Conference USA Expansion & Realignment

Big East: “When is Enough, Enough?” and How CUSA Can Help

Oct 12th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Big East Expansion & Realignment, Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Editorial, Featured News

The Big East continues to search for it’s new path. They have turned over every rock and on each street pole in Providence all the way into New Jersey, you can see the flyers the Big East has posted reading “LOST: BCS Caliber Football Schools”. And with all the the options (or lack there of) [...]

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Conference Rumors

Feb 14th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: CAA Expansion & Realignment, Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Editorial

There’s been a number of rumors floating around of late to share: Charlotte to CAA (football only) & App St. to CUSA. Note, that these are just rumors. But I’ve heard them and have now seen multiple sites discuss them as well. So here’s the breakdown: Charlotte & CAA Football: The CAA is in an [...]

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Temple to Conference USA?

Aug 23rd, 2010 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News

That’s the rumor du jour. According to reports, Temple and another school will join CUSA for the 2011 season. Tom Dienhart of Rivals.com reported it today, as did a Tulane blog over a week ago. What makes this rumor tough to believe right now is that TCU is the other school to be included. Which [...]

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Mountain West & CUSA Proposed “Championship Game”

Aug 20th, 2010 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment

As the rumors continue to spin about a proposed CUSA/MWC merger to 23 schools, there’s been more clarity that instead of this drastic option, that something else could be in the works. Reports say CUSA and Mountain West officials have met to discuss the idea of having the conference football champions meet in a championship [...]

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CUSA & Mountain West Merger Chatter

Aug 20th, 2010 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment

All eyes have been on the recent WAC/BYU/MWC shifts that had the WAC ready to add BYU for non-football sports which would have potentially caused Boise St. to stop it’s move from the WAC to the MWC. Utah St. went as far as to reject a MWC invite thinking the 8 WAC schools would remain [...]

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More CUSA Realignment Talk

Aug 1st, 2007 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News

Listen to the interview (mp3): Terry Holland, athletic director at East Carolina, speaks on the future of Conference USA in this radio interview: East Carolina fans will NEVER be able to relate to the Western Division of Conference USA. A 12-team league is dangerous because it takes away from the traditional rivalries. ECU would like [...]

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St. Louis & MVC Rumblings

Mar 7th, 2007 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Missouri Valley Expansion & Realignment

Not anything concrete, but Bryan Burwell of the St. Louis Post Dispatch wrote an article lobbying St. Louis to leave the Atlantic 10 and join the Missouri Valley Conference…the league St. Louis passed over just a few years ago. Some things do seem like a genuinely good idea at the time. Things like that second [...]

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A Look Back at Conference Realignment 2003

A Look Back at Conference Realignment 2003 -1/21/04 In the fall of 1999, this site, a unique meeting place for those interested in the topic of NCAA conference realignment was formed for fans from across the country to discuss the potential scenarios of conference realignment. Without any bells and whistles, without even a website domain [...]

The Conference Realignment & Expansion Chronicles

The Conference Realignment & Expansion Chronicles -5/12/03 -by Matthew Peloquin Over the past few weeks every major publication has included their predictions as to how the recent conference expansion rumors will play out. For the past 3 years, we’ve all participated on the Conference Realignment and Expansion Forum, making it the most popular and regularly [...]