With the WAC on life support, its remaining members weigh options

[Harry]

The WAC could be in its final year as a football conference.

The Salt Lake Tribune is reporting Utah State is headed to the Mountain West as is San Jose State to replace Boise State and San Diego State, who are leaving for the Big East after this season.

The report also said Louisiana Tech is going to Conference USA joining Texas-San Antonio, which is voting on the move to C-USA this week. UTSA joins the WAC this season, but was one of the additions back in Nov. 2010.

The move leaves Idaho, New Mexico State and Texas State as the remaining football-playing schools in the conference. Boise State, Denver and Seattle are non-football members. Texas State also could be on its way out if the Sun Belt loses a school to Conference USA and the Sun Belt adds the Bobcats to keep a foot in Texas.

Sun Belt commissioner Karl Benson told Vandal Nation: "I don't expect Texas State will be without a place to play football."

If all of the reported teams leave, the WAC will be in an almost impossible position. It's already tried to court several teams from the FCS ranks and has consistently been turned down. Last summer, Big Sky commissioner Doug Fullerton said his conference was a better option than the WAC and the way the conference has fallen apart, he wasn't wrong.

Read more: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/wac-life-support-remaining-members-weigh-options-194742091.html

[techdawg88]

WAC isn't on life support, it's dead as a football conference

[oldguystudent]

Boise State might have to look at the Big Sky or Summit league for its non-football teams. The Big West already turned the Broncos down.

Heh. That makes me laugh. I hate Boise State with a deep passion from their days in the Big West. They were obnoxious fans who consistently felt themselves too good for the conference. Now they need somewhere to park their crappy non-football sports and not even the lowly Big West wants anything to do with them!