![]() ![]() It would make complete sense to try.īut would those three schools be interested? One reason Boise State didn’t go to the AAC last time around was because of the cost to get out of the AAC if a Power 5 invitation did come. Those three Mountain West schools would bring in more to the AAC than most of the C-USA schools did. ![]() The AAC is at 14 schools, but everyone sees conferences getting bigger down the road, and conferences are about to reach from coast to coast. If the Pac-12 adds SDSU and SMU, does the AAC try to court Air Force, Boise and Colorado State again, or did that ship sail after they invited the six C-USA schools? And is Boise in particular more likely to consider it this time if the Pac-12 and Big 12 doors close for them? - Seth T. We should finally have a resolution on the Pac-12 in the coming weeks. If we have conferences for the Midwest, the Southeast and the middle of the country but no anchor out West, that hurts everyone in the long term. College sports’ charm lies in its regionality, even if TV executives and more and more commissioners don’t. In this scenario, maybe the zombie Pac-12 could raid the Mountain West for schools like San Diego State, Colorado State, Boise State, UNLV and so on and stay together as a conference, but it would not be the old Pac-12.Įither way, the Mountain West probably isn’t rooting for the Pac-12’s demise, nor is anyone - outside of some Big 12 fans on Twitter. It lost its top football schools to the ACC and Big 12, the non-football schools spun off, and the Big East backfilled with Conference USA schools and became the American Athletic Conference. This would be what happened to the Big East. The Pac-12 loses teams little by little but can quickly backfill. I do not see Stanford and Cal having any interest in that.Ģ. In this scenario, maybe the Mountain West could add Washington State and Oregon State. When that happened, four schools went to the Big Eight to become the Big 12, and the other four went to the WAC or Conference USA. The Pac-12 collapses all at once like the Southwest Conference. I still think the Pac-12 will find a good enough TV deal and stay together for the time being, but if it doesn’t, I think one of two scenarios could happen:ġ. The Mountain West could be in a good or bad spot, and it’s impossible to predict what happens. Cal, Stanford, Washington State and Oregon State to the Mountain West? - JT Bets Is the Group of 5, specifically the Mountain West, rooting for the Pac-12’s demise? Washington and Oregon to the Big Ten. Note: Submitted questions have been lightly edited for clarity and length. But it all very much involves Group of 5 schools, and we got some very good questions. Spring football is here, and the realignment carousel never seems to end. ![]()
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