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02-13-2012, 04:05 PM
C-USA and Mountain West dissolving to form new league (CBSSports.com)
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C-USA, MWC dissolving to form new league
by Brett McMurphy, CBSSports.com
The institutions from Conference USA and the Mountain West are dissolving both leagues to create their own conference, college football industry sources told CBSSports.com.
The new conference will start in the 2013-14 academic year. Conference USA and the Mountain West would continue as is for the 2012-13 season.
The reason that the institutions are dissolving and forming their own league and not just merging is for legal reasons, sources said.
The new league -- which is yet to be named -- is expected to consist of:
From C-USA
Alabama-Birmingham
East Carolina
Marshall
Rice
Southern Mississippi
Texas-El Paso
Tulane
Tulsa
From MWC
Air Force
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawaii
Nevada
New Mexico
UNLV
Wyoming
Hawaii would be a football-only member, making a 15-team all-sports conference and a 16-team football conference.
Temple also is a possibility as the school was contacted by Conference USA, sources told CBSSports.com, when the Big East last week opted to invite Memphis instead of Temple.
CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd first reported last month about the possibility of the leagues dissolving and forming their own league.
Both leagues have suffered significant losses. BYU went independent last season, while TCU is leaving for the Big 12 and Boise State and San Diego State is leaving for the Big East, with Boise State possibly joining the Big East this summer. C-USA also lost Houston, Central Florida, Southern Methodist and Memphis to the Big East, starting in 2013.
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C-USA, MWC dissolving to form new league
by Brett McMurphy, CBSSports.com
The institutions from Conference USA and the Mountain West are dissolving both leagues to create their own conference, college football industry sources told CBSSports.com.
The new conference will start in the 2013-14 academic year. Conference USA and the Mountain West would continue as is for the 2012-13 season.
The reason that the institutions are dissolving and forming their own league and not just merging is for legal reasons, sources said.
The new league -- which is yet to be named -- is expected to consist of:
From C-USA
Alabama-Birmingham
East Carolina
Marshall
Rice
Southern Mississippi
Texas-El Paso
Tulane
Tulsa
From MWC
Air Force
Colorado State
Fresno State
Hawaii
Nevada
New Mexico
UNLV
Wyoming
Hawaii would be a football-only member, making a 15-team all-sports conference and a 16-team football conference.
Temple also is a possibility as the school was contacted by Conference USA, sources told CBSSports.com, when the Big East last week opted to invite Memphis instead of Temple.
CBSSports.com's Dennis Dodd first reported last month about the possibility of the leagues dissolving and forming their own league.
Both leagues have suffered significant losses. BYU went independent last season, while TCU is leaving for the Big 12 and Boise State and San Diego State is leaving for the Big East, with Boise State possibly joining the Big East this summer. C-USA also lost Houston, Central Florida, Southern Methodist and Memphis to the Big East, starting in 2013.