Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson isn't sitting idle during the potential seismic shift in college athletics. Thompson is investigating if TCU would remain in the MWC instead of its original plan to join the Big East in 2012, staying in touch with the Big 12 schools that could be left behind if four of the conference's core schools bolt for the Pac-12 and speeding up the process of putting together a deal with Conference USA where the two leagues would play in football a championship game to earn a possible automatic berth to the BCS. Thompson told ESPN.com Monday that the MWC has room for growth and is actively looking at all its options available. Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/6995058/mwc-looking-keep-tcu-conferences-shift
