Last Tuesday marked the official additions of the Delaware Blue Hens and Missouri State Bears to Conference USA, coinciding with the beginning of July.
Both programs had been slated to join the league for more than a year. The Herald reported Missouri State’s admission on May 10, 2024, and Delaware’s on Nov. 27, 2023.
Delaware’s move to C-USA elevates the Blue Hens from the Football Championship Subdivision to the Football Bowl Subdivision. The promotion begins a new chapter for a program that won the 2003 FCS national title and produced 2013 Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco…