(05-26-2020 03:54 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(05-26-2020 03:28 PM)Wedge Wrote:  

(05-26-2020 03:16 PM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  

(05-26-2020 12:47 PM)Sultan of Euphonistan Wrote:  I would think adding new conferences that would require a new auto bid to the tournament would be a non-starter. You can do so but you have to wait years before you get one which makes it unfeasible for these groups of universities or you have to beg for an exception but I do not see any of the multi bid conferences/universities agreeing to that.4

This is likely against everyone's religion but wouldn't it be funny if the WAC was used for that purpose? I hmean it has the necessary auto bids but only 1 fbs school. If the SBC and CUSA want to become 3 smaller FBS conferences, ship the 7 western most schools to the WAC and presto change-o, a new/old FBS conference.

So you'd be kicking out the schools, other than NMSU, that are in the WAC now?

Absolutely not. It would become a much healthier basketball conference even if a bit unwieldly at 16 members. Divisions or pods to help travel expenses.

Yeah, the first time they took the "pod" challenge it came close to killing it ... would have killed it had the NCAA not swapped the continuity rule.