RE: Conference USA Commissioner Seeks to Expand to 12 Teams
(07-31-2023 09:32 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote: "There will be changes coming with realignment and we know it will hit the WAC... We have talked with two other conferences that are interested in us..."
RE: Conference USA Commissioner Seeks to Expand to 12 Teams
(07-31-2023 09:32 PM)Itinerant Texan Wrote: "There will be changes coming with realignment and we know it will hit the WAC... We have talked with two other conferences that are interested in us..."
Which conferences? They don't fit the mold for the WCC or Big West. Everything else non-FB is back east.
When UVU was trying to get out of the Great West (no autobid to post season tournaments) they were considering adding football to get into the Big Sky. I wonder if they would have to re-visit those plans to get into a conference?
RE: Conference USA Commissioner Seeks to Expand to 12 Teams
So this morning on sports TV the commentators used the same thought I had worried about above... they were commenting about only two power conference; the SEC and the Big10 or ??. They also suggested Colorado, Arizona, and Utah to the Big 12. Colorado has announced but I wonder who is next. I asked a Texas Tech ex-lineman if Tech could play at the same NIL level as the P2 teams and he assured me it could, so maybe the Big 12 could be an intruder into the P2. The future will be interesting.
RE: Conference USA Commissioner Seeks to Expand to 12 Teams
(08-02-2023 01:06 PM)RCI Wrote: So this morning on sports TV the commentators used the same thought I had worried about above... they were commenting about only two power conference; the SEC and the Big10 or ??. They also suggested Colorado, Arizona, and Utah to the Big 12. Colorado has announced but I wonder who is next. I asked a Texas Tech ex-lineman if Tech could play at the same NIL level as the P2 teams and he assured me it could, so maybe the Big 12 could be an intruder into the P2. The future will be interesting.
once you get a little ways past ft. worth, most folks are tech fans and they have plenty of deep pocket supporters out there so even tho the towns are small and spread out, they are very avid supporters. the NIL problem would be lack of market size and major corporations that would benefit from their star players' endorsement. a check from the local chevy dealer probably wouldnt be that big..not like the old days when the dealer would just give em a new camaro.
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2023 09:37 AM by runamuck.)
RE: Conference USA Commissioner Seeks to Expand to 12 Teams
(08-02-2023 01:06 PM)RCI Wrote: So this morning on sports TV the commentators used the same thought I had worried about above... they were commenting about only two power conference; the SEC and the Big10 or ??. They also suggested Colorado, Arizona, and Utah to the Big 12. Colorado has announced but I wonder who is next. I asked a Texas Tech ex-lineman if Tech could play at the same NIL level as the P2 teams and he assured me it could, so maybe the Big 12 could be an intruder into the P2. The future will be interesting.
I dont know what happened here..didnt mean to reply
(This post was last modified: 08-09-2023 09:44 AM by runamuck.)
RE: Conference USA Commissioner Seeks to Expand to 12 Teams
(08-10-2023 07:13 PM)lion1983 Wrote: Pretty soon, the WAC will be in Texas only....
Might as well merge with the ASUN...
By design. The WAC belongs to Texas now. Tarleton paved the way for the Texas FIVE that brought back Football and saved the WAC. Tarleton's Prez is now COB, and the WAC HQ moved to Texas. Texas is loaded with D2 schools that are FCS ready with strong Basketball and Olympic Sport pedigrees. They will all eventually follow the path of TARLETON
(This post was last modified: 08-11-2023 09:15 AM by Itinerant Texan.)
RE: Conference USA Commissioner Seeks to Expand to 12 Teams
(08-11-2023 02:16 PM)RCI Wrote: I just read that Oliver Luck has been hired by the PAC12 to figure a rescue plan. I thought Luck was with UAC???
Quote:Four members of the Pac-12 are betting on Andrew Luck’s father to help them navigate the increasingly choppy waters of conference realignment. Oliver Luck, a former NFL quarterback and NCAA executive who was once athletic director at West Virginia, has been hired as an advisor to Oregon State, Washington State, Stanford and Cal.
“Luck declined comment for this piece but I’m told by sources that he’s been hired to serve the Pac-4 schools in an advisory role. The four remaining members are in a dicey spot with limited options, but Luck’s involvement in the dilemma is interesting,” Pac-12 insider John Canzano reports.
Oregon State, Washington State, Stanford and Cal are the only current members of the Pac-12 yet to secure a home for 2024 as conference realignment continues to ravage college sports. After USC and UCLA officially agreed in late June to join the Big 10 next year, Oregon and Washington quickly followed them, with Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado and Utah subsequently jumping to the Big 12.
Canzano believes that Luck’s hiring gives the Pac-12 a chance of survival beyond this year, albeit in dramatically altered form with a handful of new members. Oregon State and Washington State, meanwhile, are reportedly hoping to remain enjoined with Stanford and Cal going forward even as the Golden State institutions have recently “explored membership” in the ACC.
“Are there four schools when all the dust settles? Is that three? Is that two? Is that one? Is that none? Your instincts are correct,” Washington State AD Pat Chun told Canzano this week. “That’s the first step.”
Luck, 63, was a candidate to be named Pac-12 commissioner in 2021 before George Kliavkoff was hired for the role. His son, Andrew, starred at Stanford from 2009 to 2011, leaving Palo Alto as one of the greatest quarterbacks in conference history.
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RE: Conference USA Commissioner Seeks to Expand to 12 Teams
The more I see O. Luck and the result of what he is involved in, the less I really trust him. It's telling to me that the NCAA voted to keep the memorandum against single sport football conferences knowing it was a direct answer to Luck and the UAC. Is there something there the NCAA isn't saying. I wasn't impressed with Luck's handling of the UAC's grand opening. There was very little communication and thought put into it. Yes, I liked the venue of the media day, but the communication going into it was horrific. Since then, it just sets me at an unease, especially if he is spending time consulting with other conferences instead of focusing on the one he was hired to start. It just seems flakey. With non-football programs in the WAC looking around, it indeed does put the WAC in an awkward position. How is Luck and Thornton going to work together? What does it mean for the UAC and the WAC if Luck isn't dividing his time and, in his flakiness, has already moved on to the PAC? Either way, it actually makes Conference USA better (with or without the FBS vs FCS distinction).
