I'm sure you are all aware that Wichita St, strong basketball school, is studying the idea of bringing back football. They dropped it in the 1980's.
Their prez said back in Oct/Nov that they would conclude the study sometime in 2016 and that they would only bring it back at the FBS level without any consideration of going to FCS. Obviously they would have a few transition years as Charlotte has gone thru in C-USA. Now the last couple of days, their prez has tweeted pictures of possible helmet looks and marching band uniforms. Sounds like they are getting close to a decision. He also stated back when he first told the world about this study that this would require going to a new conference. It's also known that they are now unhappy in the MVC since Creighton left. They have contacted the MWC in recent years but without football it was a no go.
We all know that recently UTEP and Rice contacted the MWC about possible membership with no immediate success. Put the WSU situation and UTEP's desire to be in the MWC together and it makes total sense to me, not that I'm bias or anything, for the MWC to bring in both WSU and UTEP to have an even 14 in football. WSU would be a boost to the MWC basketball and most years UTEP would be too.
So what do you think? Is this a viable possibility? Some non-UTEP fans have offered this as a possibility on the realignment board.
Their prez said back in Oct/Nov that they would conclude the study sometime in 2016 and that they would only bring it back at the FBS level without any consideration of going to FCS. Obviously they would have a few transition years as Charlotte has gone thru in C-USA. Now the last couple of days, their prez has tweeted pictures of possible helmet looks and marching band uniforms. Sounds like they are getting close to a decision. He also stated back when he first told the world about this study that this would require going to a new conference. It's also known that they are now unhappy in the MVC since Creighton left. They have contacted the MWC in recent years but without football it was a no go.
We all know that recently UTEP and Rice contacted the MWC about possible membership with no immediate success. Put the WSU situation and UTEP's desire to be in the MWC together and it makes total sense to me, not that I'm bias or anything, for the MWC to bring in both WSU and UTEP to have an even 14 in football. WSU would be a boost to the MWC basketball and most years UTEP would be too.
So what do you think? Is this a viable possibility? Some non-UTEP fans have offered this as a possibility on the realignment board.