Sac State to apply this week to move to FBS as an independent

[damnyoutuesday]

Absolutely delusional move by the Sac State administration. 5 total conference championships in all sports since 2012, horrible facilities, and a city that doesn't care about them. They got high off their own misplaced Sac-12 hype

[MSU01]

Very interesting. I assume the Pac-12 is waiting for Sac State to actually build their 25,000 seat brand new football stadium before giving them an invite as opposed to just taking their word for it that it will ever happen. That "new" basketball arena they're playing in next year will surely draw in the big crowds as well...or not.

[Montanabob]

Sort of saves the MW from having to take UCD. UCD had a clause that they get an offer before any other FCS teams. makes Sac independent and doesn't trigger the clause if the MW wants sac...

[SonomaCat]

In all fairness, Sacramento and surrounding areas might start to care about Sac State sports if they were playing against "name" teams. Northern California cares only about pro sports and "major" college (although not even that much about Cal or Stanford, honestly). But Sac might be able to get a Fresno State level of support if it moves up.

[The Butcher]

As far a football goes, this is just watering down the FCS even more.

[SacHornetFan]

Absolutely delusional move by the Sac State administration. 5 total conference championships in all sports since 2012, horrible facilities, and a city that doesn't care about them. They got high off their own misplaced Sac-12 hype

According to this page: https://hornetsports.com/sports/2022/6/ ... ships.aspx

We have won 34 (out of 86 total) Big Sky championships since 2012. Not to mention another 5 titles outside the Big Sky (Baseball’s 3 and Gymnastics 2). Where in the world did you come up with 5? I thought they taught math at MSU?!

[tetoncat]

Absolutely delusional move by the Sac State administration. 5 total conference championships in all sports since 2012, horrible facilities, and a city that doesn't care about them. They got high off their own misplaced Sac-12 hype

According to this page: https://hornetsports.com/sports/2022/6/ ... ships.aspx

We have won 34 (out of 86 total) Big Sky championships since 2012. Not to mention another 5 titles outside the Big Sky (Baseball’s 3 and Gymnastics 2). Where in the world did you come up with 5? I thought they taught math at MSU?!

14 sports over 13 years is 182 chances. Where did you get 86. They do have more than 5 unless OP only included major sports

[SacHornetFan]

Absolutely delusional move by the Sac State administration. 5 total conference championships in all sports since 2012, horrible facilities, and a city that doesn't care about them. They got high off their own misplaced Sac-12 hype

According to this page: https://hornetsports.com/sports/2022/6/ ... ships.aspx

We have won 34 (out of 86 total) Big Sky championships since 2012. Not to mention another 5 titles outside the Big Sky (Baseball’s 3 and Gymnastics 2). Where in the world did you come up with 5? I thought they taught math at MSU?!

14 sports over 13 years is 182 chances. Where did you get 86. They do have more than 5 unless OP only included major sports

I said we have won 34 of our cumulative 86 Big Sky titles since 2012. Again, did you even click the link?

[Cataholic]

Sac State going FBS is the absolute California move. Spend, spend, and spend with no idea how to pay for it. Then when the program is an absolute mess, they will blame everyone else for the mess.

[damnyoutuesday]

Absolutely delusional move by the Sac State administration. 5 total conference championships in all sports since 2012, horrible facilities, and a city that doesn't care about them. They got high off their own misplaced Sac-12 hype

According to this page: https://hornetsports.com/sports/2022/6/ ... ships.aspx

We have won 34 (out of 86 total) Big Sky championships since 2012. Not to mention another 5 titles outside the Big Sky (Baseball’s 3 and Gymnastics 2). Where in the world did you come up with 5? I thought they taught math at MSU?!

I only looked at Wikipedia, which lists 5 after 2012: 3 football ('19, '21, '22), 1 WBB ('23), 1 WAC baseball ('17): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrament ... mpionships

I'd argue if that Wikipedia page isn't updated enough, that's not a good sign about having enough fan engagement to move to FBS

[SacHornetFan]

Absolutely delusional move by the Sac State administration. 5 total conference championships in all sports since 2012, horrible facilities, and a city that doesn't care about them. They got high off their own misplaced Sac-12 hype

According to this page: https://hornetsports.com/sports/2022/6/ ... ships.aspx

We have won 34 (out of 86 total) Big Sky championships since 2012. Not to mention another 5 titles outside the Big Sky (Baseball’s 3 and Gymnastics 2). Where in the world did you come up with 5? I thought they taught math at MSU?!

I only looked at Wikipedia, which lists 5 after 2012: 3 football ('19, '21, '22), 1 WBB ('23), 1 WAC baseball ('17): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrament ... mpionships

I'd argue if that Wikipedia page isn't updated enough, that's not a good sign about having enough fan engagement to move to FBS

Wow, relying on Wikipedia only for info?
And updating a Wiki page has nothing to do with fan engagement. But then again, it’s all subjective there!

[MSU01]

Wow, relying on Wikipedia only for info?
And updating a Wiki page has nothing to do with fan engagement. But then again, it’s all subjective there!

I'll let others argue with you about Wikipedia...anyway, has there been any info about what this means for Sac State's conference alignment in sports other than football?