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Never has Texas State been more valuable. Or Toledo. Or UTEP. Or North Dakota State for that matter.
Who knows as conference realignment rounds the latest crazy turn and heads toward an absurd homestretch. Last week, the American Athletic Conference stood strong. Earlier this month, the Pac-12 raided the Mountain West … or was it the other way around?
Either way, the Pac-Whatever and the Mountain West continue to be conferences in name only. Utah State joined San Diego State, Fresno State, Colorado State and Boise State in jumping from the MWC to the Pac-12; Air Force, San Jose State and UNLV opted to stay with the Mountain West. For a moment, UNLV — 104th in total FBS football viewership since 2016 — was desired by all of those three conferences. Just not by its starting quarterback.
Meanwhile, the MWC, using exit fees the Pac-12 paid to snatch its five members, then turned around and used that cash to incentivize the current six full-time members to stay. Things got so heated that UNLV went from being coveted by the Pac-12 to being sued by the Pac-12 in the span of a week.
You can’t make this stuff up, folks.
We found out the Mountain West had a grant of rights from six schools — but granted to what? The MWC is still waiting on two more full pledges to actually become a conference again. The phone lines are open, and operators are standing by for any schools interested. There were reports over the weekend that the MWC was zeroing on Texas State as lucky No. 7.
The Pac-12 (as of this writing) also remains under the eight-team threshold after Memphis and Tulane reaffirmed their loyalty to the American. Such is current realignment as we know it.
Add it up, and the MWC and Pac-12 have almost assured mutual irrelevancy. Before…
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Author : Dennis Dodd
Publish date : 2024-09-29 20:36:19
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