Mountain West: No more expansion

[jason54858]

http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/news/story?id=5299078

[Hoop Fan]

Ouch. That ain't good any way you cut it.

[huskerpony]

Their reason is because they don't want to remake their schedule? Weak.

Can't believe they would actually give up BCS status for the next 5 years and wait for the Big Xii-2 to implode. If they need a bump next year, they will add more.

[jason54858]

Their reason is because they don't want to remake their schedule? Weak.

Can't believe they would actually give up BCS status for the next 5 years and wait for the Big Xii-2 to implode. If they need a bump next year, they will add more.

I agree with your point, but maybe they're thinking adding teams now wont change their status anytime soon anyway. So why not wait another year or two.

[mrydel]

What is the purpose of calling a press conference to say you are not going to do anything? Wouldn't just not doing anything accomplish the same thing?

[PK]

What is the purpose of calling a press conference to say you are not going to do anything? Wouldn't just not doing anything accomplish the same thing?

Cuts down on the phone calls and e-mails and frees up your face book.

[SoCal_Pony]

What is the purpose of calling a press conference to say you are not going to do anything? Wouldn't just not doing anything accomplish the same thing?

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[Garret]

Their reason is because they don't want to remake their schedule? Weak.

Can't believe they would actually give up BCS status for the next 5 years and wait for the Big Xii-2 to implode. If they need a bump next year, they will add more.

If you look at the rules to become an AQ conference, you would have expected the MWC to *not* expand until 2012 at the earliest. Their #1 priority has been to get AQ status, and they pass 2 of the 3 requirements and are 7th in the 3rd requirement (need to be in the top 6 for automatic AQ status). If things stay as they are, they will possibly pass all 3 requirements or they will be close enough go through the appeal process to get it.

Why wouldn't the MWC want to expand further? Teams with 9 teams or less get a 25% bonus to their BCS points, teams with 10 teams get a 12.5% bonus, and teams with 12 or more teams get no bonus. If the MWC added a team, their BCS AQ chances would drop...even if that team was Alabama or Texas! Even without the 25% bonus consideration, there are very few teams that would help their average...with the loss of the 25% bonus, NO team would help them.

It is actually *good* for SMU for the MWC to not expand now. Boise State was added for the current BCS evaluation period--2008/2009/2010/2011--to help the MWC get AQ status. But the new BCS evaluation period starts this year and runs from 2010/2011/2012/2013. If the MWC was adding teams now, they would have to go by the current evaluation period...and SMU would *not* be included in the candidates because of their computer ranking in 2008 (only Houston, Nevada, and Fresno State are above the MWC average, but they don't overcome the 25% bonus). However, if the MWC waits a few years before expanding, the 2010/2011 years will determine who is a good candidate for expansion and SMU has a chance then.