(08-15-2020 02:57 PM)Hilldog Wrote:  

(08-15-2020 12:07 AM)Trod0 Wrote:  

(08-14-2020 08:30 PM)Hilldog Wrote:  Whenever conference shuffle comes up, I look at outline schools in each conferences. Big Sky- Sac. St is the only CA school in the Big Sky. Sac St. could easily go to the Big West-which would make them a 12 team conference- for all sports and be football only in the Big Sky- just like Cal Poly and Davis. For Sac St. going to the Big West, means much less travel expenses. If Sac St. leaves the Big Sky, that gets the Big Sky to 10 schools for all sports and still at 13 for football. Maybe the Big Sky wants Sac St. to have a team in CA, for recruiting reasons.

Another thought- maybe the Big Sky follows the American Conf. and adds a non football school to have an even number of teams for other sports. Yes, that plan blew up when UConn went back to the Big East. Maybe the Big Sky with Sac St. adds a non football school like Seattle or UVU for 12 teams for all other sports. They don't need to add more teams in football.

Do you actually think SU or UVU would jump ship to a lesser conference? The only reason I could see them leaving is that they think they have a chance of winning the conference in some sports.

The Big Sky RPI is 18 and the WAC is 27 for men's basketball. All the other sports don't matter because they don't make money.

So you have a better rating 1 of the last 5 years and all of a sudden you’re a better conference? Over the last 5 years we’re averaging 19.8 while the big sky is 23.6. The WAC is doing this with transitioning schools while the big sky is established D1 schools. The current WAC members will get us back to the 15 ranking or lower in about 3 years. Our transitioning schools are hungry and motivated. Unlike the schools in the big sky that just settle. In that time, no school in the big sky could beat the WAC’s top 4.