KrimsonKrazy wrote: On Saturday afternoon NMSU will play its last home WAC football game and sadly the end of the WAC comes with a whimper rather than with a bang.

There will likely be few people in the stands and the naysayers will boast that "there were more people at the Cruces-Mayfield game."

A win by NMSU over a good SJSU game is possible, but the odds are against the Aggies.  It's been that way since NMSU joined the WAC with much fanfare in 2005.  Going into this game NMSU has a horrid 8-52 record against WAC opponents.   A new coach and an infusion of short-term funding was supposed to turn NMSU into a better program, generate more ticket sales and the program would take off.  It didn't.  And now here we are with no conference and facing an uncertain future.

NMSU has two more games this year....a home game next week versus powerhouse BYU and the season finale on the road versus Texas State.  It's a tough time being a NMSU Aggie right now, but I'm still holding out hope that things will get better.

KrimsonKrazy wrote: For reference, in it's four years in the Sun Belt NMSU was 15-11 against conference opposition, 20-27 overall.

In seven full seasons and the current season NMSU is 21-75 overall since joining the WAC, and again, 8-52 in conference games.

jtnmsu wrote: To me the WAC is not sad at all.

And is not over yet.

The end of the WAC is when NMSU Basketball plays its last WAC game.

NMSU is a Basketball school. Always has been. Always will be.

And Basketball in the WAC is NOT OVER yet.

The WAC is a great thing and where we belong.

Things in life are plain and simple and true.

NMSU belongs in the WAC. We are a WESTERN Team. In all sports.

This is not in question. We do NOT belong in the sun belt, texas league, or east coast league. We belong in the WEST.

Aggie Basketball is poised to have a great 2 to 3 year run. In the WAC.

The WAC is not at a sad end. Sorry.

I just don't see it.

JT

i have to disagree.....the wac would be great if it had good basketball schools, right now it is just NMSU and that is it....sad.....great basketball schools use to exist.,....the wac has passed and is dead

KrimsonKrazy wrote: The final WAC football game in Aggie Memorial Stadium.  If the final score doesn't scream "Sad", I don't know what does.

KegAggie wrote:

jtnmsu wrote: To me the WAC is not sad at all.

And is not over yet.

The end of the WAC is when NMSU Basketball plays its last WAC game.

NMSU is a Basketball school. Always has been. Always will be.

And Basketball in the WAC is NOT OVER yet.

The WAC is a great thing and where we belong.

Things in life are plain and simple and true.

NMSU belongs in the WAC. We are a WESTERN Team. In all sports.

This is not in question. We do NOT belong in the sun belt, texas league, or east coast league. We belong in the WEST.

Aggie Basketball is poised to have a great 2 to 3 year run. In the WAC.

The WAC is not at a sad end. Sorry.

I just don't see it.

JT

i have to disagree.....the wac would be great if it had good basketball schools, right now it is just NMSU and that is it....sad.....great basketball schools use to exist.,....the wac has passed and is dead

clay777 wrote: Will you Aggie fans stop crying about not having a conference to play football in. NM St. and Idaho could have saved the WAC and committed to the conference. The WAC had FCS schools that wanted to move up. Bad leadership killed the WAC. They wanted in the MWC instead saving the WAC. I still believe the WAC can be saved if everybody committ to the conference.