Author: Jake Schaller
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Mountain West Conference’s Thompson happy for no drastic changes
In the span of a few days earlier this month, the Mountain West Conference went from entertaining the notion of expanding to 12 schools to bracing for the possibility of losing several and immediately becoming irrelevant. Instead, the expected seismic shift of the college athletics landscape ended up being a mere tremor. Just four schools…
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AFA volleyball to return to more intimate setting
Matt McShane wants to make Air Force volleyball a bigger deal. So the Falcons’ new coach is moving his team to a smaller venue. Air Force will be back in the East Gymnasium, located in the building adjacent to the Falcon Athletic Center, for the 2010 season. The team had moved into Clune Arena –…
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McShane injects energy into AFA volleyball
When word began to spread in late January that Matt McShane had been named the new volleyball coach at Air Force, the news was greeted by some variation of the following question, posed on the VolleyTalk message board by poster (R)uffda!: Why on earth would he want that job? “I’ve been asked that once or…
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Reports: Utah will leave Mountain West for Pac-10
One step forward, one step back for the Mountain West Conference. Less than a week after adding Boise State to increase its membership to 10 schools, it appears as if the MWC’s roster will be back to nine by the end of this week. Utah has been invited to become the 12th member of the…
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Mountain West adds Boise State, effective July 2011
The announcement many college football observers expected Monday came late Friday morning — Boise State is joining the Mountain West Conference. Now the question is what other announcements, if any, the MWC will make as the landscape of intercollegiate athletics begins to shift. Just four days after the league’s board of directors concluded two days…
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Could Air Force be on the move?
While the Big 12 Conference certainly seems on the brink of extinction, some hold out hope that the league can survive. According to an article in Thursday’s Tulsa World, Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione is one of those people. In the article, Castiglione said if Texas stayed, the Big 12 could be saved. And he…
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1995 U.S. Women’s Open champ Sorenstam returns to Broadmoor
Annika Sorenstam returned Wednesday to the scene of the triumph that ignited her Hall of Fame Career. Sorenstam was at The Broadmoor, where she won the 1995 U.S. Women’s Open — her first LPGA victory — to help kick off ticket sales for the 66th Open, to be held at The Broadmoor from July 4-10,…
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Mountain West doesn’t invite Boise State, at least for now
The Mountain West Conference has decided to stand pat. At least for not now. At the conclusion of the league’s board of directors meetings today in Jackson, Wyo., commissioner Craig Thompson announced the league’s presidents decided against expansion. “After an in-depth review of our membership, we think that due to the uncertainty in…
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No expansion for MWC – at least for now
The Mountain West Conference has not added blue turf to its landscape. At least not yet. At the conclusion of the league’s board of directors meetings in Jackson, Wyo., on Monday, MWC commissioner Craig Thompson announced the league had decided, for now, to stand pat and not expand to include Boise State — whose football…
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What Air Force spends on sports
Figures from 2008-09 school year • $9,700,000 for business operations, administration and military • $7,700,000 for coaches • $3,500,000 Team travel • $1,800,000 Marketing and promotion • $830,000 Recruiting travel and campus visits • $6,240,000 Miscellaneous • $600,000 Officials and event costs • $1,300,000 Game guarantees • $800,000 Uniforms • $410,000 Conference dues • $120,000 Postage…