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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

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"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 09:49 AM)ManzanoWolf Wrote:  If the SBC were to enter into an alliance, I would prefer SBC/MAC as the population density is greater in the SBC/MAC geographic area than it is in the SBC/WAC geographic area.

Top teams in the SBC allied with the top teams in the MAC would be a pretty strong group.

The alliance championship game could be the Blue/Gray Game, the Yankee/Rebel Shootout, or even the Carpetbagger Bowl . . 03-lmfao

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I am all about an SBC/MAC alliance. It would be stupid on the SBC's part to allign with a weaker conference in the WAC. We would have to expand to 12 though, as even without Temple the MAC would already have 13 programs with UMass coming on. If FIU is lost to CUSA we can load up with UTSA, GSU and App. State and make it happen.
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

kbohlskbohls

"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.
That wouldn't bother me since he said those things as the commissioner of a competitor.

If the merger falls apart then I see a CUSA and Sun Belt combination.

If the merger goes through then the Sun Belt absorbs what remains of the WAC. If that happens I want ASU on the side with La. Tech since it's an easy trip and would renew an old rivalry.
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

kbohlskbohls

"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.

Don't know about that, but here's what I do know. Benson may have been in charge of the WAC when the conference was on the brink of death, but let us not forget that he was also in charge of the WAC in one of it's most prosperous times just before that. A time that saw BCS berths by multiple schools and while half the conference leaving just about killed the conference, it does bear mentioning that half the conference was desirable enough to be invited away by a better conference.

I'm not exactly throwing my support behind the guy, just saying that he probably wouldn't be as bad of a hire as some are making it out to be.
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(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:04 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 09:21 AM)Fanof49ASU Wrote:  
Quote:The Sun Belt has Miami, Baco Raton, Dallas, Nashville, and Mobile, but they have to pay ESPN to put their games on TV instead of the other way around.

I see you've made this claim....do you have a link for verification of it?
When have we ever paid to be on tv?

http://www.nccscougar.org/rhunter/Sports...tracts.pdf

This is old and stale info. The SBC just redid its contract with ESPN.

I think they just renewed the same deal.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/07/23...xtend.html
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

kbohlskbohls

"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.

Benson has spent the last few years trying to lure UNT, ULL, and Arkansas State away from the Sun Belt. Why in the world would you reward him by naming him our Comissioner, when he has spent so much time trying to break up our conference? Plus, he hasn't exactly managed the WAC very well the last few seasons either. That whole BYU thing really blew up in his face. We can do better. If Benson is selected to become the next Sun Belt commissioner, I will be all for forming a new conference. I don't like or respect him, and I don't want to be around to watch him run the Sun Belt into the ground, just like he did with the WAC.
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:27 AM)Crump1 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

kbohlskbohls

"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.
That wouldn't bother me since he said those things as the commissioner of a competitor.

If the merger falls apart then I see a CUSA and Sun Belt combination.

If the merger goes through then the Sun Belt absorbs what remains of the WAC. If that happens I want ASU on the side with La. Tech since it's an easy trip and would renew an old rivalry.

Absorb the WAC? No thanks. Not unless Idaho, Utah State, San Jose State, New Mexico State, Denver and Seattle are all gone...
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:28 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

kbohlskbohls

"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.

Don't know about that, but here's what I do know. Benson may have been in charge of the WAC when the conference was on the brink of death, but let us not forget that he was also in charge of the WAC in one of it's most prosperous times just before that. A time that saw BCS berths by multiple schools and while half the conference leaving just about killed the conference, it does bear mentioning that half the conference was desirable enough to be invited away by a better conference.

I'm not exactly throwing my support behind the guy, just saying that he probably wouldn't be as bad of a hire as some are making it out to be.

I don't think Benson did a bad job. Teams in his conference just became more attractive to higher-profile conferences. I don't blame Britton Banowsky for losing 4 teams to the Big East. They earned a promotion out of CUSA, Banowsky didn't drive them out. Same with Benson.
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:30 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

kbohlskbohls

"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.

