Articles > Newspapers > U.S. Newspapers, Local Markets N-S > Roanoke Times & World News articles > April 2002

Article: PHOENIX MAY RISE FROM KEYDETS' ASHES SOUTHERN CONFERENCE, ELON UNIVERSITY EXPRESS MUTUAL INTEREST

Article from:
Roanoke Times & World News
Article date:
April 10, 2002
Author:
Copyright

Elon University and the Southern Conference took the first tentative step Tuesday in a courtship dance that could end with Elon replacing VMI as the league's 12th competitive member as early as the 2003-04 school year.

Elon was visited by a 14-person delegation led by conference commissioner Danny Morrison and including at least one representative from every current member except VMI.

"It's no secret that there has been a mutual interest between the Southern Conference and Elon in recent months," said Alan White, Elon's athletics director. "It's a prestigious conference that anybody in our situation would be proud to be affiliated with, and it's certainly the premier Division I-AA football ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

Article: SOUTHERN CONFERENCE MAY LET VMI OUT EARLY KEYDETS ...
Roanoke Times & World News;  May 22, 2002 ;     626 words ... ... out when the Southern Conference will let it exit for the Big South. The answer should come when the Southern Conference holds its spring ... in time, the Southern Conference wouldn't talk ... troubling to the Big South because it is ...

Article: KEYDETS SUDDENLY BIG FISH IN BIG SOUTH VMI PICKED ...
Roanoke Times & World News;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... new football league. The Big South isn't all that big when ... McCombs said Thursday at the Big South media day at the Ballantyne ... trade in the nine-member Southern Conference for such a small league. The Big South schedule is more conducive ...

Article: VMI MIGHT GET EARLIER MOVE TO BIG SOUTH AD DONNIE ...
Roanoke Times & World News;  January 30, 2002 ;     499 words ... ... be able to make its Southern Conference getaway in 2003 ... years' notice to the Southern Conference, meaning it might not be able to join the Big South until the 2004-05 school year. Southern Conference athletic directors ...

Article: Southern Conference Welcomes Elon
AP Online;  May 30, 2002 ;     400 words ... ... is joining the Big South Conference ... affiliations with the Southern Conference in all sports ... transition to the Big South. VMI announced ... desire to make the Big South its primary sports ... membership in the Southern Conference that began in ...

Article: College Football: Third and Long: Big South - ...
Sports Network;  August 22, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... construction Big South Conference entered ... delivered to the Southern Conference after just one ... the inaugural Big South Conference title ... departed for the Southern Conference, that doesn ... second straight Big South crown. 2. VMI (6-6, 3-5 in ...

Article: SOCON LETS VMI GO EARLY KEYDETS WILL MOVE TO BIG ...
Roanoke Times & World News;  May 31, 2002 ;     597 words ... ... swan song in the Southern Conference. As expected, the Southern Conference's executive ... early for the Big South. VMI's last ... Keydets with Big South member Elon ... notice to the Southern Conference, though, so ...

Article: KEYDETS TAKE FLOOR FOR LAST SOCON DANCE VMI JOINS BIG ...
Roanoke Times & World News;  March 5, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... basketball in the Southern Conference since the 1925 ... can play in the Big South next season ... played in the Southern Conference championship ... it is in the Big South. The SoCon is ... to stay in the Southern Conference, but sometimes ... basketball teams; the ...

Article: Elon to join Southern Conference.
Sports Network;  June 30, 2003 ;     411 words ... ... become an official member of the Southern Conference on Tuesday, July 1. The Phoenix ... conference the same day to join the Big South Conference. Elon, which had ... will be a strong member of the Southern Conference," said Commissioner Danny ...

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!

Find articles, research, and archives