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[NDSU92]

If it truly gets down to Oregon State and Washington State, they’d be utter idiots for just joining the mountain west.

Add SDSU, UNLV, Boise, Colorado State, SMU, Tulsa, Memphis and Tulane.

That conference is light years ahead of the current mountain west.

[bruinbison]

fyp bruin
I'll believe it when I see it

I prefer NDSU92’s post 11945, but this a possibility.

And 24 hours later could be something different making the rounds

[MWC]

If it truly gets down to Oregon State and Washington State, they’d be utter idiots for just joining the mountain west.

Add SDSU, UNLV, Boise, Colorado State, SMU, Tulsa, Memphis and Tulane.

That conference is light years ahead of the current mountain west.

That would be a solid G5 conference that wouldn't get much of a tv deal. But if all those schools want to pay exit fees to join, all power to them. I believe 4 times 34 million is 136 million to be split 8 ways..I would be happy to see Nevada get a sweet 17 million plus a larger cut of all those NCAA credits..

[The_Sicatoka]

Add SDSU, UNLV, Boise, Colorado State, SMU, Tulsa, Memphis and Tulane.

Somebody's making bank off those exit fees.

[B.Schlossman Fan Club]

Agree with most of this.

I'm selfishly not rooting for MWC to be torn apart, because I want it to maintain most of its current power and prestige at the G5 level, and not be viewed as a FCS level conference like CUSA is now. If MWC becomes over half Big Sky/MVFC, it will lose some of its luster and potentially the media deal as well.

Take the top of the Big Sky and the bottom of the MWC and you will be lucky to see what NDSU pulls in now every year. Do any of the big Sky teams have a media deal bigger than 2 million per year?

[The_Sicatoka]

Sounds like ASU and UW regents meeting in the dark of the night tonight.

[SlickVic]

this is just getting stupid im just sayin'

[THEsocalledfan]

If it truly gets down to Oregon State and Washington State, they’d be utter idiots for just joining the mountain west.

Add SDSU, UNLV, Boise, Colorado State, SMU, Tulsa, Memphis and Tulane.

That conference is light years ahead of the current mountain west.

I guess I don't follow the logic. If all those teams leave, the Mountain West is in the driver's seat, not the PAC12. They dictate the terms, not the PAC12. Why would a Mountain West team want to leave at that point....the name alone? I don't think so. PAC would simply implode which is terrible for NDSU as we need the PAC12 to survive.

[The_Sicatoka]

If it truly gets down to Oregon State and Washington State, they’d be utter idiots for just joining the mountain west.

Add SDSU, UNLV, Boise, Colorado State, SMU, Tulsa, Memphis and Tulane.

The PAC-9 was at best a $25M share group.
What you call out is $10M share at best and worse travel.

[NDSU92]

I guess I don't follow the logic. If all those teams leave, the Mountain West is in the driver's seat, not the PAC12. They dictate the terms, not the PAC12. Why would a Mountain West team want to leave at that point....the name alone? I don't think so. PAC would simply implode which is terrible for NDSU as we need the PAC12 to survive.

It would be substantially better for quality of athletics. Take out UNM, SJSU, Hawaii, Utah State, Wyoming, Nevada and replace them with the teams I listed.

You end up sharing way less money with teams that pull less weight currently in the MW. You also have a lot better chance holding on to the P12 name and all that entails for branding and autobid for football.

What would drive it as has been mentioned, would be the up-front buyout money required. In the long run it’s a way better option for OSU, WSU and the 4 MW schools I listed.