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Jim
02-16-2007, 04:26 PM
Western Division

Boise State
Nevada
Hawaii
San Diego State
UNLV
Wyoming

Mountain Division

Utah
Brigham Young
Colorado State
Air Force
New Mexico
Texas Christian

Make them a BCS auto-bid headed for the Fiesta Bowl. Remove the Big XII from the automatic berth to the Fiesta and place them as a floater as the Big East currently is.

Secondly have the MWC #2 had to the Las Vegas Bowl to play the Pac Ten #3. Have the MWC #3 head to the Alamo Bowl to play the Big XII #4 (the Big XII moves their match with the Big Ten to the Cotton Bowl where Big XII #2 plays Big Ten #3. MWC #4 in the Poinsetta Bowl vs. WAC and MWC #5 plays either the Big East or CUSA in some tier-3 bowl down south.
Nabber
02-17-2007, 07:18 PM
Several ADs have stated there is no plan to add BSU.
Jim
02-18-2007, 01:20 AM
I'd think Boise State would benefit from the move. Perhaps the existing MWC ADs don't want to add them for obvious reasons?
EvilVodka
02-19-2007, 03:30 PM
Western Division

Boise State
Nevada
Hawaii
San Diego State
UNLV
Wyoming

Mountain Division

Utah
Brigham Young
Colorado State
Air Force
New Mexico
Texas Christian

Make them a BCS auto-bid headed for the Fiesta Bowl. Remove the Big XII from the automatic berth to the Fiesta and place them as a floater as the Big East currently is.

Secondly have the MWC #2 had to the Las Vegas Bowl to play the Pac Ten #3. Have the MWC #3 head to the Alamo Bowl to play the Big XII #4 (the Big XII moves their match with the Big Ten to the Cotton Bowl where Big XII #2 plays Big Ten #3. MWC #4 in the Poinsetta Bowl vs. WAC and MWC #5 plays either the Big East or CUSA in some tier-3 bowl down south.

A good plan, but MWC expansion is more complicated...you've got a group of schools that want to stick together and don't want to be seperated, namely Utah, BYU, Wyoming, Colorado St., and Air Force...

Who to invite is also a problem...alot of MWC want Fresno State, and don't want to see Hawaii back in the fold due to travel costs...

Nevada has had terrible attendance, although IMO they should be in the same conference as UNLV

Boise State is obviously a boon to the football side of things, but academically, they're not very pretty

The MWC seems like a natural for the Fiesta though...and it would be great to see the Big XII champ in the Orange Bowl once in awhile...