OT: Texas State to New Pac 12

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Maybe Texas State can hire Herman again lol

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I doubt UTSA, Rice, UNT are worried about Texas State.

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When I went to UH, Texas State was known as Southwest Texas State. A party school that was the backup option for kids who couldnā€™t get into UT, A&M and UH.

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I thought those people went to TT . . . . .

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I went to a season opener there some years back and ate at ihop after - the students there were more interested in getting to Austin that night for a random UT game - never met a excited alum from there

They have the luxury of taxing 40k students with athletic fees so they can experiment - UTRGV is next since they have 33k

Trust me this will get old - when they realize most of the fanbase canā€™t even get to opposing games without some type of major travel plans

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My good friend that is a TxSt alum used to talk about all the students wearing UT gear on campusā€¦

He would always say ā€œYou didnā€™t get in broā€¦ā€ :rofl:

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The talk is adding UTSA or Rice as travel partner.

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Like a non-conference?

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Iā€™d go with UTSA over Rice, North Texas or UTEP

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Honestly - the next bold move for a FBS league in the south is to get Jackson State to move up - they bring a fan base better than most bottom-feeder FBS teams - but it would be hard for them to give up traditional games in place of playing teams that donā€™t move the needle plus the SWAC has a better bowl deal and more desired game than those leagues but its worth kicking around

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Would be cool to see, but they are broke broke. I think itā€™s more feasible that weā€™ll see ULM drop down to FCS than JSU moving up to FBS

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Not happening.

Next PAC add, if any, will be UTSA.

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Broke? lol not fbs rich but could hold their own much better than a ULM who shouldnā€™t have ever went up to begin with, etc - your non-conf games on that level now bring in a million plus plus they do well at home for their games so it could be done if they got total buy in but like some have said is playing in a bad fbs league worth it to start?

No worse than McNeese mysteriously being wanting to go fbs now when they havenā€™t been relevant in football for years :joy:

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UTSA is not going to PAC. Itā€™s less money and they have to pay a big fee to get out of American.