Posted by bambi2godzilla on 12/20/2007, 11:58 am
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Don't know if this is old news, new news or no news but my preference is try and land some new teams in the conference either from California, Oregon or Washington and lose LA TECH.
You cannot even fly into Ruston direct so it is a hassle for teams to get there. Plus, it's really off by itself geogrpahically.
BUt who to take its place, let alone trying to add another team or teams?
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From the WAC MB are some cut-n-pastes;
'Karl Benson Says North Texas Has A Standing Invitation To WAC
According to threads on the Louisiana Tech and North Texas boards, WAC Commissioner Karl Benson said during a halftime interview on Saturday that the Mean Green still have a standing invitation to the league."
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"Re: Benson's Comment on North Texas
Hello Bulldog Fans,
When North Texas was offered an invitation to the WAC a few years ago, we would have accepted if Arkansas State and ULL would have also been accepted. Otherwise, it would be Big West II for us. Few fans would travel to Denton, few Mean Green fans could make the road games, and the local media wouldn't be able to cover all those west coast start times."
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"Oct 22 2007
Diamond Eagle
The WAC issue is so difficult to quantify.
The positives are obvious. The Negatives are a little less obvious, but none the less, important.
The travel expenses for the team aren't that big of an issue which has been pretty well documented. The ability for an NT (or LaTech) fan to travel to away games becomes a bigger issue in the WAC than it is now, or than it would be in CUSA. If Boise LEAVES the WAC, than the WAC is no stronger than the 'belt, espeically with the improved play of the 'Belt teams of late.
The automatic respect we would get by not being in the 'Belt would be overshadowed by the instability in the WAC.
I've been back and forth on this one, but I think in light of where our program is now and where the 'Belt seems to be heading, our administration has done the right thing by keeping us out of the WAC for the time being.
There is nothing wrong with the WAC, it just isn't a good fit for North Texas."
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