Haven't been on the board since I posted this morning. My statement about the WAC still being a better conference was based on Sagarin's ratings that Reality posted a while back. Not just drinking the "blue" water. :icon_wink:
In any case, I agree with T_Won's above statement. We aren't going forward until we get an invite. We aren't going to get an invite until CUSA has an opening and CUSA is not going to have an opening until there is more movement.
In my opinion, it would be stupid and pre-mature to jump into another conference that is about on the same level until we know our chances. Just think of it this way - we get an invite to the belt (highly unlikely from Waters), we accept, and the next month CUSA has an opening.
No way are they considering us in that case.
Plus, we would have just spent money on a step down or (at the very most) lateral move in competition. The only advantage would be geography and that would be negated by perception of us in the same conference with the ul twins. So, it makes no sense (as many on here keep saying - including myself) to make any move at this point.
The only thing that we should be doing is lobbying hard for CUSA and, actually, MWC right now. We should be doing that and keeping an eye on what is going on with the B12 and Big East.