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Penn St. Set to Start D1 Hockey – Big Ten Hockey Conference Coming

Sep 13th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades

It appears that Penn St. is set to upgrade it’s club hockey team to a full Division 1 program. It might not be the most groundbreaking news for college sports fans, but the implications are quite big. In sponsoring hockey, there will now be (6) Big Ten schools sponsoring hockey: Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Michigan St., [...]



No Colorado Announcement Coming Wednesday

Jun 8th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News

Update (6/8/10):  Looks like nothing came out of the meeting today at Colorado. Instead, they simply discussed their options since they did NOT receive an invitation from the Pac-10, which had been rumored to have happened today. Nothing is set in stone, but based on a meeting that took place today at Colorado, the school [...]



Louisiana Budget Scenario – Closing 8 of 14 Universities Discussed

May 15th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA News

In what is certainly a “worst case scenario”, Louisiana education officials discussed ways to combat the current budget problems. One long-shot scenario discussed included closing down 8 of the current 14 public universities. The schools mentioned would include: Nicholls State University, McNeese State University, Southern University at New Orleans, LSU at Alexandria, LSU at Shreveport, [...]



North Dakota Board Retires Fighting Sioux Nickname

Apr 9th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, Summit League Expansion & Realignment

Sad day for Sioux fans. But a Summit League invite will be the reward. All (4) Dakota schools will soon be in the same conference thanks to this move. The Summit League has stated that they would not invite North Dakota until the nickname issue was resolved, something that took 4 years. There hasn’t been [...]



Savannah St. To Join MEAC

Mar 10th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News

It’s been a long time coming for Savannah St. After years without a home, they finally have gotten into the MEAC. From the MEAC: “The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) announced today that Savannah State University has been extended provisional membership to the MEAC beginning July 1, 2010, as voted on by the conference’s Council of [...]



Notre Dame Reconsiders Stance on Football Independence

Mar 9th, 2010 | By | Category: Big Ten Expansion & Realignment, Featured News

Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick says the possible expansion of the Big Ten could create changes in major college football that force the Fighting Irish to give up their football independence. The Big Ten and Pac-10 have both said they are exploring the possibility of adding schools. Swarbrick says that looming realignment changes could [...]



Ole Miss Mascot: From Colonel Reb to Admiral Ackbar?

Feb 26th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News

Tuesday, the students voted in favor of a new mascot & the favorite is Admiral Ackbar. No, really. When the Ole Miss administration voted to chuck Colonel Reb as the school’s official mascot in 2003, chances are they didn’t have Admiral Ackbar in mind as a replacement.However, it appears that long after concluding his illustrious [...]



Stetson University Considers Football

Feb 19th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades

Stetson is currently a member of the Atlantic Sun conference and would look to join the Pioneer Football League, a non-scholarship league. A-Sun member Jacksonville is also a member and Mercer has expressed some football interest. If Stetson and another southeast school like Mercer were to join the Pioneer, you could potentially see (2) divisions [...]



UTSA Considers Fast Froward to FBS Football

Jan 31st, 2010 | By | Category: Featured News, NCAA Division Upgrades

Texas – San Antonio had been expected to participate in the Southland in FCS football. But new developments indicate that they instead plan to start FCS football in 2011 and then move to FBS as an independent in 2015. This would mean UTSA would be one of the only FBS football schools outside a conference [...]



Majerus, St. Louis Not Happy in A10

Jan 22nd, 2010 | By | Category: Atlantic 10 Expansion & Realignment, Featured News

My take is simple: if you have problems with your administration, don’t use the media…keep it behind the scenes. You can bet that Majerus would not be complaining about “east coast airports” if St. Louis were in the Big East instead of Marquette. The Billikens would still have to fly to 12 east coast cities [...]



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