference and see how fast the BCS charade comes down.

Cowards. Liars, thieves, and cowards. Every last damn school president and athletic administrator that continually perpetrates the ongoing fraud of "amateur athletics" in the 21st Century Television Contract world.

Stupid!

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Monkeyfarts.

greenminer · January 25, 2011

Tweet it or gtfo

shaft · January 25, 2011

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

That's how I feel about your realignment theory too.

The correct answer is:

SBC East: FAU, FIU, MTSU, WKY, Troy, USA

SBC West: UNT, Ark St, UL-M, UL-L, LA Tech, and UTSAor NMSU

TIgreen01 · January 25, 2011

Stupid. Just throw NMSU and Idaho in the conference and make two seven-team division (MAC-like).

La. Tech, UTSA, and Texas State to the Sun Belt. Throw in Lamar and USA, who is coming eventually anyway, and make it a two-division conference as well:

East
Arkansas State
Florida International
Florida Atlantic
Middle Tennessee
South Alabama
Troy
Western Kentucky

West
North Texas
UTSA
Texas State
Lamar
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana
ULM

Hells damn bells! Throw UTEP and NMSU in with the West, and we could simply walk away from the eastern-most elements of the Sun Belt and have our own conference.

Everyone should get off their high horses and swallows a little pride.

The whole thing is stupid and annoying. It's gotten so ridiculously stupid. I know it's about the money, but that's what makes the whole damn system a charade. The BCS, the NCAA, all of it. It's not about "amateur athletics" anymore. It's about the "traditional powers" cutting off as big a slice of the pie as they can.

Just walk away from the bastards. Can't the F'brains that run programs in the Sun Belt and other conferences just grow some balls and ignore the "traditional powers"?

Make it real. Make it semi-pro. Do something else besides making all of these stupid false gestures towards "amateur athletics" and the BCS. Call their bluff! Start paying the players in the non-AQ conference and see how fast the BCS charade comes down.

Cowards. Liars, thieves, and cowards. Every last damn school president and athletic administrator that continually perpetrates the ongoing fraud of "amateur athletics" in the 21st Century Television Contract world.

Stupid!

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!

Monkeyfarts.

Hall of fame.

Closing with 'Monkeyfarts' cinched it.

Seriously, though, agreed with every last word.

Travis · January 25, 2011

Don't want tsu or utsa. I will take la tech and nmsu

NM Green · January 25, 2011

Look UNLV never thought it would be in the same league with Reno, but there is no biatching here in Las Vegas. La Tech needs to knut up and accept that it's best case scenario is actually and upgrade. They gain regional rivalries, a bowl game in Southern LA. They get to pound heads with Southern foes like Troy and Middle. Just make it happen:

The Great Gulf

Gulf West

UNT

La Tech

NMSU

UTSA

Texas State

Arkansas State

Louisiana

Gulf East

Western KY

Troy

Middle

FIU

FAU

South Alabama

Louisiana Monroe

Travis · January 25, 2011

The Great Gulf

Gulf West

UNT
La Tech
NMSU
UTSA
Texas State
Arkansas State
Louisiana

Gulf East

Western KY
Troy
Middle
FIU
FAU
South Alabama
Louisiana Monroe

Put ULM in the West, take out TSU and UTSA... make it a 12 team league and now we have something.

Mean Green 93-98 · January 25, 2011

Put ULM in the West, take out TSU and UTSA... make it a 12 team league and now we have something.

From what I have heard repeatedly, LaTech is adamantly opposed to being in a conference with ULM.

Side Show Joe · January 25, 2011

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700103655/Utah-State-may-be-joining-MWC.html

Went over to the MWC board and read a little about what is going on. It would appear USU is will be the #11 team. Officially the MWC and USU have no comments. The interesting development is that San Jose seems to be in doubt as #12. The MWC claims they have not contacted San Jose, and San Jose says they haven't been approached about the spot. Could the MWC still want a Texas team? One poster claims the T.V. money will be about the same with either San Jose or North Texas as the #12 team. Other factors will be used to determine who gets the spot. Lets hope are new stadium, athletic fee, size, increased coaching salaries, and success in other sports can push us over the top. It looks like the west coast schools are pushing for SJSU, and the mountain time zone schools, who get more Texas recruits, may be pulling for us. We will see.

Travis · January 25, 2011

From what I have heard repeatedly, LaTech is adamantly opposed to being in a conference with ULM.

Maybe, but they have no power in this. And they shouldn't.

ADLER · January 25, 2011

West Division

UNT
La Tech
NMSU
UTSA
Texas State
Arkansas State
Louisiana

East Division

Western KY
Troy
Middle
FIU
FAU
South Alabama
Louisiana Monroe

Brilliant ideas!!!

I love this alignment. It drastically cuts travel costs for conference games. It encourages fan travel, especially to some interesting destinations. It increases our exposure in markets not only where we recruit athletes, but also where we recruit students. The added markets will increase television value.

And as a side benefit, it blocks Benson from raising Lamar, SHSU, SFA, and every other current FCS Southland school to the FBS.

NT80 · January 25, 2011

Went over to the MWC board and read a little about what is going on. It would appear USU is will be the #11 team. Officially the MWC and USU have no comments. The interesting development is that San Jose seems to be in doubt as #12. The MWC claims they have not contacted San Jose, and San Jose says they haven't been approached about the spot. Could the MWC still want a Texas team? One poster claims the T.V. money will be about the same with either San Jose or North Texas as the #12 team. Other factors will be used to determine who gets the spot. Lets hope are new stadium, athletic fee, size, increased coaching salaries, and success in other sports can push us over the top. It looks like the west coast schools are pushing for SJSU, and the mountain time zone schools, who get more Texas recruits, may be pulling for us. We will see.

I hope someone is up late tonight pulling some MWC strings for North Texas. It would be a huge upgrade over the SBC.

ColoradoEagle · January 25, 2011

I hope someone is up late tonight pulling some MWC strings for North Texas. It would be a huge upgrade over the SBC.

I was told by TennesseeBoyintheRockies that NT hasn't made contact with the MWC. I have absolutely no idea what he does or does not know, but wanted to throw it out there for consideration.

ColoradoEagle · January 25, 2011

On a final note before I collapse, posters on SJSU's forum have said that their sources all say that the Spartans to the MWC is not a done deal. I'm losing hope of any movement for us, but not all hope is lost yet, I guess.

foutsrouts · January 25, 2011

Put ULM in the West, take out TSU and UTSA... make it a 12 team league and now we have something.

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Agree a million percent. No old Southland/1st year football teams. Make them earn their keep wherever they can. NMSU and LA Tech to round out the dirty dozen.