Mountain West Expansion & Realignment

Should Boise St. Stay (in MWC) or Go (to Big East)?

I’ve started to change my position on Boise St. recently. I’m now starting to think that there is some validity to them remaining in the MWC. So it was refreshing to hear that Boise St. has been having the same thoughts and that I’m not a crazy person thinking that Boise St. might be better [...]

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Utah St. & San Jose St. to Join Mountain West

Apr 29th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, WAC Expansion & Realignment

Utah St. has come close to joining the Mountain West conference twice before. San Jose St. came close once in the past as well. But finally, both schools appear to joining the Mountain West in as close to a “done deal” as can be for now. The move will bring the Mountain West total [...]

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CUSA to add UTSA & Others

Apr 28th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

Once a idea of a full merger between Conference USA and the Mountain West was put aside in order to preserve NCAA tournament revenues, bids, and conference exit fees, and an economic or even football alliance was favored, it was clear that both CUSA and the Mountain West would need to pull the trigger on [...]

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Breaking Down the CUSA & MWC Discussions

Apr 18th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

If you’ve been following the developments between Conference USA and Mountain West on this site and other sources, it’s easy to be confused. At first, there was a bold statement about the two conferences formally deciding to work together to form some sort of conference alliance or merger. And the idea made sense: since both [...]

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CUSA/Mountain All-Sports Merger on Hold

Mar 26th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

It appeared that a Conference USA and Mountain West merger would come in just a matter of time. Now, it appears to be dead. As it stands, the original plan (to dissolve both conferences and form something new) is off the table. What remains are two options: 1) Remain as 2 separate conferences with a [...]

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Conference Realignment: What’s Up Next?

Feb 17th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: ACC Expansion & Realignment, Big 12 Expansion & Realignment, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, College Sports Television News, Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Editorial, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, SEC Expansion & Realignment, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment, WAC Expansion & Realignment

The Recap: So the ACC struck first by adding Syracuse and Pittsburgh from the Big East. The SEC followed by adding Texas A&M and Missouri from the Big 12. The Big 12 then added TCU and WVU. And things seemed normal. Patterns remained intact. And we waited for the next, seemingly logical move. And then [...]

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CUSA & Mountain West to Form New Conference

Feb 8th, 2012 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

Update: It is official. CUSA and the Mountain West will both fold their conferences and merge under a yet to be named conference name. Member ship could still grow with schools such as Temple, Utah St., San Jose St. and others as potential candidates. With Memphis no longer in the mix as they head for [...]

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Air Force Passes on Big East

Dec 8th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

With the 3 CUSA schools headed to the Big East, along with Boise St. and SDSU from the west, it seemed like there would be enough stability to entice Air Force into joining the Big East for football only. Yet despite the loss of two Mountain West schools, Air Force has officially opted to remain [...]

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Big East To Add 5: SMU, UCF, Houston (All-Sports) & Boise St., SDSU (football-only)

Dec 6th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Big East Expansion & Realignment, Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

After months of determining the best expansion plan for the remaining 5 Big East football schools…and months of negotiations, the Big East is finally set to expand. The plan will be to add Houston, SMU and UCF from CUSA for all-sports, bringing that total to 16. Boise St. and San Diego St. will join for [...]

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CUSA & Mountain West Football Partnership Official

Oct 15th, 2011 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Conference USA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, Mountain West Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment

This has been in the works for sometime now, and it’s finally a go: welcome your first “super” (in volume of schools) “conference”. Over the past year, the Mountain West and CUSA have toyed with the idea of some sort of union. The idea first gained legs when Utah left for the Pac-10 and the [...]

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