(09-22-2021 05:49 PM)Tmac13 Wrote:  

(09-22-2021 05:37 PM)Atlanta Wrote:  

(09-22-2021 05:31 PM)robertfoshizzle Wrote:  If Aresco can succeed in bringing in the service academies (for the eyeballs) and raiding the MWC (for the football quality), the AAC shouldn't be any worse for the wear when things are all said and done. I know Boise State and San Diego State say they aren't interested now, but if Colorado State and Air Force make the jump, the MWC will be left with only 10 schools and no attractive replacement options (no offense to NMSU or any of the Texas C-USA and Sunbelt schools). If that alone isn't enough to convince Boise and SDSU, you work on UNLV and Fresno. Snag one or both, and SDSU/Boise will have no choice but to jump to the AAC unless the Big 12 comes calling first.

When did Boise & SDSU say they aren't interested?

The SDSU AD said last week that Olympic sports in the AAC were a non starter and there was no viable West coast options to place them..

With the NCAA basically being powerless now, it's time to rethink how college conferences work. I see no reason why a school shouldn't be able to have its football in one conference, men's basketball (or another revenue-generating sport like softball, baseball, or women's basketball depending on the school) in another conference, and non-revenue sports in a 3rd conference. Get rid of the NCAA's bogus rules (that a lot of schools are openly defying now anyway) and you can have the Mountain West schools join the AAC for football and men's basketball only, then form their own conference for non-revenue sports or join the Big Sky/Big West/whatever makes the most sense. It's absolutely stupid that non-revenue sports are traveling halfway across the country just because the school's football program is in a certain league.