WAC expansion ideas....

[roygbivs]

something that I found....

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/4484 ... a-proposal


likes/dislikes?

[HawaiianHogster]

That is interesting. If Hawaii wants to stay, which I believe they will try to do if no one else will take them, they will take a big hit big time. We will lose good recruits. We will lose any descent standing we had with the BCS. Support will go away as will the fans. Less money for UH could mean a downgrade of the programs. Less pay for coaches which will bring in coaches that will use uh as a stepping stone. As soon as they get invited they will leave. It would take the WAC about 20 years to build up the WAC to where it was before the brake up.

Hawaii would survive but that is not what I want. I want UH to expand, improve, and make the programs bigger and stronger. Independent here we come.

[mainlandkid]

i like the idea of the championship game being in hawaii, bring more tourist to hawaii. but Hawaii won't really "gain an edge" with this type of confence

[WA Warrior]

Hawai'i doesn't have a leg to stand on, especially if there will be inept managers above the AD. Hawai'i better take what it can get to survive and struggle to start all over again. I hate to say it, but it's that option or independence, and that's not so promising either.

[N8]

I've been thinking about this all day and I agree 100% with Hawaiianhogster. Staying in the WAC will do alot of damage to our athletic programs. If people think the WAC is weak now I can only imagine what will be said about the new WAC in 2012. In order for our football team to grow we need to find a new conference or go Independant.

[J-Rod]

I've been thinking about this all day and I agree 100% with Hawaiianhogster. Staying in the WAC will do alot of damage to our athletic programs. If people think the WAC is weak now I can only imagine what will be said about the new WAC in 2012. In order for our football team to grow we need to find a new conference or go Independant.

Prosser, Washington? You must get tired of hearing about Kellen Moore all the time.

[N8]

Yeah, but worse than that are the UW fans. All they talk about is how great Jake Locker is and how UW was co-national champs like 20 years ago.

[Sabut20]

Does this article depress anyone else?

[N8]

Yeah, it sucks. UH fans/alumni need to start writing/calling/e-mailing the AD and let him know what we think. He needs to know that this is unexceptable and the fans/alumni are not pleased.

[N8]

BTW final post before I go to bed. Have any of you seen the EWU campus? I have it's about the same size as HCC except no COSTCO across the street.

[HawaiiMongoose]

The guy has it about half right. The WAC should rebuild to 12 teams to control travel costs - 6 on each side of the Rockies - but not with Eastern Washington or Montana State. In the west, pick up Montana and Sac State. In the east, add the Texas twins of Texas State and UT San Antonio, plus two non-football schools, the University of Denver and UT Arlington. All of the foregoing have athletic programs with sufficient resources and adequate facilities to compete successfully in the WAC.

[MadCat88]

Interesting article - I'm one to think it's only fair that those smaller programs have an OPPORTUNITY to grow and "take it to the next level" (reverbrations of Boise State's rapid climb to the national stage after coming to the WAC come to mind). It's all good. But like all good pie in the sky dreams and hopes... reality will set in. In today's (and for the foreseeable future) economic market - too many small businesses (and college sports programs) are loathe to invest in expansion... the risks are just too high. All the programs mentioned in the article are fine ones... but small (market-wise). They may see entering the WAC (and DIV1 play) as a step up, but will also realize the very high costs involved (flying to Hawaii every other year as an example) as a budget buster.

I don't blame Boise State's decision to move to the MWC (I almost choked there...), it was a smart move for their program - a win-win for all of them. For the WAC, having these smaller market programs join isn't going to expand the WAC's share in the national market much or if at all. It's a lose-lose proposition.

[oldhawaiiguy]

Now that BYU has made its move UH should go independent.

Yes, you'll have to schedule more road games particularly with west coast teams whether in the MWC and especially the PAC-10. A once a year game with a big time school anywhere would be fine, offer good exposure and recruitment possibilities (particularly on the west coast). You could do a 2 for 1 with the likes of Alabama/Michigan/Oklahoma and etc where we play there 2 times and they come to the islands once. UH would still have the local bowl game as a goal.

Further, having the other sports in the west coast conference makes tremendous sense competitively and financially.

The WAC is a road to oblivion.

[wyokie]

The WAC is on the road to oblivion.

Fixed it for ya.

[nostra_808]

The WAC is on the road to oblivion.

Fixed it for ya.

i thought it was ok the way it was. WAC=road and hawai'i is riding down that road.........cuz the only place that the WAC (road) is taking you is towards oblivion........could it have been understood that way?