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Gonzaga and BYU basketball to the Mountain West?

Post by BelgradeBobcat » Thu Mar 01, 2018 12:49 pm

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spo ... story.html

I thought the WCC was about as stable as it got for a conference. But maybe not. The Mountain West was to get back to a multi-bid league and Gonzaga is sick of sharing their loot with their WCC bretheren.
Very interesting.



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Re: Gonzaga and BYU basketball to the Mountain West?

Post by Montanabob » Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:14 pm

So Gonzaga moves to the MW for all sports (especially basketball) - no football?
And with Gonzaga moving to MW, BYU follows and brings football or stays independent (can't see that as the Power 4 consolidate scheduling power).
NMSU leaves the WAC?

14 for Basketball and Football at 12 or 13....
Or do they ignore NMSU and boot Wyoming to the Big Sky.....

Well would like to see NMSU, Wyoming and USD in the Big Sky for football but Wyoming won't drop to FCS.


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Re: Gonzaga and BYU basketball to the Mountain West?

Post by The Butcher » Tue Mar 06, 2018 4:12 pm

Montanabob wrote:So Gonzaga moves to the MW for all sports (especially basketball) - no football?
And with Gonzaga moving to MW, BYU follows and brings football or stays independent (can't see that as the Power 4 consolidate scheduling power).
NMSU leaves the WAC?

14 for Basketball and Football at 12 or 13....
Or do they ignore NMSU and boot Wyoming to the Big Sky.....

Well would like to see NMSU, Wyoming and USD in the Big Sky for football but Wyoming won't drop to FCS.
I don't think BYU has any interest of joining the MW in football.



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Re: Gonzaga and BYU basketball to the Mountain West?

Post by ilovethecats » Wed Mar 07, 2018 1:15 pm

BelgradeBobcat wrote:http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spo ... story.html

I thought the WCC was about as stable as it got for a conference. But maybe not. The Mountain West was to get back to a multi-bid league and Gonzaga is sick of sharing their loot with their WCC bretheren.
Very interesting.
I hate Gonzaga basketball more than just about anything. that said, they should totally leave the conference, or at the very least threaten to leave the conference. they bring in boatloads of cash that gets divided up between the rest of the league. surprised they've went this long before threatening this move.



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Re: Gonzaga and BYU basketball to the Mountain West?

Post by allcat » Wed Mar 07, 2018 2:53 pm

ilovethecats wrote:
BelgradeBobcat wrote:http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spo ... story.html

I thought the WCC was about as stable as it got for a conference. But maybe not. The Mountain West was to get back to a multi-bid league and Gonzaga is sick of sharing their loot with their WCC bretheren.
Very interesting.
I hate Gonzaga basketball more than just about anything. that said, they should totally leave the conference, or at the very least threaten to leave the conference. they bring in boatloads of cash that gets divided up between the rest of the league. surprised they've went this long before threatening this move.
Why would you hate them? I admire what Few has done there.


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Re: Gonzaga and BYU basketball to the Mountain West?

Post by ilovethecats » Wed Mar 07, 2018 4:49 pm

allcat wrote:
ilovethecats wrote:
BelgradeBobcat wrote:http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spo ... story.html

I thought the WCC was about as stable as it got for a conference. But maybe not. The Mountain West was to get back to a multi-bid league and Gonzaga is sick of sharing their loot with their WCC bretheren.
Very interesting.
I hate Gonzaga basketball more than just about anything. that said, they should totally leave the conference, or at the very least threaten to leave the conference. they bring in boatloads of cash that gets divided up between the rest of the league. surprised they've went this long before threatening this move.
Why would you hate them? I admire what Few has done there.
ha. you don't want to get me started! think I've vented about it over the years. I could bore you in a pm if you wanted. personal reasons. respect what they've done though



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Re: Gonzaga and BYU basketball to the Mountain West?

Post by Montanabob » Tue Apr 03, 2018 3:24 pm

WCC sweetened the pie for Gonzaga to stay.
https://www.google.com/amp/www.espn.com ... atform=amp


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Re: Gonzaga and BYU basketball to the Mountain West?

Post by Montanabob » Sun Aug 26, 2018 10:53 am

Montanabob wrote:
Thu Mar 01, 2018 3:14 pm
So Gonzaga moves to the MW for all sports (especially basketball) - no football?
And with Gonzaga moving to MW, BYU follows and brings football or stays independent (can't see that as the Power 4 consolidate scheduling power).
NMSU leaves the WAC?

14 for Basketball and Football at 12 or 13....
Or do they ignore NMSU and boot Wyoming to the Big Sky.....

Well would like to see NMSU, Wyoming and USD in the Big Sky for football but Wyoming won't drop to FCS.
Well UW rolled over NMSU, only thing on their board is how UNM sucks and should drop. After the death chop last night, maybe both drop to FCS. UW top defense in group of 5.


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