Always a challenging task. Half a century after being founded by the Baptist General Convention of Texas as “a Christian college of the highest order,” Houston Baptist University may soon erase the religious designation in its name. Saying that the Baptist tag creates a barrier for potential students, university officials are exploring a name change [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Southland Conference’
Division I wannabes are popping up all over
And they’re all interested in the same conference. The Southland Conference likely holds the key to Incarnate Word’s dreams of moving its athletic program into NCAA Division I. [...] UIW students participating in a survey would support by nearly a 2-1 margin the school’s planned transition to Division I, according to results published Wednesday afternoon. [...]
HBU adds football, joins Southland Conference
Add another Division I football program to the city. The holidays came early for Houston Baptist University and the Southland Conference as both crossed an item off their wish lists. HBU joined a conference offering nearby members and a home for all its sports except men’s soccer, and the Southland added its first Houston member [...]
Another Division I program in San Antonio?
That’s what the University of the Incarnate Word wants to be. UIW President Lou Agnese said Friday the Cardinals are considering joining the Southland Conference after less than two years in the Division II Lone Star Conference. UIW’s interest in Division I is a calculated move by Agnese to “extend the brand” of his school, [...]
HBU to start playing football
Assuming they can find someone to play with, that is. The [Houston Baptist University] board of trustees, after conducting a financial feasibility study this year, gave its approval to add football pending alignment with a conference in Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA). “Our board’s approval is contingent, but we are ready to go when [...]
Conference realignment isn’t just for the big boys
Expect to see a lot of smaller fish moving around now that the dust in the big conferences has mostly settled. [Southland Conference] commissioner Tom Burnett told the San Antonio Express News last week that he expected Texas State and UTSA to eventually leave the Football Championship Subdivision and bolt for the WAC, which is [...]