Conference Realignment

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REPORT: Former Big East Is Renamed American Athletic Conference

ESPN.com’s Brett McMurphy reports that the former Big East is renamed American Athletic Conference, or AAC. American Athletic Conference is new name for former Big East, sources told @espn —…Read More

ESPN Reports Boise State to Remain in Mountain West

ESPN.com’s Brett McMurphy reports that Boise State will not move to the Big East Conference in 2013, instead remaining in the Mountain West. Speculation Boise State would remain with the Mountain…Read More

Stony Brook, Albany Football Move To CAA

Conference realignment sends ripples throughout the football landscape, and this week the aftershocks were felt in the Championship Subdivision. Stony Brook and Albany accepted invites to join the Colonial…Read More

Report: Glimmer of Hope for WAC Comes From FCS East Coast, 2014

Updated, 2:31 p.m. PT: Mark Selig of Dukes of JMU reports via Twitter that WAC interim commissioner Jeff Hurd denies the veracity of a possible James Madison-WAC partnership. WAC interim commissioner Jeff…Read More

Syracuse and Big East Agree on 2013 Orange Departure to ACC

The Syracuse athletic department issued a press release on Monday morning announcing the approval of its split from the Big East Conference in 2013, without the two parties having to enter into court proceedings.…Read More

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Notre Dame Orange Bowl Talk; Sun Belt Commissioner’s Super Conference

TigerIllustrated.com’s report on Sunday night that Notre Dame officials were meeting with ACC presidents…Read More

Notre Dame Lands Alex Anzalone, Irish-ACC Rumors Floated

Mass was not the only thing on the docket for America’s most renowned Catholic institution this…Read More

College Football Playoff Leaves Cinderella Out of the Ball

College football’s coming playoff promises an undisputed national champion — theoretically,…Read More

With Boise State In Tow, Big East Should Turn Attention to BYU

Boise State made like a procrastinating undergrad with its Mountain West departure and held out to the…Read More

Boise State Officially Joins The Big East, Leaves Mountain West

Edited, 8:49 p.m. PT Las Vegas Review Journal is reporting that BSU has sent its letter of resignation…Read More

Conference Realignment Q&A With Greg Swaim

Greg Swaim is among the leading voices discussing conference realignment on the college football landscape.…Read More

Notre Dame – Big 12 Conference Partnership Rumors A Familiar Plot

Leprechaun is a fitting mascot for Notre Dame football, because the storied program is the pot of gold…Read More

Colonial Athletic Association Declares Old Dominion, Georgia State Ineligible for League Title

Old Dominion and Georgia State are moving from the Championship Subdivision to Conference USA and the…Read More

Dabo Swinney Re-Ups with Clemson, Calls Big 12 Move ‘Worst Thing We Could Do’

Much of the Clemson and Florida State to the Big 12 Conference talk came unsourced, and those willing…Read More

Florida State Board of Trustees Meeting Thursday, Friday: Big 12 Expansion Talk Looming?

Florida State’s Board of Trustees are meeting today and Friday, and ChuckOliver.net’s Ingram…Read More

DeLoss Dodds, Texas Steering Big 12 Expansion?

The fate of conference realignment lies not in any one athletic department’s hands — more…Read More

Flashback Friday: Conference Moves of Yesteryear

The conference realignment occurring presently is causing mass hysteria around college football. The…Read More

New Mexico State, Idaho Face Uncertain Futures Without Sun Belt Invites

Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson confirmed on Wednesday that the conference would not extend invites…Read More

Positives & Negatives of Growing Media on College Football: Recruiting Tools vs. Conference Expansion

College football first began molding into the widely followed entity it is today because of media types…Read More

Will Notre Dame Football Ever Need A Conference?

The latest on possible Big 12 expansion per CBSsports.com’s Brett McMurphy pertains to the Holy…Read More