Conference USA, Mountain West to Merge

The progression to mega-conferences continues, with Conference USA and the Mountain West announcing they will merge and perhaps bring in additional schools. According to this article, "The newly named league would have a membership in 2013-14 that includes at minumum UNLV, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado State, Air Force, Hawaii (in football only), Southern Miss, Tulsa, Marshall, Rice, UTEP, UAB, Tulane, East Carolina, Nevada and Fresno State."