Benson has spent the last few years trying to lure UNT, ULL, and Arkansas State away from the Sun Belt. Why in the world would you reward him by naming him our Comissioner, when he has spent so much time trying to break up our conference? Plus, he hasn't exactly managed the WAC very well the last few seasons either. That whole BYU thing really blew up in his face. We can do better. If Benson is selected to become the next Sun Belt commissioner, I will be all for forming a new conference. I don't like or respect him, and I don't want to be around to watch him run the Sun Belt into the ground, just like he did with the WAC.

1) Forming a new conference is not an option. You're giving up everything established with the Sun Belt and who's going to join you? You've seen the troubles the WAC has had getting to even seven football playing members, who's going to run off and join some new conference?

2) How does him trying to improve his conference equal him trying to break up ours? He was simply trying to do his job by adding quality programs, is that not what a commissioner should do?

3) You say he ran it into the ground, but the biggest force behind the WAC being in the perilous state they're in now, is the incredible run they had which led to half the conference being invited away by a better conference.
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:32 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:28 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

kbohlskbohls

"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.

Don't know about that, but here's what I do know. Benson may have been in charge of the WAC when the conference was on the brink of death, but let us not forget that he was also in charge of the WAC in one of it's most prosperous times just before that. A time that saw BCS berths by multiple schools and while half the conference leaving just about killed the conference, it does bear mentioning that half the conference was desirable enough to be invited away by a better conference.

I'm not exactly throwing my support behind the guy, just saying that he probably wouldn't be as bad of a hire as some are making it out to be.

I don't think Benson did a bad job. Teams in his conference just became more attractive to higher-profile conferences. I don't blame Britton Banowsky for losing 4 teams to the Big East. They earned a promotion out of CUSA, Banowsky didn't drive them out. Same with Benson.

One of the few times you and I are in agreement.

The problem is, everyone here wants some young, proactive, rockstar commissioner that will turn everything he touches into gold. I'm no different, I'd love to see that, but I don't think such a candidate exists and if he does, I doubt very seriously we'd be able to hire him.

Benson isn't exactly an awe inspiring selection, but I'm sure he can do some good for the conference.
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While the WAC had a few years of good pub and money due to one season by Hawaii and a good run by Boise, I don't think that credit is due to Benson but rather the efforts of the individual schools, especially Boise St. Of course, we can review some other highlights of Benson's tenure. He was commissioner when the best teams of the WAC broke off and formed the MWC which immediately moved ahead of the WAC. Instead of working a deal with the SBC to create two regionally viable conferences, he came "a raiding." He has overseen the utter collapse of the conference with the best teams bolting for the MWC, CUSA, and eventually those teams moving to the Big East. The WAC is now down to recruiting FCS schools who are moving up and now have 1 bowl tie in.
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:30 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:27 AM)Crump1 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

kbohlskbohls

"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.
That wouldn't bother me since he said those things as the commissioner of a competitor.

If the merger falls apart then I see a CUSA and Sun Belt combination.

If the merger goes through then the Sun Belt absorbs what remains of the WAC. If that happens I want ASU on the side with La. Tech since it's an easy trip and would renew an old rivalry.

Absorb the WAC? No thanks. Not unless Idaho, Utah State, San Jose State, New Mexico State, Denver and Seattle are all gone...
In the scenari I see, some of the WAC ends up in the MWC and we don't take non-football schools. I am thinking LT, Texas St., UTSA and NMSU.
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I'm for the idea of the Sun Belt/MAC alliance. I'd really enjoy that and think it'd be an excellent move.
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 10:34 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:30 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:14 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  Tweet from Austin American-Statesman sports columnist Kirk Bohls:

kbohlskbohls

"Sun Belt Conference is looking hard at WAC's Karl Benson as its new commissioner, a source with WAC connections tells me."

