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The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
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The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
that involves Weber State and SUU: https://www.ksl.com/article/50063697/so ... ll-revival
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Re: The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
Outside of name and (ancient) history, I don't see any way in which the WAC is better than the Big Sky, especially if you have a football team. Seems very strange.
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Re: The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
So ... to accomodate some Tejas schools, the NewMags, + Dixie and their FCS football pretentions, the 13 FB playing BSC schools should permit Weebe + Sue Ewe + Lord knows who (NAU maybe? They're in the footprint) else to jump ship.
I get having the four have-not BCS Utah schools in a league with the NewMags in a basketball league that might include NAU for a tightish division of six, with Tejas schools making up another division of six, or something like that. What's in it for the BSC, though? And what's in it for Weebe? They have a long, long history with the two Idaho and two Montana schools.
I get having the four have-not BCS Utah schools in a league with the NewMags in a basketball league that might include NAU for a tightish division of six, with Tejas schools making up another division of six, or something like that. What's in it for the BSC, though? And what's in it for Weebe? They have a long, long history with the two Idaho and two Montana schools.
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Re: The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
Agreed, makes no sense at all. Also, SUU comes off looking ungrateful since the Big Sky was under no obligation to take them in, was boycotted by Weber, and ultimately allowed them to join.USU78 wrote: ↑December 9th, 2020, 5:08 pmSo ... to accomodate some Tejas schools, the NewMags, + Dixie and their FCS football pretentions, the 13 FB playing BSC schools should permit Weebe + Sue Ewe + Lord knows who (NAU maybe? They're in the footprint) else to jump ship.
I get having the four have-not BCS Utah schools in a league with the NewMags in a basketball league that might include NAU for a tightish division of six, with Tejas schools making up another division of six, or something like that. What's in it for the BSC, though? And what's in it for Weebe? They have a long, long history with the two Idaho and two Montana schools.
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At this point the Wac isn't better than the Big Sky. Good luck on the coups. 2020 must be the year of coup attempts.
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Re: The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
The Big Sky is way better IMHO. The WAC is full of weird little cast-offs and pay-for-admission private religious schools that are barely non-profits, and that accept everyone who applies to them who has a HS diploma (I'm looking at you Cal Baptist and Grand Canyon). At least the Big Sky's membership is 100% state sponsored schools.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 9th, 2020, 9:48 pmAt this point the Wac isn't better than the Big Sky. Good luck on the coups. 2020 must be the year of coup attempts.
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Sure, other than NMSU the Wac is nothing.ViAggie wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 9:28 amThe Big Sky is way better IMHO. The WAC is full of weird little cast-offs and pay-for-admission private religious schools that are barely non-profits, and that accept everyone who applies to them who has a HS diploma (I'm looking at you Cal Baptist and Grand Canyon). At least the Big Sky's membership is 100% state sponsored schools.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 9th, 2020, 9:48 pmAt this point the Wac isn't better than the Big Sky. Good luck on the coups. 2020 must be the year of coup attempts.
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?????????Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 3:27 pmSure, other than NMSU the Wac is nothing.ViAggie wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 9:28 amThe Big Sky is way better IMHO. The WAC is full of weird little cast-offs and pay-for-admission private religious schools that are barely non-profits, and that accept everyone who applies to them who has a HS diploma (I'm looking at you Cal Baptist and Grand Canyon). At least the Big Sky's membership is 100% state sponsored schools.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 9th, 2020, 9:48 pmAt this point the Wac isn't better than the Big Sky. Good luck on the coups. 2020 must be the year of coup attempts.
So? What is NMSU even good at except BB every now and then?
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Basketball matters and they would be competitive in a better league. Yes, they are terrible in football and I'm shocked they even continue to have a program.ViAggie wrote: ↑December 11th, 2020, 1:03 pm?????????Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 3:27 pmSure, other than NMSU the Wac is nothing.ViAggie wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 9:28 amThe Big Sky is way better IMHO. The WAC is full of weird little cast-offs and pay-for-admission private religious schools that are barely non-profits, and that accept everyone who applies to them who has a HS diploma (I'm looking at you Cal Baptist and Grand Canyon). At least the Big Sky's membership is 100% state sponsored schools.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 9th, 2020, 9:48 pmAt this point the Wac isn't better than the Big Sky. Good luck on the coups. 2020 must be the year of coup attempts.
So? What is NMSU even good at except BB every now and then?
