Pac12 Affiliates/Future

[Tripnsweep]

San Diego State dropped in 1981 but added it back in 1992 and dropped again in 1994. Somebody who shall not be named was I think their last and possibly only All American. 

[ScottishSteel]

6 hours ago, bracketbuster said:

I am reading too much into this or should we be worried about the future of MAC wrestling? Northern Illinois is a core member of the MAC in all of its sports as far as I can tell so that seems a little troubling to me that they are leaving their home conference (as opposed to like an SIU Edwardsville who is affiliate only in wrestling (just using them as example)

On the bright side, I would have to think that another addition to the PAC 12 is coming soon because I can't imagine a school just leaving an their home AQ conference to go to a non-AQ conference without some assurances that there are plans in place to keep the AQ.

Northern Illinios is leaving the MAC in all sports - headed to the Mountain West for football and the rest of their sports are finding a home in the Summit League so I don't think this is in anyway a concern about the future of the MAC wrestling

[bnwtwg]

8 hours ago, Tripnsweep said:

San Diego State dropped in 1981 but added it back in 1992 and dropped again in 1994. Somebody who shall not be named was I think their last and possibly only All American. 

Oh jesus. That sentence was far too lenient.

[ionel]

If N Illinois is a good fit for the PAC maybe Hawaii is a good fit for the MAC?  

[jchapman]

4 hours ago, ScottishSteel said:

Northern Illinios is leaving the MAC in all sports - headed to the Mountain West for football and the rest of their sports are finding a home in the Summit League so I don't think this is in anyway a concern about the future of the MAC wrestling

Baseball and most of the other sports besides football are joining the Horizon league.  I'm not aware of any sports that are joining the Summit.

[ScottishSteel]

3 minutes ago, jchapman said:

Baseball and most of the other sports besides football are joining the Horizon league.  I'm not aware of any sports that are joining the Summit.

That's on me - I always get those two leagues mixed up; the point stays the same about the reflection on MAC wrestling.  It's football decision to get football in the MW and finding a home for the rest of their sports

[Thumper]

19 hours ago, NotThatDave said:

Utah Valley, Cal Baptist, and Wyoming make more sense if you're worried about travel. I say if you're the Big 12, trade them those for UALR. Just for my sanity.

Utah Valley & Cal Baptist do make more sense but Wyoming makes no sense as Wyoming was NOT one of the five Mountain West Conference teams that were invited to be a part of the new PAC (insert # here).  Having their wrestling program compete in the PAC while all of their other sports continue to compete in the MWC makes ZERO sense.

[nhs67]

1 hour ago, ionel said:

If N Illinois is a good fit for the PAC maybe Hawaii is a good fit for the MAC?  

Distance between Northern Illinois and LR-Arkansas: 532 Miles, Flight Time: 1H42M
Distance Between Hawaii and Ball State: 4,383 Miles, Flight Time: 10H minimum

Edited 26 minutes ago by nhs67