Teams that visit Hawaii are allowed 13 games. I don't know that will still apply to conference opponents. At any rate, Hawaii would be like a bowl game for recruiting purposes.
They already had them as FB-only member.
are the MW schools that much further away than Big West schoolsl? i don't think travel is a concern for Hawaii, unless they were considering an invitation to the Big East or ACC - it literally all sucks when you're alone out there, whats another hour in the sky?
Yes.
Even Big West exception Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) is a heckuva lot closer and more directly accessible to/from Hawaii Manoa than the likes MWC members Wyoming, UTEP, New Mexico, etc aside from San Jose State.
IIRC, Northern Illinois previously left the MAC for some other conference before returning. Additionally, NIU’s reportedly been an overall low performer in most sports other than football relatively recently.
One would assume It’s going to be the PAC-9 until UNLV realizes it’s not getting an invite to the BIG12.
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Challenging to ignore NM State’s long term football record, resulting negative brand image, middle of nowhere location, low pop <400K, small media market (~90), markedly smaller than even UNM (~50), both in low median income state (47th), limited added value with UNM already in new MWC, etc.
