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OK, it's a Bleacher Report (three part article), but it actually ain't that bad. Sun belt has frequent mention.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/52297...fe-support

(11-24-2010 03:00 PM)MG61 Wrote: [ -> ]OK, it's a Bleacher Report (three part article), but it actually ain't that bad. Sun belt has frequent mention.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/52297...fe-support

That was basically the same information found in any one of the million threads we have about the WAC on this board! :yoshi:

(11-24-2010 03:00 PM)MG61 Wrote: [ -> ]OK, it's a Bleacher Report (three part article), but it actually ain't that bad. Sun belt has frequent mention.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/52297...fe-support

I think there is a deeper story and Karl Benson is mostly to blame. When he added Tulsa, Rice, TCU, SMU, San Jose State, and UNLV in 1996 to move to a 16 team league, it triggered the end of the conference. When the 9 Western schools left to form the MWC, the ones left behind wanted to eventually work their way into that league. The MWC had become the "Traditional WAC" and the "WAC" was on life support. Since that time, he has just been struggling to keep his job by keeping the name "WAC" around. Eventually the MWC lost some of its teams and just picked the "WAC" apart... Benson then ran out of teams to add to keep it alive and it eventually died a slow, painful death.

Benson suggested they add two. They added six.

WAC in 2012?

East: Denver*, Louisiana Tech, New Mexico State, Texas-Arlington*, Texas-San Antonio, Texas State
West: Idaho, Portland State, Sacramento State, San Jose State, Seattle*, Utah Valley*

* - Non Football Schools