Welcome to winter, Southeast Ohio. Consistently cold weather, including double-digit (below zero) wind chills, in the last few weeks has already led to school closings for the Noble County area in the new year. The Caldwell and Noble Local school districts, which were scheduled to return to classes last Wednesday following holidayâ¦
The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the Southern part of the United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of eleven states, two additional public land grant universities, and one private research university.
The American was considered one of the six collegiate power conferences of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) era. With the advent of the College Football Playoff, The American was lowered to a Group of Five conference, which share just one automatic spot in the New Year's Six bowl games. The American, however, remains a power conference in men's basketball. The league is the product of substantial turmoil in the original Big East Conference during the 2010â14 conference realignment period. It is one of two conferences to emerge from the all-sports Big East in 2013.