Like everyone, I have been watching the realignment scenarios unfold with increasing levels of concern. We do not control our destiny, we do not have a Board of Regents that will assist us in finding safe haven (Ok. State, K-State, Texas Tech, etc.), we're not in a desirable television market (Mizzou) and we don't have a high-profile program with national following (Nebraska football & KU basketball). Our quality programs (wrestling, w-mens b-ball, volleyball) are not going to assist us in finding a new conference home.
Given the geography of the Mountain West and the Big East, I'm hard-pressed to see either as a legitimate solution to our dilemma. I shudder at the prospect given our history, but location and pertinent data (enrollment & endowment) place us in the profile of a Mid-American Conference school.
ISU Total Enrollment - Spring, 2010 - 26,283 - Endowment - $452M
MAC Schools: Mid-American Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I don't want to contemplate such a fall from grace but see it as a stark possibility that hasn't been discussed.
Given the geography of the Mountain West and the Big East, I'm hard-pressed to see either as a legitimate solution to our dilemma. I shudder at the prospect given our history, but location and pertinent data (enrollment & endowment) place us in the profile of a Mid-American Conference school.
ISU Total Enrollment - Spring, 2010 - 26,283 - Endowment - $452M
MAC Schools: Mid-American Conference - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I don't want to contemplate such a fall from grace but see it as a stark possibility that hasn't been discussed.