The Sicatoka Posted October 2, 2020 Author Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 5:44 AM, nodak651 said: Looks like a big sky team may be leaving for the wac Expand My guesses (guesses) in order of my thoughts on likelihood: Southern Utah Northern Colorado Northern Arizona Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 5:44 AM, nodak651 said: Looks like a big sky team may be leaving for the wac Expand source? Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 1:57 PM, The Sicatoka said: My guesses (guesses) in order of my thoughts on likelihood: Southern Utah Northern Colorado Northern Arizona Expand would dropping football be a must to do this? Quote
nodak651 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 3:45 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said: source? Expand Sorry was on my phone. This is the video posted on the CSNBBS thread where the story broke - the Tarleton State President says that a new member was just voted into the WAC during his state of the university address. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 *holds envelope to head Cockroaches Twinkies The WAC conference open envelope name three things that can survive a nuclear war. 2 1 Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 4:26 PM, SWSiouxMN said: *holds envelope to head Cockroaches Twinkies The WAC conference open envelope name three things that can survive a nuclear war. Expand haha haha hahhhaahhha (ed mcmahon voice offscreen) Quote
nodak651 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 The guys at CSNBBS are guessing West Texas A&M, but I think it's just speculation. There is a Reddit CFB thread about this, and this guy who is apparently a sports reporter says this: Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 4:21 PM, nodak651 said: Sorry was on my phone. This is the video posted on the CSNBBS thread where the story broke - the Tarleton State President says that a new member was just voted into the WAC during his state of the university address. Expand what makes you think its a BSC member...some/lots think its some alphabet school in middle of texas Quote
nodak651 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 4:29 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said: what makes you think its a BSC member...some/lots think its some alphabet school in middle of texas Expand See my post above - I think we posted at the same time. The reddit guy now has an article on his blog, but it's behind a pay wall. https://extrapoints.substack.com/ This is his bio found on his blog: "My name is Matt Brown. I used to oversee SB Nation’s college team sites, and regularly contribute to SBNation.com’s college football coverage. Before that, I helped run their Ohio State brand, Land-Grant Holy Land. I also wrote a book on great college football What If questions. I live in Chicago. Nice to meet you!" He seems legit. 1 Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 4:34 PM, nodak651 said: See my post above - I think we posted at the same time. The reddit guy now has an article on his blog, but it's behind a pay wall. https://extrapoints.substack.com/ Expand haha saw that...sorry. one guy seems to thinks its an existing d1 school...interesting to see who it is. Quote
nodak651 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 5:27 PM, SWSiouxMN said: SUU appears to be the school Expand With the Dixie addition, it makes the most sense. 1 Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 so BSC is setting itself up for a nice 14 (7 east/ 7 west) team all sports conference with the soon to be announce invites to UND, NDSU, USD, and SDSU....(too soon)? Quote
The Sicatoka Posted October 2, 2020 Author Posted October 2, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 6:51 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said: so BSC is setting itself up for a nice 14 (7 east/ 7 west) team all sports conference with the soon to be announce invites to UND, NDSU, USD, and SDSU....(too soon)? Expand Nothing wrong with speculating. Quote
nodak651 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 Should I have claimed that I had inside sources and was good at reading the tea leaves? I think so. 1 Quote
zonadub Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 If it is SUU (or any other BSC school), what happens with their football program? Doubt BSC will let them stay (nice even number of 12 teams without them). Will they drop football? Will they go independent? Will the WAC restart a football conference? (SUU would be the 4th football team - NMSU [FBS], Tarleton and Dixie [FCS] are currently independent). Obviously that would mean they have to find at least a couple more teams, and NMSU will fight dropping to FCS. Quote
