April 2004
News: April
30, 2004 - UTEP Accepts Invitation. "UTEP has accepted
an invitation to join Conference USA beginning on July 1, 2005.
UTEP will join current Western Athletic Conference members Rice, SMU and Tulsa
as members of Conference USA. The Miners will be grouped in the league's Western
Division with Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulane and Tulsa. The Eastern Division of Conference
USA will be composed of Central Florida, East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Southern
Miss and UAB beginning with the 2005-06 athletic year." Click
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News: April
30, 2004 - Manchin Not A Friend of Marshall. Reported in
the Herald Dispatch- "According to the flier, while Manchin
was a state senator in 1991, he introduced a resolution that
would have eliminated the teaching of basic science at the Marshall
medical school. All such instruction would have had to have been
at West Virginia University. That would have had the effect of
killing the Marshall medical school, the flier says. At the time,
Manchin’s district included Marion and Monongalia counties.
WVU is in Monongalia County. The flier also quotes a newspaper
article in which Manchin described Marshall as "a second-rate
institution."" Click
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Rumor: April 29, 2004 - All Signs
Point to UTEP.  Shown
on KTSM in Texas - "Miners Expected To Accept Invitation.
Wednesday, April 28, 2004 -- Thirty-seven years of membership
is about to end. No more Hawaii. No more Fresno St. Say hello
to Houston and Memphis. UTEP is expected to receive and accept
an invitation to join Conference USA on Friday." Click
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Rumor: April 19, 2004 - UTEP is
C-USA's 12th Member? Taken
from the SunHerald - an interview with Southern Miss AD Richard
Giannini. Southern
Miss athletics director Richard Giannini denied Saturday reports
that Conference USA was about to extend an expansion invitation
to Texas El Paso. During the annual Black and Gold spring football
game, Giannini did say the conference was closing in on a 12th
member, but no decision has been made." Click
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