A new and better FBS thread

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Originally Posted by MWC

The tv people requested 2 schools in a different time zone. They wanted extra inventory so they would have multiple time slots all day. With just one school added for football, there would not be a conference game played in the CST every other week. Two means at least one MW conference game in the CST every week. Sometimes two.

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Toledo is Eastern Time so if the MWC picked up Toledo, the conference would have all the time zones.

McMurphy's interview on Hot Mic with Dom this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRYM2UIX4_w


Nothing new broke here - a lot of it was repeated from his interview on Bison 1660 last week. He said the latest in terms of NDSU/MWC contact is "nothing new". He said the timeline he'd expect the MWC membership questions to be resolved will be "in the next few months" and referenced the end of the academic year in May to be the latest he'd expect it to happen.

"Consequences of publicly advocating for a spot in a new athletic conference are that it raises expectations prematurely, severs relationships with your existing conference, and historically reduces your chance for acceptance." -- Clif Smart, former president, Missouri State University

Source: https://sgfcitizen.org/voices-opinio...onference-usa/

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Originally Posted by MWC

There are a couple of reasons Gloria said not to believe everything you read. It is possible that she is clapping back on the 1 football only school blurb from McMurphy.

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That might make sense. Whatever it was seemed to be pushback on the McMurphy leak/report. Maybe they haven’t given up on NIU and want to add a couple yet.

I’m still in the camp of things look promising, and we are as close as we’ve ever been, but it’s not done.

And I agree that there could be impacts depending on what PAC decides to do. Do they find a way to get Memphis or settle for Texas St? If Texas St isn’t taken, do they reconsider MW? My bet is “no” for Texas St, but will have to wait and see. A package of Texas St and UTEP makes some sense.

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Originally Posted by The_Sicatoka

"Consequences of publicly advocating for a spot in a new athletic conference are that it raises expectations prematurely, severs relationships with your existing conference, and historically reduces your chance for acceptance." -- Clif Smart, former president, Missouri State University

Source: https://sgfcitizen.org/voices-opinio...onference-usa/

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Well, I guess stick a fork in Sac State then.

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

That might make sense. Whatever it was seemed to be pushback on the McMurphy leak/report. Maybe they haven’t given up on NIU and want to add a couple yet.

I’m still in the camp of things look promising, and we are as close as we’ve ever been, but it’s not done.

And I agree that there could be impacts depending on what PAC decides to do. Do they find a way to get Memphis or settle for Texas St? If Texas St isn’t taken, do they reconsider MW? My bet is “no” for Texas St, but will have to wait and see. A package of Texas St and UTEP makes some sense.

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Lol how does that make sense? Can you elaborate?

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Originally Posted by The_Sicatoka

"Consequences of publicly advocating for a spot in a new athletic conference are that it raises expectations prematurely, severs relationships with your existing conference, and historically reduces your chance for acceptance." -- Clif Smart, former president, Missouri State University

Source: https://sgfcitizen.org/voices-opinio...onference-usa/

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bUt LaRsEn NeEdS tO pUmP iT uP

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Originally Posted by NDSUstudent

Well, I guess stick a fork in Sac State then.

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Maybe folks are misreading NDSU AD ML.

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Originally Posted by The_Sicatoka

Maybe folks are misreading NDSU AD ML.

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They are, he could want to go FBS more than Lakes but unlike some random person on a message board he needs to deliver on it and looking desperate is probably not the best tactic on basically every front.

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Originally Posted by BigHorns

That might make sense. Whatever it was seemed to be pushback on the McMurphy leak/report. Maybe they haven’t given up on NIU and want to add a couple yet.

I’m still in the camp of things look promising, and we are as close as we’ve ever been, but it’s not done.

And I agree that there could be impacts depending on what PAC decides to do. Do they find a way to get Memphis or settle for Texas St? If Texas St isn’t taken, do they reconsider MW? My bet is “no” for Texas St, but will have to wait and see. A package of Texas St and UTEP makes some sense.

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I think additional poaching from the MWC is off the table for the PAC. On top of them squeezing pretty much all the juice out of that orange (they clearly viewed Utah St as a Plan B/C option) the remaining MWC schools signed a grant-of-rights agreement that keeps them together through 2032 I believe.