Mountain West Expansion: MWC Officials Have Conference Realignment On Agenda

While Texas A&M, the Big 12 and the Pac-12 continue to dominate the conference realignment rumors, the Mountain West Connection is being proactive by discussing expansion during an executive board conference call on Tuesday, reports Brian Murphy of the Idaho Statesman.

According to conference commissioner Craig Thompson:

"It wasn't necessarily for [realignment talk]. There's just so much innuendo and rumor and hearsay [...]. Until things happen, they don't happen. There's just so much out there. We're doing our diligence."

The Mountain West was involved in the latest round of expansion when they picked up Boise State this year and will add Fresno State, Nevada and Hawaii (football-only) in 2012. With the loss of TCU to the Big East in 2012, the Mountain West will have 10 football teams.

By adding just two teams, the league would gain a conference championship game and millions in profits from it. The Mountain West Connection isn't enamored with the possibility of adding teams such as Baylor or Iowa State, but money does talk--even if some of the football on the field isn't the best (Baylor's upset victory over TCU last week notwithstanding).

For more on Mountain West Conference expansion, visit the Mountain West Connection and SB Nation Denver.