[quote='rabidTU2' pid='12081246' dateline='1432598912']
http://www.foxsports.com/kansas-city/sto...pen-030614
A bit late, but I think this shows the mindset as far as WSU is concerned if the right conference came calling. Well, its something to think about in this long, long, long off season before FB starts.
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IMO WSU would not consider the Big East because the BE really doesn't have a western presence in the same way the AAC does and the idea that WSU would follow Creighton is not correct either IMO. The BE is not a balanced league, its an eastern league with a midwest component of Butler, DePaul and Creighton.
Villanova, St johns, Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, Xavier, Marquette and DePaul have nothing in common with a school in central Kansas. Only Creighton has a geographic tie to the Shockers. So I can't see the Big East happening unless the MVC completely implodes and the AAC decides to stay as is. Of those schools mentioned above (except for Creighton), DePaul is closest at over 700 miles. No, I think if the AAC made a welcomed invite, WSU would jump on board pretty quick. The money is better than the MVC. The TV is better. The rivalries would be better. The interest. The atmosphere. On and on.
And as far as the MWC is concerned, it is much worse travelwise. San Jose, Fresno, San Diego, Reno, Boise, Vegas, Logan are all well over 1,000 mile trips to make for their spring sports teams. And we need to remember what happened in 1970. Thats the year that the WSU FB team was involved in the devastating plane crash. Where were they going? Logan, Utah to play Utah St.