laxwyo
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for the academics in the university and alumni to care what conference the sportsball teams are in is really weird. You're playing the other school in football, it's not a spelling bee
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Mountain West Didn’t Just Survive Realignment, It May Have Won It!
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WYOFLETCH
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My best estimate today: about $2 million annually in effective value from the HNN partnership, with perhaps $1–1.5 million of that being direct cash and the remainder production, promotion, and distribution value.
If the new Mountain West media agreement settles in the range many analysts expect, Hawaii could realistically be looking at:
Mountain West distribution: $6–7M
HNN local media package: $1–3M
Total: $7-10M
If the new Mountain West media agreement settles in the range many analysts expect, Hawaii could realistically be looking at:
Mountain West distribution: $6–7M
HNN local media package: $1–3M
Total: $7-10M
Wyolie Coyote
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I have read a couple of statements that the PAC was going to include Wyo but SDSU vetoed that UW be included in the new Pee12. Anyone know if this is true or just simply speculation?
cowpoke pride
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Of the 5 defectors, I'd guess San Diego St would be the least likely to want to bring us with them.
OrediggerPoke
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San Diego State previously publicly cited the difficulties in traveling to Wyoming as a need to leave the MWC in their previous effort to join the PAC-12. Accordingly, this is very believable.
I've heard the BSU and SDSU specifically didn't want Wyoming....since those two have been the strongest programs the last 10 years or so...it makes sense that Wyoming was never getting an invitation.
What programs actually like playing Wyoming? anybody?
Brew_Poke
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Such chickenshit reasoning. Amazing that Wyoming can get out of Laramie an order of magnitude more frequently and never miss games. So dumb that people take that at face value. It's literally a cover for the real reason, which is they think they're a better brand and don't want to be associated with us. I don't know why they won't just come out once and say it.
It's absolutely a cover for that. I think they don't want to say it because they are trying to be politically correct.
Ultimately this comes back to Wyoming sucking at everything for a every long time. If we were good, all of a sudden teams would not have such a problem traveling to Laramie. It has everything to do with basically being unable to contend.
Wyolie Coyote
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I don't know if that is true. They began complaining when we routinely beat them in basketball in Laramie. They raised hell about the weather and logistics in getting to Laramie as an excuse for losing in the AA. This has been their bitch for decades at this point regardless of how good or bad we've been. They simply think they are above traveling to such a small populous area.
Plus to cover their asses should everything fall apart and is forced back into the same conference as Wyoming...again.
Politics 101
Yeah...it definitely wouldn't/hasn't stopped them from complaining or making that argument....it just wouldn't hold much water if Wyoming was a powerhouse opponent worth playing.
None of the college sports blue bloods like Boise St either...but they can't ignore them because they are actually good and have been for a long time. I could care less if somebody doesn't like traveling to Laramie, I care a great deal when Wyoming can't beat anybody at home or away.
Itsux2beaewe
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I have no doubt goat u is in this category. There is no way the ewes would have voted for us to join. We’ve been kicking their backside of late……and that just won’t do.
Douglaspoke
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But did Burman do anything to foster a tie in re PAC12 admission with CSU? He sure is cozy with them to give up a 2026 home game and travel to CSU to bail out the Rams vs Indiana.
Wyolie Coyote
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Maybe he is like Lee Moon and donates to the Ram Club.
Itsux2beaewe
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Doubt it! That would require some thought. To be honest, once Oregon State gets a chance to bail it’ll all change, and I’m not sure the PAC will be solvent. It’s all going change.
Completely agree. Once either or both Oregon State & Boise State gets an invite elsewhere, it's "game over" for the PAC Whatever.
OrediggerPoke
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I don’t think so. I believe it would spell more trouble for the MWC and Wyoming.
Boise and Oregon State aren’t leaving until the PAC GOR terminates in June 30, 2031. This aligns pretty well with the MWC GOR that terminates on June 30, 2032.
So if Boise leaves 2031, UNLV will quickly take their spot and announce they will join the PAC 2032. Why wouldn’t UNLV leave at that point? They would have already received all of their MWC bonus money and the PAC will be a better conference with a better media deal and better travel for UNLV. In fact, I don’t see a lot of scenarios where UNLV is in the MWC past 2032.
Once UNLV is gone, it seems to me that Air Force might want to put its football in a conference with Navy and Army. At that point the MWC probably backfills with Sacramento State and the like.
Under what scenario does the MWC improve?!?!? I’m not seeing a logical one. We can all thank Burman and the department for getting us to this point of an inevitable continued decline in conference affiliation.
Agreed.
The only reason UNLV stayed was because of the extra money the MWC guaranteed them. It is only a matter of time before they leave the MWC too.
