(10-03-2020 06:15 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

(10-03-2020 02:48 PM)Vulpes88 Wrote:  

(10-03-2020 02:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:  

(10-03-2020 01:52 PM)Vulpes88 Wrote:  

(10-03-2020 10:42 AM)Itinerant Texan Wrote:  I've pretty much settled on this: it's either SUU or WTAMU, and eventually will be both. An SUU move to the WAC could/should entice NAU, and maybe even NOCO to come on board. And WT leaving to join Tarleton in the WAC will certainly kick off a Lone Star Conference exodus of Biblical proportion. But, why would BSC teams leave for the WAC, you ask?
It behooves the BSC to have an FCS conference in the WAC's re-evolving Southwest footprint. OOC scheduling becomes less of a hassle and the BSC becomes more manageable at 10 teams. BSC Commish may not be as oppossed to shedding a few schools as he is letting on.
And why would WTAMU leave the LSC? Well, the writing has been on the wall ever since the LSC decided to become an 18-member Heartland Conference 2.0
Powerhouse D2 programs like WTAMU (and others still in the LSC) really should not be in the same league as Eastern and Western NM, or a Oklahoma Christian College, for that matter.
When WT leaves to join Tarleton in the WAC, Commish Hurd will have Angelo, MSU, UTPB, Kingsville and Commerce beating down his door to be let in. I also believe a few Southland schools will be wanting a piece of that action, i.e. UIW and ACU, for starters.
You see, just one or two bold moves, and then all of the sudden, the WAC can be a SELECTIVE conference again, and can build an FCS/FBS league of its choosing.

Everyone's back together, plus NMSU, Dixie State and maybe a couple of others. I like it.

So the conference becomes bloated. Texas schools start voting in a block and its a repeat to the creation of the Mountain West. I've seen this movie.

What schools would you choose?

I'd cap the conference at 12 schools and have a separate conference for FCS football like MVC.

I can also see if all those schools were to jump to D1/FCS, after completing the move up in the WAC, I can easily see them along with UTRGV breaking off from the WAC and forming their own conference.

Wouldn't having membership in a pre-existing conference for everything but football negate any reasons for forming a new conference?