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  1. UConn in its past 32 nonconference games: 30-2 Losses: • Kansas • New Mexico State
  2. And EP is bigger than Albq, yes. Just depends on where you want to draw the line, but city population per Google EP is 677k anbd Albq is 561k, or 110k bigger there. But if you want to talk metro and just draw a bigger circle, that is fine. Point is both are still decent size cities and someone saying EP isn't growing fast enough as a reason they shouldn't be picked while simultaneously showing numbers for a town of 54k in Logan and surrounding area doesn't make for a good argument. There are certainly good reasons to discuss and debate expansion regarding UTEP and EP, but population growth isn't one of them. I think UTEP and NMSU will both stay in CUSA for the foreseeable future and i am good with that. If musical chairs start again with the big boys like last year, which i don't see happening, then so be it.
  3. Even more reason to go UTEP over any school in a tiny market. UTEP in a down year that they end up firing the coach still averaged nearly 20k. Why go to a small market if the team gets exactly 5k more per game. You have a 55k football stadium that will draw a heck of a lot more for big games and just a better market overall. But i agree that there isn't any reason for MWC, or AAC/Sun Belt/MAC, to expand. The money just isn't there to justify for any of the G5 conferences. CUSA still needs to add numbers to get to 12, but they will be at 10 next year and that works for now. If anything, G5 conferences in general just need to be as stable as possible and be ready when the big boys start a new football conference sometime down the line. All the MWC needs to do at this point is bring WSU and OSU in under whatever name people want to call it. 16 teams is too many considering who is realistically available. But it certainly won't surprise me either if they do give it a shot.
  4. EP isn't growing? It's bigger than Albq, Ft. Collins, Fresno, Logan, Laramie. The metro area has more people than the entire states of Montana and Wyoming. How much bigger does it need to be for it to be MWC worthy. Logan, the town your school is located in, has 54k people. EP has 680k in city limits alone. And i have no skin in the game since i didn't go to UTEP, but the Sun Bowl is an awesome college stadium, especially if you are comparing it to G5 schools.
  5. I don't know. There is always chatter about Montana and MSU and the state has half the population of another small state in NM, 2.1M vs 1.1M. If the UTEP/NMSU combo is unrealistic for expansion, then there should never be any discussion on the Montanas or NDSU. But there always is and it is a message board. Bozeman has population of 54k. That is tiny, again as a realistic expansion option. I'm sure it's a cool place to visit. I have spent time up in Missoula. Las Cruces is small as well, but it still has 110k and is a 30 minute drive from EP at 680k. UTEP and NMSU stadiums are about 45 minutes apart. If AAC schools are off the table, there aren't a lot of options out west. Never heard of something called Scott City CC, but everyone that follows the MWC and G5 sports out west knows NMSU and UTEP.
  6. Not impossible, but highly unlikely.... Also that would be a dream scenario for OSU and WSU. I still don't see a best of rest happening when the dust settles. I think all 4 power conference survive long term.
  7. You said MWC was better in all sports. The 2 biggest are football and basketball, and in one of those 2 the Sun Belt ranked higher. Even if the MWC had ranked higher, they are close enough in on the field performance top to bottom that it isn't worth arguing. But objectively, per rankings that were shown which are used in many a thread on this forum, they were better. If you want to change the argument to be about revenue, expenditures, attendance, or whatever metric, that is a different discussion. But Sun Belt football is every bit as legit as MWC... at the G5 level.
  8. If MWC is going into the state of Texas, UTEP would be most realistic. UTSA and UNT aren't leaving the AAC, but for arguments sake if they were available, i would think UTSA would be the top target. I don't see AAC poaching MWC or vice versa, so get OSU and WSU and call it a day - until the big boys start moving schools around again... I would go NMSU in combination with UTEP before i would ever touch Texas State.
  9. My point was the real gap is P4 vs G5, not whether the MWC or Sun Belt or AAC is slightly better than the other in any given year moving forward. For all intents and purposes, the top few teams in the G5 conference can all beat each other. Line them up against the top half or even third of P4 conferences and the difference is night and day for a majority of those games. If the Sun Belt was ranked higher than MWC last year, great. Same if MWC was ranked higher. I am sure the difference is minimal. Both are solid G5 conferences. Give NIL and instant transfers a few more years and i think a new league will be formed for power teams for football.
  10. I would bet UTEP is on a short list. I don't think MWC can pull any AAC schools.
  11. It wasn't a fluke year. Sun Belt has been getting better and better for years and the ranking shows it. So no, the MWC is not the top G5 in all sports. And it doesn't matter anyway, because there is a Grand Canyon size gap between P4 and G5 and it is only growing. The good news is there are more than 60 schools at the G5 level so no matter what happens with expansion or conference realignment, that next level below P4 will have plenty of competition. Better than being FCS. P4>>>>G5>>FCS>>everyone else playing sports at the college level.
  12. My guess is they take someone else, but if they want Pitino then ACC dollars will be tough to beat. Just like UW.
  13. I guess i don't understand why they are out of time. I think they wait it out for a year and see if anything else shakes out of realignment, like the ACC collapsing. And don't forget they have the 2 year scheduling agreement with the MWC for football. Not saying the merger isn't going to happen, i just don't think it will happen anywhere close to a 30 day window. My guess is sometime in 2025.
  14. I'll bite. What is the logic for the next 30 days, or even the next 90 days?? Heck, i'll give you 6 months. Just curious why the short timeline.
  15. I thought some of the teams joined because there was talk of WAC starting football again - eventually. Either way, the WAC will continue to survive. I wonder who would be on their list for possible candidates moving forward.
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