Boise Makes a Move

[CajunRed]

CUSA and the MWC have talked about some type of arrangement. WAC is not part of those conversation.

I don't think CUSA would be too impressed with the latest additions to the WHACK.

[NOCajun]

The wac will be DEAD after this season. With Hawai'i, Nevada and Fresno going to MWC, the only viable 1-A teams left in that conference will be NMSU, SJSU, and the nechs.

[Geaux]

All the teams except for UCF are west of the Miss. River. WTH???? This is getting crazy. Boise St. is looking for an AQ conference and a better TV deal. I can understand they are all in "survival mode", but my god! Do they realize that their fans and students can't make these road games, or do they even care?

THANKS ESPN, LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!!

I hope the new NBC Sports Network can compete with ESPN. I am tired of the monopoly on college sports.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...ing-conference

[zephyr]

All the teams except for UCF are west of the Miss. River. WTH???? This is getting crazy. Boise St. is looking for an AQ conference and a better TV deal. I can understand they are all in "survival mode", but my god! Do they realize that their fans and students can't make these road games, or do they even care?

THANKS ESPN, LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL!!!!!

I hope the new NBC Sports Network can compete with ESPN. I am tired of the monopoly on college sports.

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/st...ing-conference

You are blaming this on ESPN? I'd say it has more to do with the evolving nature of college football and the BCS rather than ESPN but oh well.

[CajunRed]

My point exactly, Z. And if NBC Sports creates a division that then competes with ESPN, that will pump even MORE money into college athletics. That will not improve the current state of college sports.

[Trigger74]

I think one thing everyone is missing is: UL is playing San Diego State on the 17th. SDSU is going Big East. We now have the chance to make our up coming WIN bigger. A chance to really make a statement for our program, our athletics our University, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA.

[locoguano]

Its not so much ESPN as it is just a general expansion of available broadcasts (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3.com, ESPNU, Versus, various FoxSports networks, etc.). It used to be a major concern to put butts in the seats, but now most of the dollars come from tv contracts.

[Geaux]

Its not so much ESPN as it is just a general expansion of available broadcasts (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN3.com, ESPNU, Versus, various FoxSports networks, etc.). It used to be a major concern to put butts in the seats, but now most of the dollars come from tv contracts.

So true, so true

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Earlier this month, Boise State president Bob Kustra stated very plainly that “it’s too late” for his football program to make a move from the Mountain West to the Big East in 2012, saying he “can’t imagine how anyone can pull that off ...

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The news from earlier Wednesday, that Temple is close to joining the Big East, hinted strongly at the fact that Boise State would not join its new conference until next season. A short time later, the school officially confirmed it. BSU ...

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Late last week, a report from CBSSports said Boise State had reaffirmed to the Mountain West its desire to move to the Big East as a football-only member._Given that Boise State has been represented at Big East meetings this week, there isn’t ...

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Boise State had until 11:59 p.m. on June 30 to notify the Mountain West and its members that it was departing for the Big East for football. Well, about two hours before that deadline hit, the Broncos finally did just that._Had they waited ...

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