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PIMking · 06-10-2010, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by transplant99

What the hell does that have to do with anything? Like ANY SEC team attracts anyone different? Awesome.

And are you also of the opinion that LA houses only ONE football team..cause i need to get all those guys in one group.

Don't get so butthurt. Every big school does it. Only USCw was known and seemed not to give a damn with Mayo and Bush. Not only did they do that but they hired a guy that had a secondary violation within his first week at USCw.

UF, AU, UA, OU, UT all have guys that go to the school just to play football only. I guess you can say that unless they go to harvard or some school like that is the reason they went to school is for an education.

Montana Moe · 06-11-2010, 12:29 AM

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Concerned all this movement is going to hasten Montana's step up to the top division. I don't think that's a good move for the school or the football program.Alot of the pride with Montana football is that they win with such a large percentage of Montana kids. If they step up, that will go away.

I think that would be a huge mistake.

First of all, the Montana Board of Regents will never separate UM from MSU, and MSU is certainly not ready for prime time.

Second, UM claims to have this great fan base, but how long do they think it's going to last when they aren't recruiting Montana kids anymore and are going 3-8 in the WAC?

Plus, with all of those added D-I scholarships, due to Title IX what women's sports are they going to add? Not a big market for field hockey in Montana.

Sometimes it truly is better to be a big fish in a small pond.

valo403 · 06-11-2010, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by transplant99

What the hell does that have to do with anything? Like ANY SEC team attracts anyone different? Awesome.

And are you also of the opinion that LA houses only ONE football team..cause i need to get all those guys in one group.

Pasadena and Los Angeles are different cities. Thanks.

I imagine they are both full of front runners though.

wpgflamesfan · 06-11-2010, 11:28 AM

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The Mountain West Conference announced today that Boise State University has accepted an invitation to join the MWC as its 10th member institution, effective July 1, 2011.

http://www.themwc.com/genrel/061110aaa.html

JayP · 06-11-2010, 12:26 PM

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http://www.themwc.com/genrel/061110aaa.html

Hmm, Kansas/K-State/Iowa State must have something lined up then. The only reason the MWC didn't invite Boise St. last week is because they wanted to see who they could snap up when the Big 12 imploded. Those three teams must have some interest from another BCS conference.

PIMking · 06-11-2010, 12:37 PM

If the ISU, KSU, UK stay together and get 5 more teams they can pull a "big east" and keep the bcs automatic bid. Bet they start getting those mwc teams to "merge" into the "big 12" and be a bcs conference.

valo403 · 06-11-2010, 01:21 PM

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Originally Posted by PIMking

If the ISU, KSU, UK stay together and get 5 more teams they can pull a "big east" and keep the bcs automatic bid. Bet they start getting those mwc teams to "merge" into the "big 12" and be a bcs conference.

How does that work? Would having 3 former Big XII teams be enough to keep the BCS auto birth under the current deal? Speaking of which, what happens if one of the auto bids disappears completely? Every time I read about something there's another domino that falls, pretty crazy situation.

Gugstanley · 06-11-2010, 01:39 PM

Boise state to the mwc conference is to replace Utah. Pac 11 should be issuing an invite soon if it hasn't already happened.

Big 12 needs so many teams that have played together for five years to keep the conference together , might be six. It won't happen as too many teams are leaving and don't want to pay the exit fee.

valo403 · 06-11-2010, 01:42 PM

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Boise state to the mwc conference is to replace Utah. Pac 11 should be issuing an invite soon if it hasn't already happened.

Big 12 needs so many teams that have played together for five years to keep the conference together , might be six. It won't happen as too many teams are leaving and don't want to pay the exit fee.

Utah? To the Pac 10? Haven't heard that one. If the rumored Big XII teams jump there's no room for Utah is there?

transplant99 · 06-11-2010, 03:39 PM

ESPN reporting right now that all of Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have all agreed to join the PAC 10 now as well. Still need one more to balance things out and it appears it wont be Texas Tech as they are persuing joining the SEC. Utah would be an interesting choice for the last spot for sure, but I dont believe that is the plan right now.

Gugstanley · 06-11-2010, 05:44 PM

ESPN must have a typo because TAMU is the group that would prefer the S e c. They could stay behind with the leftover Big 12's and collect the $10 million buyouts to leave the conference. I don't think the pacific time zone or travel sits well with their fans.

