Masked_rebel said:

They're not spending the war chest. Its earmarked for OSU and WSU to pay debts. Its why they're fighting so hard against both sets of fees. Its also why they wrote into the contract that they have veto power and control over finances.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

Looking at AAC GOR...

Not sure how reasonable a price any of them would be.

Plus if PAC had the money to get them they would have now no?

PAC will pay the exit fees. Poaching fees? We'll see.

If they lose the poaching fees case it's a huge bite out of that 'war chest' limiting their options further.

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rebelzzz said:

Not only no on Craig Smith but hell no! He wont he able to bring in the players to UNLV to be a top 1-2 in the conference. I guess if being a middle of the conference team is acceptable then he would be a good candidate. But at that point is that much of an approvment over Kevin?
Harper needs to bring in someone that attracts attention and has proven they can win and bring in talent

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j. spilotro said:

Who in tf thought he was one and done? I thought at best, he would be fringe and that usually is really healthy for a college program because you should get at least 3 out of them.

I think he’s a good PG, I think he’s the best player on our team, but nowhere close to NBA right now.

and, tbh, it seems like he’s tapered off. I won’t say regressed. His clutch time performance was hit and miss last year, more miss this year.

That said, he will test the NBA waters, then when that doesn’t go as he hopes, he will go to the highest bidder, which won’t be UNLV.

A quality PG (he is that) that’s a JR within two years left will draw a lot of attention.

If he were on a team with a reliable wing (shooter that could do more than just shoot) and a solid post big man … to the point where he’s third or fourth scoring option … you have a pretty good team. But we put everything on his shoulders. That’s shortsighted, it was a huge error in the construction of the roster, imo.

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Buffel said:

Utah fires Craig Smith before season end. Getting ahead to work on new coach. He had some good years at Utah st. but Mediocre at Utah. Anyone want Smith bat UNLV,?

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dcut03 said:

They will tank SOS, they will command a share of the CFP payouts (costing each school another 300k) and they do nothing positive and have a very low ceiling. Not worth it. Especially if they are also adding Texas State.
Agree to add a Texas AAC school or 2 now, play 2 conference years with a lean 8 schools, then get much better options down the road at a reasonable price. Finding an extra OOC game for a couple of years is worth the headache, than adding a bottom feeder that is a detriment to conference is practically every way.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

But adding them football only, at almost nothing price tag fixes a ton of scheduling headaches. 5 OOC games is a logistics nightmare.

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Boston Rebel 2 said:

I'm not talking book smart I mean common sense smart. Like don't drive your car 100mph while high on drugs. Or don't bet on games in which you are playing.

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Masked_rebel said:

Pac has no interest in NMSU. Theres a reason why the MWC also didnt kick those tires. Its not a university that is committed to spending money and building their brands. They dont have it. They dont have the NIL opportunities to be competitive. The PAC is trying to build itself as a psuedo P5 conference brand and adding NMSU drags it down. The whole point of leaving the MWC was to avoid programs that are bloating the conference and not investing in their programs. So no

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Trust me I get NMSU is a horrible option.

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RebelinWA said:

I get where you are coming from here. Adding NMSU will lower their strength of schedule on top of diluting their overall media value. But at the same time, its already difficult to schedule OOC. It would be a step up from having to add an extra FCS game.

Admittedly this will be difficult now; but they might be able to pencil in some kind of agreement with the MW to trade a set number of games per season. It might be easier once tensions come down a bit in a couple of years.

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rebneck said:

15-12, 7-9 doesn't seem worthy of mid-season firing. It's not good, but let him play it out. I think they just wanted to beat UNLV to the marketplace.

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RebelinWA said:

I get where you are coming from here. Adding NMSU will lower their strength of schedule on top of diluting their overall media value. But at the same time, its already difficult to schedule OOC. It would be a step up from having to add an extra FCS game.

Admittedly this will be difficult now; but they might be able to pencil in some kind of agreement with the MW to trade a set number of games per season. It might be easier once tensions come down a bit in a couple of years.

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dcut03 said:

I say no on NMSU.

Scheduling an extra OOC game is probably worth it vs giving them any share of the PAC deal. They would likely have to give them an equal CFP share too, being a football member. Though I would imagine the PAC will not be able to schedule with a MW all that easily, and vice versa, so that does make things a bit more difficult.

NMSU does nothing for them other than being a "warm body" of sorts. Very little potential in the future. Might as well go for Sam Houston over NMSU, they have been more relevant in football and has much more potential.

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Meister_Rebel said:

Just to add some specifics:

"guards Jalen Weaver and Zaon Collins are alleged to have placed bets on games in which they participated, specifically wagering that the Bulldogs would fall short of their projected points and rebounds totals. "

UNLV's Mountain West Fresno State Embroiled in Sports Betting Scandal

Fresno State’s men’s basketball program is currently embroiled in a sports gambling scandal that has significantly affected the team’s season. ABC 30 Action New

www.si.com

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