BisonCardinal Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 I think it is becoming pretty obvious that WAC football is going to happen. Why would a conference pickup 3 football playing schools (Dixie State, Tarleton and SUU), if it weren't going to sponsor it? Plus WAC member Utah Valley is starting football with UTRGV seriously considering it. The question becomes what division will they play in? I am guessing FCS. With the D2 move ups and a mediocre team like SUU, I don't see how they can pull off an FBS move. NMSU is going to have to decide if they want to stay FBS independent or be a strong contender in a decent FCS conference. I predict NMSU will drop down to FCS and play in the WAC conference. I also predict that NAU will follow SUU into the WAC. So the Big Sky will consist of: EWU, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Portland State, Sac State, UNC and Weber State with UCD and Cal Poly as football affilates. The WAC would look like this with 7 football playing schools: Dixie State, Utah Valley, SUU, NMSU, NAU, UTRGV and Tarleton State. The WAC also has the non-football schools of Cal Baptist, Grand Canyon and Seattle, so there would be 10 members total. Chicago State is out there but I anticipate them ceasing to exist or dropping sports totally in the next couple years. There are rumblings of West Texas A & M wanting to make a move. They look like they would fit nicely into the WAC. I had thought UNC would be a candidate for the WAC but am thinking they will stay in the Big Sky. Considering they just signed their baseball program, which the WAC sponsors, into the Summit makes me think they are not considering the WAC. Besides the Big Sky kind of needs them and Weber State for the numbers. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 On 10/2/2020 at 4:27 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said: haha haha hahhhaahhha (ed mcmahon voice offscreen) Expand All jokes aside. It just amazes me how the WAC has managed to stay alive as a conference. I thought they would have been done many times over in these past few years. Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 3:25 PM, BisonCardinal said: I think it is becoming pretty obvious that WAC football is going to happen. Why would a conference pickup 3 football playing schools (Dixie State, Tarleton and SUU), if it weren't going to sponsor it? Plus WAC member Utah Valley is starting football with UTRGV seriously considering it. The question becomes what division will they play in? I am guessing FCS. With the D2 move ups and a mediocre team like SUU, I don't see how they can pull off an FBS move. NMSU is going to have to decide if they want to stay FBS independent or be a strong contender in a decent FCS conference. I predict NMSU will drop down to FCS and play in the WAC conference. I also predict that NAU will follow SUU into the WAC. So the Big Sky will consist of: EWU, Idaho, Idaho State, Montana, Montana State, Portland State, Sac State, UNC and Weber State with UCD and Cal Poly as football affilates. The WAC would look like this with 7 football playing schools: Dixie State, Utah Valley, SUU, NMSU, NAU, UTRGV and Tarleton State. The WAC also has the non-football schools of Cal Baptist, Grand Canyon and Seattle, so there would be 10 members total. Chicago State is out there but I anticipate them ceasing to exist or dropping sports totally in the next couple years. There are rumblings of West Texas A & M wanting to make a move. They look like they would fit nicely into the WAC. I had thought UNC would be a candidate for the WAC but am thinking they will stay in the Big Sky. Considering they just signed their baseball program, which the WAC sponsors, into the Summit makes me think they are not considering the WAC. Besides the Big Sky kind of needs them and Weber State for the numbers. Expand Since 2020 has lasted forever, I must have missed this. When did Utah Valley say they were starting FB? Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 6:52 PM, BisonCardinal said: I was going off this press release. sample_press_release.pdf 193.76 kB · 1 download You are probably right. That is the ONLY thing I am seeing. Nothing more recent. Good catch. Expand I think your general argument about WAC FB is a good one. We will see what happens. Quote
BisonCardinal Posted October 3, 2020 Posted October 3, 2020 SW, good catch on Utah Valley football. That press release I was looking at is dated 2014 and none of the links worked. Kind of Babylon Bee-ish. Sorry Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted October 4, 2020 Posted October 4, 2020 On 10/3/2020 at 7:04 PM, BisonCardinal said: SW, good catch on Utah Valley football. That press release I was looking at is dated 2014 and none of the links worked. Kind of Babylon Bee-ish. Sorry Expand I wonder if there any follow up to that and if they are still thinking about it. Nevertheless, the main part of your post was sound. The WAC appears to have a plan. Quote
SIOUXFAN97 Posted October 5, 2020 Posted October 5, 2020 On 10/4/2020 at 3:26 AM, SWSiouxMN said: I wonder if there any follow up to that and if they are still thinking about it. Nevertheless, the main part of your post was sound. The WAC appears to have a plan. Expand the wac's plan seems to be strength in numbers Quote
SWSiouxMN Posted October 8, 2020 Posted October 8, 2020 On 10/5/2020 at 6:20 PM, SIOUXFAN97 said: the wac's plan seems to be strength in numbers Expand it isn’t a bad plan tbh. They need some stability sometime here.... Quote
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