University of Houston regents will meet Thursday and are expected to give the chancellor authority to move the Cougars out of Conference USA to a new league, possibly the Big East. The regents on Monday scheduled the special meeting to give Chancellor and President Renu Khator the authority to "execute a contract for athletic conference affiliation and to negotiate and provide notice of contract cancellation." The item does not specify a conference destination. The meeting "is to give our board members an update on conference realignment as it pertains to the University of Houston. There is a great deal of speculation out there and this meeting will allow us to provide our leadership with up-to-date information," Houston athletic director Mack Rhoades said. Read more: http://espn.go.com/college-sports/s...on-regents-expected-authorize-conference-move
