Just to put numbers to what you already know.... SMU and Cincy were a combined 35-1 against the rest of the league.

(03-13-2017 05:23 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  

(03-12-2017 10:09 PM)TU4ever Wrote:  

(03-12-2017 08:55 PM)DefCONNOne Wrote:  Mike Aresco is on record as being against returning to the oBE model of bball-only's. They, as of now, aren't joining the AAC.

But adding Wichita St, or even Dayton and VCU is not the obe model.

The Commissioner, and I, disagree.

Is there a link to Aresco saying that adding one non-football member to a group of 11 all-sports members and 1 football-only member = "the old Big East model"??

If Aresco is ok with Navy being a partial member for football, I have a hard time believing he'd be opposed to WSU being a partial member for all other sports. Even if there were an issue where the split came down to full members vs. partial members, 11 vs. 2 is a pretty comfortable majority. If we can add VCU and Dayton, too, then great. But I see no reason why WSU should not be added sooner rather than later.

(03-14-2017 11:18 AM)untitled Wrote:  If Aresco is ok with Navy being a partial member for football, I have a hard time believing he'd be opposed to WSU being a partial member for all other sports. Even if there were an issue where the split came down to full members vs. partial members, 11 vs. 2 is a pretty comfortable majority. If we can add VCU and Dayton, too, then great. But I see no reason why WSU should not be added sooner rather than later.

its ultimately not even up to aresco. PResidents make the decision. As it is I agree with you, Navy is fball only so adding a olympic sports only just makes sense, especially one with as much cache as wichita state. Would boost baseball and basketball immediately.