Moving Day 2025

[laker]

A few years before that, around 2009 or 2010, I was working at Office Depot in their copy and print department and their AD Eric Sexton came in to get some printing and binding done. He had a similar helmet with him. It had a stylized WuShock on it. Anyways, he came in and I printed and bound a proposal book for bringing back Football. All I remember was he said it depended on a conference move that didn't happen for several years and he wanted to go straight to FBS. I told him I thought that was unwise and staying FCS would be easier to get the program started and would open up scheduling opportunities with area D2 schools. He didn't think too highly of easing in

Huge mistake on the part of WSU. You just can't go from nothing to FBS, you have to build things up. UTRGV is doing it the right way.

Are they still happy with being in the American? I'm not close enough to the situation to know- I just haven't heard much about their men's basketball for several years.

[psugorilla]

Remember in 2016 when the WSU President discussed bringing football back, he even had a helmet made up for the press conference. Too bad it never happened.

A few years before that, around 2009 or 2010, I was working at Office Depot in their copy and print department and their AD Eric Sexton came in to get some printing and binding done. He had a similar helmet with him. It had a stylized WuShock on it. Anyways, he came in and I printed and bound a proposal book for bringing back Football. All I remember was he said it depended on a conference move that didn't happen for several years and he wanted to go straight to FBS. I told him I thought that was unwise and staying FCS would be easier to get the program started and would open up scheduling opportunities with area D2 schools. He didn't think too highly of easing in

[Tech Boys]

The Mountain West Conference is moving it's headquarters from Colorado Springs, CO to Las Vegas, NV as of July 1, 2026.

Hate seeing that. I lived across the street from the MWC office when I moved here.

[crixus]

The Mountain West Conference is moving it's headquarters from Colorado Springs, CO to Las Vegas, NV as of July 1, 2026.

[laker]

It's interesting that each sport a prospective U Sports institution sponsors requires its own individual application. Pretty thorough I suppose, but then it leads to weird situations like this where SFU's volleyball team was denied while every other team was approved.

That was very hard for me to understand. But I do hope that they bring back football.

[Predatory Primates]

I was curious, so I looked it up. I've never been to WSU, but I have been to Wichita and I like it.

https://www.wichita.edu/about/shockthefuture/

They have done multiple new building or reno projects each year for over a decade. A bunch of those being corporate or federal partnership buildings so the U didnt even have to pay for them.

[Finchwidget]

Simon Fraser to join Canada West.

Canada West announces acceptance of Simon Fraser University as probationary member

It's interesting that each sport a prospective U Sports institution sponsors requires its own individual application. Pretty thorough I suppose, but then it leads to weird situations like this where SFU's volleyball team was denied while every other team was approved.

[crixus]

Kind of shocking with the amount of building going on at WSU.

I was curious, so I looked it up. I've never been to WSU, but I have been to Wichita and I like it.

https://www.wichita.edu/about/shockthefuture/

[laker]

Simon Fraser to join Canada West.

Canada West announces acceptance of Simon Fraser University as probationary member

[D2Rover]

I would think that if they went back to the Missouri Valley and played FCS, Wichita State could put together a competitive program pretty quickly. No FCS schools to compete with in Kansas or Oklahoma for talent, so as long as they could out-recruit the MIAA they would be in a pretty good position.

Window to do that seems to be closing with the stadium renovations.

[Predatory Primates]

Wichita State drops golf for both men and women.

Wichita State Discontinues Men’s and Women’s Golf Programs

Kind of shocking with the amount of building going on at WSU.

[Eagle74]

Yep, I believe most people know the history of that (especially after the movie, 'We are Marshall' came out).
A real tragedy for sure.

[crixus]

I remember that terrible plane crash. Unlike Marshall, the football program never game back from that.

Both of my parents were from West Virginia and I definitely remember the Marshall crash. I was only ten years old but I remember my Mom was crying even though she went to WVU, the arch rival of Marshall at the time. They've quit playing each other in football (the Mountaineers are 12-0 against the Thundering Herd), but they still compete in Olympic sports. But I didn't even know about the Wichita State plane crash until they brought the topic of bringing football back a decade ago when that helmet was introduced. Both of those tragedies occured in 1970, about six weeks apart.

[laker]

Remember in 2016 when the WSU President discussed bringing football back, he even had a helmet made up for the press conference. Too bad it never happened.

I remember that terrible plane crash. Unlike Marshall, the football program never game back from that.

[crixus]

Wichita State drops golf for both men and women.

Wichita State Discontinues Men’s and Women’s Golf Programs

Remember in 2016 when the WSU President discussed bringing football back, he even had a helmet made up for the press conference. Too bad it never happened.