You can throw the money argument right out the window.

If Boise State joined the MWC, it would immediately become a BCS caliber conference. There is no way they could shut us out if the MWC was as good, or stronger than the Big 10 or Big East.

Mars wrote:

mormonrasta wrote:

Adding Boise State would not enhance the television package that the MWC has with advertisers only because the Boise media market is so small. Bringing Boise State into the conference could actually hurt revenue for the repsective MWC teams.

Really? Smaller than Laramie? :unsure:

Not only is the Boise area in the upper half of the MWC as far as size, it's near the very top in terms of growth.

Top half?

Let's see. . . from the top metropolitan areas of the MWC (US Census estimate 07-01-2006)


1. San Diego 2,941,454
2. Ft. Worth/Arlington- 1,984,468
3. Las Vegas- 1,777,539
4. Salt Lake/Odgen/Clearfield- 1,067,722
5. Albuquerque- 816,811
6. Colorado Springs- 599,127
7. Provo/Orem- 474,180
8. Fort Collins/Loveland- 276,253
9. Laramie, Wyoming- 30,000

Boise/Nampa- 567,640.

But Boise is growing soooooo fast. Not really. In terms of actual people not percentage Boise isn't growing any faster than Albuquerque, Las Vegas, San Diego, Provo/Orem, or Ft. Worth.

mormonrasta wrote:

Mars wrote:

mormonrasta wrote:

Adding Boise State would not enhance the television package that the MWC has with advertisers only because the Boise media market is so small. Bringing Boise State into the conference could actually hurt revenue for the repsective MWC teams.

Really? Smaller than Laramie? :unsure:

Not only is the Boise area in the upper half of the MWC as far as size, it's near the very top in terms of growth.

Top half?

Let's see. . . from the top metropolitan areas of the MWC (US Census estimate 07-01-2006)


1. San Diego 2,941,454
2. Ft. Worth/Arlington- 1,984,468
3. Las Vegas- 1,777,539
4. Salt Lake/Odgen/Clearfield- 1,067,722
5. Albuquerque- 816,811
6. Colorado Springs- 599,127
7. Provo/Orem- 474,180
8. Fort Collins/Loveland- 276,253
9. Laramie, Wyoming- 30,000

Boise/Nampa- 567,640.

But Boise is growing soooooo fast. Not really. In terms of actual people not percentage Boise isn't growing any faster than Albuquerque, Las Vegas, San Diego, Provo/Orem, or Ft. Worth.

So Boise is pretty close to the top half. If you added Meridian and Eagle (closer than Nampa) and Kuna and Caldwell (share borders with Nampa) Boise would pass Colorado Springs for 6th place.

WACoug wrote:

So Boise is pretty close to the top half. If you added Meridian and Eagle (closer than Nampa) and Kuna and Caldwell (share borders with Nampa) Boise would pass Colorado Springs for 6th place.

The cities in the Boise/Nampa metropolitan area include:

Boise
Bruneau
Caldwell
Crouch
Eagle
Emmett
Garden City
Grand View
Greenleaf
Homedale
Horseshoe Bend
Idaho City
Kuna
Marsing
Melba
Meridian
Middleton
Murphy
Nampa
Notus
Parma
Placerville
Star
Wilder

It is not close to the top half of the MWC.

mormonrasta wrote:

WACoug wrote:

So Boise is pretty close to the top half. If you added Meridian and Eagle (closer than Nampa) and Kuna and Caldwell (share borders with Nampa) Boise would pass Colorado Springs for 6th place.

The cities in the Boise/Nampa metropolitan area include:

Boise
Bruneau
Caldwell
Crouch
Eagle
Emmett
Garden City
Grand View
Greenleaf
Homedale
Horseshoe Bend
Idaho City
Kuna
Marsing
Melba
Meridian
Middleton
Murphy
Nampa
Notus
Parma
Placerville
Star
Wilder

It is not close to the top half of the MWC.

I guess close is a relative term.