WarthogRebel said:

I believe Stadium size was removed.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

Again why would they leave CUSA in what would amount to a lateral move now?

Wyoming USU Reno UNM aren't moving the needle on any media deal.

MWC current deal roughly 3 million. CUSA is 750k I believe.

That MWC deal was with Boise's name attached to it and three big markets in CSU/SDSU/FRESNO.

No way they get that again..

Now the FCS schools are an option but again how much are you getting by adding them? Maybe you get a deal around 1.5 ?

I don't know.

Plus you have to meet certain stadium size/attendance numbers to move FBS I thought. Does ECU meet them?

You could be right. Maybe MWC absorbs those schools and try and stand firm.

I'm not sure the logistics of it all.

All comes down to money. Investment and return.

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LVRebel2000 said:

Which is where? I don't go down that way often and Google maps isn't showing anything

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dcut03 said:

Ratings are what they are.
Being on day Friday certainly helped and UNLV making some noise likely helped too nearly a half mill is really good actually.
Kansas has a large fan base and have a following. They were ranked preseason and were contenders for Big 12 champs coming in this year. They have dumped a lot into their football program and their fan base have responded
Kansas-lllinois had over 800k the week before during a busy primetime Saturday spot. I couldn't find what Kansas did week one, but Illinois drew 112k for their first game against
eastern Illinois. So dafe to say the Kansas fans probably ly drove the bus for that game. Also safe to say that they did for our game.

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lvrebalum2012 said:

Just Southwest of the stadium, across Polaris.

https://www.allegiantstadium.com/assets/img/MASTER_2023_Parking-Maps_WEBSITE-61573c1796.jpg

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Boston Rebel 2 said:

Yeah but we have two good wins and being undefeated should trump their one good loss and zero good wins.

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Masked_rebel said:

Question though... After the next domino falls and we remain silent... What do you think that means... Are we playing last man standing collect the money from everyone and choose what we want to do or are we playing for a seat at the high stakes table instead of video poker at PTs....

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

I don't love it. I guess it depends on where you started kinda as well.

Boise gave Oregon all they could handle.

Grant Oregon looked shaky 1st two weeks but absolutely rolled OSU.

So Oregon loss didn't drop them much.

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Meister_Rebel said:

Can you imagine if B12 came out of the blue and invited SDSU and UNLV. That pretty much ****s both Pac and MW.

I dream of course.

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rebel323 said:

I don’t think that’s a real account

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LVRebel2000 said:

Which is where? I don't go down that way often and Google maps isn't showing anything

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Boston Rebel 2 said:

It's next to the Union Plaza

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dcut03 said:

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It looks like they are adding 2.
Staying with the MW would be able to take NMSU from them which is sadly one if their best teams. Possibly UTEP too. Add the 2 of the best FCS schools like NDSU and Montana, and that us better than the CUSA.
The capital from the buyouts makes the MW better than the CUSA just in terms of potential.
Still not where UNLV wants to be obviously. But better than just leaving the MW foe the CUSA with empty pockets.
Staying put temporarily leaves options.

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Meister_Rebel said:

If the MW dissolves would the 4 even have to pay an exit fee?

The PAC will pay the withdrawal fee. That is already signed in blood.

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Boston Rebel 2 said:

AP has a one loss Boise team ahead of us which is a joke.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

CUSA adds three FCS schools next year. Not sure joining that is a lateral move. At all.

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LVRebel2000 said:

Where is the Dewey Lot for parking?

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dcut03 said:

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Kinda tough to read. Best rating was 19 from Reno. I saw that the Boise writer did not rank us, lol.
More 20's than I expected.

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LVRebel2000 said:

Would they have had to know about it if the unlv president and AD never took it to them? Assuming (big assumption) that they're working ro join the Big 12, its possible they said no to the PAC without ever running it by the regents. This is purely hypothetical but it would be plausible in that situation. You'd have to have a lot of confidence in getting invited to the Big 12 though, to turn it down on the first pass.

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Bullmastiff 1 said:

Yeah that's been rumored.

Power move for basketball for sure but bring very little in terms of football.

It's funny.

It makes good sense and no sense at all in equal proportions.

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WarthogRebel said:

WYO/USU/RENO/UNM would stay and make a new MW conference. Keep $ 50 mil each.

Add: NMSU, UTEP, Sam Houston State, Montana, Montana State, Eastern Washington, NDSU, SDSU.

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j. spilotro said:

Could you imagine if they were Grace Jones gnarled puppies?

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dcut03 said:

PAC yes.

Other than that, I think it is worth waiting.
The MW with capital is better than going to the CUSA. There is a chance some sort of merger arises which would be better than the CUSA alone. The remaining MW makes their conference better plus we have our share of the 40-50 buyout money.

Waiting could force a conference to pick us just for doing well. If we make real noise this season then at least there is potential we get eyeballs from the publicity. Similar to Liberty last year. Climbing the rankings will grab eyeballs and all of our games will be on national TV. I think the Syracuse game has potential for good ratings as well being in a Friday.

I see the cusa being equal to staying with the MW, possibly rebuilt, while giving up money no thanks.

AAC has potential to being a close to lateral move with more travel which effects out competitive advantage. Need to wait to see a few things play out before you join thr AAC.

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