Sounds like Boise St. to the MWC is about final

[Fresno St. Alum]

it starts at 2:20
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Plus one of my sources said that the MWC pass out the wrong paper work at the BCS meeting. He passed out the paper work showing that they need to get Boise St. to secure an AQ for the BCS.

[dbackjon]

Interesting...

[Fresno St. Alum]

Here's part of the Las Cruces newpaper talkiong about it.
"Rumblings have surfaced, however, that Boise State could now join the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos, who have been the premier football program in the WAC since joining the conference nine years ago, would give the Mountain West more horsepower in its bid to become an automatic BCS bowl-eligible conference.

"History has shown that there's movement in conference membership," Benson said. "Since 1990, only two conference's have seen no movement — the Pac 10 and Ivy League."

Benson, who was in Las Cruces briefly Wednesday for the WAC softballl tournament, pointed out that despite speculation on BSU's future, the Broncos have not received an invitation from the Mountain West. An invitation would have to come before July 1.

There is a domino effect. If the Pacific 10 Conference elects to expand to 12 teams — currently the league has 10 members — it will most likely come from the Mountain West pool — Utah, BYU and TCU would all seem likely candidates to move.

The Broncos hold a 93-17 record and seven conference titles since joining

the WAC, along with six wins in nine bowl appearances. Two of those bowl wins came in a BCS bowl game — the 2007 and 2010 Fiesta Bowls.
While Benson spoke of the credibility and national recognition BSU has provided the WAC, he also points out there has been a good partnership between the school and the conference that has brought both entities success.

"As good as Boise State has been to the WAC, the WAC has been awfully, awfully good to Boise State," Benson said.

Aside from Boise State, Benson said Louisiana Tech could leave as well, possibly to Conference USA, which would line up more with its geographic location in Ruston, La.

"Louisiana Tech has been very straight forward with us and we've been very straight forward with them," Benson said. "But they realize that geographically that they are on the edge of the WAC and that they would fit more ideally with Conference USA or something within the Central time zone."

Benson said "four or five schools" have expressed interest in joining the WAC. Such schools could include Cal Davis, Cal Poly, Montana, Sacramento State, Portland State and Texas State."

[slycat]

More info....

http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2010/0 ... udget_sche

Mountain West mania struck again Friday with comments from ESPN’s Joe Schad that two sources told him Boise State likely would receive an invite this summer and an unsourced report out of Fresno, Calif., calling it a done deal.

All of that reporting is speculation based on what the Mountain West board of directors (the school presidents) might do when they meet June 6-8 in Jackson, Wyo.

The board of directors makes the final decision. Seven must vote in favor of inviting Boise State to issue an invitation.

The Mountain West Joint Council — athletic administrators and faculty athletic representatives — met May 2-5. Expansion was not on the agenda, Mountain West spokesman Javan Hedlund said, but could have been discussed informally among the athletic directors.

The Mountain West hasn’t set the agenda for the board of directors meeting yet. Any invitation likely would come from that meeting because the league needs to add Boise State by July 1 to count the Broncos’ accomplishments toward eligibility for a Bowl Championship Series at-large berth during the 2012 and 2013 seasons.

Other items of interest from Bleymaier:

— He doesn’t expect the WAC presidents to make it more difficult for teams to leave the conference when they meet next month. Currently, a departing team forfeits its share of conference revenues in its final year.

— His take on conference expansion: “If the Big Ten goes to 16 teams, I think it’s going to be a major overhaul.”

[slycat]

Here's part of the Las Cruces newpaper talkiong about it.
"Rumblings have surfaced, however, that Boise State could now join the Mountain West Conference. The Broncos, who have been the premier football program in the WAC since joining the conference nine years ago, would give the Mountain West more horsepower in its bid to become an automatic BCS bowl-eligible conference.

"History has shown that there's movement in conference membership," Benson said. "Since 1990, only two conference's have seen no movement — the Pac 10 and Ivy League."

Benson, who was in Las Cruces briefly Wednesday for the WAC softballl tournament, pointed out that despite speculation on BSU's future, the Broncos have not received an invitation from the Mountain West. An invitation would have to come before July 1.

There is a domino effect. If the Pacific 10 Conference elects to expand to 12 teams — currently the league has 10 members — it will most likely come from the Mountain West pool — Utah, BYU and TCU would all seem likely candidates to move.

The Broncos hold a 93-17 record and seven conference titles since joining

the WAC, along with six wins in nine bowl appearances. Two of those bowl wins came in a BCS bowl game — the 2007 and 2010 Fiesta Bowls.
While Benson spoke of the credibility and national recognition BSU has provided the WAC, he also points out there has been a good partnership between the school and the conference that has brought both entities success.

"As good as Boise State has been to the WAC, the WAC has been awfully, awfully good to Boise State," Benson said.

Aside from Boise State, Benson said Louisiana Tech could leave as well, possibly to Conference USA, which would line up more with its geographic location in Ruston, La.

"Louisiana Tech has been very straight forward with us and we've been very straight forward with them," Benson said. "But they realize that geographically that they are on the edge of the WAC and that they would fit more ideally with Conference USA or something within the Central time zone."

Benson said "four or five schools" have expressed interest in joining the WAC. Such schools could include Cal Davis, Cal Poly, Montana, Sacramento State, Portland State and Texas State."

Too bad this is just speculation. Though I am 99% sure Texas State has at least talked with the WAC. Have the others even expressed interest in moving up? I'm sure UTSA is on that list as well.