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They essentially don't. At least not this year.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 11th, 2020, 1:53 pmBasketball matters and they would be competitive in a better league. Yes, they are terrible in football and I'm shocked they even continue to have a program.ViAggie wrote: ↑December 11th, 2020, 1:03 pm?????????Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 3:27 pmSure, other than NMSU the Wac is nothing.ViAggie wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 9:28 amThe Big Sky is way better IMHO. The WAC is full of weird little cast-offs and pay-for-admission private religious schools that are barely non-profits, and that accept everyone who applies to them who has a HS diploma (I'm looking at you Cal Baptist and Grand Canyon). At least the Big Sky's membership is 100% state sponsored schools.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 9th, 2020, 9:48 pmAt this point the Wac isn't better than the Big Sky. Good luck on the coups. 2020 must be the year of coup attempts.
So? What is NMSU even good at except BB every now and then?
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I think Dixie State has a TON of potential as their hoops and football program grows.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 3:27 pmSure, other than NMSU the Wac is nothing.ViAggie wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 9:28 amThe Big Sky is way better IMHO. The WAC is full of weird little cast-offs and pay-for-admission private religious schools that are barely non-profits, and that accept everyone who applies to them who has a HS diploma (I'm looking at you Cal Baptist and Grand Canyon). At least the Big Sky's membership is 100% state sponsored schools.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 9th, 2020, 9:48 pmAt this point the Wac isn't better than the Big Sky. Good luck on the coups. 2020 must be the year of coup attempts.
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I agree. Think about all the resources that are in that community. Great location on top of it. I think Dixie has the potential to be huge.aggies22 wrote: ↑December 13th, 2020, 8:51 amI think Dixie State has a TON of potential as their hoops and football program grows.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 3:27 pmSure, other than NMSU the Wac is nothing.ViAggie wrote: ↑December 10th, 2020, 9:28 amThe Big Sky is way better IMHO. The WAC is full of weird little cast-offs and pay-for-admission private religious schools that are barely non-profits, and that accept everyone who applies to them who has a HS diploma (I'm looking at you Cal Baptist and Grand Canyon). At least the Big Sky's membership is 100% state sponsored schools.Aggie formerly in Hawaii wrote: ↑December 9th, 2020, 9:48 pmAt this point the Wac isn't better than the Big Sky. Good luck on the coups. 2020 must be the year of coup attempts.
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Dixie should build to be the state's premier baseball school
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I'm really surprised that SUU agreed to join. SUU and Dixie are joining FCS before Weber State, LOLZ that's hilarious.
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The Big Sky is FCS. The WAC is now FCS. I have no idea why SUU would leave the Big Sky. I guess with Dixie as a travel partner maybe it made more sense for their finances?
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Re: The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
Maybe better for recruiting to be in a conference with 5 Texas schools? Nice to create a rivalry with Dixie (or whatever it will be called).flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑January 7th, 2021, 3:19 pmThe Big Sky is FCS. The WAC is now FCS. I have no idea why SUU would leave the Big Sky. I guess with Dixie as a travel partner maybe it made more sense for their finances?
Wonder if this will incentivize NMSU to drop down to FCS football instead of struggling along as an FBS independent?
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lolz, that's right, for some reason in my mind they were joining the FBS. Cal Baptist is also looking to start a FB program, they teamed up with the Sherman Indian School (which sits adjacent to the CBU Campus in Riverside) to share a FB stadium. Pretty sad that a private (essentially for profit) religious school has better athletics than the UC located up the freeway does.
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The WAC is working towards FBS within the next decade. I'm guessing that's why SUU is jumping. They want to work their way up.
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All this effort to setup a conference for FBS alignment. I think the P5 or maybe even P4 minus the Pac12 move themselves into a separate division away from FBS and the NCAA in 5 or so years.
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I think that is the exact point. Once the P5 leave and become the P4 or P2, there could be an opportunity for a couple of FCS conferences to move up to FBS.trevordude wrote: ↑January 8th, 2021, 10:53 amAll this effort to setup a conference for FBS alignment. I think the P5 or maybe even P4 minus the Pac12 move themselves into a separate division away from FBS and the NCAA in 5 or so years.
Who knows if it actually happens, but it looks like the WAC is trying to set themselves up for that kind of situation.
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It looks like they pulled it off. Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston State, Southern Utah, and Stephen F. Austin are joining and they are adding FCS Football.
