MAC relased a statement they decided not to expand, MTSU and WKU released a statement saying they were proud to be members of C-USA. I guess it depends on which one you believe.
What killed the deal is MTSU and WKU wouldn’t leave unless the MAC took both. The MAC said “No Thanks”.
UNLV turned down the Pac. Doesnt make the MWC the better league.
Having a Master’s from a MAC school, I would have great difficulty accepting that any FBS football conference is worse.
Gonzaga officially going PAC-12
CUSA and MAC look similarly bad at the bottom although the top three in each conference are better than UH. The MAC is appealing if you’re in that geography. It’s a far tighter geography than CUSA.
The Sun Belt has a higher overall standing but smaller markets than CUSA.
With Gonzaga officially joining PAC-12, could that attract Memphis?
If so, does the AAC possibly invite Texas St.?
It makes sense to me for the MWC to bring in UTEP. I prefer conferences to have a regional identity.
Well, that ship sailed!
Well, then they had better hope that the podcaster is right and the Big 12 will change its mind.
Otherwise….it’s hard for me to believe that being an independent is a sustainable strategy for any FBS football program other than ND (and even in their case, they could make a lot more in the B1G).
Throw them into the category of G5 schools praying on an ACC implosion.
If this brings the Sun bowl to the MWC, then they did very well.
PAC needs Texas State.
Conference realignment’s frenetic pace reaffirms Pac-12, Mountain West should have merged all along
Also…
Pac-12 pausing expansion efforts as conference enters media rights evaluation with current members
Getting a media rights evaluation by a consultant is not the same as getting an actual media rights offer which could be a large gap between the two.
If I am the AAC schools, I’m not moving on what a consultant say. They would have to guarantee me a certain payout.
PAC ought to have learned their lesson about consultants, from the ASU business school Professor who told them their league was worth 55M per team. They tried that figure on ESPN. ESPN told them, to go pound rocks.
So is the media idea behind the PAC adding Texas St that people in Texas will want to watch Texas St on TV just because it’s a school in Texas? I’m no media expert but that sounds iffy. The name Texas State still sounds weird to me. I still think of them as Southwest Texas.
Forest not trees situation w Texas State.
-Central time zone.
-Staggered w UTEP, an annual game in Texas 4 every MWC sport school.
-Having that part of TX in the middle of TT/ Baylor/ TCU/ UH B12 breadbasket.
-Its at least G5.
Those are good explanations
Possible reason why MWC went with UTEP?
They can’t afford the $5 million buyout and the MWC sold the farm to keep UNLV and Air Force?
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