Over the weekend, it was conference moving day. Teams officially switched conferences.
Temple is halfway there. In for Big East football in 2012. Everything else in 2013. VCU is in the A-10. Mizzou and Texas A&M to the SEC. And of course, TCU and WVU to the Big 12. Hoopies are happy to be in the Big 12. Especially instead of the ACC. They’re happy, dammit!
That’s a reminder that in one year, it will be another big moving day. Sure Boise State waited until the very last minute to formally tell the Mountain West that they would be splitting time in the Big West and Big East next year. You have the assorted C-USA teams moving from their place on Oriental Avenue to slightly more expensive property on St. Charles Place.
And of course, Pitt and Syracuse will make their move to the ACC.
Whether there will be any other new expansiopocolypse moves by this time next year remains to be seen. Lately, the only surprise is if there isn’t a move made.
Just a few more pieces on Tra’von Chapman and his verbal to Pitt.
I was a little surprised when I looked at Chapman’s background that he had only played one season at Kent Roosevelt, but the moving was football related. Just not for Chapman. His dad, Thad Jemison, became the WR coach at KSU last year. He was a former Ohio St. WR. Guess that means dad won’t be in the stands for many games.
“[Bollinger] really coached me up at the camp and I liked his criticism. He helped me with some pointers, and I liked that he wanted me to be at my best,” Chapman said. “But really, my comfort level with the entire staff and the fact that I know they want what is best for me academically and athletically made it feel like home for me, so I knew it was my best choice. The bottom line is I could trust those guys the most and that’s important to me.”
While Chapman as a QB is a bit raw as you would expect from a high school QB. He is well polished on the cliches needed for interviews. You can see that in the above quote where he hit the traditional buzz words. “Comfort level ” and “feel like home.”
