SDSU officially leaving MWC… first domino to fall!

[mikedog10]

It’s just been announced that San Diego State is leaving for the MWC! No P5 invite yet, but I’m thinking the next round of musical chairs is about to start… AND WE ARE GOING TO GET A SEAT! Let’s go Big12!

 

[metsfan2323]

It’s just been announced that San Diego State is leaving for the MWC! No P5 invite yet, but I’m thinking the next round of musical chairs is about to start… AND WE ARE GOING TO GET A SEAT! Let’s go Big12!

More than likely SDSU is very confident that a PAC12 offer is on the way.

 

[WestCoastHusky]

Louisville did the same with the Big East when the Big East was falling apart to save on exit fees.

 

[Fishy]

It’s just been announced that San Diego State is leaving for the MWC! No P5 invite yet, but I’m thinking the next round of musical chairs is about to start… AND WE ARE GOING TO GET A SEAT! Let’s go Big12!

You’ve misunderstood.

What San Diego State did was request a month’s extension from the elevator increase in the conference exit fee. On July 1st, the exit fee increases by $16M and SDSU wants to avoid that if possible.

The conference played hard ball and basically accepted the request as a formal notification that SDSU was leaving. SDSU wrote back and said, no, we really just want the extension. (There’s no reason for the conference to grant it.)

Basically, it Is all posturing. Both of them have stuck their necks out - if the conference insists that this is SDSU’s official withdrawal and they get a Pac12 invite in mid-July, SDSU will claim that the conference has been notified and they own $16M less. If no bid arrives, in theory, the conference could say that SDSU has to leave anyway….

But in reality, none of these things will happen. If SDSU gets a bid after June 30th, they will just pay what they have to pay and go.

 

[Nostical]

It’s just like the dance of the seven veils. Lots of anticipatory teasing, but in the end it’s all about the money.

 

[LBird33]

I’m glad it’s them and not us - what a conundrum

 

[Fishy]

It’s just like the dance of the seven veils. Lots of anticipatory teasing, but in the end it’s all about the money.

I suspect something is going to happen and that SDSU and SMU will be moving to the Pac12.

 

[Waquoit]

I suspect something is going to happen and that SDSU and SMU will be moving to the Pac12.

Would that be bad or good for UConn?

 

[Fishy]

Would that be bad or good for UConn?

The general rule of realignment is that whatever happens in realignment is usually the worst thing that could happen for UConn in realignment.

I’m not sure that would mean anything, though.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

The general rule of realignment is that whatever happens in realignment is usually the worst thing that could happen for UConn in realignment.

I’m not sure that would mean anything, though.

In this case, SDSU and SMU to the PAC12 to replace Colorado and Arizona to the Big12

 

[Blades]

I suspect something is going to happen and that SDSU and SMU will be moving to the Pac12.

Yep....as Calhoun used to say "It's been written about, it's been talked about !"....odd # schools could be good for Uconn even #'s bad bad bad.

Pac-12 expansion: Process moves forward with SMU and San Diego State as top targets

Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff attended an SMU basketball game on Wednesday night as part of a campus visit, according to the Dallas Morning News.

www.mercurynews.com

 

[Bongo Fury]

It’s just like the dance of the seven veils. Lots of anticipatory teasing, but in the end it’s all about the money.

Whether it’s PAC or Big 12, it is a lot more money. Reckon MWC is paid less than AAC.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

In this case, SDSU and SMU to the PAC12 to replace Colorado and Arizona to the Big12

Wouldn't they really be back-fills for USC and UCLA?

 

[Redding Husky]

At this point, if SDSU and SMU aren’t taken by the PAC-12, it would be a crushing loss for both schools. IMHO, SDSU is 100% sure they’ll get an invite. SMU is 80% sure.

 

[RSTuthill]

Would that be bad or good for UConn?

Review Rule 1 of Conference Realignment, then decide for yourself.

Actually, I doubt that it means anything yet. The speculation is that they would go to the Pac12, but they could also go to the B12.

 

[Dream Jobbed 2.0]

Wouldn't they really be back-fills for USC and UCLA?

I don’t think they were planning to replace those

 

[Fishy]

In this case, SDSU and SMU to the PAC12 to replace Colorado and Arizona to the Big12

They’re backfill for USC and UCLA at the moment.

If the Pac12 loses more than, say, Colorado, I think it becomes a very dire situation for them and the jailbreak might commence.

 

[NowInStorrs]

Beyond SDSU and SMU, the Pac would have to start looking at like... UNLV and uh... Air Force? New Mexico? CSU? It's slim pickings out west.

 

[CTFAN4LIFE]

I don’t think they were planning to replace those

Well, whoever comes in would be the numeric backfill and in the case of SDSU it refills southern California losses of USC/UCLA.

 

[Urcea]

Beyond SDSU and SMU, the Pac would have to start looking at like... UNLV and uh... Air Force? New Mexico? CSU? It's slim pickings out west.

Fresno

 

[metsfan2323]

Beyond SDSU and SMU, the Pac would have to start looking at like... UNLV and uh... Air Force? New Mexico? CSU? It's slim pickings out west.

The fact that SMU is #2 on their list shows that it is indeed slim pickings. Tough to say who 3-4 would eventually be but I guess you keep adding states.

 

[Dizzy21]

The fact that SMU is #2 on their list shows that it is indeed slim pickings. Tough to say who 3-4 would eventually be but I guess you keep adding states.

Colorado State, Boise

 

[DoctorWho85]

I'm still surprised Boise isn't even in the conversation.

 

[Bongo Fury]

I'm still surprised Boise isn't even in the conversation.

For the PAC I presume?

 

[TheDrifter75]

I'm still surprised Boise isn't even in the conversation.

I'd be interested to see what they could do with p5 money. I watch their games when I see them on over many p5 teams.