Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
Soonerdawg
They will go in a heart beat.
I hope you're right and I'm wrong. What makes you so definitive on this question? Feel free to PM me if it is too sensitive to post openly.
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
ITdrummer
If location were the key factor, it would be a no-brainer
Somehow it needs to be high on the list
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
revf
Key thing to remember MWC invites have been on the basis of: What the said school brings in way of FOOTBALL. Nothing else.
MWC wants AQ for Bc$ so if the pattern holds they will invite the top FOOTBALL programs from the WAC or the CUSA
Things have changed dramatically for the MWC though. They have the same clout that the WAC had this time last year. I don't see any CUSA teams wanting to join that conference. Maybe UTEP, please UTEP!
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
zharkins
I like our chances. If Hawaii joins the Mountain West for football only, they will want to add two more teams out of this pool:
Utah State
UTEP
San Jose State
New Mexico State
Idaho
No way an east Texas team goes to the Mountain West without TCU in the fold. To me, Utah State and UTEP are no brainers with New Mexico State the only other one getting real consideration.
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Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
Dwayne From Minden
Cause we are one of the main reasons they wanted out of the WAC -
How hard is that to grasp?
I don't believe that at all.
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
MWC has no BCS-AQ chances whatsoever.
That being said, this conference talk is ridiculous. Just win. Tech hasn't done much winning lately. Winning takes care of everything.
I doubt a CUSA offer is coming. Just win. Win the WAC in 2012, or the Sun Belt, or whatever conference Tech is in. Win and win for a long period of time. Then you will find yourself more attractive to other conferences.
Has anyone ever stopped to think how ridiculous 'yeah, but we're CLOSER GEOGRAPHICALLY!' is as a talking point in all of this? Its embarrassing. Money is what matters. And winning = money. Win.
Tech had a decade to win consistently in the WAC and better prepare itself for this round of realignment. It didn't. The phrase 'putting the cart before the horse' comes to mind.
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
I don't believe that at all.
Its the truth. No one wants to travel thousands of miles to play bad teams.
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
CChandler
MWC has no BCS-AQ chances whatsoever.
That being said, this conference talk is ridiculous. Just win. Tech hasn't done much winning lately. Winning takes care of everything.
I doubt a CUSA offer is coming. Just win. Win the WAC in 2012, or the Sun Belt, or whatever conference Tech is in. Win and win for a long period of time. Then you will find yourself more attractive to other conferences.
Has anyone ever stopped to think how ridiculous 'yeah, but we're CLOSER GEOGRAPHICALLY!' is as a talking point in all of this? Its embarrassing. Money is what matters. And winning = money. Win.
Tech had a decade to win consistently in the WAC and better prepare itself for this round of realignment. It didn't. The phrase 'putting the cart before the horse' comes to mind.
It is to consider b/c of cuts in higher education and budget restarints...something that was not in the mix last time.
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
CChandler
MWC has no BCS-AQ chances whatsoever.
That being said, this conference talk is ridiculous. Just win. Tech hasn't done much winning lately. Winning takes care of everything.
I doubt a CUSA offer is coming. Just win. Win the WAC in 2012, or the Sun Belt, or whatever conference Tech is in. Win and win for a long period of time. Then you will find yourself more attractive to other conferences.
Has anyone ever stopped to think how ridiculous 'yeah, but we're CLOSER GEOGRAPHICALLY!' is as a talking point in all of this? Its embarrassing. Money is what matters. And winning = money. Win.
Tech had a decade to win consistently in the WAC and better prepare itself for this round of realignment. It didn't. The phrase 'putting the cart before the horse' comes to mind.
Its the truth. No one wants to travel thousands of miles to play bad teams.
Sun Belt then?
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
UTEP to New Orleans is about the same distance as UTEP to Boise, so travel wise, in the MWC, UTEP would have one long trip in football only to Hawaii once every four years. In all other sports, every trip in the MWC would be shorter than trips to Tulane, Southern Miss, Memphis, UAB, Marshall, East Carolina, and UCF.
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
Rooster
It is to consider b/c of cuts in higher education and budget restarints...something that was not in the mix last time.
I'd agree if we were the ones making the call.
You think SMU, Rice, Tulane, or Tulsa are hurting for money? Its their call, not ours, and they couldn't care less about Louisiana's budget crisis.
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Originally Posted by
T_Won
Sun Belt then?
I'm of the opinion that it doesn't matter. Bad teams are bad teams no matter what conference they play in. Let's put some better teams on the field, regardless of conference. Sure, Sun Belt, why not. Or Football WAC Subdivision. Win big and build some pride.
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
Dwayne From Minden
Cause we are one of the main reasons they wanted out of the WAC -
How hard is that to grasp?
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
I don't believe that at all.
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Originally Posted by
CChandler
MWC has no BCS-AQ chances whatsoever.
That being said, this conference talk is ridiculous. Just win. Tech hasn't done much winning lately. Winning takes care of everything.
I doubt a CUSA offer is coming. Just win. Win the WAC in 2012, or the Sun Belt, or whatever conference Tech is in. Win and win for a long period of time. Then you will find yourself more attractive to other conferences.
Has anyone ever stopped to think how ridiculous 'yeah, but we're CLOSER GEOGRAPHICALLY!' is as a talking point in all of this? Its embarrassing. Money is what matters. And winning = money. Win.
Tech had a decade to win consistently in the WAC and better prepare itself for this round of realignment. It didn't. The phrase 'putting the cart before the horse' comes to mind.
Its the truth. No one wants to travel thousands of miles to play bad teams.
The highlighted is what I don't believe at all. Not the other.
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
TYLERTECHSAS
I don't believe that at all.
You don't have to believe it -
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
IMHO, UTEP goes to MWC if asked.
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
CChandler
I'd agree if we were the ones making the call.
You think SMU, Rice, Tulane, or Tulsa are hurting for money? Its their call, not ours, and they couldn't care less about Louisiana's budget crisis.
It's not a Louisiana budget crisis... It's a national budget crisis...
Re: TCU is headed to the Big East! (New York Daily News reports)
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Originally Posted by
CChandler
MWC has no BCS-AQ chances whatsoever.
That being said, this conference talk is ridiculous. Just win. Tech hasn't done much winning lately. Winning takes care of everything.
I doubt a CUSA offer is coming. Just win. Win the WAC in 2012, or the Sun Belt, or whatever conference Tech is in. Win and win for a long period of time. Then you will find yourself more attractive to other conferences.
Has anyone ever stopped to think how ridiculous 'yeah, but we're CLOSER GEOGRAPHICALLY!' is as a talking point in all of this? Its embarrassing. Money is what matters. And winning = money. Win.
Tech had a decade to win consistently in the WAC and better prepare itself for this round of realignment. It didn't. The phrase 'putting the cart before the horse' comes to mind.
Its the truth. No one wants to travel thousands of miles to play bad teams.
A lot of truth there!
