ESPN says MWC invited Fresno St. and Nevada on Tuesday

"The Mountain West Conference has extended an offer of membership to California State University, Fresno and the University of Nevada, Reno.



MWC Commissioner Craig Thompson is currently traveling and unavailable for comment."

California state who?

California State University, Fresno. Better known as Fresno State.

Well, Jay Drew is reporting that Nevada did not sign buyout clause, so it could leave without penalty.

Also says WAC may go after UNLV and SDSU. That would certainly strengthen the WAC in Basketball. http://bit.ly/9saNQq

tripwire wrote:
California State University, Fresno. Better known as Fresno State.

Oh I see thanks, it was just a little confusing how he worded it I guess

Looks like Fresno has accepted the MWC invite.... wowzers; this has taken a turn. Schmoe might have had something there.



I had to assume that BYU and ESPN has already done their due diligence with the WAC before getting to this point.



I'm kind of surprised that BYU would let this get out of control.



My apologies Schmoe, you're not half-cocked, obviously Nevada and Fresno see things like you do.

craigoscarson wrote:
Looks like Fresno has accepted the MWC invite.... wowzers; this has taken a turn. Schmoe might have had something there.



I had to assume that BYU and ESPN has already done their due diligence with the WAC before getting to this point.

I have yet to see that they accepted, where have you seen that. I'm not meaning to sound like I'm questioning you, because I absolutely believe you, I'm just wondering where you saw or read that.

http://www.fresnobee.com/2010/08/18/2045731/fresno-state-to-join-mwc.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



http://fresnobeehive.com/sportsbuzz/2010/08/wacmwc_story_moving_quickly.html#ixzz0x0LZwGcJ" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;



not exactly sure about the validity of the site but here is some more smoke for the Fresno invite.

UNR invite has been offered.



http://www.rgj.com/section/blogs16?plckController=Blog&plckBlogPage=BlogViewPost&U=cf54a7c3-6850-4148-9710-effa04ad5005&plckPostId=Blog:cf54a7c3-6850-4148-9710-effa04ad5005Post:a8ae862d-e4e4-465e-abe5-65a95e04fb81&plckScript=blogScript&plckElementId=blogDest" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

craigoscarson wrote:

I can guess what the conversation was:



Craig Thompson: "So, BYU is coming to the WAC in everything but football."

School President: "Yeah. Chalk up extra losses across the board."

CT: "Well, I have a proposal that will help you avoid playing BYU."

SP: *pause* then: "Tell me more."

ask kansas, missouri and kstate what's worse...



losing to texas or losing the money the Horns generate



we see what decision they made

....in football. I don't know how much money they will make losing to BYU softball and diving. ;)

According to Jay Drew's blog. He states Andy Katz has mentioned the WCC would be interested in all of BYU's non-football sports.



http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogs/byusports/50134352-65/byu-wac-buyout-football.html.csp



Not all is lost if Fresno and Nevada jump ship to the MWC.

BigCougsFan wrote:
According to Jay Drew's blog. He states Andy Katz has mentioned the WCC would be interested in all of BYU's non-football sports.



http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogs/byusports/50134352-65/byu-wac-buyout-football.html.csp



Not all is lost if Fresno and Nevada jump ship to the MWC.

Not good enough. BYU stays in the MWC, the MWC grabs Tulsa, Houston or Utep, adds a conference championship and prepares to negotiate a deal with ESPN in the future.



BYU spends the next 2 weeks trying to leverage the MWC for concessions (it's going to be a long 2 weeks) and waits to see if the WAC and ESPN can up the ante.



The Big 12 is still out there and BYU still has the best program in the MWC.



the WCC does not offer the regional advantages of the WAC.

craigoscarson wrote:
Looks like Fresno has accepted the MWC invite.... wowzers; this has taken a turn. Schmoe might have had something there.



I had to assume that BYU and ESPN has already done their due diligence with the WAC before getting to this point.



I'm kind of surprised that BYU would let this get out of control.



My apologies Schmoe, you're not half-cocked, obviously Nevada and Fresno see things like you do.

While I can appreciate and accept your apology, I still need to throw in a huge "I TOLD YOU SO" because you were so insistent that it would never happen. :whistle:

Schmoe wrote:

Looks like Fresno has accepted the MWC invite.... wowzers; this has taken a turn. Schmoe might have had something there.



I had to assume that BYU and ESPN has already done their due diligence with the WAC before getting to this point.



I'm kind of surprised that BYU would let this get out of control.



My apologies Schmoe, you're not half-cocked, obviously Nevada and Fresno see things like you do.

While I can appreciate and accept your apology, I still need to throw in a huge "I TOLD YOU SO" because you were so insistent that it would never happen. :whistle:

I deserve it. I underestimated how stupid Karl Benson was and how much loose cash Hair Thompson had laying around (apparently it was the money meant for a quality mountain broadcast)



at this point, I'm content with BYU staying put and waiting for the Big 12 to come calling. There's too much risk involved in going independent now and no WAC to cushion the fall for hoops and other sports.



If you asked me a month ago that if we added boise state, fresno state, nevada, and say, houston, would i be happy, I'd say yes. So this isn't the worst possible case. We simply cannot lean on the WAC to keep our football and other sports viable now. (and our current share of the $$ pie just got smaller until we work out something with the MWC or the MWC gets a new TV deal)



If BYU can manage a few concessions out of this, then we're better off tommorrow than we were yesterday. (and we just got a commitment from the best football player in the state of Utah)



At least the Cougs didn't announce a thing. We still have that.