Boise State announced today that it had been approached by the Big East to leave the Mountain West for the conference this year instead of in 2013, but decided to remain in the MWC for the 2012 season.
The school's release is as follows:
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The University of Tennessee-Martin, an FCS team, posted that it will play Boise State in 2013 on its future schedules today.
The game, slated for Sept. 21, 2013 at Bronco Stadium can be seen here. A UTM official confirmed the scheduling of the game, though a Boise State official said "We've been talking to several schools about future games but nothing to confirm at this time."
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The Boise State football team got its second commitment for the 2013 class Friday, and like the first, he's from Fruitland High.
With linebacker Joey Martarano already on board, the Grizzlies' Alec Dhaenens was offered by the Broncos and gave a verbal commitment.
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The Big East today officially added Memphis in all sports, beginning in 2013. That was not much of a surprise, as the Big East sent out a release Tuesday regarding a teleconference that was going to have Memphis officials on it.
For those not up to speed on the Tigers' football team (that's the only sport in which Boise State will be a BE member)...well, they aren't good. Memphis was 116th in offense and 117th in defense last season, going 2-10 and losing to future Big East schools SMU and Central Florida by a combined 83-0.
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The Memphis Tigers will join the Big East in 2013, joining Boise State, Houston, SMU, Central Florida and San Diego State.
Navy also is planning to join in the future.
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As the Big East prepares to lose West Virginia to the Big 12 next season, it apparently wants Boise State to join earlier than expected to offset the loss.
San Jose Mercury News report Jon Wilner said on his Twitter account "Source: Boise State under pressure from Big East to join in '12 to offset WVU departure. AF likely to join Navy in BE; question is when."
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Either the greatest or most overrated day on the sports calendar, whatever you prefer, is about done.
With 24 newcomers, it also was our first chance to talk to coach Chris Petersen since Dec. 22, so there was plenty of questions about his coaching staff and alterations to his roster. It also meant a chance to talk to a few assistants. So, with that cleaning out the notebook a bit...
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Boise State coach Chris Petersen held his signing day news conference, and in addition to talking about his class, discussed some new coaching changes.
Check out the audio next to the story.
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In addition to six newcomers announced by the school who joined last month, the Boise State football team added 18 signees today.
The list holds few surprises, though defensive end Darien Barrett announced his decision this morning. Linebacker Chris Collins of Santa Monica High in California, who had reportedly been offered a chance to grayshirt, was not on the original list of 17 the school sent out, but the football team's official Twitter account announced his signing soon after.
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You can check out my story on Boise State’s recruiting in Texas here. Talking to a few kids, a couple coaches and a recruiting analyst, I’ve got a few notes left over. So, here they are!
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