Boise getting into the AP poll at 2-1 looks ridiculous but that's how AP rolls I guess... personally that's going to be an excellent opportunity for College GameDay to come to Vegas in October when we both square off as ranked teams
Absolutely not... Wyoming is going to spiral. Losing longtime HC that established their culture, dated facilities, poor travel to and market exposure... they're great MWC school, not so much if you're building a new conference
Absolutely not... Wyoming is going to spiral. Losing longtime HC that established their culture, dated facilities, poor travel to and market exposure... they're great MWC school, not so much if you're building a new conference
I'm not sure where you're getting dated facilities from.
They are renovating current stadium. And their football facility is only like 15 or so years old and has had additions added. In 2018 added a high altitude athletic performance center.
I couldn't say with certainty that they have a vote. Are they then technically an affiliate member. I'm sure Colorado College and Washington State as affiliate member don't have a vote. You may be right. Wouldn't that be funny if Washington State had a vote just because they have their baseball and swim team in the MW.
Perhaps. Not sure if they have a exit fee too.
But Montana and the Dakotas have the tiniest markets and would create some travel issues.
But from a competition standpoint I like them much better than Sac State.
I can see Patterson not wanting to play the NIal game. I think he was outspoken about the transferring thing and that was before NIL.
But I do think UNLV would be appealing to him if he were looking to return. Odom's buyout would give us some money to work with
Remember if we are talking about a rebuild of the MW. FCS teams have to pay a 5 mil fee for moving up.
I think you start with UTEP and NMSU those are the easy ones. Those would be cheaper and they are arguably better right now.
Maybe UTSA but the AAC would have to blow up for that to work. Same with UNT or Rice.
But I would favor an AAC merger if they get blown up. CUSA maybe too. Keeping things regional will help a lot.
But if you just got 120 million dollars from the departure of 4 teams, you kick 5 million to Montana easy... I'm not familiar with NDSUs current stadium/infrastructure to do so, but Montana absolutely has the facilities and are currently constructing a huge indoor football practice facility. Plus their fans are amazing for a small level school. They could easily transition.
What current HC would UNLV be in the market to poach, lol... I mean maybe current soon to be former, like 100% I'd call Napier if he was available after Florida cans him and if we had an opening...
Absolutely not... Wyoming is going to spiral. Losing longtime HC that established their culture, dated facilities, poor travel to and market exposure... they're great MWC school, not so much if you're building a new conference
I hate it for them, but if the conference chips were redistributed based on the parameters we currently use for realignment, they would be in the Big Sky or something. If the MWC doesn't crumble, they would be a really good anchor. But only if supported locally at current level or greater. Those fans care about that program, and it's pretty cool actually
I know it has nothing to do with them, but from what I understand the 4 highest ranked conference champions get the first four spots. While not likely, it would be possible for the MWC to have one of the 4 highest spots, or does that exclude the group of 5 conferences?
Wyoming has better infrastructure for football. But I think UNM would be picked first because it is a better market.
UNM would help basketball and perhaps a little more cash will help them in football. Mendenhall was a good start obviously.
CSU would want Wyoming though. But I don't think they would pass the economics
Remember if we are talking about a rebuild of the MW. FCS teams have to pay a 5 mil fee for moving up.
I think you start with UTEP and NMSU those are the easy ones. Those would be cheaper and they are arguably better right now.
Maybe UTSA but the AAC would have to blow up for that to work. Same with UNT or Rice.
But I would favor an AAC merger if they get blown up. CUSA maybe too. Keeping things regional will help a lot.
Absolutely not... Wyoming is going to spiral. Losing longtime HC that established their culture, dated facilities, poor travel to and market exposure... they're great MWC school, not so much if you're building a new conference
Meh. I think where our programs differ is that for us as UNLV fans, this is uncharted territory. For BSU, it isn't about knocking off average P4 teams. They historically have cashed in on bigger cash ins regularly for 15-20 years. I love that we cashed in twice this year. Keep doing it and leave no doubt.
I dont know if it was in this thread, but my point was it's not ridiculous for BSU to be ranked and UNLV not to be. 3 games in, both teams have clearly got stuff to work on. I'd rather UNLV be in the position we are than the position BSU is. By end of year, I expect Oregon to be in the playoff conversation and Kansas and Houston to be outside Big 12 championship contention, so there is an amount of impressiveness and "we can hang" with top dogs for BSU, even in a loss.
What current HC would UNLV be in the market to poach, lol... I mean maybe current soon to be former, like 100% I'd call Napier if he was available after Florida cans him and if we had an opening...
