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FWST: TCU creates ripples from West to East
By David Thomas
dthomas@ star-telegram.com
The college landscape is changing again. TCU has moved from west to east.Not physically, of course. But TCU probably would have attempted that to get into a conference with an automatic berth into the BCS network of bowl games.
That won't be necessary, however, because of Monday's announcement that the Horned Frogs are leaving the Mountain West for the Big East
It is yet another change in the college football conferences as we keep trying to know them.
These changes are significant because in those college football video games that let you build up a player's abilities based on how you do on trivia tests, knowing which school is in which conference is mighty helpful. Soon we'll be saying to the question on the TV screen, "Well, TCU's in the Big East now, but I think they were in the Mountain West when this game came out."
So, it's never too soon to be studying up on the college conferences. Here's your first test since TCU's announcement. Answers are below. ...
By David Thomas
dthomas@ star-telegram.com
The college landscape is changing again. TCU has moved from west to east.Not physically, of course. But TCU probably would have attempted that to get into a conference with an automatic berth into the BCS network of bowl games.
That won't be necessary, however, because of Monday's announcement that the Horned Frogs are leaving the Mountain West for the Big East
It is yet another change in the college football conferences as we keep trying to know them.
These changes are significant because in those college football video games that let you build up a player's abilities based on how you do on trivia tests, knowing which school is in which conference is mighty helpful. Soon we'll be saying to the question on the TV screen, "Well, TCU's in the Big East now, but I think they were in the Mountain West when this game came out."
So, it's never too soon to be studying up on the college conferences. Here's your first test since TCU's announcement. Answers are below. ...
