Live Blogging Boise State To The MWC Press Conference

If that does not work out houston or fresno. i think we should make it 12 with a conference cg. this way the ncaa or bill hancock or whoever makes the decision will us grant aq bcs status. it probably would be easier if it was kansas and k-state. maybe they see the writing on the wall and see the other five teams bolting to pac-ten. kansas would be the best for basketball history and thier football program has come around. k-state has gotten better in basketball. if they don’t want to join then go after houston and fresno. i really don’t want nevada. i live here and chris ault is old school and does not want to play the better teams. i want coaches who want to play the best. pat hill, kevin sumlin (houston again has three aq bcs schools this year)

I’m confident in the leadership of the MWC. They know what they are doing.

I left for a minute and came back hearing him saying he thinks the league will go to 12 teams? Was that right?

All I heard was some Provo newspaper, no SL Trib, Deseret news or radio stations. Weird.

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I think that would be better for scheduling. I’m not a fan of having 9 conference games. For a few of the teams who already have a team they play OOC every year (like BYU and Utah St.), that means only 2 non-conference games to play with. No good. Unless maybe BYU could kick USU off the yearly schedule.

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