Filed under: Boise State, TCU, Mountain West
The Mountain West Conference officially approved that this fall's TCU-Boise State game -- originally scheduled to be played at TCU -- would be moved to Boise State.
The MWC Board of Directors decided to implement the change in the 2011 football schedule as had been recommended by the athletic directors. TCU will now play at Boise State, while Boise State's contest with San Diego State will be played in San Diego. The Board felt the change was in the best interest of the Mountain West Conference and would help address current and future scheduling concerns created by the new set of circumstances which stemmed from another change in membership.
Because TCU is leaving the Mountain West, the school does not get a vote when it comes to whether the game is moved.
TCU athletic director Chris Del Conte said previously he didn't agree with the league's proposal to move the game to benefit Boise State, which joins the league this year.
"It's our home game and they told us it would be our home game and to change the rules midstream is not appropriate," Del Conte told ESPNDallas.com earlier this month. "I'm hoping they do what we originally said, which was that it would be a home game for TCU. To me to change it is not right."
Del Conte said he thought because Boise State was inserted on the schedule to replace departing Utah, TCU should get that home game against Boise State, as agreed upon.
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