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The Chicago St. move from the Summit League (then Mid-Con) to independence, was very questionable. Had there been a more enticing league out there that wanted them, then it would make sense...the Horizon for example. But there was no new home and the Great West is the only option. The Great West Conference added its seventh all-sports member when Chicago State accepted an invitation,

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Southeast Missouri State fired athletic director Don Kaverman and placed men's basketball coach Scott Edgar on administrative leave on Thursday, three days after the NCAA notified the school of possible major violations.The moves come three months after the women's basketball team forfeited 44 victories, and the women's and men's programs were placed on two years' probation for major and

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It will be time for musical coaches soon, as any number of college and pro jobs will be open. The biggest of them all might be Penn State, where Joe Paterno's continuing struggles with leg injuries could lead to the end of an era nearly 60 years long. Many years ago, Paterno noted that most coaches had to retire when their legs went. He's also said he would get out when he no longer could lead

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He's the mastermind, the unquestioned leader of the school's unprecedented growth in recent years. So when University of the Incarnate Word president Louis Agnese, awash in pride over his new football team, suggests taking UIW's athletics programs into NCAA Division I by 2012, it's not a surprise. “We're not that little college at the corner of Broadway and Hildebrand anymore,” he said. UIW and

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ESPN has an article about the Great West that's worth a read... For Division I independents like Texas-Pan American, memorable basketball moments tend to include long bus rides, 40-point shellackings at power-conference arenas and an annual psychological thud when the season ends in February instead of March. That's why head coach Tom Schuberth tries to schedule as many two-day, four-team mini

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When former Minnesota goaltender Brent Solei was tacking on his first career win last January in a 5-1 victory over now-defunct Wayne State, I assumed I was seeing the beginning of the end for College Hockey America. Already grasping an NCAA rule that allows college conferences to retain an automatic NCAA tourney bid without the necessary field of six teams, the CHA was dealt an apparent death

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The NY Times had an interesting article about Rutgers football and the costs surrounding it. As a UMass alum, it brought back some Title IX nightmares from the past when the university had to cut some very successful sports. It's worth the read. Ever since Rutgers, New Jersey’s largest state university, began its campaign several years ago to become a big-time football power, bad things have

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In another instance of "If you talk about it on the CollegeSportsInfo.com Message Boards, It will Happen", there is a potential change to the Big East being discussed by league officials. When the Big East lost (3) members to the ACC and made it's replacement picks, there were many on this site who thought the most logical fix would be to bring in Army and Navy for football-only. This would allow

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From the Rumor Mill: There is talk around the South that the Atlantic Sun Conference will be adding football. Jacksonville Lipscomb Mercer Kennessaw State East Tennessee State Stetson All of them already have programs or are in the talks about bringing back or adding a football program.

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Joining the Great West today is a sextet of universities — Utah Valley, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas Pan American, Houston Baptist and New Jersey Institute of Technology. Chicago State and Seattle are expected to follow soon into the Great West Conference; Cal State Bakersfield, Longhurst and Savannah State are said to have declined their invitations in hopes of aligning themselves in other

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As mentioned in the CollegeSportsInfo.com post on UTPA & the Great West, there have been recent discussions by the Great West football conference about expanding to all sports. This came to be known with UT-PA seeking a conference home. Now it looks to be official: Action 4 Sports now has a date for an important athletics announcement from the University of Texas-Pan American.The Rio Grande

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In order to keep track of the mad, mad world of college basketball coaching changes for 2008, we'll keep a table updated for you. Updates: Mississippi Valley St.: Sean Woods Takes Job Bryant: Ohio's O'Shea Makes Shocking Move to Bryant Coaching Openings & Potential Candidates SCHOOL OLD COACH POTENTIAL CANDIDATES

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The University of Texas-Pan American is looking west in its decade-long search for conference affiliation. Great West Commissioner Ed Grom said Tuesday he’s been working with UTPA and several other independent schools for six to eight weeks on adding an all-sports division under the umbrella of his conference, which is a five-team Football Championship Subdivision-only league. Such a move would

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As expected, Umass and Penn State will join the CAA for Lacrosse in 2010. They are expected to be the solution for the inevitable losses of Villanova to the Big East and Sacred Heart and Robert Morris to the NEC.

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As we mentioned last week, the Big East is launching lacrosse as a sponsored sport. All 7 schools that participate in the sport will be part of the league. You can also read their official release for the 2010 launch of the sport. With the NEC expecting to sponsor the sport in the next 3-4 years, there will be some serious movement. The CAA will lose Villanova to the Big East and Robert Morris

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There has been some talk of late about the NCAA football attendance requirement and the possibility of current FBS (formerly division I-A) schools being demoted to FCS (formerly I-AA). New Mexico St. is the school currently being discussed. From Las Cruces Sun News: Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Karl Benson said that if New Mexico State University fails to live up to the football

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Last week, we brought up a potential name change in the Gateway conference. Well, it's official. The Gateway is now the Missouri Valley Football Conference

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Some interesting conference changes might be seen in the near future. Most speculation is based on the proposed Big East lacrosse conference which might come into existence in the coming months. Major Shakeup specifics: *Formation of Big East Lacrosse *Formation of NEC Lacrosse *Sacred Heart and Robert Morris go from CAA to NEC. *UMass and Penn State move from ECAC to CAA. *Villanova goes from

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The Ohio Valley Conference may be on the brink of expansion.The conference is poised to add Southern Illinois University Edwardsville as a new member, sources told the Southeast Missourian on Friday.An announcement could come as soon as this week.OVC commissioner Dr. Jon Steinbrecher would not confirm the report, though he did say SIUE has applied for membership, has been visited by OVC

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This Friday, the members of the Gateway Football Conference will meet to discuss a name change to "Missouri Valley Conference" football. With the bulk of the members being in the MVC for all-sports, and the positive reputation of the MVC, the name change would make plenty of sense.

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The Atlantic 10 named Atlantic Coast Conference associate commissioner Bernadette McGlade its new commissioner at a Monday news conference. McGlade replaces Linda Bruno, who decided in December that she would leave following a 13-year run on the job. A number of sources in the A-10 said McGlade has a great handle on the current state of college athletics and will help the conference as it tries

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In case you missed it, it's official: Lamar University football will participate in the Southland Conference in 2011.

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There has been some recent talk about North Alabama and a potential upgrade to Division I. The OVC seems to be the best option right now although the Southland could be an option as well with their strong football program. Read More...

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There is a real possibility of the MAC moving to 14 teams in the very near future. According to college basketball insider Andy Katz of ESPN, the MAC is in discussions to bring in Western Kentucky and Temple for all sports. Read More...

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In sports lingo, they're David and Goliath — one a struggling organization that few fans have heard of, the other a moneymaking machine whose teams vie for championships on national television. Now the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and the National Collegiate Athletic Association, longtime rivals that are the two main governing bodies in college sports, are taking

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