jdgaucho
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RE: Is it possible that the WAC will ever return to FBS?
(04-11-2021 01:05 AM)joeben69 Wrote: (04-10-2021 12:13 PM)46566 Wrote: (04-10-2021 11:58 AM)Yosef Himself Wrote: (04-10-2021 10:35 AM)Bobcat2013 Wrote: (04-10-2021 09:58 AM)SMUstang Wrote: The WAC is set to play FCS football this fall (2021). If the WAC was able to lure someone like Weber State or Northern Arizona or Idaho as number 14, and they upgraded their stadiums to at least 15,000 over the next several years, and offered the minimum number of scholarships and sponsored sports, they could potentially go FBS by the year 2030.
1. Why would Idaho want to be such a massive outlier?
2. Why would they go through the ordeal of dropping down, only to go back up? If you thought they were bad when they were FBS well they'll be even worse after the drop down debacle.
They're already worse. Not even looking at the team's strength, (they're 11-16 since the move), the team's attendance average even less at FCS playing schools like Montana, Montana State, PSU, Idaho St. etc. The opposite of what they thought would happen.
Honestly I think idaho is good where it is. I think Weber state, North Arizona or even Northern Colorado are better and easier options for both the Big Sky and the WAC to get or lose. It's like how I think the WAC may want to get rid of non football schools eventually. I think the WAC would be happy if the Big Sky takes Seattle to fill a Cal Poly or UC Davis Olympic spot in the Big Sky.
BSC ===> WAC
Northern AZ ---> WAC
Northern CO ---> WAC
WAC ===> BSC
Seattle ---> BSC
UT Valley -> BSC
Seattle and UT Valley are the most geographically northern universities in the WAC...the BSC would be a more Pacific Northwest oriented conference...the WAC would be a more Southwest oriented conference...both would be more geographically compact footprint...
What happens to Seattle and UTRGV's baseball and men's soccer programs??
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