As previously speculated in this space, two teams from Texas have interest in joining the depleted WAC. Texas State and UT-San Antonio, along with Denver, Montana, and Seattle, were scheduled to meet with the conference membership committee in Dallas today and present their cases for a bump up to Division I-A:
Among the items schools are expected to discuss are budgets, current rosters, the institution in general, sponsorship, institutional commitment and how their individual markets would be attractive to the WAC.
Texas State, UT-San Antonio and Montana will make presentations as potential football-playing members. Benson said he hopes to have a minimum of eight football-playing schools prior to the 2012 season.
Denver and Seattle are applying as basketball members; if the idea of UT-San Antonio joining I-A football sounds unfamiliar, it's because they won't even officially launch their program until 2011. And if you're wondering what "attractive markets" and "Montana" have to do with one another, New Mexico State AD McKinley Boston has some thoughts that perfectly encapsulate the current state of the WAC:
I like Montana's footprint in terms of its location in the west. It has a football brand, even though it's at the 1-AA level, but it wouldn't take long for people to adjust to it.
Phrasing is king: It wouldn't take long for WAC audiences to adjust to I-AA football? What a tragic commentary on our times.
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He really said "1-AA"?
That’s such a key part of how sad it is. Wow.
by Bubbaprog on Sep 28, 2010 8:56 PM EDT reply actions
FWIW, I still use 1-AA
even if it’s just a passive rebellion to the PC’ing of the divisional names. That said, the WAC’s been pretty much accustomed to 1-AA/FCS/intramural football for a while now. Well, that and Boise State.
by David Hooper on Sep 28, 2010 9:06 PM EDT up reply actions
except it's not PC-ing
It’s a rather significant statement by the NCAA about the nature of the BCS. Nobody gets that statement, but the point is that there is an NCAA Division 1 football championship playoff, and these teams all choose not to participate in it.
by Bubbaprog on Sep 28, 2010 9:07 PM EDT up reply actions
Same here
FCS/FBS will not emerge from this keyboard unless forced.
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 9:08 PM EDT up reply actions
PIG!
down with the Establishment, man.
by Bubbaprog on Sep 28, 2010 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Really, my entire rationale is "It's stupid."
That’s as far as my thought process goes.
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I will give my shirt for Tennessee today.
by Holly Anderson on Sep 28, 2010 9:27 PM EDT up reply actions 2 recs
In 10 years, which of these schools will be in the MWC?
Axes Up. Miner Rush - For UTEP Miners Fans
by Adrian Mac on Sep 29, 2010 12:08 PM EDT reply actions
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