And we weren't very successful at it either.
Pac12 not dead?
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Seems Senter might have fallen into a win without doing anything. ESPN says the ball is in our court. Knowing our luck, the MWC will implode a few years after we join.
It may very well, but CUSA may as well. Liberty, MTSU, WKU, heck even La-Tech/SHSU may not stay there long.
This is the safest move for UTEP. CUSA will continue to lose their core members and they will be replaced with FCS schools. It’s becoming an unrecognizable conference.
Surprised. What a coup for the PAC teams. Gonzaga must be promised a full share for just the bball program.
I’m not. It was time for them to stop beating almost all of their WCC opponents by 20 points most nights.
Now they will beat the PAC teams by 20 most nights. LOL
Yeah
but the goal is to win national titles and they're already competitive at that level in their current conference. This has hints of UNLV leaving the big west in the 90s and never really getting back to the same national competitive stage.
Didn’t UNLV get hit with probation and Tark left? Few isn’t leaving and they run a clean program. Not the same.
You're right, it's not apples to apples, UNLV also had a football program to park somewhere and obviously the WAC was much stronger in the 90s, Utah made the finals in bball and UNM had some ranked teams. But still, Mark Few isn't going to always be there.
Well, if that’s the case, the other Pac members may not like it. I understand Gonzaga brings a consistent winner, but football eats up most of the athletic funds. The Pac doesn’t have many good options remaining and will most likely try to entice Memphis again for all sports.
They’ve made every NCAA tournament since 1999. They will be fine.
More join the campaign for Sacramento State to join the PAC-12
Local leaders say Sacramento has something the PAC-12 needs.
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You just proved my point - go look up when Mark Few started coaching for them - I’ll give you a hint. It was 1999
Few is a great coach, but he apparently thinks drinking and driving is ok. If he didn't learn his lesson and Gonzaga hasn't put someone to babysit him on that matter, their basketball program can go down the drain fast.
Billy Gillespie and Don Haskins thought so. 😳🤡
I wonder if Texas St. is being held up, because PAC is still trying to convince N. Texas or UTSA? If the stick to their AAC commitment then I think Texas St. gets announced to the PAC and MWC goes with Tarleton St. They recently expanded their stadium and have been chomping at the bit to go FBS!!! Their fan base has a decent presence here in the DFW area too.
Had no idea where that school was located, it's pretty close to us here in DFW! Easy road trip!
Yeah there’s Tarleton gear at the sports apparel stores here even. Of course no Utep stuff lol
Tarleton State is in Stephenville, about an hour and half from Dallas. Not that close. Not easy to get to
I’m sorry but cusa is for fcs starts up. Let them prove themselves there first before getting a seat at the big kids table.
They did bring big boy money that UTEP will partake in. Liberty was in a BCS bowl. CUSA was top notch in CUSA 2 years ago.
SHSU will whomp on UTEP and bring us back to earth.
BCS bowls stopped existing a long time ago. Have no idea what cusa was a top notch cusa two years ago means.
We’re already at the bottom of the earth with most expectations even lower than that.
Somebody’s about to get triggered 2️⃣👟🤡
Imagine?! What a basketball league! Probably 4-6 bid league. I’d say Memphis and N. Texas quietly still in play, but who knows!
I doubt it. Everything I've read from reputable guys like Dan Wetzel and others says that the AAC schools are locked in to the AAC. That ship has sailed.
But then, money rules everything. Just how much does the PAC have left after paying the MWC to lure Memphis or any other school at that level?
What they’ll probably do is get the TV evaluation with Memphis and some other teams in it. Then if the money is what they’re promising, they may have a shot. I think the issue for Memphis, Tulane USF and maybe some of the others, was there’s no guarantee of TV Money being all that much better yet. So the PAC is smartly waiting now and getting the evaluation done before making another pitch.
I think Memphis must be holding out for when the ACC goes shopping next go around.
Will that still be the case if FSU and Clemson succeed in blowing it up ?
I think that's the only way Memphis would get into the ACC. Disregarding where FSU and Clemson end up, their leaving would create the opening. There's no room for them right now.
Florida State and Clemson will leave eventually. And it wouldn’t be shocking if it doesn’t work out to the liking of Cal and Stanford.
Eventually, sure.
Cal and Stanford like it because they’re in the P4 and have auto CFP access and guaranteed money from it. They’re not going anywhere soon either.
