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Feb 21, 2018
7:58:43am
UofUCoug 3rd String
The real reason for the MWC hate
I posted this below, but doubt anyone will see it.

I have talked to some MWC fans to find the true reason they hate us but not Utah or TCU.

When BYU left the MWC they tried to buoy up the old WAC. That's where they wanted to land for non FB sports. They tried to encourage UNLV and SDSU ( and perhaps others) to return to the WAC. Thompson caught wind of it and reacted to keep those teams in the fold. Remember the hasty press conference announcing Nevada and Fresno State to the MWC, essentially killing the WAC?

How much of this is reality, I don't know, but some of it is, and it's their perception and the core reason for the hate from the MWC fans (at least in my experience in talking with them). They feel like we tried to take the MWC down on our way out.

Of course they don't have much to say about the awful TV deal we had which hurt us but actually helped several small market teams. They simply see us as traitors.

I believe there is some truth to their beliefs because there was much published at the time. But again I don't know the facts. Does anyone really?

I can't see those fans ever "forgiving" us.
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