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  • Originally posted by YOhio View Post
    This would be a good conference. In football I think it's on par with the ACC.
    I agree. Lots of good regional rivalries.

    Invite Gonzaga to offset Hawaii in other sports and that's a great hoops conference.

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    • Meh
      Everything in life is an approximation.

      http://twitter.com/CougarStats

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      • Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
        Meh
        With you. It is certainly not enough to lure BYU back into a conference.

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        • Originally posted by Coach McGuirk View Post
          With you. It is certainly not enough to lure BYU back into a conference.
          BYU, Utah, TCU and Boise State make a very formidable building block for a conference. That ship has sailed. A reconstituted conference with a subset of these 4 teams just isn't enough.
          Everything in life is an approximation.

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          • Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
            BYU, Utah, TCU and Boise State make a very formidable building block for a conference. That ship has sailed. A reconstituted conference with a subset of these 4 teams just isn't enough.
            The MWC would have been a great conference competatively with those four. However, they still wouldn't have had the fanbase to command a reasonable TV payout.

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            • Join that, and BYU has given up. No thanks.

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              • Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
                Join that, and BYU has given up. No thanks.
                If you had 7 division games and a permanent cross-over you would only play the other 7 schools once every 7 years. The east division would be like an entirely different conference. Which would be OK because its a sucky one at that.

                I'm fine with Indy if that's the alternative.

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                • I don't think we should join that. Maybe in a few years once their TV deal runs out and they can negotiate something reasonable.
                  Will donate kidney for B12 membership.

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                  • Originally posted by YOhio View Post
                    This would be a good conference. In football I think it's on par with the ACC.
                    MWC Eastern Division:

                    Houston
                    Tulsa
                    SMU
                    New Mexico BYU
                    Air Force
                    Colorado State
                    Wyoming
                    Utah State

                    MWC Western Division:

                    Boise State
                    BYU New Mexico
                    Hawaii
                    San Diego State
                    Fresno State
                    San Jose State
                    Nevada
                    UNLV
                    FIFY.

                    It would be a lot more interesting if BYU was in the Eastern division so that BYU and Boise St could play in the conference championship every year in Dallas to see who will be going to the BCS game. They need to agree to this and all the tier 3 rights stuff, etc., etc. before BYU should consider any proposal is thrown out on the table.
                    "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                    "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
                    "Yet I still see wisdom in that which Uncle Ted posts." -creek.
                    GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                    • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                      FIFY.

                      It would be a lot more interesting if BYU was in the Eastern division so that BYU and Boise St could play in the conference championship every year in Dallas to see who will be going to the BCS game. They need to agree to this and all the tier 3 rights stuff, etc., etc. before BYU should consider any proposal is thrown out on the table.
                      It would be stupid for the conference to put BYU and BSU in the same division. They are the only schools with even a semblance of national respect (Houston and Fresno might argue that, but they shouldnt). They want their marquee teams meeting in a championship game, not a random Saturday in October.

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                      • Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post
                        FIFY.

                        It would be a lot more interesting if BYU was in the Eastern division so that BYU and Boise St could play in the conference championship every year in Dallas to see who will be going to the BCS game. They need to agree to this and all the tier 3 rights stuff, etc., etc. before BYU should consider any proposal is thrown out on the table.
                        No you move boise st for Utah st then you have a 9 game conference schedule where you play every team from other division once every 4 years. byu then plays Utah st every year.
                        "Be a philosopher. A man can compromise to gain a point. It has become apparent that a man can, within limits, follow his inclinations within the arms of the Church if he does so discreetly." - The Walking Drum

                        "And here’s what life comes down to—not how many years you live, but how many of those years are filled with bullshit that doesn’t amount to anything to satisfy the requirements of some dickhead you’ll never get the pleasure of punching in the face." – Adam Carolla

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                        • Originally posted by Mormon Red Death View Post
                          No you move boise st for Utah st then you have a 9 game conference schedule where you play every team from other division once every 4 years. byu then plays Utah st every year.
                          That sounds better to me if we decided to join something like this. I still don't see some huge financial or exposure benefit to doing so.
                          Will donate kidney for B12 membership.

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                          • Here is what I would like (until a big boy conference eventually adds BYU)...

                            join the MWC for olympics and then get a scheduling agreement for football...

                            We already have long term deals with 3 MWC teams (Boyzee, Hawaii and USU), so adding 2 more MWC teams in November isn't a bad idea...

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                            • Originally posted by LiveCoug View Post
                              Here is what I would like (until a big boy conference eventually adds BYU)...

                              join the MWC for olympics and then get a scheduling agreement for football...

                              We already have long term deals with 3 MWC teams (Boyzee, Hawaii and USU), so adding 2 more MWC teams in November isn't a bad idea...
                              Yes, I'm sure the MWC will bend over backwards to accommodate such an arrangement. I suppose there are a few new schools in the MWC now who wouldn't have the old grudges. But I think it will be a few more years before the MWC realizes that an alliance with BYU would be good for them.

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                              • Originally posted by wapiti View Post
                                Yes, I'm sure the MWC will bend over backwards to accommodate such an arrangement. I suppose there are a few new schools in the MWC now who wouldn't have the old grudges. But I think it will be a few more years before the MWC realizes that an alliance with BYU would be good for them.
                                Just stating my preference.

                                I do NOT want to join that conference, but an agreement would be just fine. I think they will come around and MWC hoops would be great to be a part of again. The WCC doesn't do it for me at all.

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