Seattle U. joining WAC in 2012...
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Seattle was d2 until a couple years ago. I can't believe the WAC couldn't get a single member of the Big Sky, Big West or WCC to join...
I think the WAC needed a non-football friend for Denver.
Seriously, Montana was their #1 school of those conferences to get but the Grizzlies didn't want to play ball. Also, no one in the Big West or WCC plays football (except for of course Hawaii and BYU). And with the exception of Hawaii (as of 2012), the Big West is an all-California conference. The WCC has a niche as the private school conference for the Far West.
Seattle really wanted to join the WCC because they used to be a member of it until they downgraded their programs to Division II. The WCC didn't want them because Seattle had the potential of messing up their RPIs. On the other hand, BYU is usually good in basketball, so the WCC schools wouldn't have taken RPI hits.
If the WAC wants more football-playing schools, theymay have to go after Southland schools if only to provide an incentive for Louisiana Tech to remain in the league-- and the Bulldogs have been looking to leave for a long long time.
Edit to add: I mean more Southland schools since Texas State and UTSA are Southland conference members that are jumping ship.
Seriously, Montana was their #1 school of those conferences to get but the Grizzlies didn't want to play ball. Also, no one in the Big West or WCC plays football (except for of course Hawaii and BYU). And with the exception of Hawaii (as of 2012), the Big West is an all-California conference. The WCC has a niche as the private school conference for the Far West.
Seattle really wanted to join the WCC because they used to be a member of it until they downgraded their programs to Division II. The WCC didn't want them because Seattle had the potential of messing up their RPIs. On the other hand, BYU is usually good in basketball, so the WCC schools wouldn't have taken RPI hits.
If the WAC wants more football-playing schools, theymay have to go after Southland schools if only to provide an incentive for Louisiana Tech to remain in the league-- and the Bulldogs have been looking to leave for a long long time.
Edit to add: I mean more Southland schools since Texas State and UTSA are Southland conference members that are jumping ship.
told the WAC "no thanks." That's right: they'd rather stay <span style="text-decoration: line-through;">I-AA</span> FCS than go to the WAC.
Big Sky fires some fightin' words at the WAC.
Big Sky fires some fightin' words at the WAC.
The economy is awful (especiallystate budgets, which these smaller schools live off of), plus, there is still the theory that "super conferences" could happen, leaving schools like those in the WAC on the outside looking inmore sothan they already are.
should just join the Big Sky. Then that conference, now including Utah State, Idaho, NM State, and San Jose State could make the jump to FBS as a whole.<div>
</div><div>La Tech and the new TX schools could join the Sun Belt and Denver/Seattle could go to the WCC, as they're both Catholic schools.</div>
</div><div>La Tech and the new TX schools could join the Sun Belt and Denver/Seattle could go to the WCC, as they're both Catholic schools.</div>