[StanfordMatt]

Honest question - what makes anyone think we’d win at football at the mid-major level? Would we still fund the program at current levels and maintain the same attractiveness to recruits as a Mountain West school? Doubtful. More likely is that we’d end up as the Rice of the MWC. I’ve attended Rice games and that would be a hard pass for me.

I’d rather drop football than play football in the Mountain West. Forgoing the $6 million payout from the MWC for media rights wouldn’t even make a material difference in terms of funding other sports.

[StanfordMatt]

Honest question - what makes anyone think we’d win at football at the mid-major level? Would we still fund the program at current levels and maintain the same attractiveness to recruits as a Mountain West school? Doubtful. More likely is that we’d end up as the Rice of the MWC. I’ve attended Rice games and that would be a hard pass for me.

I’d rather drop football than play football in the Mountain West. Forgoing the $6 million payout from the MWC for media rights wouldn’t even make a material difference in terms of funding other sports.