Post by CrimsonPhantom on Aug 10, 2012 7:21:49 GMT -7
JACKSONVILLE — The notion of Jacksonville State joining the Western Athletic Conference reared its head again Thursday — this time with the date of an announcement — but the report was quickly debunked by officials on both sides of the issue.
An item within the Wikipedia page devoted to the WAC reported the conference would make an announcement Aug. 13 of an agreement with JSU and five other current Football Championship Subdivision schools in the South and East to join the league in 2014.
The others were Georgia Southern, James Madison, Appalachian State, Liberty and Delaware. The WAC’s two remaining football-playing schools after this year — Idaho and New Mexico State — would play one year as Football Bowl Subdivision independents, the item said. It takes eight schools for a conference to maintain its bowl eligibility.
Both Jacksonville State president Bill Meehan and acting WAC commissioner Jeff Hurd shot down the report Thursday.
Read more www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/19754701/article-Gamecocks%E2%80%99-move-to-WAC-debunked-by-both-sides?instance=home_news
An item within the Wikipedia page devoted to the WAC reported the conference would make an announcement Aug. 13 of an agreement with JSU and five other current Football Championship Subdivision schools in the South and East to join the league in 2014.
The others were Georgia Southern, James Madison, Appalachian State, Liberty and Delaware. The WAC’s two remaining football-playing schools after this year — Idaho and New Mexico State — would play one year as Football Bowl Subdivision independents, the item said. It takes eight schools for a conference to maintain its bowl eligibility.
Both Jacksonville State president Bill Meehan and acting WAC commissioner Jeff Hurd shot down the report Thursday.
Read more www.annistonstar.com/view/full_story/19754701/article-Gamecocks%E2%80%99-move-to-WAC-debunked-by-both-sides?instance=home_news
