Breaking News from

the Mountain West &

Conference USA

MWC & C-USA Meeting from Sunday: “Universities involved in the discussions were the United States Air Force Academy,University of Alabama at Birmingham, Colorado State University, East Carolina University, Fresno State, University of Hawaii, Marshall University, University of Nevada, Reno, University of New Mexico, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Rice University, University of Southern Mississippi, University of Texas at El Paso, Tulane University, The University of Tulsa and University of Wyoming. With the exception of Hawai’i as a football-only member, the participation would involve all sports. The structure of the new conference will likely include:

• Membership of 18 to 24 universities
• National scope from the Atlantic Seaboard to Hawaii
• Championship football game format that includes semifinal match-ups
• Championship basketball tournament
• Regular season scheduling in divisions
• NCAA FBS affiliation
• Mechanisms to emphasize and improve academic standards and fiscal responsibility”

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Dennis Dodd CBSSports.com said the Mountain West and Conference USA will Form the new Conference for 2013-2014 season. This is a picture that I found that kind of shows what the conference could look like division wise. What do you all think about this deal?

There are some more teams that have been added since this list was created. Did SDSU make a good deal leaving the MWC. I will post a bigger write up on this later today when I have time.

I am going to post a Poll right now on the main page:

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