College Athletics: Texas State expressing interest in four conferences

According to a high source within the Texas State Department of Athletics, the Bobcats have expressed high interest in joining four Football Bowl Subdivision conferences when the NCAA moratorium is lifted in 2011.

Texas State has talked with Conference USA, Mountain West, Sun Belt and the Western Athletic Conference about joining once movement is allowed.

This is on the heels of a report published by the Las Cruces Sun-News about a possible realignment in the WAC. WAC Commissioner Karl Benson was quoted as to saying "four or five schools" asked about joining the conference — Cal Davis, Cal Poly, Montana, Portland State, Sacramento State and Texas State.

"You can rest assured those conferences know our intentions," the source said. "We've had people in contact with them for the better part of a year, showing them pictures of improvements we've made to facilities and trying to convince them we'd be a good fit."

Dominoes could start to fall for the Bobcats once conferences begin holding their annual summer meetings.