Mountain West Salvation Groundswell

[UtahJazzFan88]

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.

[Indy Coug]

Meh

[Coach McGuirk]

Meh

With you. It is certainly not enough to lure BYU back into a conference.

[Indy Coug]

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.

[Omaha 680]

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.

[LiveCoug]

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

[wapiti]

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.

[The_Douger]

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.

[Uncle Ted]

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.

[Art Vandelay]

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.

[Mormon Red Death]

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.

[The_Douger]

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.

[LiveCoug]

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...

[wapiti]

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.

[LiveCoug]

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.