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[BigHorns]

Why don’t they just rebuild the pac with the Montana’s, sdsu/Ndsu and Hawaii. Thats 7 teams. We bring SUU, poly and uc Davis with and it’ll be the best conference west of the SEC.

Presume this is a joke.

A million years would pass before the PAC-2 consider this outcome.
They largely see G5 as beneath them, and this would be a FCS conference merger.

They may go to the purgatory of FBS Indy status a while to sort things out.

PAC-2 desired outcomes:
1) Join a P4 conference : seems like a longshot, but not impossible
2) Rebuild PAC with the "best of G5" : also a challenge, but could happen with the right media deal.
3) Indy and/or reluctantly join MWC or AAC. Not clear their order of preference.
4) If incredibly desperate reach out to other G5 conference teams. Many of those schools could be poached to rebuild. They won't take a Kennesaw or SHSU if App St level teams are available. They also won't join a CUSA or MAC with the current alignment.
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9999999999999999999999999999 ) Rebuild PAC with FCS teams.

[56BISON73]

Why don’t they just rebuild the pac with the Montana’s, sdsu/Ndsu and Hawaii. Thats 7 teams. We bring SUU, poly and uc Davis with and it’ll be the best conference west of the SEC.

Lakes would make it happen.

But he can’t.

Because he’s banned.

Lakes is the reason the Pac broke up.

[BigHorns]

It will cost them more in appearance fees to get home match ups but the Pac 2 can still book games with individual MW members. One of the major reasons the scheduling agreement was not extended was it makes the MW play a 7 game conference schedule. That means some teams get 3 conference home games and some get 4..No bueno..Stanford and Cal are probably looking for some west coast games and the Pac 2 are already playing Oregon and Washington. The Pac 2 should be able to get a full schedule..It just takes money..

You may be correct. And it might even continue this way for a few years.

They could go the UConn scheduling route. Would put them at a huge disadvantage, and likely weaken their football programs. But I could see it as an emergency interim solution for 2-5 years while they work out a long term plan.

[WestCoastBison]

Why don’t they just rebuild the pac with the Montana’s, sdsu/Ndsu and Hawaii. Thats 7 teams. We bring SUU, poly and uc Davis with and it’ll be the best conference west of the SEC.

Lakes would make it happen.

But he can’t.

Because he’s banned.

I like it. One can wish eh

[WestCoastBison]

Well desperate times take desperate measures. They are not really in a place to have a whole lot of negotiating power. (Pac 12)

[BigHorns]

I like it. One can wish eh

For sure, if I was ML I'd be making those phone calls just in case. But this scenario is a million to one shot with PAC. I'll win the 50-50 jackpot first.

Theres a lot of smoke/evidence we've had conversations with MW, and if they pulled teams from FCS, we'd be near the top. Best outcome for us is that PAC pulls a few MW teams to rebuild with so MW needs backfill teams.

I remain convinced we will move when the door opens. There's a chance FBS restructures with the P4 splitting from G5 and that could also open doors. Most invites happen when some cascade of events triggers it.

[WestCoastBison]

For sure, if I was ML I'd be making those phone calls just in case. But it's a million to one shot with PAC. I'll win the 50-50 jackpot first.

Theres a lot of smoke/evidence we've had conversations with MW, and if they pulled teams from FCS, we'd be near the top. Best outcome for us is that PAC pulls a few MW teams to rebuild with so MW needs backfill teams.

I remain convinced we will move when the door opens. There's a chance FBS restructures with the P4 splitting from G5 and that could also open doors. Most invites happen when some cascade of events triggers it.

If were to happen I think it would be this. I get all the logistics of making it happen, and I think it will happen eventually. Good news is the PTB haven’t got us into MAC, sunbelt etc. that wouldn’t be good for NDSU.

[WestCoastBison]

For sure, if I was ML I'd be making those phone calls just in case. But this scenario is a million to one shot with PAC. I'll win the 50-50 jackpot first.

Theres a lot of smoke/evidence we've had conversations with MW, and if they pulled teams from FCS, we'd be near the top. Best outcome for us is that PAC pulls a few MW teams to rebuild with so MW needs backfill teams.

I remain convinced we will move when the door opens. There's a chance FBS restructures with the P4 splitting from G5 and that could also open doors. Most invites happen when some cascade of events triggers it.

Just to add a hypothetical question. What MWC teams would be taken to Pac12?
SDSU, Fresno St. , Wyoming for sure

[KSBisonFan]

Just to add a hypothetical question. What MWC teams would be taken to Pac12?
SDSU, Fresno St. , Wyoming for sure

I doubt Wyoming is high on their list. SDSU, UNLV, San Jose, Fresno, Boise, would be preferred, I'd think.

[NI4NI]

I doubt Wyoming is high on their list. SDSU, UNLV, San Jose, Fresno, Boise, would be preferred, I'd think.

That's frustrating because in terms of potential competition quality, we have more upside than those teams. But sadly this isn't about producing a quality product, and we simply don't have the desired market footprint.