CrimsonBull9584 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 32 minutes ago, LMU said: If anything I could foresee a WAC/CUSA merger down the road. Both conferences are having to dredge up FCS programs and CUSA is going to be gobbling up the programs that the WAC would be relying on for a football rebirth. Of course, this is with the presumption that there's not more hemorrhaging by, for instance, UTEP somehow getting a MWC life preserver thrown to them. Why would't the MWC want UTEP? Like what is some legitimate reasoning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heavybass Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 That is probably what might happen... C-USA merges with WAC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMU Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 3 hours ago, CrimsonBull9584 said: Why would't the MWC want UTEP? Like what is some legitimate reasoning? Key word: somehow. Like somehow that Kansas will make the playoff in the next three years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Wolf Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 1 hour ago, CrimsonBull9584 said: Why would't the MWC want UTEP? Like what is some legitimate reasoning? Another mouth to feed that doesn't bring anything to the table. Same reason New Mexico State isn't there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 2 hours ago, LMU said: Of course, this is with the presumption that there's not more hemorrhaging by, for instance, UTEP somehow getting a MWC life preserver thrown to them. UTEP was the only WAC charter school still in the league to not get an invite to join the Mountain West in the initial breakaway, and hasn't gotten an invite since despite showing interest in the past. I'm not going to say "never" but I would be stunned at this point. Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 45 minutes ago, Red Wolf said: Another mouth to feed that doesn't bring anything to the table. Same reason New Mexico State isn't there. NMSU also has the added "New Mexico has a firm veto on their membership" factor. 1 Quote On 8/1/2010 at 4:01 PM, winters in buffalo said: You manage to balance agitation with just enough salient points to keep things interesting. Kind of a low-rent DG_Now. On 1/2/2011 at 9:07 PM, Sodboy13 said: Today, we are all otaku. "The city of Peoria was once the site of the largest distillery in the world and later became the site for mass production of penicillin. So it is safe to assume that present-day Peorians are descended from syphilitic boozehounds."-Stephen Colbert POTD: February 15, 2010, June 20, 2010 The Glorious Bloom State Penguins (NCFAF) 2014: 2-9, 2015: 7-5 (L Pineapple Bowl), 2016: 1-0 (NCFAB) 2014-15: 10-8, 2015-16: 14-5 (SMC Champs, L 1st Round February Frenzy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrimalCookie Posted November 2, 2021 Share Posted November 2, 2021 16 hours ago, rams80 said: Anyway for use in a few years I invite everyone to consider the story of the scorpion and the frog. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Burmy Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 13 hours ago, GDAWG said: That would leave the Southland with only Houston Baptist, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana and Texas A&M-Commerce as football members...which brings up the question as to where the Southland goes from here. Do they try and convince New Orleans and A&M-Corpus Christi to start up football programs? Do they raid the D2 Lone Star Conference for more teams (so A&M-Commerce can renew old rivalries?) Perhaps a combination of both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 I know everyone knows how far the WAC has fallen, but for the basis of comparison . . . WAC Football 1999 -- BYU, Utah, Air Force, Colorado State, Wyoming, UNLV, et al. WAC Football 2024 +/- -- Incarnate Word, McNeese State, Dixie State, Tarleton State, et al. Quote Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burmy Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Just now, leopard88 said: I know everyone knows how far the WAC has fallen, but for the basis of comparison . . . WAC Football 1999 -- BYU, Utah, Air Force, Colorado State, Wyoming, UNLV, et al. WAC Football 2024 +/- -- Incarnate Word, McNeese State, Dixie State, Tarleton State, et al. Now that you think about it, I think every school from WAC '99 was originally in the RMAC (which is a D2 conference now)...of their charter members, only Colorado Mines remains. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rich Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Burmy said: Do they try and convince New Orleans (and A&M-Corpus Christi) to start up football programs? Nothing personal to you, Burmy my man, but my response to that is... Not even a snowball's chance in hell that will happen at UNO. 1 Quote It is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 2 hours ago, Burmy said: That would leave the Southland with only Houston Baptist, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana and Texas A&M-Commerce as football members...which brings up the question as to where the Southland goes from here.Do they try and convince New Orleans and A&M-Corpus Christi to start up football programs? Do they raid the D2 Lone Star Conference for more teams (so A&M-Commerce can renew old rivalries?) Perhaps a combination of both? Corpus Christi has nowhere to build a stadium either. The nearest football field currently there is nowhere near FCS levels for seating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueYankee26 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 39 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said: Corpus Christi has nowhere to build a stadium either. The nearest football field currently there is nowhere near FCS levels for seating. Welp time to create an artificial island. 2 Quote trueyankee26.wordpress.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 7 minutes ago, TrueYankee26 said: Welp time to create an artificial island. The most likely option would to build something on the other side of town, and that will cost a fortune due to all the work involved in protecting it. There are plenty of towns in the area that have a stadium big enough, because . . . Texas. But I don't see that school feeling they need to add it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMU Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 51 minutes ago, MJWalker45 said: Corpus Christi has nowhere to build a stadium either. The nearest football field currently there is nowhere near FCS levels for seating. And that's assuming the school's not going to be completely underwater in a couple decades. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seadragon76 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 The best thing the Southland can do is take D2 schools from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana and go from there. The best bet might be schools from the Lone Star Conference, which is at 18 (soon to be 17 with Commerce making the move to the Southland) members and there are at least 4 schools - UT Permian Basin, Texas A&M-Kingsville, Midwestern State and West Texas A&M - that look like potential D1 additions. Outside of the Lone Star, there is Central Oklahoma from the MIAA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDAWG Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Burmy said: That would leave the Southland with only Houston Baptist, Nicholls, Northwestern State, Southeastern Louisiana and Texas A&M-Commerce as football members...which brings up the question as to where the Southland goes from here. Do they try and convince New Orleans and A&M-Corpus Christi to start up football programs? Do they raid the D2 Lone Star Conference for more teams (so A&M-Commerce can renew old rivalries?) Perhaps a combination of both? at one point they were interested in Texas Southern and Prairie View, but that was unlikely to start with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopard88 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 2 hours ago, MJWalker45 said: Corpus Christi has nowhere to build a stadium either. The nearest football field currently there is nowhere near FCS levels for seating. It's like the Pepperdine of Texas . . . sort of. Quote Most Liked Content of the Day -- February 15, 2017, August 21, 2017, August 22, 2017 ///// Proud Winner of the CCSLC Post of the Day Award -- April 8, 2008 Originator of the Upside Down Sarcasm Smilie -- November 1, 2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 27 minutes ago, leopard88 said: It's like the Pepperdine of Texas . . . sort of. Pretty much. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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