Gonzaga to the PAC-12, UTEP to the Mountain West…
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So are they going to start a football team?
No. But the PAC-12 3.0 will have a good argument to be a major basketball conference.
(Oh. Why 3.0? Click here)
Yeah…
I’m hoping the Pac-12 lures St. Mary’s as a basketball school as well but they still need that eighth football school…
I wonder if that means Texas State is headed to the Pac. They were allegedly the Mountain West's main target last week. That being said, I'm not sure a depleted Mountain West is better than the Sun Belt. A depleted Pac-12 might be though.
Also, for you fellow data nerds, this is kind of awesome. You can nitpick his methodology, but it's still cool to see a data driven case for Pac and MW targets:
Pac-12 and Mountain West Expansion: A Data-Driven Analysis
Explore the data behind Pac-12 and Mountain West conference expansion, potential targets, and how realignment is shaping the future of college football.
www.forbes.com
Yep. Smart decision by Texas State. A combined PAC-12/MWC might have been worth going to. But of course, they wouldn't have gotten the invitation to that.
