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    Folks at Sac State are talking about going to the Big West, and Great West for football.

    http://www.statehornet.com/vnews/dis.../4069c9fde3522

    Conference affiliation should be localized

    Tom Hall
    Sports Columnist
    March 30, 2004

    One of the most important decisions in modern Sacramento State history will be made April 27-28 -- will students fund the proposed Recreation/Wellness/Events Center on campus?
    Another question nearly as important will be asked very soon, but only one person -- not 25,000 -- holds that answer in his grasp.

    President Gonzalez, which athletic conference do you fancy? . . .

    The Big West seems tailored for Sacramento State, but there is one little problem: the Big West doesn't sponsor football.

    That will be the critical question for Gonzalez: What do we do with football? Gonzales shouldn't drop the sport, but shouldn't let it stand in the way of smart business, either. . . .

    One possibility is the newly created Great West Football Conference. Before it joined the Great West this year, UC Davis' football team was without a conference for 10 years. Just ask any Aggie -- it's impossible to build any non-Causeway Classic rivalries with an inconsistent annual schedule.

    Critics of the Great West will argue that Sac State shouldn't leave the Big Sky -- where the regular-season champion earns an automatic berth in the Division I-AA playoffs -- for a conference without an automatic bid. But seriously, when was the last time Sac State was a threat to make a playoff run? Does anyone see it happening before 2007, the first season the Great West champion will be playoff-bound? Give the program time -- Coach Mooshagian and his staff will make the team matter, but not before the basketball team makes it to ESPN.

    Until then, let's prioritize our sports -- get our respectable teams in the Big West and figure out the rest later. The future of this destination campus depends on it.



    Interesting stuff, no matter how it shakes out it will effect SDSU.

    Go State! ;D





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    Re: Sac State talking Big West/Great West

    Excellent information 89. All the movement in DI is a definite plus for SDSU/NDSU and our search for conference.
    We are here to add what we can to life, not get what we can from life. -Sir William Osler

    We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.

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      Re: Sac State talking Big West/Great West

      Reading between the lines the last couple of months of info coming out of Sac. St. is that I think its likely the Hornets will be a GWC member pretty soon. It would be a nice addition. I'm also continuing to hear that USD (U San Diego) is contemplating a move up to a D1AA scholarship program. It makes sense due to them travelling all over the country currently with its Pioneer League schedule. This could also allow them to develop some California rivalrys as well as becoming eligible for the D1AA playoffs someday. I would welcome them both.

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