Reverend Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 12 hours ago, RSF said: Being in beach towns is certainly a contributing factor to throwing them together. And the academics fall under the heading of 'nobody gives a shit'. @RSF As usual you think you know everything. Have you ever had a post on here where you weren't an opinionated piece of shit? All of those years sitting in the passenger seat of the family car while mommy was in the back seat with a random guy at a bar making some money has really taken a toll I guess. You don't always have to be a know it all dick. 1 Quote I am Halfmanhalfbronco's bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSF Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 Poor Rev Ibanez...you need a hobby, son... Quote It gives me a headache just trying to think down to your level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reverend Posted December 26, 2021 Share Posted December 26, 2021 21 minutes ago, RSF said: Poor Rev Ibanez...you need a hobby, son... Quote I am Halfmanhalfbronco's bitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzagafan2021 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 One bold prediction that i have for realignment next year is that the Zags will join the MWC next year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nevada Convert Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 12/24/2021 at 9:17 PM, jdgaucho said: The WCC schools are our peers. Too bad we can't mix and match. A hodge podge league with Gonzaga, UCI, Pepperdine, USF, UCSD, Nevada, Hawaii, LMU, Pacific and say, SJSU would be nice. If you can work out getting Tulane on board, it’s a deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzagafan2021 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 1 hour ago, Nevada Convert said: If you can work out getting Tulane on board, it’s a deal. Tulane is too far east Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgaucho Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 On 12/25/2021 at 3:29 PM, RSF said: Being in beach towns is certainly a contributing factor to throwing them together. And the academics fall under the heading of 'nobody gives a shit'. I also said athletically. Sticking with these two schools, UCSB and Pepperdine have played each other 71 times in basketball, including this season. 143 times in baseball. 53 times in women's volleyball. Sounds like natural rivals to me. Even if one is a public school and the other private. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
818SUDSFan Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 13 hours ago, Gonzagafan2021 said: Tulane is too far east And useless for athletics. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzagafan2021 Posted January 2, 2022 Share Posted January 2, 2022 55 minutes ago, 818SUDSFan said: And useless for athletics. I guess the same thing can be said about Rice then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzagafan2021 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 Some realignment news from the WCC: "I don't if the WCC will expand, but they are absolutely considering it, and that's not just speculation on my part...those back channel conversations are happening. There aren't many schools that would pass a presidential vote, but the supposed would include Grand Canyon, Cal Bapist, Denver and Seattle." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalinasSpartan Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 42 minutes ago, Gonzagafan2021 said: Some realignment news from the WCC: "I don't if the WCC will expand, but they are absolutely considering it, and that's not just speculation on my part...those back channel conversations are happening. There aren't many schools that would pass a presidential vote, but the supposed would include Grand Canyon, Cal Bapist, Denver and Seattle." Grand Canyon would be the best add of that group by far IMO. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgaucho Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 26 minutes ago, SalinasSpartan said: Grand Canyon would be the best add of that group by far IMO. They would be, and I would be sad if they went to the WCC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgaucho Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 5 hours ago, 818SUDSFan said: And useless for athletics. Eye candy of Tulane volleyball and a free trip for everyone to Mardi Gras might make it worth while though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzagafan2021 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 32 minutes ago, jdgaucho said: They would be, and I would be sad if they went to the WCC. yeah think they would be perfect for the MWC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
818SUDSFan Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Gonzagafan2021 said: I guess the same thing can be said about Rice then? Yes. Consider this. Too-lame was once a member of "the SEC Conference" as its double-digit IQ commissioner once called it. And Rice was a member of the Southwest Conference but after it fell apart was very briefly a member of the WAC, then thrown to the wolves to C-USA with the advent of the MWC. Both universities deserve admiration for their excellent academics and have been admitted to the prestigious Association of American Universities. However, despite Boise State having arguably the most successful non-P5 football program in the country, nobody who isn't already in the loony bin would argue that school should be in the AAU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyobraska Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 4 hours ago, Gonzagafan2021 said: yeah think they would be perfect for the MWC Not at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolfpack1 Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 hours ago, Gonzagafan2021 said: Some realignment news from the WCC: "I don't if the WCC will expand, but they are absolutely considering it, and that's not just speculation on my part...those back channel conversations are happening. There aren't many schools that would pass a presidential vote, but the supposed would include Grand Canyon, Cal Bapist, Denver and Seattle." Seattle's goal was to get back to the West Coast Conference when they came back into Division I and with how they used to be part of WCC and could be used as a travel partner with Gonzaga that would be two pluses for them. With Grand Canyon their goal has been to get into WCC as well. Denver adds nothing to the conference and Cal Baptist is still new to Division I, which I wouldn't touch them for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanfordAggie Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 7 hours ago, SalinasSpartan said: Grand Canyon would be the best add of that group by far IMO. If you only care about sports, maybe. But university presidents care about academics as well, and I can't imagine that any university president would want their school to be associated with a for-profit quasi-diploma mill like Grand Canyon. Denver left the WAC when GCU joined because they wanted nothing to do with them. I'm curious to know the source for this rumor. The idea that the WCC would seriously consider adding GCU makes me skeptical of the entire rumor, because I have a hard time imaging that any conference would be interested in GCU unless they were desperate for warm bodies to keep the conference alive (as was the case for the WAC when GCU was added). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalinasSpartan Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 26 minutes ago, StanfordAggie said: If you only care about sports, maybe. But university presidents care about academics as well, and I can't imagine that any university president would want their school to be associated with a for-profit quasi-diploma mill like Grand Canyon. Denver left the WAC when GCU joined because they wanted nothing to do with them. I'm curious to know the source for this rumor. The idea that the WCC would seriously consider adding GCU makes me skeptical of the entire rumor, because I have a hard time imaging that any conference would be interested in GCU unless they were desperate for warm bodies to keep the conference alive (as was the case for the WAC when GCU was added). Yea I would bet money that Denver’s primary motivation for joining the Summit was that it was a MUCH better geographic fit. I doubt GCU had much of anything to do with their thought process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanfordAggie Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 8 hours ago, SalinasSpartan said: Yea I would bet money that Denver’s primary motivation for joining the Summit was that it was a MUCH better geographic fit. I doubt GCU had much of anything to do with their thought process. Well, I don't think it was geography as much as stability. Denver's move was motivated partly by the fact that the WAC was in danger of collapsing. But I can't find a link after a few minutes of googling, but the fact that they didn't want to be associated with GCU was a big part of their decision-making process. Liberty is ostensibly still nonprofit, and nobody wanted them in their conference until CUSA was fighting for survival. And GCU's reputation in the academic world is much worse than Liberty's. I find it very difficult to believe that any other D1 conference will ever invite GCU because it is more of a scam diploma mill than a legitimate university. No university president wants to be associated with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
