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I think the Pac-12 made a huge mistake by not expanding by poaching some of the little 8s. Pac-12 is making the exact mistakes B12 was making back in 2016. They won't be able to stop the B1G raid, but they can at least add some teams while they still have the upper hands.

As of right now, the Pac-12 still has that P4 label so they need to act asap before they are raided. Schools like Oregon St and Washington St will be left out in the cold if they don't act now.

It simply makes too much sense for the B1G to raid the Pac-12 for top schools before the next media contract.
 
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WestCoastHusky said:
I think the Pac-12 made a huge mistake by not expanding by poaching some of the little 8s. Pac-12 is making the exact mistakes B12 was making back in 2016. They won't be able to stop the B1G raid, but they can at least add some teams while they still have the upper hands.

As of right now, the Pac-12 still has that P4 label so they need to act asap before they are raided. Schools like Oregon St and Washington St will be left out in the cold if they don't act now.

It simply makes too much sense for the B1G to raid the Pac-12 for top schools before the next media contract.
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Pac 12 football is not good. Not a group to hitch your wagon to competitively or culturally. The Big 12 schools will fare better.
 
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don356 said:
Pac 12 football is not good. Not a group to hitch your wagon to competitively or culturally. The Big 12 schools will fare better.
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Genius! A UConn fan dissing the Pac12. Oregon looks pretty good so far this year.
 
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-> And so another back-of-the-napkin scheme emerges, perhaps not immediately but somewhere over the horizon: A national, breakaway conference with the best of the rest.

SDSU, Boise State, Colorado State, Air Force and UNLV (because of its football facilities, not its history) from the Mountain West. SMU, Memphis, South Florida and Navy from the AAC. North Texas, which is pouring money into facilities, from Conference USA. Maybe Army, currently an independent in football, so you have all three service academies.

The geography works in football because teams all charter to games, and there’s little difference in time or expense to fly for another hour or so to Dallas instead of Albuquerque. In basketball and Olympic sports, you could focus schedules within your region and add one or two trips east or west — not ideal but not unreasonable. <-
 
Would the Huskies join a football only G5 conference as the MAC or a further water down CUSA?
Based on you posts enjoying your schedule and the name brands, think not, but curious.
Pretty sure UMass would accept.
 
Steve1981 said:
Would the Huskies join a football only G5 conference as the MAC or a further water down CUSA?
Based on you posts enjoying your schedule and the name brands, think not, but curious.
Pretty sure UMass would accept.
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No way.
 
Zissou said:
Genius! A UConn fan dissing the Pac12. Oregon looks pretty good so far this year.
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Mmm… Shouldn’t you be on the Kansas bored trying to entice them to the Big East?
 
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Steve1981 said:
Would the Huskies join a football only G5 conference as the MAC or a further water down CUSA?
Based on you posts enjoying your schedule and the name brands, think not, but curious.
Pretty sure UMass would accept.
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They would have us and UMass play a play in game to decide who gets accepted.
 
Steve1981 said:
Would the Huskies join a football only G5 conference as the MAC or a further water down CUSA?
Based on you posts enjoying your schedule and the name brands, think not, but curious.
Pretty sure UMass would accept.
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NCAA bylaws don't allow a football only FBS conference
 
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Adding the MWC members to the AAC is the best case scenario for them. Would ESPN sweeten the deal to make it happen?
 
If Boise State moves it tells you the rumored "second round" Big XII expansion is not likely to happen anytime soon... if they expected an invite in the near term, there's no way they'd pay to exit the MWC to turn around and then pay to exit the AAC.
 
It seems to me like the AAC is living in a fantasyland. Why would anybody leave the MWC for the AAC? Are the remaining eight AAC teams really better than the teams in the MWC? If so, are they so much better than the MWC teams leaving would be willing to absorb the extra costs of increased travel?
 
