Official: Sun Belt adds Texas State

Harry · May 2, 2012

SAN MARCOS, Texas - The Sun Belt Conference announced today that Texas State will join the league on July 1, 2013 and will begin conference competition for the 2013-14 academic year.

"Texas State University has worked very hard to be ready for FBS competition and joining the Sun Belt Conference represents a new opportunity for our future," said Texas State University President Denise M. Trauth. "The Sun Belt's record of competitive success over more than 35 years provides a tradition of excellence that we are happy to join. Our students and alumni will bring a very strong fan base that will welcome these new opportunities. Just as Texas State is the rising star of Texas, we believe that the Sun Belt is also on the rise and we are happy to be a part of its future."

"On behalf of the presidents and chancellors of the Sun Belt Conference, it is my honor to welcome Texas State University as the newest member of our league family," said Sun Belt Conference Executive Committee President and Troy University Chancellor Jack Hawkins, Jr. "We are not the same conference we were 10 years ago. The Sun Belt is strong athletically as demonstrated by the fact that our bowl record over the last eight years is better than five other BCS conferences. We are stronger academically, as 90 percent of our teams have achieved an Academic Progress Rates of 925 or higher. Texas State is an excellent addition to our strong, growing conference."

Texas State, located in San Marcos between Austin and San Antonio, is home to over 34,000 students and officially opened its doors in 1903. Notably, Texas State is the only university in Texas to have graduated a U.S. president: Lyndon B. Johnson, class of 1930.

Read more: http://www.sunbeltsp...TCLID=205422758

PlummMeanGreen · May 2, 2012

And did I read that SBC Commish' Karl Benson just instituted a $5 million exit fee for SBC school wanting to leave? I don't know if that is grand'fathered or just for new members

UNTflyer · May 2, 2012

He can't just impose a fee. The schools have to agree on it.

I am mobile.

VideoEagle · May 2, 2012

He can't just impose a fee. The schools have to agree on it.

I am mobile.

Quite true! When fans talk about so and so as a terrible commissioner, they never seem to acknowledge commissioners can only do what the Presidents allow them to do. Rarely does the public ever even see what a commissioner personally thinks verse the policies imposed upon him by his Presidents.