600 ESPN EL PASO » Mountain West http://krod.com ESPN and 600 ESPN El Paso, the leaders in sports in El Paso and the world! Fri, 24 May 2013 20:44:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Uncovered MWC Memo Asks, So We Will Too: Should NCAA Be Discarded? [POLL] http://krod.com/uncovered-mwc-memo-asks-so-we-will-too-should-ncaa-be-discarded-poll/ http://krod.com/uncovered-mwc-memo-asks-so-we-will-too-should-ncaa-be-discarded-poll/#comments Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:55:49 +0000 Duke Keith http://krod.com/?p=107208 The story broke this morning -- school presidents in the the Mountain West Conference are circulating a memo questioning the leadership of the NCAA and asking each other if they should reshape the leadership or do something else entirely. So we'll ask you, too, in our poll below.

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]]> http://krod.com/uncovered-mwc-memo-asks-so-we-will-too-should-ncaa-be-discarded-poll/feed/ 0 Nick Juhasz/Wikimedia Commons Can UTEP Afford To Leave C-USA For The Mountain West? http://krod.com/can-utep-afford-to-leave-c-usa-for-the-mountain-west/ http://krod.com/can-utep-afford-to-leave-c-usa-for-the-mountain-west/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:49:35 +0000 Steve Kaplowitz http://krod.com/?p=97068 There is a lot of talk that UTEP could be poised to join the Mountain West Conference in the coming weeks. The big question is how much would it cost UTEP to leave C-USA and join the MWC?

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]]> http://krod.com/can-utep-afford-to-leave-c-usa-for-the-mountain-west/feed/ 0 'On The Sidelines' Podcast 02/13/12 [AUDIO] http://krod.com/on-the-sidelines-podcast-021312-audio/ http://krod.com/on-the-sidelines-podcast-021312-audio/#comments Tue, 14 Feb 2012 03:36:15 +0000 Chad Middleton http://krod.com/?p=33329 After a fantastic sports weekend, On The Sidelines returns!

Show topics include: Phil Mickelson saves my hair, C-USA and the Mountain West to "associate" with one another, #UTEPWBB are now 31st in the nation and Kentucky will televise practice tomorrow

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]]> http://krod.com/on-the-sidelines-podcast-021312-audio/feed/ 0 Photo by: Johnnie Walker The Merger Between C-USA and The Mountain West http://krod.com/the-merger-between-c-usa-and-the-mountain-west/ http://krod.com/the-merger-between-c-usa-and-the-mountain-west/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:21:22 +0000 Steve Kaplowitz http://krod.com/?p=33269 Earlier, today it was announced that the Mountain West Conference and C-USA would combine to form one super league beginning in the 2013-2014 season.

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]]> http://krod.com/the-merger-between-c-usa-and-the-mountain-west/feed/ 0 Courtesy of examiner.com Conference Expansion & UTEP: Doesn't Matter in the Big LEast [OPINION] http://krod.com/conference-expansion-utep-doesnt-matter-in-the-big-least-opinion/ http://krod.com/conference-expansion-utep-doesnt-matter-in-the-big-least-opinion/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:45:38 +0000 Duke Keith http://krod.com/?p=23221 "...SMU is Big East-bound, and it can crow to its heart's content that it has a program to match TCU's. You can read all about it on page 12 of the Dallas Morning-News sports section, right above the ads for topless bars..."

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]]> http://krod.com/conference-expansion-utep-doesnt-matter-in-the-big-least-opinion/feed/ 0 Conference USA and the Mountain West Had a Great Idea. Too Bad They Told the Big East. [VIDEO] http://krod.com/conference-usa-and-the-mountain-west-had-a-great-idea-to-bad-they-told-the-big-east-video/ http://krod.com/conference-usa-and-the-mountain-west-had-a-great-idea-to-bad-they-told-the-big-east-video/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:18:09 +0000 Duke Keith http://krod.com/?p=22060 Conference USA and the Mountain West had a great idea -- get together and form a nationwide football-only super-conference that was sure to get an automatic BCS bid for its champion and good TV money.

Only problem was, they talked to the Big East about it.

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]]> http://krod.com/conference-usa-and-the-mountain-west-had-a-great-idea-to-bad-they-told-the-big-east-video/feed/ 0 Love it or Hate it, C-USA and the Mountain West are Merging http://krod.com/love-it-or-hate-it-c-usa-and-the-mountain-west-are-merging/ http://krod.com/love-it-or-hate-it-c-usa-and-the-mountain-west-are-merging/#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 18:34:10 +0000 Brandon Cohn http://krod.com/?p=14253 It is official, C-USA and the Mountain West Conferences have agreed to create a 22 team football only league which will begin play next season.  This  move was inevitable considering all of the teams that have left their respective conferences the past couple of seasons in college football.

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]]> http://krod.com/love-it-or-hate-it-c-usa-and-the-mountain-west-are-merging/feed/ 0 Conference USA Boise State Will Never Play for a National Championship http://krod.com/boise-state-will-never-play-for-a-national-championship/ http://krod.com/boise-state-will-never-play-for-a-national-championship/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 00:45:41 +0000 Brandon Cohn http://krod.com/?p=11596 Everyone loves an underdog, it is human nature to root for them.  Boise State has long been the darlings of college football, proving that you don't have to be a member of a mega conference to compete with college football's elite teams.  Most feel that mid majors are not nearly as good as the top dogs in college football simply because they don't have the facilities, financial means, and reputation to recruit the top talent in the country. 

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