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WAC expected to add UTSA, TSU, & Denver
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:22 am
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:22 am
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I guess I should apologize to Tech fans for urging them to join the Sun Belt. They're kind of doing it as we speak.
I guess I should apologize to Tech fans for urging them to join the Sun Belt. They're kind of doing it as we speak.
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Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:24 am to xiv
Denver plays Div 1 hockey. This will add nothing football wise.
Montana?
Montana?
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:25 am to xiv
To read this is to comprehend what an awful idea it is to allow a WAC champion to play for the BCS title.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:27 am to xiv
There are probably a couple of JuCos they could look at. 
Sun Belt should be pretty excited about this--finally getting out of the basement.
Sun Belt should be pretty excited about this--finally getting out of the basement.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:27 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
quote:did you read the article?
Denver plays Div 1 hockey. This will add nothing football wise. Montana?
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:28 am to JB Bama
quote:no. It isn't.
To read this is to comprehend what an awful idea it is to allow a WAC champion to play for the BCS title.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:31 am to xiv
end hijack
This post was edited on 11/4/10 at 10:45 am
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:31 am to xiv
lulz. Tech is gonna dominate.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:35 am to JB Bama
quote:I never said anything of the sort. What an awful, awful attempt (though maybe not deliberate) at a hijack.
So if the conference expands to 10 and Hawaii goes 12-0 and beats conference runner up UNLV in the championship game is that enough of a resume to put them in the title game in the future?
quote:Would you feel better if Boise State went 7-1 vs. BCS teams and say, seven of them were 10-win teams?
Please we've seen what the rest of college football has done to these WAC teams Boise St. hangs their hat on. It's sad and pathetic.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:38 am to xiv
Boise St. wouldn't go 7-1 vs. 10 win BCS teams in one season.
Now if they played 1 BCS team a year then yes that's certainly in the realm of possibility.
Boise St. may be a very capable team, but under the current format they don't deserve a shot to claim to be the best team in the country, any more than Alabama did in week 4 (when we had played as many quality opponents as Boise St did for the season).
Now if they played 1 BCS team a year then yes that's certainly in the realm of possibility.
Boise St. may be a very capable team, but under the current format they don't deserve a shot to claim to be the best team in the country, any more than Alabama did in week 4 (when we had played as many quality opponents as Boise St did for the season).
This post was edited on 11/4/10 at 10:40 am
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:39 am to JB Bama
quote:Prove it.
Boise St. wouldn't go 7-1 vs. 10 win BCS teams in one season.
Wait...
Start another thread about this topic, and then prove it.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:40 am to xiv
Ok yeah end hijack.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:45 am to JEAUXBLEAUX
quote:
Montana?
Montana is actually pretty solid at the I-AA / FCS level. Given the crap teams the WAC has remaining, they may do well once they make the transition to I-A / FBS *IF* they make the leap.
Depending on Texas State and UT San Antonio to pass muster, though, would be a heavy gamble.
The UTSA program hasn't played a game yet and would be fast-tracked to jumping all the way up to FBS.
Texas State has potential at the FCS level, having beat somewhat respectable teams this year in Cal Poly - SLO, Stephen F. Austin, and Southern Utah, but they're shitting the bed in Southland Conference play by losing to Southeastern and Nicholls. The latter two are 2-6 right now with one of their wins being over Texas State.
If the WAC expands and the only two football schools added are UTSA and TSU, then they're clearly going to replace the Sun Belt as the absolute worst conference in FBS.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:48 am to JB Bama
quote:
Boise St. wouldn't go 7-1 vs. 10 win BCS teams in one season.
Now if they played 1 BCS team a year then yes that's certainly in the realm of possibility.
Boise St. may be a very capable team, but under the current format they don't deserve a shot to claim to be the best team in the country, any more than Alabama did in week 4 (when we had played as many quality opponents as Boise St did for the season).
Tell the rest of the college football that they ought to play teams like Boise and TCU (and not refuse to play them home and home) and show us that they aren't up to par. If TCU and Boise aren't good enough to hang, then what should they be worried about? Until they actually have the ability to play a harder schedule, which they don't since they can't force better teams to schedule them OOC, I say give them the benefit of the doubt. Worst case scenario, the top BCS teams get pissed off and decide to play these teams during the year to prove their supremacy and we get some extra quality games to watch.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:51 am to TIGERSandFROGS
The ONLY logical addition at this point for the WAC would be Montana.
Montana has a long, successful track record in FCS. Yes, it's FCS, but we've seen in recent years that the FCS' best can occasionally pick off some BCS schools.
Give Montana a full allotment of 85 scholarships with the great support the program has, and they could do well in FBS.
The others, I'm not sold on at all. UTSA doesn't even begin play until next season. Texas State, meh.
And Denver does not have a football program, or even plans for a football program if memory serves me correctly.
I understand the WAC is scrambling (and it's not entirely their fault), but they need to do a bit more homework before making their conference even more of a joke than it already is.
Montana has a long, successful track record in FCS. Yes, it's FCS, but we've seen in recent years that the FCS' best can occasionally pick off some BCS schools.
Give Montana a full allotment of 85 scholarships with the great support the program has, and they could do well in FBS.
The others, I'm not sold on at all. UTSA doesn't even begin play until next season. Texas State, meh.
And Denver does not have a football program, or even plans for a football program if memory serves me correctly.
I understand the WAC is scrambling (and it's not entirely their fault), but they need to do a bit more homework before making their conference even more of a joke than it already is.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:51 am to teke184
Teke, You have it pegged perfectly
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:51 am to teke184
quote:Not so fast.
If the WAC expands and the only two football schools added are UTSA and TSU, then they're clearly going to replace the Sun Belt as the absolute worst conference in FBS.
UNT, Ark. St., ULM, ULL, MTSU, WKU, Troy, FAU, FIU
vs.
HI, SJSU, Idaho, USU, NMSU, TSU, UTSA, LT
I'd still say that in most, if not all, years the WAC will be better.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:54 am to xiv
This is just an embarrassment, UTSA hasn't even played a football game yet and TSU has awful attendance and their team is in the lower half of the Southland.
Posted on 11/4/10 at 10:58 am to xiv
larry coker is going to go HAM all over boise
Posted on 11/4/10 at 11:04 am to xiv
I broke this news already homeslice.
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