BroadwayVik
Active member
Excluding football, I see great identity value for Portland State within the Big West Conference. Volleyball with UCSB, UCI & Long Beach. Basketball with same and Cal State Fullerton, Northridge, Cal Poly, and the rest. That's who we are. That's where we belong. Tremendous identity value for Portland State.
Hawai'i joining too. Not California-exclusive anymore. With exception of football, this is way more who we are. Like Hawaii, we would need to keep football separate and get radically good, radically quick and snag one of the remaining FBS slot in the MWC ahead of other contenders like Idaho.
http://www.bigwest.org/
And, after the move, if the big sky teams want to play us, they will have to come to our place and be subject to Big West officiating. Creates a whole new ballgame with bigsky opposition, doesn't it? Cleans it right up.
Hawai'i joining too. Not California-exclusive anymore. With exception of football, this is way more who we are. Like Hawaii, we would need to keep football separate and get radically good, radically quick and snag one of the remaining FBS slot in the MWC ahead of other contenders like Idaho.
http://www.bigwest.org/
And, after the move, if the big sky teams want to play us, they will have to come to our place and be subject to Big West officiating. Creates a whole new ballgame with bigsky opposition, doesn't it? Cleans it right up.