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Utah to the Pac 10? MWC to get BCS game?

Duck Rodgers said:
Doesn't the Mountain West have a T.V. contract already? Maybe the argument could be made that if BYU were all that and a sack of money that ESPN might have kicked in the extra 10 million dollars or whatever the difference is between the MWC's current contract and the old contract. But I don't think the ESPN thing has any merit right now. I think that reflects more poorly on the other teams of our conference personally, not BYU/UTAH.

BYU has a pretty good demographic argument, however. You have Utah that's growing like crazy. You have Provo which is the fastest growing city in America. You have the Mormon church - which is churning out solid growth rates. BYU is the largest private school in America churning out graduates that add to a solid sized alumni base every year + BYU-Idaho + BYU- Hawaii . There shouldn't be any problems selling BYU by any standard.
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I don't know the specifics on the MWC tv contract, but I know Utah plays on ESPN a couple times every year. So BYU could certainly be playing on ESPN those weeks if ESPN wanted...

I agree with your points on the demographics though. But again, it all comes back to BYU not playing on Sundays. If BYU came with no strings attached, they would be in several conference expansion rumors, just like Utah currently is.
 
From what I've read on other boards and in reports, it looks as if Boise State is going to be invited as soon as next Monday to the MWC. It appears pretty legit. They would be in the conference by 2011. What are the thoughts of MWC fans of that possibility?
 
calijazz said:
From what I've read on other boards and in reports, it looks as if Boise State is going to be invited as soon as next Monday to the MWC. It appears pretty legit. They would be in the conference by 2011. What are the thoughts of MWC fans of that possibility?
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I think it would help legitimize the MWC but I think they'd need at least 1 if not 2 more top tier teams. If the Big 12 gets raided maybe the MWC can offer an invite to Nebraska.

BYU
Utah
BSU
TCU
Nebraska
Air Force
Col St
Wyo
SDSU
NM
UNLV

Am I missing anyone?

That's not a bad conference with a couple of exceptions.
 
Marcus said:
I think it would help legitimize the MWC but I think they'd need at least 1 if not 2 more top tier teams. If the Big 12 gets raided maybe the MWC can offer an invite to Nebraska.

BYU
Utah
BSU
TCU
Nebraska
Air Force
Col St
Wyo
SDSU
NM
UNLV

Am I missing anyone?

That's not a bad conference with a couple of exceptions.
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If the Big 12 gets raided, it will be because Nebraska and Missouri went to the Big 10.
 
Makes sense, that seems to be what the Cal rivals site that I posted was alluding to. They needed to do something that would intrigue Texas and keep up with the Big Ten expansion so they can't obviously just say we are going to couple you with Utah or Colorado and make the Pac 12....but..... we'll bring you into the conference, keep all your big rivalries intact in your own little division, and boost your revenue is much more intriguing. That's a damn good conference.
 
This is going to be interesting. I wonder how all this realignment will effect Utah/BYU, and I wonder if the only thing that happens is Boise St. coming to the MWC if that will be enough for a BCS bid?

As long as Utah has got a legit shot at a "national championship" I will be stoked. The MWC is far more deserving than the Big East anyways.
 
StephenMaria said:
This is going to be interesting. I wonder how all this realignment will effect Utah/BYU, and I wonder if the only thing that happens is Boise St. coming to the MWC if that will be enough for a BCS bid?

As long as Utah has got a legit shot at a "national championship" I will be stoked. The MWC is far more deserving than the Big East anyways.
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If the Big East gets raided by the Big 10 (which is rumored to be imminent) then the Big East will lose that BCS game.

The MWC will probably get a BCS game even without Utah if they keep everyone else and add Boise State.
 
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