Conference realignment continues to be a gamble - just ask UNLV

Welcome to the Morning Commute

Today we’re talking about the endless ongoing topic of conference realignment. The news recently has been all over the board. One day, the Pac-12 is expanding and the next day schools who were rumored to leave the Mountain West to join the Pac-12 are balking. Schools from the AAC have been in and out of the news here recently, too.

Former Tiger player/administrator/coach Barry Odom’s UNLV program has been caught in the middle. It appears the Rebels were prepared to stick with the Mountain West as one of the league’s marquee teams going forward, but those plans have been put on hold as other league members have been waffling on whether they’re going to stay or go.

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