(04-21-2021 11:02 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 10:46 AM)Lopes87 Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 10:33 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 10:14 AM)Lopes87 Wrote:  

(04-21-2021 08:56 AM)SMUstang Wrote:  I have a difficult time ever seeing Tarleton State or Dixie State as FBS teams on par with the Sunbelt, C-USA, or the MAC. It looks to me like the WAC is destined to be FCS forever, with one FBS independent. Not very attractive unless you are a D2 looking to move up.

I mean that's one way to look at it but a current hybrid of the MAC and Sun Belt is obtainable imo.

WAC will have TX along with NMSU and Utah is a sports hungry state.

NMSU - NM
SUU - UT
DSU - UT
ACU - TX
SFA - TX
LU - TX
SHST - TX
TSU -TX

What do you mean by hybrid of MAC and Sun Belt?

I mean it's pretty regional, school sizes and facilities for football are similar to the MAC while being in the SW where its growing population wise and having good support for their sports similar to the SB. The WAC base will continue to grow. I don't think we can look and treat the WAC going forward like they are a struggling league with schools far flung with the likes of Chicago St and a bunch of new to D1's just trying to get their feet wet with no football.

Oh ok, when I first read hybrid I thought you were implying that the WAC would try and successfully poach MAC and Sun Belt schools lol, but I see what you mean now.

I think the MAC has a few advantages that allow them to succeed that the WAC cant create or will take a long time to create such as close proximity for most schools, TV deal(arguable whether this helps or hurts them), history together ( those schools have been together for a LONG time), stability (none of them are flight risks), and established fan bases.

Maybe the WAC will end up more on the Sun Belt end of the spectrum?

Yeah no poaching, sorry to all those Toledo fans... lol

TV thing could happen sooner than later I think but the relationships will have to be built over time yes.

I think the WAC football schools are less of a flight risk than the WAC's non football members.

As it goes with fan bases the WAC needs to encourage it's schools to run a media blitz campaign of sorts in their metros and regional areas. That would go a long way imo.