SoCon Expansion & Realignment

OVC and SoCon Swap Expansion Options

Sep 12th, 2006 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, OVC Expansion & Realignment, SoCon Expansion & Realignment

The courtship of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has ended. UTC is staying put in the Southern Conference after rejecting the advances of Ohio Valley Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher. How did this ill-fated romance begin? “I called the chancellor and inquired if they would be open to looking at alternatives,” Steinbrecher said. “Chattanooga has [...]

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UTC to Remain in SoCon

Sep 6th, 2006 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, OVC Expansion & Realignment, SoCon Expansion & Realignment

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga chancellor Roger Brown said Tuesday that the school’s athletic department has turned down inquiries from the Ohio Valley Conference and will remain in the Southern Conference. UTC has been in the SoCon since moving up to NCAA Division I athletics in 1977, but Dr. Brown and several school administrators and [...]

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OVC Considers Adding UT-Chattanooga

Jun 21st, 2006 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, OVC Expansion & Realignment, SoCon Expansion & Realignment

The Ohio Valley Conference has inquired about pulling the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga from the Southern Conference, and UTC chancellor Roger Brown said Tuesday the school is interested in exploring the possibility. Brown said incoming athletic director Rick Hart has been notified of the talks and will address the issue as quickly as possible [...]

SoCon Commish Thinks Expansion

Jun 2nd, 2006 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, SoCon Expansion & Realignment

John Iamarino, who became the commissioner of the Southern Conference on Jan. 30, took in the league’s basketball tournament last weekend. He’ll take to the road next, completing campus visits and meeting with presidents and athletics directors of member schools. Iamarino, who was commissioner of the Northeast Conference for nine years before taking the SoCon [...]

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Coastal Carolina and the Southern Conference

Oct 31st, 2005 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Big South Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, SoCon Expansion & Realignment

In yesterday’s column, Terry Massey wrote about Coastal Carolina and it’s hopes for a Southern Conference invitation. “It was two years ago the last time VMI visted Coastal Carolina, which is an eternity for a third-year football program, especially one that has come as far as the CCU’s in such a short period of time.” [...]

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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 [...]