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Texas St. & UT-Arlington to Join the Sun Belt Conference

Apr 30th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment, WAC Expansion & Realignment

Another day, another WAC football school gone. As has been the story for the past week, the WAC will lose yet another football member, Texas St. and will also lose UT-Arlington, a non-football member of the WAC, added just a few months ago. Following what appears to be the trend started by UTSA (to CUSA), Utah [...]



Georgia St. Expected to Join Sun Belt

Apr 3rd, 2012 | By | Category: CAA Expansion & Realignment, Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

The rumors started some time ago, that the Sun Belt had interest in Georgia St. Well, it appears that interest has been formalized int he form of an agreement to invite Georgia St. to join the Sun Belt. Georgia St. is expected to accept and transition to FBS. Upon starting football at Georgia St., upgrading [...]



Conference Realignment: What’s Up Next?

Feb 17th, 2012 | By | 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 [...]



Appalachian St. Committee Recommends FBS Upgrade

Aug 23rd, 2011 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, NCAA Division Upgrades, SoCon Expansion & Realignment, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

A report out of Winston-Salem is citing sources who claim that the Appalachian St. committee voted on Monday to recommend to ASU Chancellor Ken Peacock, that the school upgrade to FBS football. Appalachian St. has been the subject of many FBS upgrade rumors over the past decade due to it’s success at the FCS level [...]



Sun Belt Considers Expansion, 11th Football School

Apr 7th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Conference Expansion & Realignment, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

Things have settled from the movement last year with the Pac-12, Big Ten, Big 12, Mountain West and WAC. But there are still some aftershocks. The Big East is expected to add a 10th football school (Villanova tops the list, a CUSA school are the likely 2nd option). The MAC is considering adding FCS upgrade [...]



UALR Reveals Sunbelt Contingency Plan is the Summit League

Mar 23rd, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

In a recent interview, Arkasas-Little Rock AD Chris Peterson revealed that UALR has had discussions with the Summit League about joining should they leave the Sunbelt. Peterson said that the Trojans have had talks with the conference about potential membership given that the Sun Belt has toyed with the idea of wanting every member to [...]



New Orleans To Leave Sunbelt

Jan 20th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

The school will leave the Sunbelt Conference in Division 1 and head to D3. May 15 is the deadline to submit the D3 application and the LSU Board of Supervisors voted 11-1 on the move. It’s a sound move by the school. It makes you wonder is schools like New Orleans had been in more [...]



New Orleans Considers D3 Downgrade

Nov 13th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

The University of New Orleans announced it is exploring reclassification from Division I to Division III, effective with the 2010-11 academic year. The school cited budgetary concerns as its primary reason for considering the switch and committed to a decision by May 15, 2010. “We had to reduce funding for athletics in the previous round [...]



UNO Sports Reprieve

May 7th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

What a difference a few days makes for the UNO athletic department. Last week, a student vote to increase athletic fees failed, and UNO athletes, coaches and staff were told that athletic programs were in jeopardy. But UNO administrators told the same group Wednesday that, thanks to the pledged support of the local business community, [...]



Will SBC lose UNO?

Feb 17th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

CollegeSportsInfo.com Forums • View topic – Will SBC lose UNO?: From Freaked….“Looks like UNO will be severely cutting its budget for FY10 with legislative negotiations starting in late April.The UNO chancellor promises that the athletic department will be self sufficient but with BB attendance of less than 1,000 per game and no FB revenue it [...]



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