Mountain West

Despite expansion rumors, do not expect the Mountain West Conference to grow to 16 teams or UTEP to leave Conference USA any time soon.

UTEP finalized the deal and hired Fresno State’s Rodney Terry to become the 19th head coach in program history Monday. He will be officially hired, pending an approval by the UT System Board of Regents, and will host his introductory press conference tomorrow afternoon...

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.

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?

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...

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.

"...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..."

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.

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.

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 reputati