8 Feb

I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.

Benson has spent the last few years trying to lure UNT, ULL, and Arkansas State away from the Sun Belt. Why in the world would you reward him by naming him our Comissioner, when he has spent so much time trying to break up our conference? Plus, he hasn't exactly managed the WAC very well the last few seasons either. That whole BYU thing really blew up in his face. We can do better. If Benson is selected to become the next Sun Belt commissioner, I will be all for forming a new conference. I don't like or respect him, and I don't want to be around to watch him run the Sun Belt into the ground, just like he did with the WAC.

1) Forming a new conference is not an option. You're giving up everything established with the Sun Belt and who's going to join you? You've seen the troubles the WAC has had getting to even seven football playing members, who's going to run off and join some new conference?

2) How does him trying to improve his conference equal him trying to break up ours? He was simply trying to do his job by adding quality programs, is that not what a commissioner should do?

3) You say he ran it into the ground, but the biggest force behind the WAC being in the perilous state they're in now, is the incredible run they had which led to half the conference being invited away by a better conference.

1. I don't know who would want out, but I know I would. I'd rather UNT go independent, then be in the SunBelt with Benson running the show. UNT, ASU, ULL, LA Tech, and NMSU would be a nice foundation for a conference. I don't know if they would be interested in this or not. If they all were, I think 3 more programs could be found.

2.When he is trying to rebuild his conference by taking 3 of our teams, Id say that's breaking up our conference.

3. If he were a good commissioner he could have kept his conferenc together. He has been reduced to adding basketball only programs. As of now he hasn't found another program to keep the WAC an offical FBS conference. Not quality leadership if you ask me.
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(02-11-2012 10:40 AM)InjunJohn Wrote:  While the WAC had a few years of good pub and money due to one season by Hawaii and a good run by Boise, I don't think that credit is due to Benson but rather the efforts of the individual schools, especially Boise St. Of course, we can review some other highlights of Benson's tenure. He was commissioner when the best teams of the WAC broke off and formed the MWC which immediately moved ahead of the WAC. Instead of working a deal with the SBC to create two regionally viable conferences, he came "a raiding." He has overseen the utter collapse of the conference with the best teams bolting for the MWC, CUSA, and eventually those teams moving to the Big East. The WAC is now down to recruiting FCS schools who are moving up and now have 1 bowl tie in.

Of course more credit goes to the individual schools, but he was still the man steering the ship and don't make it out to be just about Boise. Hawaii went to a BCS bowl, Nevada had a 13-1 season.

I think the only bad thing to be said about the guy is his miscalculations in the fallout of all the teams leaving. Things backfiring, being publicly turned down by FCS schools etc.
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(02-11-2012 10:51 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:34 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:30 AM)Side Show Joe Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:22 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 10:20 AM)MTPiKapp Wrote:  I absolutely believe that Benson is a candidate and I have no idea what Side Show Joe is talking about saying that if Benson is named commissioner that some schools will look to form a new conference. I have no idea whether or not he'll actually be picked, but to suggest it would cause schools to leave the conference is laughable. Leave the Sun Belt and form a new conference with whom?

Didn't Benson have negative things to say about the SBC in the past? If so, we would be idiots to bring him on as our commish.

Benson has spent the last few years trying to lure UNT, ULL, and Arkansas State away from the Sun Belt. Why in the world would you reward him by naming him our Comissioner, when he has spent so much time trying to break up our conference? Plus, he hasn't exactly managed the WAC very well the last few seasons either. That whole BYU thing really blew up in his face. We can do better. If Benson is selected to become the next Sun Belt commissioner, I will be all for forming a new conference. I don't like or respect him, and I don't want to be around to watch him run the Sun Belt into the ground, just like he did with the WAC.

1) Forming a new conference is not an option. You're giving up everything established with the Sun Belt and who's going to join you? You've seen the troubles the WAC has had getting to even seven football playing members, who's going to run off and join some new conference?

