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Report: WAC to Invite UTSA, Texas St., Seattle & Denver within 30 Days

Oct 29th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, WAC Expansion & Realignment

If it holds, it will be a happy day in Seattle and at the three other schools as invitations are expected to be issued within 30 days. It appears that Montana will be left out of the first round of WAC expansion. Tyler Mayforth of the San Marcos Daily Record is reporting that the two [...]



What the Future Holds for the Summit League

Oct 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Editorial, Featured News, Summit League Expansion & Realignment

Over the past decade, the Summit League received a much needed boost to it’s profile. As the Mid-Continent conference and then re-branded as the “Summit League”, the conference grew from being just a wayward home for new Division 1 upgrades, to a conference with a better defined regional footprint. And the individual schools that made [...]



More Potential Big Sky Developments, SUU Announcement?

Oct 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Big Sky Expansion & Realignment, Featured News

There’s been some chatter of talks involving the Big Sky and North Dakota, South Dakota and Southern Utah. And while UND is also speaking with the Summit League, there is now talk that perhaps as soon as Wednesday, the Big Sky could be making a move involving Southern Utah.  At the SUU Monday Coaches Luncheon, [...]



Big Sky Expansion Rumor: Southern Utah, South Dakota, North Dakota

Oct 23rd, 2010 | By | Category: Big Sky Expansion & Realignment, Featured News

There’s been some chatter this week that the Big Sky could be expanding as soon as next week. At this time, this is completely unconfirmed. The specifics of the type of membership is unknown as well. Southern Utah has long sought full membership in the Big Sky, to align themselves with nearby schools NAU and [...]



Pac-12 Division Alignment

Oct 20th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, Pac-12 Expansion & Realignment

Many eyes have been on the Pac-12 divisional future. And it’s clear: it’s all about the money. Barring any last second lobbying, it looks like we’ll have a North-South split…and a California split: North: Washington, Washington St., Oregon, Oregon St., California, StanfordSouth: Colorado, Utah, UCLA, USC, Arizona, Arizona St. At stake will be a future [...]



Southland Conference Expansion…Time to Consider Some Options

Sep 30th, 2010 | By | Category: Editorial, Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades, Southland Expansion & Realignment

The Southland Conference, an FCS football conference, has known for sometime that their membership numbers might be shrinking. For a decade, Texas St. has been public about their desire to upgrade to FBS football. UTSA, a school without football much of this decade has plans to go from having no football program to being FBS [...]



What’s Next for the WAC?

Sep 30th, 2010 | By | Category: Editorial, Featured News, WAC Expansion & Realignment

This past Tuesday, the WAC got to have it’s taste (albeit a small one) of conference realignment power. During this past round of conference expansion between the Big Ten, Pac-10, Big 12 and MWC…it was the WAC at the bottom of the pecking order. And the result was 1/3 of the league leaving. Remaining is [...]



UTSA, Texas St, Denver & Others to Make Formal WAC Presentations on 9/28

Sep 21st, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, WAC Expansion & Realignment

UPDATE: 10 schools interested in WAC:Confirmed: UTSA, Texas St., Denver, SeattleMultiple Sources: Montana & Lamar to give formal presentations. That would be 6 of the total 10 schools. There have already been informal discussions between the WAC and some prospective new members such as UTSA. But the formal process will begin on September 28th. UTSA and Texas [...]



Why Villanova Needs to Upgrade & Join Big East

Sep 16th, 2010 | By | Category: American Athletic Conference Expansion & Realignment, Big East Expansion & Realignment, Editorial, Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades

If you haven’t heard the rumblings of late, the Big East has reached out to FCS football school, Villanova, about joining the conference as it’s 9th member. Villanova has no stadium capable of FBS level football. They could pay to lease out the new Philadelphia MLS stadium in the city that seats 18,500, and pay [...]



Big South Expansion Options: Kennesaw St. Adds Football, Longwood Knocking on the Door

Sep 16th, 2010 | By | Category: Big South Expansion & Realignment, Featured News

While Longwood University might be interested in joining the Big South, the Big South might set it’s eyes on another school. Photo by BRANT SANDERLIN, BSANDERLIN@AJC.COM  Kennesaw St. has announced plans to add FCS football, starting in 2014. The addition of football will surely put the school on the Big South’s radar. The move to add [...]



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