I was guessing before the meeting a 2:1 chance or higher of no add happening at this time, and with this I'd bump that way up.
(05-19-2014 10:04 AM)Dman Wrote: A: I'm not expecting that any decision will be made and that we will continue to evaluate and assess.
Inside Voice: I've whipped the votes and the votes are not there for any expansion.
Quote: As much as I've gone on record and indicated a strong desire to get to 12 teams, not just for football, but for all sports, I don't think we need to rush to a decision.
IV: One of our 12/12 options does not require beating an FCS transition deadline, so I'm going turn to whipping the vote for the Fall meeting.
Quote: We're still in a period of transition. We're adding App State (Appalachian State) and Georgia Southern. These meetings are the first time in three years that there isn't somebody serving a lame duck season. All 11 teams are in the Sun Belt and planning and preparing and trying to build the Sun Belt. We finally have a full set of members around the table here this week and as we go into next season, everyone is in and that's what we should be focusing on and building what we have.
IV: Some people have been saying we need to figure out where we want to go rather than blindly charging forward, and they seem to have enough votes that I'm going to go ahead an agree with them in public. And maybe if it looks like we are going somewhere, it'll be easier to get the 12/12 model set up.
(05-19-2014 10:14 AM)MWC Tex Wrote: Doesn't sound like NMSU for all sports is on the agenda....
Not now, and if Benson gets his way, not independent of another move ... "As much as I've gone on record and indicated a strong desire to get to 12 teams, not just for football, but for all sports," has scope for NMSU to move up to all sport (1) with a new FB-only member or (2) with Idaho replaced by an Olympic-sports member adding FBS Football, or (3) Idaho and an Olympic sports member replaced by an all-sports member. Its 12/14 that has scope for NMSU to move up alongside two all-sports invites, one replacing Idaho (or, hypothetically, an all-sports add with NMSU all-sports to get to 12/13 and an Olympic sport add to get to 12/14, but that seems implausible).
Since Idaho has a 4yr+ agreement with two years notice, only (1) has the opportunity to happen prior to 2018. I don't know the timeline for a move like (2), but I assume it could well stretch beyond 2018 to get started anyway.