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Thursday, August 21st, 2008Conference USA
East Carolina Pirates
Troubling news from the website for North Carolina television station WRAL, reported on August 13, 2008: head coach Skip Holtz of the East Carolina Pirates announced that projected starting tailback Dominique Lindsay and senior defensive tackle Brandon Setzer are both facing knee surgery. Lindsay, who injured his knee on Tuesday night [...]
WAC Preview: Fresno State Bulldogs
Friday, July 11th, 2008The Fresno State Bulldogs were surprising overachievers a season ago - normally the Bulldogs go into a season with tremendous amounts of hype only to fizzle out when it matters most (and usually against subpar WAC teams). Last year, though, expectations were low after a disastrous 4-8 2006 season and [...]
WAC Preview: Nevada Wolfpack
Friday, July 11th, 2008 The WAC’s new fantasy Mecca resides in Reno.
With Hawaii’s rebuilding efforts and Boise State’s uncertain quarterback situation, Nevada has the most experienced sure-thing of an offense in the conference, and head coach Chris Ault has empirical evidence that the Pistol formation actually works.
The Wolf Pack went [...]
WAC Preview: Hawaii Warriors
Thursday, July 10th, 2008With no June Jones, no career-TD leader QB Colt Brennan, and no experienced wide receivers, the Hawaii Warriors’ offense is far from the fantasy scoring machine it was a year ago.
Record-setting QB Brennan is gone, his four top receivers (who totaled over 4,000 yards and 40 touchdowns last fall) have [...]
WAC Preview: New Mexico State Aggies
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008The Air Raid offense is the encyclopedia salesman of football strategy, yet New Mexico State and head coach Hal Mumme are intent on hawking their version of Worldbook Britannica to the rest of the WAC.
Thus far, it has been incredibly unsuccessful. There are better, more dependable ways of scoring points, [...]
WAC Preview: Boise State Broncos
Wednesday, July 9th, 2008The more things change around the landscape of college football, the more they stay the same in Boise, Idaho. The Boise State Broncos are perennial WAC favorites, perennial BCS busters and one of the most high-flying, entertaining teams in all the land. Why should this year be any different?
Well, actually there are a number [...]
WAC Preview: Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008There is tangible buzz surrounding the Louisiana Tech football program. Winning more than one conference game will do that. The Bulldogs, who were 1-7 in the WAC in 2006, finished 4-4 in the conference last year. This serves as a glimmer of hope for the team and fan base that has been re-energized [...]
WAC Preview: San Jose State Spartans
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008Appearing in the 2006 New Mexico Bowl is one of the greatest highlights in the last 10 years of San Jose State football. The fact that is seen as a sign of success explains how low the bar of SJSU football has been set.
When Dick Tomey took the coaching job at San Jose State [...]
