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I'm really surprised that the Horizon is interested. I wonder if the interest is really both ways or not. The Horizon has a very tight geographic footprint that NMSU obviously doesn't fit into. Only four of the current schools are not on a Great Lake, and the furthest(NKU) is only about 190 miles from Lake Erie. OTOH, NMSU is over 1,225 miles from Lake Superior. NMSU would be the outlier to end all outliers in the Horizon.
That's a little curious to me too. Threat of someone being poached from the Horizon?
I just can't wrap my head around why any "small fish" team would have any desire to be an FBS independent. To me, the only logical choices are drop football, or join Big Sky. This is not complicated in the short term.
However, the real question is this WAC stuff in the long term as things change. As long as that avenue is open, and Big Sky has a gazillion teams, there is always going to be a threat of a shake up. But, the uncertainty of the G5/P5 plays into this, too.
I just can't figure out where all this is going.
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New Mexico State to go independent after 2017 season
https://twitter.com/JPGroves/status/728265938416476160
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