Mountain West General Realignment Thread

tkalmus · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:40 pm **Posts:** 1043

Interesting quotes

Fresno St. Alum wrote:

http://www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/21436698/mountain-west-restructures-deal-with-cbs

BSU & SDSU coming back?

"There were indications Friday that Boise State president Bob Kustra may make a statement before then on Boise's future."

Fresno St. Alum wrote:

BSU in talks to stay again

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... g-big-east

"but sources at Cincinnati and UConn are under the impression, even if it's not known to be true yet, that the Big Ten will raid the ACC for two more schools -- North Carolina and Georgia Tech."

NOT UVA...?

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 7098

Pete Thamel article(previously posted in another thread)reporting that BSU back to the MWC is "inevitable".Also,MWC is reportedly talking with at least one of the BE "eastern" schools regarding joining the MWC.Link at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/colleg ... xid=cnnbin

tkalmus · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:40 pm **Posts:** 1043

freaked4collegefb wrote:

Pete Thamel article(previously posted in another thread)reporting that BSU back to the MWC is "inevitable".Also,MWC is reportedly talking with at least one of the BE "eastern" schools regarding joining the MWC.Link at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/colleg ... xid=cnnbin

"Non Western" school (screams Houston)

Fresno St. Alum · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 4:56 pm

rumors today are we want Houston but not inviting SMU. We need SMU to get Houston so WTF
UNLV AD said we are going to 16 no matter what. W/ or w/o BSU? I don't see 16 unless BSU, SDSU are 2 of them.

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 7098

Blog article out of Boise(scroll down) with more on MWC realignment story.Interesting to see if BSU makes some kind of announcement after today's bowl game.Link at http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2012/1 ... sent_home_

SJSUFan2010 · **Joined:** Mon Dec 06, 2010 7:52 pm **Posts:** 470

Fresno St. Alum wrote:

rumors today are we want Houston but not inviting SMU. We need SMU to get Houston so WTF
UNLV AD said we are going to 16 no matter what. W/ or w/o BSU? I don't see 16 unless BSU, SDSU are 2 of them.

Yeah I don't really get it either. Do they want La Tech or something? It's not like SMU and Houston carry the same markets. Unless BYU wants to join again, but why they'd want to do that is beyond me.

But 16 no matter what? Interesting...

Fresno St. Alum · **Posted:** Sat Dec 22, 2012 8:38 pm

Boise wants rights to its home games whoever caves first is where they'll go, Someone thinks they're Notre Dame or BYU

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... ng-sources

ctx48c · **Joined:** Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:26 pm **Posts:** 296

They are mr potatoe head at boise st

tkalmus · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:40 pm **Posts:** 1043

Fresno St. Alum wrote:

Boise wants rights to its home games whoever caves first is where they'll go, Someone thinks they're Notre Dame or BYU

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story ... ng-sources

Dumbest thing I've ever heard

fighting muskie · **Joined:** Sat Jun 09, 2012 9:47 am **Posts:** 414

I could see Boise St being granted rights to their OOC games but demanding the rights to their 4 conference home games is just insane. I know Boise is the key to whether its the Big East or MWC that emerges as the stronger conference but Kustra and company need to understand that they are Boise St not USC, Notre Dame, Florida, or Texas.

If someone does decide to grant Boise St their media rights then it sets a terrible precedent for all of college sports. It attacks their very fiber of every major conference and will only make the rich richer.

ctx48c · **Joined:** Sun Apr 26, 2009 12:26 pm **Posts:** 296

Its time to tell boise toforget about.They can be replaced by UMASS,Tulsa,Utep and Nill.

sec03 · **Joined:** Sat May 20, 2006 2:09 pm **Posts:** 1241

Is ESPN again having their bloggers planting re-cycled rumors? Delany and Slive, do you control this, or your real masters TV & ad sponsorship execs.?

freaked4collegefb · **Joined:** Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:37 pm **Posts:** 7098

Dennis Dodd blog article reporting that MWC is taking an X-mas break from fight over BSU.He reports that the MWC "may" be interested in SMU.Things could heat up after Tuesday.Link at http://cbssports.com/collegefootball/bl ... e-go-round

nickp91 · **Joined:** Wed Jul 13, 2011 2:47 pm **Posts:** 16

Good luck to Boise State as it tries to keep TV rights for home football games

tkalmus · **Joined:** Fri Sep 10, 2010 11:40 pm **Posts:** 1043

Yahoo sports report "Boise State may reconsider joining Big East"

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/reports-bo ... ncaaf.html

Interesting quote: "Meanwhile, two other current members of the Mountain West Conference - ColoradoState and New Mexico - have shown some preliminary interest in forming a new conference with either BYU or Boise State - or both - as the conference's anchor team, CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd reported. "

Didn't see that in any Dodd story must have missed it. But seriously if BSU/SDSU want to start a new conference with AFA/BYU, UNLV/Fresno, CSU/UNM, and most probably Nevada/Hawaii, they are just leaving behind the new additions of SJSU/Utah St and Wyoming so whats the point?

The only reason is to get a new TV deal a few years sooner, losing the MWC name will limit their marketability and ditching the old conference/TV deal will just piss off CBS who will most likely not bid on their programming and make the other networks scared because if they ditch this deal what makes them think they won't ditch the next one too?

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