Boise Makes a Move

[cajunhawk]

I wouldnt be suprised if WAC and Conf USA just combined with each other.

But what happens when the Mountain West loses Boise State and Air Force...and Conference USA loses UCF, Houston, and SMU? Will the mega conference be terminated? Regardless, if the mega conference happens without the teams that the Big East wants, they will not get an auto bid to the BCS. Hell, there is no guarantee that the Big East will keep theirs. Whats the point of all this? I still say all the non-AQ conferences should void all money game contracts, request out of the BCS and let them fend for themselves.

All we are to the AQ conference members is an easy win to keep their season perfect. What happens if we say no? What happens if the big boys have to start picking BCS teams for their homecoming games? I know it's customary to not bite the hand that feeds...but I don't see us getting fat from what we get from the BCS. That makes starvation easier to handle. Perennial BCS cellar dwellers would be getting budget boosts to play guarantee games. The only difference between how it is done now, they have the money to turn it around.

Let's say Ohio State sends an offer for a cool $900k all the way to Washington State and in two years...Wazzu will play Ohio State in Columbus and regardless of the outcome, Wazzu will get $900k. In two years...lets say Wazzu goes on a spending spree and revamps their athletic department. New leadership, turns them into a rising star...now Ohio State is no longer playing a cellar dweller for homecoming. With using the non-AQ teams as guarantees, there is very little chance they will ever do what a BCS team is capable of. The BCS needs doormats...or it cannot survive. Without us they will systematically turn into what they have striven for so long to keep from happening....they will have parity. Then the BCS formula becomes insanity. A broken terminal. Without parity it is easy to pick the two ripest apple from the tree. Give all the apples equal footing...how can you choose? They all look so ripe!!!

[Cajunsmike]

I wouldnt be suprised if WAC and Conf USA just combined with each other.

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

[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