Maybe this got lost in the sea of opinions, but the subject came up in response to comments by Karl Benson at the WAC Media Day last week. Here's an excerpt from the Nevada Appeal article that got it rolling:
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COACHES DON'T LIKE SCHEDULE
The nine-team conference is a tough one to schedule, and none of the coaches are ecstatic about this year's schedule.
Because of nine teams and TV appearances, which means no travel partners, games in the WAC are being played on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
In the past, WAC teams would play a traditional Thursday-Saturday schedule for the most part, and you would either be at home or on the road for both games. The new schedule does call for split weekends for teams, meaning they could be at home on a weeknight and away on a Saturday or vice versa.
"It's tougher," Fox said. "The travel is brutal. We play Boise on a Thursday night, and Hawai'i will come into Reno before we do."
Boise State's Greg Graham agreed.
"We have five split weekends; the most in the conference," he said.
Louisiana Tech's Keith Richard was much more politically correct. The Bulldogs are the Eastern-most school in the conference, and all of their trips except to Las Cruces will be lengthy.
"We knew this four years ago when we got into the conference," he said. Previously, the Bulldogs played in the Sun Belt Conference.
Benson knows that the coaches are frustrated.
"We knew it would be a challenge going in," Benson said. "We'll continue trying to work with it. Adding a 10th team will always be on the radar. There is an advantage to a 10-team league."
Benson said that he's had two or three inquiries about future openings in the league. The University of Denver has shown some interest.
"We are doing everything we can to build the WAC and make it a better league," Benson said.
Obviously, if the WAC is going to jump at a 10th school, the conference would like it to be in close proximity of another member, which would make it easier for basketball.
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I'm excited about football too, but can't we talk about more than one thing at a time? Are you some of those people that have trouble walking and chewing gum at the same time?