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RE: 7/1/21 - Texas4 Entry into WAC
(07-01-2021 12:25 PM)TexasTerror Wrote: (07-01-2021 12:04 PM)SammyH Wrote: Will Texas 4 fans realize this was a bad move when they have to watch Utah Polytechnic State and Tarleton next year? Or will that come 5 years down the line when this is still a one bid conference.
Do our casual fans really realize the difference between Tarleton State and Houston Baptist? Do they itch to see Nicholls State over UTech? Probably not.
This all comes down to the league establishing itself and raising the bar with marquee wins, getting multiple bids across sports, etc. Outside of football which is going to take some time - the chances are higher for that in the WAC than they were in the Southland. And you better believe, we'll be tracking this all!
Just a quick glance at the MBB schedules and in particular home games at WAC arenas shows that the league is already light years ahead of the SLC.
The only school that can “complain” about the schools in the WAC is NMSU. Everyone else is now with the same or better than they were before. NMSU once played with UNLV, Utah State, Nevada, and others. Now, they’re playing with Dixie State and Stephen F Austin. If you were to tell an NMSU fan in 1990 that they would be playing with those schools in 30 years, they would have tried to commit you to an insane asylum.
There’s likely 0.00% chance that any SHSU fan would not renew their season tickets because SHSU is playing Tarleton and Dixie instead of Northwestern State and HBU. It’s just very unrealistic.
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