(03-11-2013 01:09 PM)apex_pirate Wrote:  

(03-11-2013 12:20 PM)billings Wrote:  

(03-11-2013 12:17 PM)Gray Avenger Wrote:  

(03-11-2013 10:41 AM)MinerInWisconsin Wrote:  Location is why I consider the MWC to be currently stable.

They are stable for much the same reason that the MAC is. Thsy don't have any schools that a "Power 4.5" conference wants.

Please BIG 12 was very interested in Air Force but Air force turned them down and Hawaii has low level talks with the PAC. It appears that only 2 or so BE teams interest the Big 5 as well. ACC may only invite because they have to and not because they want to. Nobody left in the BE helps any conference's TV deal and they are not wanted either unless they have to be invited. Same is true for MWC except for Boise and Air Force. Hawaii has some unique recruiting grounds and TV time slots that the PAC likes. BE and MWC are about the same in TV value for a reason. Neither has much left that the top conferences want

I think Air Force was only considered because BYU was in the picture and it would have helped in many ways. Without BYU, Air Force is not in the picture. Hawaii? If Hawaii is getting slighted by the MWC, why in the world would the PAC-12 want them? They don't need Hawaii to market to Asia. They do a great job of that already. Hawaii to the PAC is like saying ECU to the SEC. Just not going to happen.

I might rub you wrong when I say IMO that the A12 is arguably a much better conference from top to bottom...but I agree that the TV value is dictated by much of what your last two sentences say.