Hop45 said:

Offensive line, for one thing. A lot of bigger bodies were brought in with the hope of protecting NV more. Haven't seen it yet.

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Lost 2 OL to P4. Lost your starting center. Lost your other starting tackle.

Added a G5 transfer that had played one game in three years, added an FCS transfer that was coming off season ending injuries. Brought in a freshman with a bright future.

Then you lose your veterans Julius Pierce and J’Shun Bodiford right away. The OL was always going to be one of the question marks on the team and then it became an even bigger one. This is where you would attack in the portal. Need to have a good haul there but could have a strong interior next year potentially.

Offensive line, for one thing. A lot of bigger bodies were brought in with the hope of protecting NV more. Haven't seen it yet.

MTTim said:

Mcphee and Smith are 100% to blame. One is not competent to run a business/university and the others ego wants to be the big fish in a small pond.
I believe Chris could be a good AD with help from competent leadership.
We are and will continue to be 10 years behind.

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irreparable damage already done in my opinion. We've fallen so far over the last 15 years. I just don't see us ever getting back there where we are routinely beating and threatening top G5 and lower P5 schools across the country. Our administration and leadership just let it go for far too long.

The chips have fallen and we will continue to be a doormat and glorified JUCO forever in my opinion. We can no longer build a senior laden team that has a few superstars that can get you those big wins. The Kevin Byard's, Reed Blankenship's, Charvious Ward's, Richie James, etc. will all now just go to the highest bidder after they have their break out seasons. It's impossible for us to replace talent like that. I repeat, impossible. Even our decent players are leaving for a small payday and to ride the bench at power programs. This is devastating for a program like ours and has played a big factor into why we've been so bad since the transfer portal went crazy.

People can yack all they want about the portal being a two way door but we are never going to be replacing our superstars with an equal. Not even close actually. We will be a glorified JUCO doormat for the foreseeable future unless transfer rules are put in place to protect programs like ours (hint: that isn't happening).

But don't worry though, everyone else in the G5 is going to have their roster raped and pillaged every off season too, so we can all be screwed together and maybe make our own "special" playoff at the end of each season!!

The battle between the Mountain West and the Pac-12 is now moving into the courthouse.

Noogaraider1 said:

What happens to all of the exit fees and NCAA credits that MWC is owed if the conference dissolves?

If the remaining 4/5 MWC schools can keep it then they should merger with CUSA and use that money to cover travel expenses.

Man, these shifts are happening at an incredible speed.

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If the league dissolves the departing don't owe anything which the PAC is trying to pull off. Well they are trying to have their cake and eat it too even though they don't have the clout. They want it to dissolve without taking the teams they don't want.

There's way too much money being left on the table though for that to happen it would seem to me though.

What happens to all of the exit fees and NCAA credits that MWC is owed if the conference dissolves?

If the remaining 4/5 MWC schools can keep it then they should merger with CUSA and use that money to cover travel expenses.

Man, these shifts are happening at an incredible speed.

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MT01 said:

Meanwhile our “leadership” is probably sitting on their butts doing nothing to get us out of this mess except barking like a seal at the prospect that Hawaii could join C-USA. They would really love that huh?

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I've seen that too. I surely hope they (as in Judy and the presidents) aren't dumb enough to approve that by itself.

I mean fine, if they add more western teams to create a division/pod to help with scheduling and travel money. But Hawaii, NMSU, and UTEP alone aren't the answer to that. Now throwing WY, NM, SJSU, etc and you may be on to something. But will still take some serious logistical planning to make it make sense money wise.

I sure hope CM and Stewart are keeping their ears to the phones making every possible contingency for anything that may happen. It may wind up just losing our two western teams and staying at 10. But the crap could hit the fan too.

Meanwhile our “leadership” is probably sitting on their butts doing nothing to get us out of this mess except barking like a seal at the prospect that Hawaii could join C-USA. They would really love that huh?

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With the way we tackle maybe we should be playing flag football.

Coming off the bench?

tyler90wm said:

On paper, Liberty should be pretty good I think and will likely be our biggest challenge in conference. Is Smuda back or was she a senior last year?

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Just checked their roster. Yes, Smuda is back. They have excellent size, & should be our top competition in CUSA. They also have a nice non conference schedule with Tennessee, Duke, Arkansas, & CBU on their slate. What really bothers CRI is fellow conference schools padding their non-conf schedule with patsies to bolster their record. He should be very pleased to have Liberty on board representing the conference along with Middle Tennessee.