MWC BCS Bowl?
Now since Boise State has become a member of the MWC do you think that the confrence should have an automatic BCS bowl bid? I believe it will be close if they do or not. All of the BCS Bowl busters of late are now in the same confrence, Maybe if they add another team to the confrence they would get one for sure.
Thoughts?
The Mountain West is probably a better conference then the ACC and Big East right now, IMO
POSSIBlY as regards the Big East, but not the ACC. IMO. And the idea from the OP that getting Boise into your conference is some kind of huge prize that merits an auto bid is also frankly, ridiculous. Whoa! We got Boise! Come on.
I think they have better top teams than the Big East, but from top to bottom I don't think that they do.
the teams at the bottom of the MWC aren't as good as the bottom feeders in the Big East. But there are no Big East teams, save Cincinnati last season, that come close to the top of the MWC either.
If Wyoming can keep Dave Christensen around for a few years, we'll be a good to great team. As the OC at Missouri, he was scoring points left and right. His first season here in Laramie, he beating Texas for half a game. The bottom of the MWC isn't full of world beats, but Wyoming is trending up.
"If Wyoming can keep Dave Christensen around for a few years,"
So says David from Wyoming. Hm....
If he's any good, he won't be coaching there in a few years. I can't think of any place I'd rather coach less.
I agree it has to be tough place to coach. There is no talent rich states for recruiting anywhere close.
For the most part neither does Boise St, but they are able to get kids primarily from California, and they seem to be doing ok for themselves
I agree Boise doesn't, but their campus is pretty close to the state of Oregon and isn't too far from Cali and Washington.
But they're still in idaho.
They're not up to the level of the top teams yet, but a couple more years of Christensen should probably get them pretty close.
I hope he does too. It was a lot of fun watching them play last year with that freshman QB...whose name I cannot remember for the life of me. I wouldn't mind seeing a good Wyoming team in the next few years.
Too many consistently good teams in the MWC now. They should probably strip the Big East of their auto bid and make them earn it like Boise St., TCU, and Utah have done the past few years.
Absolutely they should, especially if what ESPN is reporting is true:
I think the MWC wants 12 teams and a conference championship game as well.
The Mountain West is still looking at adding teams also. There's a report that there eyeing Mizzou and KU, on ESPN.
They should look at Fresno St. to IMO. I think there right on the edge right now to get that auto bid and one more move or two could put them over the top. I'd rather see the Mountain West get an auto bid then the Pac-16 getting two. One auto bid per conference, period.
I hate the idea of the P16 somehow getting 2 auto-bids. The benefit of expansion is a larger footprint, increased revenue, and more games (this matters a lot if you have your own network as that means better games will be on the conference network). The downside is that you risk only get 1 BCS bid. But, if UT and USC meet in the P16CG, it's probable that the loser would receive a bid two.
Besides, if the P16 gets 2 bids I think that hurts the prestige of the Rose Bowl. Even if the P16 committed to sending their CG winner there (unless they go to the NCG) I still feel that the Rose Bowl would be diminished.
They knew the risks when they expanded, it's not acceptable that they now demand a rule change to accommodate one of the down-sides of their well thought-out actions.
If we're going to be stuck with the BCS instead of a playoff, the least the BCS could do is only allow one automatic bid per conference. Actually, I think they should mandate that all conferences with divisions should have to have a conference championship game, or forfeit their auto bid. That way the Pac-16 is forced into having a championship game.
They have 10 teams now, who do you think that they will bring in KU, KSU, or Mizzou?
Do they go to a 12 or a 14 team confrence?
KU and KSU are married together so, that would bring them to 12. If Mizzou is definitely out of the B10, then they could jump to the MWC and they could roll with 13. I see them going to 14 and locking up that auto-bid. With teams like Kansas, K-State, Mizzou, Boise, Utah, TCU, BYU at the top end of that conference, there is no way you can keep them out of the BCS.
If they go to 14 and take KU, KSU, and Mizzou I think Fresno would fit in there nice. That would actually a damn good conference that would be better then the Big East, maybe event the ACC. If not who do they take? Baylor? Colorado St? This is already been a very interesting off season and we still have 2+ months yet before kickoff.
Colorado State is already apart of the MWC.
My bad. I must be blind today. I went to the Mountain West website to make sure because I thought they were in the MWC too. I missed the big green ram head right in front of my face.
If they decide to go to 14, I'd take Iowa State over Fresno. Take the remaing 4 B12 North teams and just add them to your conference. That would be one pretty good conference and add instant credibility to whatever team wins the championship.
Baylor can go pound sand. I'm so tired of their "people" in the Texas Legislature trying to attach them to the schools that people actually want. If you were good enough on your own, so be it. I think they deserve to go to the Sun Belt or C-USA for the crap they've been pulling with this expansion stuff.
They have a for sure strong top four with Bosie,Utah,TCU,BYU even if they decide not to expand anymore i think it should be enough to get the auto bid.
I agree, but will the committee? They make it a 12 or 14 team conference then its probably a lock depending on who they take.
The commitee should regardless, the amount of times those teams make it to BCS games they should.
their conference is half legit, and half general mid-major bottom feeders
Good:
Utah (if they stay), BYU, TCU, Boise
Alright:
Nevada, Air Force
Typical Bad Mid-Majors:
CSU, New Mexico, SDSU, Wyoming
so at the top, the MWC can compete. at the bottom, we'd be looking at the worst bottom tier in any BCS conference
But those four teams are better than any in the Big East except maybe Cinncy.
They should get one no problem with or without anymore teams added.