Sources: Texas St. talks with Mountain West stall

Texas Affirm‘s talks with the Mountain West Convention beget stalled, sources informed ESPN’s Pete Thamel on Tuesday.

The college, in level of fact, has informed the Sun Belt Convention that it gained’t be going to the Mountain West after Texas Affirm received a verbal offer over the weekend.

On the time of the verbal offer from the MWC, the Pac-12 had also expressed an hobby in the Bobcats program, sources acknowledged, even though an offer had not materialized. As a member of the Sun Belt, the exit rate for the Bobcats to safe a league commerce is anticipated to be $5 million.

Texas Affirm has a rising program that has been in FBS play since 2012. It played one season in the WAC forward of joining the Sun Belt in 2013. The college played and gained its first bowl sport as an FBS member in 2023, as it performed 8-5 under coach G.J. Kinne and defeated Rice Forty five-21 in the First Responder Bowl.

The Bobcats are 2-2 this season, and hosted Arizona Affirm in a dramatic 31-28 loss in a nationally televised sport on ESPN Sept. 12. They’ll play at Troy on Saturday night on ESPNU.

The Mountain West’s customary discussions with Texas Affirm intensified after the choices by UNLV and Air Force to reside in the league remaining week. That gave the league two linchpin colleges to provide around animated forward.

The Mountain West has six stout-time members, and Texas Affirm would beget given it seven. It wants eight stout-time members to meet convention minimal necessities.

The league’s six stout-time members are UNLV, Air Force, Nevada, San Jose Affirm, Contemporary Mexico and Wyoming. Hawai’i is in the league as a soccer member. The Pac-12 also wants one extra member, as it at this time sits at seven.