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[El_Chapo]

AAC would grab WSU/OSU and try and take Boise/Air Force/Colo St/UNLV

then MWC is left looking for FBS teams.

[TAILG8R]

AAC would grab WSU/OSU and try and take Boise/Air Force/Colo St/UNLV

then MWC is left looking for FBS teams.

Who is paying the MWC exit fees?


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[El_Chapo]

If American gets Oregon State and Wazzu, then look for SDSU and Boise + 1 more to accept invites for 2026 to become an 18 team league. 3rd spot probably between Fresno and Air Force. Will gut MWC and solidify American as the clear 5th best league. Only move OSU can make to be P5

[MWC]

If American gets Oregon State and Wazzu, then look for SDSU and Boise + 1 more to accept invites for 2026 to become an 18 team league. 3rd spot probably between Fresno and Air Force. Will gut MWC and solidify American as the clear 5th best league. Only move OSU can make to be P5

Is MHver your personal avatar?

[BigHorns]

If this were to happen, the only hope for NDSU is if the MWC or AAC were to try to steal from one another in hopes of securing it's spot as the highest rated G5. This battle (if it were to happen) would end in one of the conferences losing members in which case NDSU might be a good add.

Seems highly unlikely.

Last round, AAC tried to grab MWC schools and failed. They would have to get a MUCH better media deal than they have now for anyone to move. They would also have little motivation to expand past 16 imo.

CaliStan to ACC and OSU/WSU to AAC is not the outcome that works for us. If that happens, it could be years before the next move, that would likely finish this round, until something else happens at P4 level.

PAC-4 rebuild would be best outcome, followed by a MWC partial merger where some schools are left behind and rebuild MWC.

[BigHorns]

https://x.com/mhver3/status/16947209...bQhDgWeqSXZc2w

This is NOT great news if true.

What it suggests to me is ESPN is working to kill off the PAC rather than risk the PAC-4 grabbing AAC schools and forcing ESPN to consider bidding on PAC or lose that inventory.

ESPN likely has to pay more overall to maintain similar teams/inventory in the event AAC is raided, so it actually makes sense they may want to prevent this.

[tjamz]

So, here is my get NDSU to FBS fantasy scenario not based on anything relating to any sort of reality of actually happening:

The PAC4 decide they need to survive and they realize they cannot wait for the MWC teams to find the money to cover exit fees. Because of this they look to BYU as a name brand to bring on board since they are independent. That still leaves at least 4 openings, right? And with no MWC teams available at that time, they look to the best of the FCS in order to survive. Invites go out to MSU, UM, NDSU, SDSU, the OTHER SDSU, and maybe EWU/UTEP for the time being, with the plan to add MWC teams as soon as their media rights deal expires. That puts them at 10/11 teams, most of which won't be able to bail quickly and gives some semblance of safety net should Cal & Sanford jump ship and they now have at least 8/9 schools left in the conference & they hope to start bringing in other G5 schools (ideally MWC schools based on their footprint) with the goal of getting to 16 to 20 teams.

Again, not based on reality, but this is CFB we're talking about. Who really saw USC and UCLA leaving for the B1G? Weird shit happens.

[Big Bird]

So, here is my get NDSU to FBS fantasy scenario not based on anything relating to any sort of reality of actually happening:

The PAC4 decide they need to survive and they realize they cannot wait for the MWC teams to find the money to cover exit fees. Because of this they look to BYU as a name brand to bring on board since they are independent. That still leaves at least 4 openings, right? And with no MWC teams available at that time, they look to the best of the FCS in order to survive. Invites go out to MSU, UM, NDSU, SDSU, the OTHER SDSU, and maybe EWU/UTEP for the time being, with the plan to add MWC teams as soon as their media rights deal expires. That puts them at 10/11 teams, most of which won't be able to bail quickly and gives some semblance of safety net should Cal & Sanford jump ship and they now have at least 8/9 schools left in the conference & they hope to start bringing in other G5 schools (ideally MWC schools based on their footprint) with the goal of getting to 16 to 20 teams.

Again, not based on reality, but this is CFB we're talking about. Who really saw USC and UCLA leaving for the B1G? Weird shit happens.

BYU is no longer an independent, they're in the B12

[tjamz]

BYU is no longer an independent, they're in the B12

Shit, forgot that... My point still stands though 9 or 10 teams is a lot more stable than 4. It gives the PAC room to expand throughout the Midwest increasing their footprint and possibly luring other teams to join once the next shakeup happens.

[BigHorns]

So, here is my get NDSU to FBS fantasy scenario not based on anything relating to any sort of reality of actually happening:

The PAC4 decide they need to survive and they realize they cannot wait for the MWC teams to find the money to cover exit fees. Because of this they look to BYU as a name brand to bring on board since they are independent. That still leaves at least 4 openings, right? And with no MWC teams available at that time, they look to the best of the FCS in order to survive. Invites go out to MSU, UM, NDSU, SDSU, the OTHER SDSU, and maybe EWU/UTEP for the time being, with the plan to add MWC teams as soon as their media rights deal expires. That puts them at 10/11 teams, most of which won't be able to bail quickly and gives some semblance of safety net should Cal & Sanford jump ship and they now have at least 8/9 schools left in the conference & they hope to start bringing in other G5 schools (ideally MWC schools based on their footprint) with the goal of getting to 16 to 20 teams.

Again, not based on reality, but this is CFB we're talking about. Who really saw USC and UCLA leaving for the B1G? Weird shit happens.

Your dream scenario would be amazing if it could happen. It would certainly shock FBS if PAC rebuilt with FCS schools.

From Notre Dame AD comments, it looks like Cal and Stanford will be added to ACC, and PAC will die. Most unfortunate if this happens.

https://twitter.com/Brett_McMurphy/s...118071613?s=20