(12-16-2020 10:27 PM)quo vadis Wrote:  

(12-16-2020 09:50 PM)blazr Wrote:  Boise St HC says school has to move on from MWC

- I don't think AAC takes a football-only member and that's what Boise would be in that conference. They've avoided it so far and outright ruled it out in public articles

Um, the head coach saying that Boise should move on from the MW isn't exactly the same thing as "Boise State" looking to move on from the MW. The latter implies that this is the view of the Boise State community, or at least its leadership.

But the email also indicates the AD was contacting other leagues trying to find a landing spot for their olympic sports....so I suspect it ran a little deeper than just Harsin being miffed. Lets not forget that the MW has made it clear that the special deal Boise currently enjoys is to end with the conclusion of the current TV contract (5 seasons remain on the deal).

As for Boise in the AAC---why not? If a team in El Paso can share a all-sports conference with a team in Norfolk--no reason Boise couldnt play just 4 conference games on the road--3 of which would be in Texas, Oklahoma, or Louisiana. When you really analyze it---for "football only"---the travel isnt really going to be that big of a deal. Boise's big problem is---"What do we do with our olympic sports?"

They didnt have a great answers in 2012---and--judging from the email---- it appears they didnt have any answers at all in 2020....all they had was a "talk to us after Covid". As for "football only" memberships being dead----I believe Aresco has indicated fairly recently in a radio interview that an all sports or a "football only" addition are both possibilities for #12.