(06-25-2017 07:54 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  

(06-25-2017 07:43 PM)C0|db|00ded Wrote:  

(06-25-2017 07:10 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  WSU fans have to remember...need drives expansion.

AAC needed another hoops power since we only received 2 NCAA bids last season...WSU needed the AAC because they won 30 games and got stuck with a 10 seed.

there was mutual need.

the AAC does not need another football member and WSU does not need football to be successful. There is no mutual need there.

now I get the want for a football team, but football teams are very expensive. WSU's best bet would be to spend 15 million to renovate Cessna Stadium to FCS standards and stick this hypothetical FCS football team in a geographically sensible FCS football conference like say the MVFC.

best of both worlds IMHO.

The need would only arise if the AAC added another football program which I think they will in the future. A need would also arise if the AAC lost a football program... I'd rather not think about that scenario.

Just comparing the market between Tulsa and Wichita and as I said, there isn't another major football team within 2 hrs. of driving from downtown Wichita.

KSU = 130.4 mi (2 hrs 2 mins)
K|UCK = 166.6 mi (2 hrs 23 mins)
OU = 177.1 mi (2 hrs 41 mins)
OSU = 127.9 mi (1 hr 57 mins)
Tulsa = 179.2 mi (2 hrs 38 mins)

From Tulsa's perspective:

OU = 123.2 mi (1 hr 55 mins)
OSU = 69.6 mi (1 hr 7 mins) -not good
UA = 111.4 mi (1 hr 55 mins)


An interesting side note about Wichita is that there are over a million people living within 100 miles of downtown. Rural areas in Kansas lean heavily purple though.


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but WSU is coupled with Navy football in the AAC. moreover, we don't have the time to bring WSU football along.

if we needed a football team it would make more sense to bring in an all-sports member.

it's FCS or bust for WSU IMHO.

For sure. The AAC is of the quality that if they need to expand they have a long list of suitors. It would be on WSU to put themselves in position for a seamless entry. It would also require a favor from the AAC... preferential treatment if you will, over non-members applying to join. I would think we could garner some respect if we smack this conference around in bball for the next 5 years.

But the timeline would not involve the immediate future and conference expansions/contractions happen before they happen; i.e., overnight. It's gonna take a little luck, but less luck than it took for us to join a power conference without football.

Maybe we can negotiate for some football votes by agreeing to keep the score under 20 when we visit opponent's gyms in bball.

P.S. The boosters have already stated we will never play anything less than D1 football if we brought it back. Wichita State isn't NIAABCDEFG material.


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