While depressing to think about, it's already going on in a number of ways. We have had one member of our conference make it to a BCS game in its 15 year history. For all of the glory years that Marhsall had in the late 90's and Miami had with Roethlisberger they both went to bowl games with a similar profile that is outlined in this article.
As long as we are in the MAC it will be much of the same, which is OK. The best we can make of the situation is to become a MAC champ consistently and perhaps catch the interest of a conference looking to add to its ranks.
Something tells me though that there may be another 4-5 teams (UC, UConn, maybe USF) that will be picked up in the near future to make this mega-conference concept a reality and that will be status quo for the foreseeable future.
In my heart this whole thing screams of anti-trust but chances are a loop hole will be found.
Agree with most of what u say, although I am not up on anti trust laws and the libertarian in me says the big schools can do what they want whether I like it or not. Your points also lead to the conclusion that there is no way for us to become Boise State, no matter how much some of us may aspire to be.
An old friend of mine was a finalist for the AD job at one time when it opened under the Glidden administration. He had worked in athletics administration at 2 SEC schools He told me that he felt a major reason he did not get the job was his conviction that eventually the MAC and other smaller conferences would be squeezed out of D-1 football. He said then that the school needed to prepare for that eventuality and put emphasis on basketball and other sports.
Last Edited: 6/13/2013 9:44:15 AM by brucecuth