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With Sac State leaving the Big Sky, there are rumors about the conference expanding or staying put that Brett Hein wrote in the Standard-Examiner a few days ago. Since this forum has been extremely silent, I thought I would bring it up to get opinions.
Most of me thinks Sac State pulled an SUU and jumped without a plan. Big West basketball is a lateral move (maybe slightly up), but assuming PAC or MWC would take them in football was a bridge too far and now their waiver was rejected and their headed to FCS Independence. If Big Sky had any pride (they don’t), they would discourage teams from scheduling them and SUU.
Part of me admires Sac State, they are trying to elevate their program while Weber State is content coasting into bottom conference dweller. The Wildcats have a basketball facility ready for PAC or MWC. A little fund raising and they could improve football facility ready for either (such as PAC is made up of now). I mostly like the idea of staying FCS and playing for a title…but now that football program is decimated, playing in a reconstituted MWC or PAC (long shot) sounds good.
Of course Weber State has no ambition, so I won’t waste time on talking more about that.
I know softball is in a rough spot, but I’m in favor of conference staying same with no expansion and merging for that sport. If they do expand, take Utah Tech and not SUU. I’d take a D2 in Washington or Oregon before taking SUU.
Most of me thinks Sac State pulled an SUU and jumped without a plan. Big West basketball is a lateral move (maybe slightly up), but assuming PAC or MWC would take them in football was a bridge too far and now their waiver was rejected and their headed to FCS Independence. If Big Sky had any pride (they don’t), they would discourage teams from scheduling them and SUU.
Part of me admires Sac State, they are trying to elevate their program while Weber State is content coasting into bottom conference dweller. The Wildcats have a basketball facility ready for PAC or MWC. A little fund raising and they could improve football facility ready for either (such as PAC is made up of now). I mostly like the idea of staying FCS and playing for a title…but now that football program is decimated, playing in a reconstituted MWC or PAC (long shot) sounds good.
Of course Weber State has no ambition, so I won’t waste time on talking more about that.
I know softball is in a rough spot, but I’m in favor of conference staying same with no expansion and merging for that sport. If they do expand, take Utah Tech and not SUU. I’d take a D2 in Washington or Oregon before taking SUU.
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