Two Texas, two ok, colo and Utah bring a lot of tv sets to the pac for them to start a network

JayP · 06-11-2010, 08:45 PM

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Utah? To the Pac 10? Haven't heard that one. If the rumored Big XII teams jump there's no room for Utah is there?

I haven't heard that one either, but it makes perfect sense. Salt Lake City is a solid, untapped TV market.

JayP · 06-11-2010, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by transplant99

ESPN reporting right now that all of Texas, Texas A&M, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State have all agreed to join the PAC 10 now as well. Still need one more to balance things out and it appears it wont be Texas Tech as they are persuing joining the SEC. Utah would be an interesting choice for the last spot for sure, but I dont believe that is the plan right now.

You misread ESPN - Texas Tech is going to the Pac-10. Texas A&M is being pursued by both the Pac-10 and SEC. SI reported the same thing on Wednesday night so there's clearly something behind it.

Utah clearly looks like plan B in case the Aggies turn down the Pac-10. They really need to have an even number of teams with the amount of teams now moving over.

PIMking · 06-11-2010, 10:35 PM

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Originally Posted by valo403

How does that work? Would having 3 former Big XII teams be enough to keep the BCS auto birth under the current deal? Speaking of which, what happens if one of the auto bids disappears completely? Every time I read about something there's another domino that falls, pretty crazy situation.

When Va. Tech, FSU, UM left the big east for the ACC the Big East was a BCS conference. So they had to keep 8 teams to stay a BCS conference and added Louisville, Cincy, USF to keep the BCS crap.

That's what the big 12 should do. Add the MWC and call it the new big 12 or what not.

valo403 · 06-12-2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by PIMking

When Va. Tech, FSU, UM left the big east for the ACC the Big East was a BCS conference. So they had to keep 8 teams to stay a BCS conference and added Louisville, Cincy, USF to keep the BCS crap.

That's what the big 12 should do. Add the MWC and call it the new big 12 or what not.

A MWC and remnants of the Big XII merger really does make sense now tht I think about it.

You've gotta wonder how much of this has been worked out among the current power conferences, or rather how much they've been scrapping over it. As much as every conference is out for itself they've shown a desire to band together for their greater wealth at times.

Jesse834 · 06-12-2010, 11:21 AM

MWC has their eyes on Kansas, Missouri, and Kansas St. to join the MWC.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=5279018

nik- · 06-12-2010, 12:58 PM

This was brought up as a theory when this was unfolding by Jason Smith on All Night on ESPN radio. He was wondering if the SEC goes after ACC teams to try and puff up a bit.

Miami, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Florida State and Clemson would all make sense in the SEC. Granted only four would work, so I'd think that Georgia Tech would be the least likely.

wpgflamesfan · 06-12-2010, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by nik-

This was brought up as a theory when this was unfolding by Jason Smith on All Night on ESPN radio. He was wondering if the SEC goes after ACC teams to try and puff up a bit.

Miami, Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech, Florida State and Clemson would all make sense in the SEC. Granted only four would work, so I'd think that Georgia Tech would be the least likely.

Florida would block Miami and Florida State from entering the SEC. Plus I don't know if the conference wants to re-open negotiations on its tv deal which was signed before the economy tanked.

oldschoolcalgary · 06-12-2010, 04:03 PM

as a michigan fan, I am hopeful that Texas and ND join the B10 still. I am not convinced that the league benefits from adding the likes of Rutgers and Pitt or UConn along with Nebraska.

Though those BE schools fit the academic profile, the football itself isn't adding anything...

I think Texas is torn; either stay in the B12, leave with others to the Pac10 or leave by itself to the B10. If it were simply about money, the B10 would be the winner, if it was about football, the SEC stands a chance, and if about tradition, they should add a couple of teams and make a go of the B12

The Pac10 superleague of 16 doesn't make a lot of sense to me, and the time zone shift difference won't be a great move on the part of Texas, though the climate of the P10 is more in keeping with the B12, unlike the B10.

Really interesting times in the NCAA though.

PIMking · 06-12-2010, 04:11 PM

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Florida would block Miami and Florida State from entering the SEC. Plus I don't know if the conference wants to re-open negotiations on its tv deal which was signed before the economy tanked.

LOL!

UF sponsored both scUM and SWAC for the SEC when they got Arky and SC but Bowden and the thugs down south thought it would be easier to win in the ACC.

GA TECH was an original SEC team before so they could be it again.