college athletics conference operating primarily in the west-central United States
Skip this entry if you’re looking for commentary about Donald Trump, Roy Cooper, or some other aspect of public policy. What follows deals primarily with the less important topic of…
NYT write-up on a proposed NCAA measure that would give more autonomy to the five biggest athletics conferences, of which (need I say it) the ACC is one: “It will…
The News & Observer of Raleigh did a public records request on UNC-Chapel Hill’s reaction to Maryland leaving the Atlantic Coat Conference. The result — also available here via the…
The high-profile Penn State football sex abuse scandal serves as the starting point for a TIME article probing the outsize influence of big-time sports on college campuses. Through the Penn…
Literally. The conference’s deal-making plane is next expected to land in Kansas City, as the Pac 10’s grand plans for a mega-conference are stalled at…Colorado? The latest twist is that…
Whoa. Things are getting nuts with approximately 99.876 percent of commentators on conference expansion having not a clue what is going on. But because you read Meck Deck, you won’t…
Finally. The Big 10 has jumped. According to a report, Notre Dame, Rutgers, Nebraska, and Missouri have been approached about joining the league. The latter three will almost certainly say…
Shrug. Maybe the third time will be the charm for the Heels against a Big East opponent. The Heels lost to BC in the game back in 2004, the Eagles…
Hmmm. Jerry Richardson keeps running up karma points like a Big 12 coach looking for a BCS bid. We knew Richardson got of his hospital bed to go watch the…
From a report about NCSU Athletics Director Lee Fowler’s comments today (emphasis added): Fowler was next asked about the recent APR reports where NC State’s men’s basketball, baseball, and rifle…