TopFrog
Lifelong Frog
The Biloxi Sun Herald: C-USA keeps talking merger
By AL JONES - afjones@sunherald.com
HATTIESBURG -- The talk of a super conference merger between Conference USA and the Mountain West began surfacing a few weeks ago.
The two sides met again last week in Dallas and the once unthinkable is a step closer to becoming a reality.
“We are moving forward with the idea and working with the Mountain West,” Southern Miss athletic director Richard Giannini said. “It could happen. We had a very, very positive discussion with their athletic directors last week in Dallas.
“I came away very encouraged. Both leagues will be pro-active to get it done. I think we will have success (as a super conference) and I think it will happen. We, as a league, began talking a little more than a year ago and we met again a few weeks ago. It’s been in the hopper for a while, but now we are moving forward.” ...
By AL JONES - afjones@sunherald.com
HATTIESBURG -- The talk of a super conference merger between Conference USA and the Mountain West began surfacing a few weeks ago.
The two sides met again last week in Dallas and the once unthinkable is a step closer to becoming a reality.
“We are moving forward with the idea and working with the Mountain West,” Southern Miss athletic director Richard Giannini said. “It could happen. We had a very, very positive discussion with their athletic directors last week in Dallas.
“I came away very encouraged. Both leagues will be pro-active to get it done. I think we will have success (as a super conference) and I think it will happen. We, as a league, began talking a little more than a year ago and we met again a few weeks ago. It’s been in the hopper for a while, but now we are moving forward.” ...
