The Latest News and Rumors
Updating the most recent news and rumors of College Football Conference Expansion and Realignment: The LeatherHelmetBlog.com’s Greg Poole’s topic is: “SEC Expansion/ACC Implosion Update 1-12-13 New...
View ArticleCraig Thompson is a Genius
First off, as the title suggests, Craig Thompson is a genius. If you want to talk about a man who played some real expansion poker and won big, it would have to be Thompson. Currently, Thompson is the...
View ArticleRequiem for a Maverick
This post is dedicated to the once reputable Western Athletic Conference (WAC). As it stands, the WAC will no longer sponsor football due to the mass exodus of its remaining members, leaving New Mexico...
View ArticleUnbuckling the Sun Belt
Conference expansion has left a lot of the mid-majors lacking standard bearers within the conference. Not only has it been the Big Five conferences scooping up the best teams, but it has been...
View ArticleNews, Discussion, and Rumors 3-27-2013
This is article about Karl Benson, SBC commissioner visiting upcoming member Georgia Southern:...
View ArticleNews, Discussions, and Rumors, 04-01-2013
This is an article from Sports Illustrated that states that Western Kentucky will be leaving the Sun Belt and going to Conference-USA as I predicted....
View ArticleIf the Big 12 were to Expand
Every post, because of the ACC grant of rights all but closing the door on major expansion, will be about possibilities. The cupboards are not bare for the Big 12. There are still some potential...
View ArticleNews, Discussions, and Rumors 4-09-2014
On March 26, UMass announced that it will be leaving the MAC to find a more suitable conference for its FBS football program. That leaves but a handful of options. Obviously, the American would be the...
View ArticleINCONCEIVABLE?!
I read this article from a site called Saturdayblitz.com. In reality, this piece is an author named Caleb Calhoun’s expansion wet dream. He predicts first that the Big Ten will poach Syracuse and...
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