It's fairly obvious to me that the P2 has priced things out and determined that it makes more sense (if needed) to piece together a conference with select MWC schools as opposed to joining up with all of them.
This makes sense to me. WSU, OSU, Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, UNLV, Colorado State (possibly Utah State) along with some possible wildcard additions like North Dakota State and South Dakota State offer a solid West coast / Upper Plains pod of programs. It makes a possible football only merger with the AAC or ACC or a combination of those teams more attractive than carrying along Hawaii, San Jose State, New Mexico, Nevada, and Wyoming.
