(10-15-2021 02:50 PM)TexasTerror Wrote:  The latest from the Mountain West Commissioner.

It's interesting that he clearly defined speaking to presidents of two universities interested in joining the league; but like the MWC and the WAC - everyone is doing their homework right now on expansion and the like.

Quote:The Mountain West is continuing to explore the possibility of expansion, commissioner Craig Thompson said Thursday, noting that he had spoken earlier in the day to the presidents of two universities interested in joining the conference.

“We’re really just looking at the landscape and debating what expansion would mean for the Mountain West Conference,” Thompson said in a virtual news conference. “If it’s something that makes sense for us, we’ll look at that. But really, I’m defining it as we’re studying our options.”

MW athletic directors have been meeting virtually “twice a week for several months now,” Thompson said, as they explore their options following the announcements of recent additions to the Southeastern and Big 12 conferences. The conference’s board of directors, made up of the president, chancellor or superintendent that heads up each of the MW’s member schools, has been involved in those discussions, as well, he said.

https://www.coloradoan.com/story/sports/...457594002/

If it's two, then it is likely North Texas and Tulsa--the two schools Dennis Dodd named over a month ago as schools the Mountain West had named as potential expansion candidates.