NCAA Conference Realignment

Boise State cleared to join Big East Published: Thu, Nov 3, 2011 BOISE, Idaho — The Idaho State Board of Education has given Boise State permission to pursue membership with the Big East Conference, a move that would mean more revenue and give the Broncos a clear path to the Bowl Championship Series. The board voted 7-1 Thursday to give university President Bob Kustra the... Read More

Berry Tramel: How Notre Dame could help out the Big 12 Published: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 Conference realignment: Getting the Irish to agree to full membership in all sports but football, and a potential scheduling alliance on the gridiron, could save Conference Chaos. Read More

Report: West Virginia close to joining Big 12 Conference Published: Tue, Oct 25, 2011 CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT — West Virginia is close to leaving the Big East for the Big 12 Conference, according to the New York Times. Read More

For football's sake, Missouri better think about this SEC thing Updated: Thu, Oct 20, 2011 BY BERRY TRAMEL Missouri still seems headed for the Southeastern Conference, despite nothing coming out of the Mizzou board of curators meeting Thursday. Can't really blame Missouri if they go. Even if you subscribe to the theory that Mizzou started this mess by lifting its skirt and sticking out its thumb at the... Read More

OSU basketball coach Travis Ford excited about Big 12 expansion options Published: Sat, Oct 8, 2011 STILLWATER — Coach Travis Ford is glad Oklahoma State didn't join the Pac-12, and he is getting fired up about what the Big 12 could become if it decides to keep expanding. “You start hearing some of the possibilities, whether it be a Louisville, West Virginia, Cincinnati — those are some of the teams I... Read More