(01-25-2022 12:09 PM)ChrisLords Wrote:  If Texas State is offered a position in the MWC, they should jump/run at the opportunity. It's a far better conference than Texas State could hope to join.

That being said, If the AAC loses Memphis and the MWC loses Boise State, I don't see why either SMU or SMU/Rice/Navy wouldn't all join the MWC. It has a much better mix of state flagships, armed forces academies, land grants, etc than the AAC. And being in the Mountain time zone, there's not much further chance of them being raided.

It's geography mostly. Trading out for bad timeslots can be detrimental. There is a reason why the MWC and Pac 12 get a lower share of NY6/Playoff slots than they probably deserve based simply on on-field performance.

It's also hard to make the "low chance of getting raided" argument. That's also true of the MAC, no one is stealing any of Their teams. Plus the MAC at least gets good weeknight timeslots.

Either way, I don't see a team like SMU moving down if they think a move up to the Big12/AAC 2.0 is coming at some point.