New Mexico State

[SkyRider]

It might be interesting to watch New Mexico State over the next while. Garry Caruthers was just named as their new president today. During an open forum over the last couple of weeks, he made it known he might be open to dropping football to the FCS level (if not completely).

Carruthers sad he has already had discussions about dropping to a lower division in football.

“I’ve actually had conversations with people in the Big Sky Conference,” Carruthers said, referring to a league in the Football Championship Subdivision. “That’s sort of a notch below in football. They’re not eligible for BCS bowls. But what do you think our prospects of getting (to) a BCS bowl anytime soon will be anyway? Not great. I think there’s some other conferences around, where our athletics budget would actually be at the top of the list instead of at the bottom in terms of how much money we’re spending.”

Carruthers added, “I do know there’s a limit to how much money we can spend. And that limit is probably what we’re spending right now. We have to find a conference we’re comfortable in financially.”

Carruthers said during the public forum that he would also consider dropping football.

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[WSUWILDCAT]

The Big Sky should tell Idaho to take a hike and invite New Mexico State instead

[Grizlaw]

The Big Sky should tell Idaho to take a hike and invite New Mexico State instead

Personally, I'd rather have Idaho than NMSU (just because it's more of a regional rival for UM, and it was a fun rivalry when they were in our conference). But why can't we have both? Just because NMSU is interested doesn't mean we can't have Idaho too...

[allcat]

Idaho, did you know they are a lot better than Boise? They also realize that they are superior to any FCS school anywhere.