The Mountain West

[NavyBlue]

Mainly because, I think USU will be l left in the MWC in that scenario, and I don't see UM and or MSU being invited either. If they are, great on them, but I don't see it happening coming right from FCS. Also, I think the teams I mentioned in my alignment would be able to compete with each other quite well without one or two schools having a sizeable competitive advantage like Boise State and San Diego State have in the MWC now.

 

[AZGrizFan]

I see no reason for all the good teams in FCS to move up, and I don't see where many of them could move. If you are excited about Conference USA, go for it. I'm not.

Would you be excited about a conference that had:
UM
MSU
NDSU
SDSU
Wyoming
Utah State
Colorado State
Nevada
NMSU
UNM

???

Because I KNOW I would...

 

[GrizTexas]

Would you be excited about a conference that had:
UM
MSU
NDSU
SDSU
Wyoming
Utah State
Colorado State
Nevada
NMSU
UNM

???

Because I KNOW I would...

Throw in Idaho and dump the New Mexico schools and I would!

 

[AZGrizFan]

Throw in Idaho and dump the New Mexico schools and I would!

You think Idaho would ever give it another shot at the FBS level?

 

[ElrodGrizzly]

You think Idaho would ever give it another shot at the FBS level?

If the Montana and Dakota schools were going, I think they would. I don't know that, though. Maybe they learned a hard lesson and would rather be the new big fish in the Big Sky in this scenario.

Selfishly, I'd much rather have them than the New Mexico schools.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

You think Idaho would ever give it another shot at the FBS level?

Of course they would in this scenario.

 

[GrizTexas]

You think Idaho would ever give it another shot at the FBS level?

There big issue last time was scheduling and trying the independent route. Nobody in there right mind wants to come to Moscow unless they have to and as a result they ended up have a very difficult time getting any home games. In this scenario having conference foes mandated for home games and a close proximity to Montana would seem to make it a non-issue.

 

[keena52]

Throw in Idaho and dump the New Mexico schools and I would!

This would be perfect! It’s just a dream though. Like it…

 

[AZGrizFan]

There big issue last time was scheduling and trying the independent route. Nobody in there right mind wants to come to Moscow unless they have to and as a result they ended up have a very difficult time getting any home games. In this scenario having conference foes mandated for home games and a close proximity to Montana would seem to make it a non-issue.

Didn’t they have conference foes before? Before they went independent?

 

[GrizTexas]

Didn’t they have conference foes before? Before they went independent?

True, If I remember correctly they went through a couple of conference affiliations, went independent and then returned to the train wreck that was the Sun Belt.