(07-10-2017 11:47 AM)lance99 Wrote:  The issue with Air Force will always be this: They will always be a package with at least one other Front Range School. That is extremely problematic if a Conference wants them.

This can't be entirely true; maybe a front ranger OR one of the other SA's. There wasn't a front range school in play during the Big East's chase for them back in 2010-12, but Navy was there and said to be an influential presence at one point.

And, who knows what all went down during the Big XII thing. Was there ever confirmation they applied? Their people said they were being proactive and monitoring the landscape...that's not the same thing as "yes, we are among the applicants for Big XII membership." Considering they're already affiliate members in wrestling, they can have a different kind of discussion others weren't so fortunate to have, but, still...

I don't disagree about others being stuck, though. Temple's been through it enough that it was intriguing...their former president really doing a number on the books and the stalling on the OCS practically has them off the list, even though I still wonder what their best-case potential ceiling would be.