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While it has been criticized in the media the merger between the Mountain West and Conference USA needed to be done to ensure the long term stability for both conferences.

Big East commissioner John Marinatto told Pete Thamel of the New York Times that the conference will hold Pitt and Syracuse to the 27-month period before either school can leave to join the ACC. That means, unless the schools can convince the conference to change its stance, the will not be able to begin participating in the ACC until June 2014.

In The Dig: The Rush has written the WAC's Tombstone inscription, with a little help from Wes Anderson; Derrick Caracter is going to wear a motivating jersey number with the Lakers; The Miners lose a veteran tight end for the opener; and all the BYU/MWC/C-USA merger links you need or want.