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Re: The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
So that gives them 2 provisional FCS schools (Tarleton and Dixie), one marginally FBS school (NewMags), 5 FCS schools, with discussion going on to bring on another FCS (Sac St?/NAU?/), and in-house schools that might bring FB back or add FB (Cal-Baptist/UVCC).ProvoAggie wrote: ↑January 14th, 2021, 10:15 amIt looks like they pulled it off. Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston State, Southern Utah, and Stephen F. Austin are joining and they are adding FCS Football.
https://www.wacsports.com/expansion/index
In any case, the NewMags are now the Idaho of the WAC (Idaho kept its University Division FB status for years after being an organizing member of the college division Big Sky, which was why USU kept scheduling them home-and-home through the '60s). How long before the pressures of FBS and the WAC force the NewMags to step down a division, just like Idaho had to?
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Honestly, the New Mags need to go full U of Idaho and join the ranks for FCS. I think the last time we played them we beat them by like 50 points. They need to pull the plug, they didn't even have a season in 2020*
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How long for New Mexico State? They were passed that point years ago.USU78 wrote: ↑January 14th, 2021, 11:21 amSo that gives them 2 provisional FCS schools (Tarleton and Dixie), one marginally FBS school (NewMags), 5 FCS schools, with discussion going on to bring on another FCS (Sac St?/NAU?/), and in-house schools that might bring FB back or add FB (Cal-Baptist/UVCC).ProvoAggie wrote: ↑January 14th, 2021, 10:15 amIt looks like they pulled it off. Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston State, Southern Utah, and Stephen F. Austin are joining and they are adding FCS Football.
https://www.wacsports.com/expansion/index
In any case, the NewMags are now the Idaho of the WAC (Idaho kept its University Division FB status for years after being an organizing member of the college division Big Sky, which was why USU kept scheduling them home-and-home through the '60s). How long before the pressures of FBS and the WAC force the NewMags to step down a division, just like Idaho had to?
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I also can’t believe that SUU would leave the Big Sky (one of the oldest and best FCS conferences) for the new WAC. I see that as comparable to leaving the MWC for the Sun Belt, but back when the Sun Belt was just moving up to FBS.flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑January 7th, 2021, 3:19 pmThe Big Sky is FCS. The WAC is now FCS. I have no idea why SUU would leave the Big Sky. I guess with Dixie as a travel partner maybe it made more sense for their finances?
I don’t know why they wouldn’t want to be affiliated with schools like NAU, Montana, Idaho, Weber State, UC Davis, etc.
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You are right. We beat them in 2018 60-13. The Bowl season of 2017 was a different story when we let them beat us 26-20.
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So adding 3 more teams to the already dilute FBS football market in Utah? Is there budget in the state coffers for this?
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Re: The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
The new and improved WAC, at least -- Sam Houston, Stephen F. Austin and Lamar are all a step up from everyone in the current WAC except NMSU, and GCU in basketball (Abilene Christian is a real head-scratcher though -- maybe they needed a travel partner for Tarleton State ). They have the pre-packaged rivalry with Whatever Dixie Is Going To Be Called State, which they never really developed with Weber or Northern Arizona. WAC 5.0 with NMSU, GCU and SFA has potential to be a two-bid league someday. And it would give them a home for baseball if they chose to add it, which the BSC doesn't sponsor.dogie wrote: ↑January 14th, 2021, 7:39 pmI also can’t believe that SUU would leave the Big Sky (one of the oldest and best FCS conferences) for the new WAC. I see that as comparable to leaving the MWC for the Sun Belt, but back when the Sun Belt was just moving up to FBS.flying_scotsman2.0 wrote: ↑January 7th, 2021, 3:19 pmThe Big Sky is FCS. The WAC is now FCS. I have no idea why SUU would leave the Big Sky. I guess with Dixie as a travel partner maybe it made more sense for their finances?
I don’t know why they wouldn’t want to be affiliated with schools like NAU, Montana, Idaho, Weber State, UC Davis, etc.
All that together still doesn't quite make sense to me, but it did to them, and they're the ones doing it. What's a little more surprising is the Texas schools leaving the Southland, but I suspect not everyone there was committed to making a jump to FBS.
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Re: The WAC is attempting to pull off a weird coup
When did Cal State Bakersfield leave the WAC?
Edit - wow I guess they did, good for them, looks like they were able to join many of their Cal State Brothers in joining the Cal Bus League: https://gorunners.com/news/2020/6/30/ge ... -west.aspx
Edit - wow I guess they did, good for them, looks like they were able to join many of their Cal State Brothers in joining the Cal Bus League: https://gorunners.com/news/2020/6/30/ge ... -west.aspx
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