Maddawg Right Again?

[Dwayne From Minden]

Mountain West goes it alone, nixes relationship with C-USA
By Mark Anderson
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Posted: Jul. 26, 2012

The two conferences agreed in October to merge, but after running into difficulties forming an alliance, they tried to create some sort of working relationship.

That didn't pan out, either.

So Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson, speaking Wednesday morning at the conference football media days at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, said the deal is off - for now at least.

He said several factors played into the split, such as different TV contracts, scheduling issues and C-USA's expansion to three schools in the Eastern time zone.

"The decision was made several months ago - take care of your own," Thompson said. "Our people said, 'We're not really interested in flying to Miami and Charlotte (N.C.) and Norfolk, Va., no offense to those three institutions. Nor were they interested in flying to Fresno (Calif.) and Logan, Utah, etc.

"We both determined that the best scheme was to simply repopulate and stay Eastern- and Western-based leagues."

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Mountain West goes it alone, nixes relationship with C-USA
By Mark Anderson
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Posted: Jul. 26, 2012

The two conferences agreed in October to merge, but after running into difficulties forming an alliance, they tried to create some sort of working relationship.

That didn't pan out, either.

So Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson, speaking Wednesday morning at the conference football media days at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas, said the deal is off - for now at least.

He said several factors played into the split, such as different TV contracts, scheduling issues and C-USA's expansion to three schools in the Eastern time zone.

"The decision was made several months ago - take care of your own," Thompson said. "Our people said, 'We're not really interested in flying to Miami and Charlotte (N.C.) and Norfolk, Va., no offense to those three institutions. Nor were they interested in flying to Fresno (Calif.) and Logan, Utah, etc.

"We both determined that the best scheme was to simply repopulate and stay Eastern- and Western-based leagues."

Yes he is but to quote MWC Thompson above , "the deal is off - for now at least".

[atobulldog]

I don't see why we don't work out a simple scheduling understanding where each member university schedules at least one of the other conferences in a 1-1.

[Tech77]

So what does UTEP do now?

[LookingForResults]

So what does UTEP do now?

Heads west.

[counselingdawg]

Why hasn't UTEP moved already? Does somebody not want it to happen?

[PawDawg]

Yes he is but to quote MWC Thompson above , "the deal is off - for now at least".

Thompson is like Jesse Jackson...your hero.

[okiealdawg]

I don't think UTEP leaves now - CUSA is a the better conference and they still get to play in Texas for road games.

[parialex]

Everything Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference has and hasn't done over the past year suggest that UTEP's home is in Conference USA for the foreseeable future.

[champion110]

Everything Conference USA and the Mountain West Conference has and hasn't done over the past year suggest that UTEP's home is in Conference USA for the foreseeable future.

I still think they will head west in the next 2 years. This can't be sustainable for them, when MWC is right there.

[Dirtydawg]

I prefer the title "maddawg lucky guess again".

[TYLERTECHSAS]

Thompson is like Jesse Jackson...your hero.

Cute. Hey, where have you been per the recent "fun and games" on the PawLitic Forum? The Chik Fil A one is such up your alley.

[TYLERTECHSAS]

I prefer the title "maddawg lucky guess again".

"For now at least" Glad he missed on the bigger issues over the last year.:icon_wink:

[johnnylightnin]

He's still wrong about the Architect: Tony Franklin...he's a revolutionary!

[techman05]

I still think they will head west in the next 2 years. This can't be sustainable for them, when MWC is right there.

not being sarcastic, but with all the moving going on in the past several months, why not do what you can to make it happen now if it is such a good fit for UTEP and MWC?