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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2010 12:51:32 GMT -8
MWC commish said 8-10 teams contacted the MWC about joining, but would not say who. Wonder who they were, and if there were any surprises in the group?
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2010 13:00:01 GMT -8
I'll bet 7 of them were Fresno State.
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Post by McQuervo on Jun 18, 2010 13:11:01 GMT -8
uck...0 value
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Post by Frantic on Jun 18, 2010 13:22:28 GMT -8
Eight teams remain in the WAC. I doubt SJSU, La Tech or Utah State would waste their time even asking. That means I suspect five are likely:
Fresno
Idaho
NM State
Nevada
Hawaii
Plus Conf USA members:
Houston
SMU
UTEP
Tulsa
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Post by sdsuphilip on Jun 18, 2010 13:24:48 GMT -8
Houston
SMU
Fresno
Utep
Tulsa
UNR
Hawaii
theres 7
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Post by aztecfankrishnan on Jun 18, 2010 14:32:13 GMT -8
I still think adding Houston with their large TV marked and as a natural rival to TCU makes sense. I'm really not excited about any other mid-major schools.
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Post by AztecWilliam on Jun 18, 2010 14:54:25 GMT -8
I, too, think that Houston might be a good addition. They were threatening to break into the perpetual Top-25 two decades ago but ran into trouble. Recently they have been on the rise.
However, I'm still not convinced that adding anybody right now makes a lot of sense.
AzWm
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Jun 18, 2010 15:36:24 GMT -8
I, too, think that Houston might be a good addition. They were threatening to break into the perpetual Top-25 two decades ago but ran into trouble. Recently they have been on the rise. AzWm The Big 12 teams control the Houston market. I see no reason to invite them. =Bob |
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Post by aztecx on Jun 18, 2010 16:27:26 GMT -8
I still think adding Houston with their large TV marked and as a natural rival to TCU makes sense. I'm really not excited about any other mid-major schools. Well it's a no brainer. That's why it won't happen. Not a no brainer. They bring no additonal $$$ amd would just be another mouth to feed. There is no need to expand at this time. Looks like the pac 10 is done and I think the big 12 is done now that Texas owns the conference. |
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Post by RiffelBooks on Jun 18, 2010 16:46:58 GMT -8
It's a no-brainer in the true sense of the term if adding them doesn't put us closer to the BCS.
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Post by RiffelBooks on Jun 18, 2010 16:47:22 GMT -8
Nicholls State. MWC commish said 8-10 teams contacted the MWC about joining, but would not say who. Wonder who they were, and if there were any surprises in the group? |
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Post by aztecsrule72001 on Jun 18, 2010 18:21:41 GMT -8
Houston doesn't own the Houston market, just because you're in a big market doesn't mean a thing.
This was the mistake the WAC 16 made.
So the question really becomes does Houston own enough of it's market to have no negative impact, monetarily on the other teams, or a net positive impact, and whether or not they help the MWC attain BCS status.
And this is all assuming Houston is even interested in the MWC.
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Post by AztecWilliam on Jun 18, 2010 18:30:58 GMT -8
I, too, think that Houston might be a good addition. They were threatening to break into the perpetual Top-25 two decades ago but ran into trouble. Recently they have been on the rise. AzWm The Big 12 teams control the Houston market. I see no reason to invite them. =Bob I'm not arguing with that. What I do say is that if the MWC is absolutely dead set on inviting a 10th school, which school would be better than Houston? Houston is a pretty big city, after all. If we want a school from Houston (which we may indeed not really want), we sure aren't going to invite Rice or Texas Southern. Frankly, now that the Big-12 is not about to disisntegrate, I can't really see any school that would excite me as a 10th member of the MWC. If we could get a Missouri or a Kansas, that would be good. Since they do not seem to be available, why wouldn't Houston be a strong choice, or at least stronger than many other schools mentioned in this thread? Would you rather have Idaho or New Mexico State? How about the generally disliked Fresno State? Houston would appear to me to be a better bet than the Bulldogs. But I do agree that right now there does not seem to be any rationale for inviting anyone. AzWm PS: Does anyone have any idea about whether Houston would accept even if offered? |
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Post by sdsuaztecs on Jun 18, 2010 20:01:45 GMT -8
The 8 teams were as follows:
Dominican Republic
Honduras
Guatemala
Cuba
North Korea
Thailand
Laos
Viet Nam
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Post by Spud on Jun 18, 2010 21:39:35 GMT -8
Cal Poly?
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Post by AztecTom on Jun 19, 2010 6:57:19 GMT -8
Nicholls State. MWC commish said 8-10 teams contacted the MWC about joining, but would not say who. Wonder who they were, and if there were any surprises in the group? LOL! What about Sac State? |
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Post by AztecTom on Jun 19, 2010 6:58:01 GMT -8
The 8 teams were as follows: Dominican Republic Honduras Guatemala Cuba North Korea Thailand Laos Viet Nam I thought you were going to start talking about soccer.  |
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Post by AztecTom on Jun 19, 2010 6:58:58 GMT -8
Oh no not Cal Poly, we can't beat them.  |
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Post by choop on Jun 19, 2010 7:25:39 GMT -8
Houston SMU Fresno Utep Tulsa UNR Hawaii theres 7 Thats as good as any guess. No school over 100 in TV market ranking should be acquired. Only special circumstances got Boise an invite. Those circumstances were the winningest D-1 football program over the last 10 years and two BCS wins. No other small market team even comes close. Hawaii due to travel and other reasons would be a bad selection. UNR with a market ranking of 108 shouldn't be considered. Houston 10, Fresno 55 and Tulsa 61 bring the best TV rankings available and have good football programs. If June Jones could re-create the type of teams he had at Hawaii at SMU, they would have to be considered. And maybe UTEP, too. But of those 7, UNR and Hawaii are definitely out. |
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Post by rickdoerr on Jun 19, 2010 9:17:22 GMT -8
Houston doesn't own the Houston market, just because you're in a big market doesn't mean a thing. This was the mistake the WAC 16 made. So the question really becomes does Houston own enough of it's market to have no negative impact, monetarily on the other teams, or a net positive impact, and whether or not they help the MWC attain BCS status. And this is all assuming Houston is even interested in the MWC. Perusing the Houston Scouts board I get the feeling the boat has sailed concerning the MWC. Recent commentary has 26 local Texas legislators petitioning the Big12-2 on behalf of Houston. Others think the Big East will expand to include Houston. Another line of thought sez the MWC will all but disappear the next expansion go-around with BYU, TCU among others being accepted elsewhere. One gets the general impression that the MWC might have been on the table at one time but not now so much. If the MWC can gain BCS status then yes they're willing but there seems to be a lot of doubt that BCS status will ever happen. |
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