(01-10-2017 02:47 PM)The Cutter of Bish Wrote: How many would the WAC need to run the conference at a minimum? Isn't it eight in FBS? Who's legitimately in need of a home out there:
NMSU
UMass
It's not like BYU and Army are joining this. I doubt Idaho's going to throw things into reverse for football when Big Sky would fit.
The likely FCS crew is a very small list:
Liberty
EKU
I sincerely doubt JMU, Stony, and Lamar are the next likely bunch, or that Wichita is going to park football into it.
The other part to this list is who could go and not jeopardize homes for their other sports? That trims those eight down a bit, too, by a few (EKU, Wichy, and maybe Lamar?).
I posted this several times.
New WAC
Southern Division
NMSU
UTRGV- has Mack Brown leading a football committee to start it, has a minor league soccer stadium that will be expanded for FBS
Lamar
Sam Houston St
S F Austin
UMKC - no football
Wichita St - FB only - gets fb started while it gains a bid to the AAC
Mo St - FB only
North
UND
Montana
Montana St
Idaho
EWU
Weber St
Liberty - fb only
The western WAC teams, UVU, GCU, Seattle, and Bake get entry into the Big Sky - making it a Pacific Coast centric league
Sac St, UCDAVIS, Cal Poly and Portland St would be on the top of the list for future expansion.
If everybody but NMSU is transitioning at the same time, it works. But they need at least nine transitions happening simultaneously.
The Southland added Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word because Lamar etc gave the word that they would leave for aN FBS opportunity.
The WAC should have been adding one DII school a year if it thought it was going to continue with those members.
The WAC is cheaper for UMKC because the Summit would have had it add baseball.