Texas State to Mountain West

[CajunGrad16]

Travelling for Mtn West baseball will suck. Closest road trip today would be Albuquerque. Even "nearby" El Paso is actually closer to California than ito Houston.

& frankly none are all that good or have any winning traditions

And some of them will be leaving in 2 years anyway. They have I think 7 total baseball teams as of now

[Big Buds]

Actually had a deal to allow Liberty in. T-Joe flipped at the last second.

Are you serious? He was the deciding vote that nixed it?

[ZoomZoom]

Liberty is a private school that have gobs of money; heck they have their own network. Serious advantage over the SBC’s public universities.

[Boomer]

I hear everything y’all are saying about Liberty…and I agree, but you can’t argue with their success.

They have been one of the best G5 schools over the last 5 years, with a huge athletic budget and fan base.

If anyone leaves the AAC, I believe Liberty and JMU are the next two on the list.

Out of tech, middle and WKU. My vote is WKU by a mile.

….Ltur is in a not so good situation……they are in about the worst conference in America and not doing well…..I need Doc Cajun Fun on this but I think USM about to surpass or tie them in many ways……recruiting is a real struggle for the area kids…..any thoughts Doc or others?

[CajunAmos]

Doesn't the Sun Belt have a buyout?

[Turbine]

Doesn't the Sun Belt have a buyout?

Yes.

I remember we'll, because back at a time when my thought process was that Louisiana should be jumping ship (in an effort to stand out from the conference availability crowd) UL brass were leading the charge to implement a poison pill buyout clause.

[LouisianaB]

Travel partner is a true deal for the road team. You generally play 2 nearby teams on one road trip in basketball. You play at WKU on Thursday and at MT on Saturday. You can bus on Friday from one school to the next. Better than playing WKU on Thursday and Georgia Southern on Saturday. Extra flight involved there.

Yea, but no bearing on whether a team wants to stay in a conference

[RaginCajun77]

It'll be interesting to see how the TV money plays out for the new MWC and PAC. The strong university brands that propped these conferences up are gone. If I'm Texas State, I'd be hesitant to make a move that is going to raise my travel costs significantly without a clear picture of future television revenue.

[shof]

One of my sons has a “source” tight with Texas State saying PAC-12 offer is forthcoming. Hmmmm …

Edit: source is a significant $ donor on the academic side. Guess we’ll know if that holds water soon enough.

[CajunJack55]

Official:

UTEP to MWC

Gonzaga to Pac 10

[shof]

Official:

UTEP to MWC

Gonzaga to Pac 10

Both make sense.

[CajunJack55]

Both conferences still needs one more full time FB member

[Turbine]

Yea, but no bearing on whether a team wants to stay in a conference

Dude, I was joking.

I already said "jest aside"

[CajunVic]

Dude, I was joking.

I already said "jest aside"

I could again teach you communication skills . . .

[CajunNation]

Both conferences still needs one more full time FB member

Tarleton State to MWC soon.

Ross Dellenger
@RossDellenger

The Mountain West has held deep and serious discussions with FCS Tarleton State, sources tell @YahooSports. MWC needs one more full member to qualify as a conference.Talks between the Texas-based FCS school and the conference have progressed.

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