Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

Sunbelt future: UNO athletics among possible cuts in 2009

Feb 16th, 2009 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

“UNO Chancellor Tim Ryan said Monday state budget cuts for the 2009-2010 fiscal year might force the university to consider eliminating athletics, among other reductions. In a letter to LSU System President John Lombardi dated Dec. 16, Ryan said cutting athletics was a possibility for the 2009-10 school year. Ryan’s letter also outlined $5.4 million [...]

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Georgia Southern and the Sunbelt: What Would it Take?

Feb 16th, 2009 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

An older blog article from January, but worth a read:“As many of you know, I’m all for Georgia Southern stepping up into the FBS division in football IF we can realistically afford to do it, and IF Sun Belt Conference will accept us as a full member. Regardless of what you think, we don’t have [...]

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South Alabama Approves Football Move

Nov 29th, 2007 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

“In a recent meeting with SGA President Jennifer Edwards, University of South Alabama President Gordon Moulton has “officially reopened the question of NCAA Football at South Alabama,” according to Edwards. Plans are still in a exploratory phase, as some of the details for a concrete proposal are still being worked out, such as negotiating agreeable [...]

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WKU to Upgrade to I-A Football

Nov 2nd, 2006 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

Western Kentucky University’s board of regents voted overwhelmingly Thursday afternoon to approve an upgrade of its football program to NCAA Division I-A. At a regularly scheduled meeting at its regional campus at the Owensboro Community & Technical College, the board vote 7-2 in favor with one abstention. The dissenting votes came from faculty regent Robert [...]

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Sunbelt Eyes 9th Football team

Jul 26th, 2006 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

Troy University head coach Larry Blakeney mentioned at the Sun Belt Conference football media days gathering this week that he hoped the league would bring another team into the conference, giving it nine Division I-A-playing teams, which would give each team eight league games per year. Commissioner Wright Waters admitted nine would be “the perfect [...]

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Sunbelt Conference Expansion Rumblings

Oct 19th, 2005 | By Matt Peloquin | Category: Featured News, Sun Belt Expansion & Realignment

The Sunbelt Conference, the unfortunate bottom-rung of the I-A conference realignment totem pole, has been adding teams over the past 2 years in an attempt to create I-A stability. Florida Atlantic and Florida International have made the leap to I-A football and the Sunbelt, but it seems the Sunbelt is still looking to add more [...]

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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 [...]