For what it is worth, the following is from
Nevada Sportsnet posted this afternoon.
* The MW is vetting
UTEP and
Texas State as potential targets,
per The Athletic, with
New Mexico State,
Sam Houston and
Tarleton State also listed as options. All of those schools butTarleton State play at the FBS, meaning the MW appears to be looking at that route rather than going after high-level FCS football programs like
Montana,
Montana State,
North Dakota State and
South Dakota State. The timeline also is in question. Does the MW try and add schools before a potential Pac-12 circle back or wait until more dominoes fall? “If (these) eight can stay together and we can add some teams, we can really be a good league,” Wyoming athletic director
Tom Burman told local reporters. “If (the Pac-12 can’t add AAC schools), it’s likely they’re going to circle back to the Mountain West, and we could lose an additional member or two members. So, that’s why expansion is very, very important.”
* FCS school
Sacramento State is attempting to bypass the MW and go right into the Pac-12, an ambitious goal that's likely to fall short. But the newly formed
Sac-12 committee announced today a goal of securing $50 million in NIL commitments to cover the first 10 years in the Pac-12; securing funding to build a new 25,000-capacity football stadium; securing funding to build a 6,500-seat basketball arena; turning out at least 15,000 attendees per home football game for the remainder of the season; and securing $5.25 million for the application fee to join the MW. Even if Sac State accomplished all of those things, it'd be the footprint for a MW school rather than a Pac-12 school.
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