Boise State To Join Mountain West Conference

Report: Boise State To Join The Mountain West Today

Most of the talk over the past few days had the Mountain West Conference slowing down their expansion plans so that they could survey the wreckage that is the Big 12 and swoop in to possibly pick up some of the leftovers. While the MWC may still be waiting to pounce on some other additions, Joe Schad is now reporting that the conference already knows who the tenth school will be:

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Boise State Expected To Receive Invitation To Join Mountain West Conference

The opening salvo in the Great Realignment Battle of 2010 could very well center on Boise State and the Mountain West Conference (MWC). While the Big Ten's efforts to add one, and possibly five, teams, in order to qualify for the cash cow that a conference title game would be have garnered the most attention, the MWC appears to be on the brink of making a preemptive move of its own to brace itself for a brave new college football world.

Much as our own Mountain West Connection predicted, the MWC is reportedly close to inviting Boise State to become the tenth member of the conference, per the Denver Post. Adding a perennial power in Boise State would not only steel the MWC against the possibility of losing some of its own stalwart programs should the PAC-10 try to poach them (Utah and BYU have both been mentioned as potential targets), as well as bolstering their argument that they deserve an automatic BCS bid. Indeed, a MWC that featured Boise State, TCU, Utah and BYU could very reasonably maintain that they boast a stronger football conference than the Big East, and perhaps even the ACC.

The MWC is expected to announce a decision as early as Monday, given that all paperwork needs to be signed by July 1 in order for any new school to qualify for the 2011 football season.

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