ncaa-conference-realignment Stories - Mountain West Connection
Big East, West Virginia Reach $20 Million Settlement, Boise State Now Has A Choice To Make
So, money can get you out of a contract. I recall Big East commissioner John Marinatto saying that West Virginia would be held to the 27-month timeframe before they could leave the Big East. Well, the Big East and West Virginia reached a settlement that will net the Big East $20 million, according...
Conference Expansion: Big East Is Falling Apart Right Before Our Eyes
The Big East is on the prowl again and is looking to fill out their football conference and the latest name is the Memphis Tigers out of Conference USA. It is being reporting that the Big East and Memphis are in "the final stages of negotiations" to add the Tigers in all sports. This would be for...
Conference Expansion: Louisville, BYU Targeted By Big 12 And How It Could Affect The Mountain West
Expansion is back! Not sure if I am really that excited about talking about this, but it indirectly could affect the Mountain West. Looks like the Big 12 is looking to go after the BYU Cougars and Louisville Cardinals. BYU already spurned the Big 12 a few months ago, but now they and Louisville...
Louisville coach Rick Pitino Refuses to Schedule a Game with Boise State or San Diego State
Louisville coach Rick Pitino said he will never schedule a non-conference game against new Big East football-only members San Diego State and Boise State according to ESPN's Andy Katz. Last month Big East commissioner John Marinatto stated contractually that the Big East would negotiate in good...
Big East may not be Finished with Westward Expansion or the MWC
In his news conference Wednesday, Big East commissioner John Marinatto touched on further expansion in the Big East Conference. He said the Big East has pondered a football conference with 14 or 16 schools. The league initially wanted to expand to 14 or more teams, but the BE Board said in...
Conference Expansion: More On Big East Adding Boise State, San Diego State
Assuming there are no more snags in the process, the Big East will be adding Boise State and San Diego State as football-only members for the 2012 season. CBS' Brett McMurphy broke the story about expansion and also added that Air Force is stil weighing their options and if they decline an offer to...
Conference Expansion: Big East To Invite San Diego State, Boise State As Football-Only Members On Wednesday, According To Report
Looks like the report last night saying that it was just a matter of time before the Big East was going to add Houston, SMU, Central Florida for all sports and Boise State and San Diego State as football-only members is moving forward with an announcement expected to be made on Wednesday. This is...
Conference Realignment: Big East Is Close To Adding Seven Teams, For Reals This Time
The Big East has said for about two months that they plan on expanding the league to 12 teams and there have been multiple reports that have said invites were forthcoming. However no invites have been sent out and now according to the Newark Star-Ledger, the Big East is expected to invite San Diego...
Conference Realignment: Boise State Not Sold On The Big East
It looks like the Boise St. Broncos may not bee so keen on joining the Big East conference.University president Bob Kustra has the power to accept an invitation for Boise State to join another league, but it looks like with the Big East on shaky ground that Kustra is having second thoughts. This...
Conference Expansion: Big East Moving On From BYU, Says Hello To San Diego State
Looks like the demands that the BYU Cougars were implementing were unreasonable, so the Big East is not going to waste their time anymore and are moving on to the San Diego St. Aztecs to be a football-only member. My assumption is that San Diego State will ask where to sign once the invitation is...
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