2) How does him trying to improve his conference equal him trying to break up ours? He was simply trying to do his job by adding quality programs, is that not what a commissioner should do?

3) You say he ran it into the ground, but the biggest force behind the WAC being in the perilous state they're in now, is the incredible run they had which led to half the conference being invited away by a better conference.

1. I don't know who would want out, but I know I would. I'd rather UNT go independent, then be in the SunBelt with Benson running the show. UNT, ASU, ULL, LA Tech, and NMSU would be a nice foundation for a conference. I don't know if they would be interested in this or not. If they all were, I think 3 more programs could be found.

2.When he is trying to rebuild his conference by taking 3 of our teams, Id say that's breaking up our conference.

3. If he were a good commissioner he could have kept his conferenc together. He has been reduced to adding basketball only programs. As of now he hasn't found another program to keep the WAC an offical FBS conference. Not quality leadership if you ask me.

1. Saying you'd rather be independent then in the Sun Belt with Benson is incredibly shortsighted and a good way to find yourself back in FCS.

2. Just up and forming a new conference is not feasible. What are you going to do for bowl ties and NCAA credits? It simply does not make sense.

3. You can't take it personally that he was trying to improve his conference by taking schools from ours, that's how college athletics works. It's not like he was acting with malice, he was just looking for new members for his conference. Are you saying that we shouldn't look to invite schools from other conferences?

4. How exactly might I ask was he supposed to keep his conference together when schools were being invited away by a better conference?
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Regarding Benson, are we forgetting the fact that he put the WAC where it is today? This jack wagon tried to kill the MWC with the President of Utah State and had it all blowup when they were out foxed by the MWC. To me, this along with the fact that after the MWC practically destroyed the WAC he attempted to harm the SBC causes me to say heck no to Benson. Get someone new with excitement and vigor. Hell, why not bring someone in from collegiate programming at ESPN or Fox to run the conference. They will know scheduling, marketing, and many of the players in college football already. Since the business has become all about television, it appears that this will be a no brainer.
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(02-11-2012 10:04 AM)T_Won1 Wrote:  http://www.nccscougar.org/rhunter/Sports...tracts.pdf

I guess that I missed the part that stated we paid for appearances.
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(02-11-2012 11:03 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  Regarding Benson, are we forgetting the fact that he put the WAC where it is today? This jack wagon tried to kill the MWC with the President of Utah State and had it all blowup when they were out foxed by the MWC. To me, this along with the fact that after the MWC practically destroyed the WAC he attempted to harm the SBC causes me to say heck no to Benson. Get someone new with excitement and vigor. Hell, why not bring someone in from collegiate programming at ESPN or Fox to run the conference. They will know scheduling, marketing, and many of the players in college football already. Since the business has become all about television, it appears that this will be a no brainer.

Regardless of your feelings, if someone other than Karl Benson is the new commissioner, it'll be a major story.

It's going to happen, barring something strange.
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RE: Sun Belt / WAC Alliance
(02-11-2012 11:06 AM)BirdofParadise Wrote:  
(02-11-2012 11:03 AM)bluephi1914 Wrote:  Regarding Benson, are we forgetting the fact that he put the WAC where it is today? This jack wagon tried to kill the MWC with the President of Utah State and had it all blowup when they were out foxed by the MWC. To me, this along with the fact that after the MWC practically destroyed the WAC he attempted to harm the SBC causes me to say heck no to Benson. Get someone new with excitement and vigor. Hell, why not bring someone in from collegiate programming at ESPN or Fox to run the conference. They will know scheduling, marketing, and many of the players in college football already. Since the business has become all about television, it appears that this will be a no brainer.

Regardless of your feelings, if someone other than Karl Benson is the new commissioner, it'll be a major story.

It's going to happen, barring something strange.

If that is the case, this will be further evidence that the SBC has surpassed the WAC. Next target has to be the MAC.
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