Editing Big Eight Conference (section)

=== Big Seven adds Colorado ===
Conference membership grew with the addition of the [[University of Colorado at Boulder|University of Colorado]] on December 1, 1947, from the [[Mountain States Conference]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Sports Roundup | first=Hugh Jr. | last=Fullerton |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=Sarasota Herald-Tribune |date=May 27, 1947 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=S7YqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5086,5348696&dq=big-six+colorado&hl=en}}</ref> Later that month, Reaves E. Peters was hired as "Commissioner of Officials and Assistant Secretary" and set up the first conference offices in Kansas City, Missouri. With the addition of Colorado, the conference's unofficial name became the '''Big Seven Conference''', coincidentally, the former unofficial name of the MSC.