Very intriguing idea. But yeah, not feasible. If you’re the Pac-2 you’ve got nothing to lose. But if you’re the MWC, do you look at the PAC – who has a history of going against the CFB grain (e.g. setting up a PAC-12 Network unaffiliated with traditional media partners, putting their HQ in downtown San Francisco, pursuing a streaming-heavy media deal…) only to fail in epically catastrophic ways – and think, “I need to hitch my wagon to that”?

“We have to think differently,” said one Mountain West athletic director who wished to remain anonymous. “We’re always trying to fit things in a box and we are always late to the party. How do we get in front of this?”

I’m curious who that was. It’s got to be the AD of either Boise, CSU, Fresno, or SDSU.

The article also supposes North Dakota State and South Dakota State could join the system for depth, but do they even want to move up? They definitely could compete, but they seem comfortable with where they’re at. This system does need bodies to work, though. I would say add UTEP and UTSA (and if they don’t want to come, Tulsa, Texas State, Sam Houston, and even New Mexico State could suffice in a pinch).