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I can now say Austin Peay...but for Lincoln Memorial I needed a tutorial. And Queens University..at least all 2,300 students are Royals.
 
pick6s said:
It seems to me like the AAC is living in a fantasyland. Why would anybody leave the MWC for the AAC? Are the remaining eight AAC teams really better than the teams in the MWC? If so, are they so much better than the MWC teams leaving would be willing to absorb the extra costs of increased travel?
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If it happens this is why:
1. Aresco*is ESPN’s boy who successfully built a competitive football conference from scrap lumber.
His was the only conference poached that speaks volumes and the once highly touted MW was relegated to also ran
2. The AAC contract is double the MW conference paying 6.5/7 million a team to 3.5 per team.
3. The Markets occupied by the survivors on the AAC
Tampa
New Orleans
Philly
Dallas
Plus Navy
Are better than
Far flung sparely populated MW
4. Pretty much all playoff competition gets removed for thst final playoff spot + top G5 playoff bonus money
I’m well aware that some of these arguments can be made to add AAC team to the MW , because this merger makes to much sense for the survival of these schools.
If I’m the AAC I would take 4 MW all sports teams.
Boise
Utah State
Colorado State
San Diego State
But I would add
to this merger two BB only’s preferably from the list
Gonzaga, Dayton , San Diego **WKU, VCU.
*Im the biggest Aresco critic because of his ignorance of basketball but to not recognize his FB accomplishment given the hand he was dealt and the alleged flag ship program’s utter destruction was a remarkable achievement.
**private school
 
AZHuskiePop said:
If it happens this is why:
1. Aresco*is ESPN’s boy who successfully built a competitive football conference from scrap lumber.
His was the only conference poached that speaks volumes and the once highly touted MW was relegated to also ran
2. The AAC contract is double the MW conference paying 6.5/7 million a team to 3.5 per team.
3. The Markets occupied by the survivors on the AAC
Tampa
New Orleans
Philly
Dallas
Plus Navy
Are better than
Far flung sparely populated MW
4. Pretty much all playoff competition gets removed for thst final playoff spot + top G5 playoff bonus money
I’m well aware that some of these arguments can be made to add AAC team to the MW , because this merger makes to much sense for the survival of these schools.
If I’m the AAC I would take 4 MW all sports teams.
Boise
Utah State
Colorado State
San Diego State
But I would add
to this merger two BB only’s preferably from the list
Gonzaga, Dayton , San Diego **WKU, VCU.
*Im the biggest Aresco critic because of his ignorance of basketball but to not recognize his FB accomplishment given the hand he was dealt and the alleged flag ship program’s utter destruction was a remarkable achievement.
**private school
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Western Kentucky is public.
 
Steve1981 said:
Would the Huskies join a football only G5 conference as the MAC or a further water down CUSA?
Based on you posts enjoying your schedule and the name brands, think not, but curious.
Pretty sure UMass would accept.
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I would like to see the MAC expand by 4 and add Marshall, Temple, UMASS, and UCONN (football only). That would be a fun Northeastern football conference.

This board is adamant that they want P5 brand names but so far the ticket sales are not there and losing to Purdue by 40 was no more fun than losing to Tulane. Independence is an experiment in wishful thinking IMO. I vote yes to joining the MAC if invited.
 
metsfan2323 said:
I would like to see the MAC expand by 4 and add Marshall, Temple, UMASS, and UCONN (football only). That would be a fun Northeastern football conference.

This board is adamant that they want P5 brand names but so far the ticket sales are not there and losing to Purdue by 40 was no more fun than losing to Tulane. Independence is an experiment in wishful thinking IMO. I vote yes to joining the MAC if invited.
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If you think our attendance sucks now when we have compelling opponents that we get to play on the weekends/Friday night, think how low the attendance will be playing Miami (OH) in November on a Wednesday night. At least now we're getting games against teams our fan base cares about. I can't see many people showing up for Wednesday night #MACtion.
 
phillionaire said:
If you think our attendance sucks now when we have compelling opponents that we get to play on the weekends/Friday night, think how low the attendance will be playing Miami (OH) in November on a Wednesday night. At least now we're getting games against teams our fan base cares about. I can't see many people showing up for Wednesday night #MACtion.
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Wishful thinking. The fanbase didn't care about last weeks game anymore than it did for the AAC games. Maybe less.
 
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