Air Force, BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Utah and Wyoming. Of those 9 teams Utah and BYU will be leaving next year (2011-2012) and Boise State will be leaving the WAC to enter. So it will look like this next football season:
Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, New Mexico, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV and Wyoming. The following year TCU will leave and Fresno State and Nevada will enter the MWC. So it will look like this:
Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Nevada, New Mexico, UNLV and Wyoming. Is this a BCS quality conference? With only Boise State and Nevada having any success over the last few years, not a chance in hell. So Boise State leaves a conference that has a great partnership with ESPN and gets to show a lot of their games nationally to a conference without any kind of national exposer at all and it's pretty much the same conference. Here's what the WAC looks like right now:
Boise State, Fresno State, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana Tech, Nevada, New Mexico State, San Jose State, Utah State. Now let's compare the current WAC next to what the MWC will be.
Because BSU, FSU and Nevada are all the same, I'll skip those. Air Force is better than anyone else in the WAC right now and with SDSU climbing, they may be equal to Hawaii. So the new MWC will be better in that respect. After that you have a wash. Colorado State and New Mexico have seen their heydays come and go, as has Utah State. But again, MWC is better. New Mexico State and Louisiana Tech are not any good at all, along with Wyoming, Idaho and UNLV. Honestly, the new MWC will be a better conference since teams like LTU don't even want to play in the west and San Jose State may contemplate going back down into the Big West and play against Montana and Weber State. But is it worth it for BSU? I don't think so. Just wait Bronco fans until you can't see them on TV anymore.
Will this move benefit TCU? Let's look at the Big East as of 2012-2013 (unless further changes appear). Cincinnati, Connecticut, Louisville, Pittsburgh, Rutgers, Syracuse, TCU, U. Southern Florida and West Virginia. (just football) The people who I know read this are pretty smart, so who would you pick to win the conference this year? TCU by a lot. In 2 years? If they aren't projected to be in the top 3, I'll wear purple for a week straight. In my opinion, TCU is going to frequent the BCS like BYU frequents the BYU invitational (Vegas Bowl). Not every year, but close enough that the Big East will be known as TCU and everyone else like USC and the PAC-10 over the past decade.
I still want to know if BYU is going to garner any more respect in the bowls than the list of affiliations for Navy. Poinsettia, Eagle Bank (?), Kraft Fight Hunger(?) and Armed Forces Bowls. I also would like to see the PAC-12 get better affiliations now. Another thing, if Boise State and New Mexico can host bowls, why can't Salt Lake? I'd love to see the Deseret First University Credit Union or even the Miller Family Bowl at Rice-Eccles. I'd even drive to Provo (wearing red, listening to Metallica and not shaving) to watch it at Levell Edwards.
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