Post by whitehawk on Dec 21, 2012 16:47:10 GMT -8
Colorado State, New Mexico interested in forming new league
By Dennis Dodd | Senior College Football Columnist
December 21, 2012 5:47 pm ET
Representatives from Colorado State and New Mexico have shown preliminary but informal interest in forming a new conference that would have Boise State and/or BYU as its foundation, CBSSports.com has learned.
It's not clear what other schools would be added, but it's obvious the race is on to establish the most dominant conference below the five power conferences going forward in 2014 (Big Ten, Pac-12, Big 12, ACC, SEC). CBSSports.com reported earlier this week that the Big East had reached out to UNLV and Fresno State to shore up its shaky prospects on the football side.
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Boise State and BYU continue to be the biggest prizes below college football's Mendoza Line. Boise is in a sort of limbo. It left the Mountain West on July 1 but doesn't officially join the Big East until July 1, 2013. If one or both could be coaxed into forming a new league, that might convince the likes of San Diego State, SMU and Houston to come along, a source said.
www.cbssports.com/collegefootball/blog/dennis-dodd/21436444/colorado-new-mexico-trying-to-coax-byu-and-boise-state-into-forming-new-league
