(10-13-2021 10:07 AM)BruceMcF Wrote:  

(10-13-2021 08:02 AM)RUScarlets Wrote:  I say 19 team MWC:

East: Tulsa, Navy/WSU, SMU, Tulane, Rice, AFA, CSU, UNM, Wyoming

West: BSU, USU, UNLV, FSU, Nevada, SJSU, SDSU, Hawaii/Zaga

Keep a spot open for BYU if the Big 12 is weakened by P4 poaching

How does the inter-division scheduling work when one division needs eight inter-division and the other has zero inter-division games to offer?

(10-13-2021 07:56 AM)quo vadis Wrote:  I do not favor AAC backfill from Texas. But if you told me we had to add one Texas school, I would prefer it to be Rice.

A central question is whether Tulsa, Tulane and, especially Navy want a game in Texas every year. (Of course, in RUScarlet's impossible MWC alignment, that is sorted out for Navy and Tulane).

I’m projecting USF Memphis in the Big 12 and Navy leaving. If that happens, the scenario can open up for the MWC. More than likely they only add Tulsa/SMU, but if they wanted 16, you can flirt with Navy football and WSU. The 16th could be Rice/Tulane/UTSA.

But let’s say they go all the way to 9+8 (plus two Bball), you would have 1 inter division game annually plus the CCG. The 9 team East division could skip an opponent every year. But if the MWC go into Texas I think SMU will be one of the schools, should the Mustangs want to leave a weakened AAC.

All the confusion is solved in Navy is not in the cards though, then you just have 8+8 football, with possibly getting Zags/BYU BBall way down the line for an 18 team BBall conference. Navy is not essential and are more likely to go Indy.