MikeWittmann

That’s why it won’t happen. There is no benefit for the PAC12.

It’s not realistic, but it is fair.

for expansion. They don’t have many lower level FBS or FCS teams to really pull from.

I mean they do but not to the same degree as the AAC does with the Sun Belt and C USA.

that I didn’t consider.

Each P5 should pair up with a G5 to do this.

No one would ever go for it. But it would be more fair. The Alabamas and Clemons would never drop down, but the Illinois, Vanderbilt, Kansas types would, giving teams like Boise State, SDSU, and others a real shot at competing. At least as much of a real shot as anyone else in the PAC12 not named Oregon.

There needs to be a trophy with Fresno State.

How is this not a thing?

I’ve been a big proponent of the program under Brennan and there is nothing wrong with having some fun. But it’s not like the Spartans have beaten Hawaii in 20 straight games in this matchup.

has gotten pretty savage following their season of success.

There is danger in adding a school like Memphis only to have the Big 12 take them.
There is also danger in adding schools just to add, which is not what is being recommended here.

I like the basketball angle because if they can’t add for football, they can still strengthen the conference by becoming a strong MBB conference. I like the thought about baseball as well.

Maybe they evaluate all options or try and come up short. But that is better than not trying. The news today from the Athletic that the MWC is content with seeing how things play out is so typical. Being reactive instead of proactive is so tiring.

UTEP has no issue running the ball on their first possession. They often went into a spread formation and then ran right up the middle in a 4-6 person box right down the field.

I think the reason the run numbers aren’t that bad is that Boise State jumped out to a huge lead and UTEP had to switch to more of a passing offense in attempts to catch up.

I’d say a few, not several, but that’s more semantics. You’re right in that there were some awful penalty calls, especially the phantom roughing the passer. All penalties seem to come at terrible times, whether the phantom or real ones. The PI on 3rd and long when UTEP was backed up near their own goalline comes to mind.

I think whether it is struggling against the run or lack of a consistent pass-rush, the DL has largely underwhelmed through 2 games, especially after it was hyped all summer.

Like I said, 5-8 can really be any order. Maybe my order doesn’t make as much sense as yours.

Also as I said elsewhere I think AFA will beat USU.