(04-14-2018 01:16 PM)HawaiiMongoose Wrote:  

(04-14-2018 07:50 AM)NoDak Wrote:  

(04-14-2018 07:33 AM)Fighting Muskie Wrote:  Let's say they did go FBS--would the MWC take them because they are a UC or are they destined to be an Indy for life?

Great Northern?

UCDavis needs time to get to the MWC level so it needs a starter FBS league.

UCDavis to the WAC along with Poly and Sac St and Southland schools. NMSU would be jumping for joy.

The Great Northern and new WAC would cross schedule each other and help with the transition.

Seattle and UVU to the depleted Big Sky.

It never made sense for the stable Big West to go to 11 unless two are leaving. Well, two will leave, the northernmost.

The chances of UCD and Cal Poly leaving their peers in the Big West for the far-flung WAC are slim and none.

And it’s no surprise to see UCD adding beach volleyball. That sport gets a lot of attention in the Big West, which rivals the Pac-12 as the strongest beach volleyball conference in the country.

That is such a typical response. Poly and UCDavis will not be leaving until 2020, which is the same season that UCSD and Bake will be added.

So many sports will have to remain in the Big West, so UCDavis had to tell the BWC that it was leaving with its main sports so the Big West wasn’t left hanging and UCDavis actually begins to elevate football. It can’t stay in the Big West forever if it has bigger desires. But it needs to be cautious because the Big West could throw a big monkey wrench in its plans if it didn’t cooperate with UCDavis.

Cal Poly and UCDavis told the Big West of their leaving plans so not to have a bad divorce. It has to be amicable. The WAC will not be the terminal conference for either school.