Wednesday, August 18, 2010

BREAKING: MWC Invites Fresno And Nevada; Fresno Accepts

The Mountain West Conference has extended invitations to Fresno State and Nevada to join their party. This comes on the heels of BYU looking to go their own way...

You know... go your own way...


The MWC announced on Wednesday that it has offered the two the chance to join and leave the Western Athletic Conference and join a league that's losing Utah - and possibly BYU- next season but gaining Boise State, another WAC school.

But there is an issue... a pretty big one...
After Boise State announced its departure, the remaining WAC members signed a $5 million buyout agreement that would be assessed to any member that left the conference within the next five years.

With the budget issues that are in California and Nevada these days, it might be a big problem- even with the invite...

Fresno State Presdient John Welty, according to KGPE-TV in Fresno, accepted but the deal won't be officially announced until later this evening.

In a statement, Welty said:
“Fresno State is honored to have received the invitation to join the Mountain West Conference. We are seriously considering the invitation, and do so with the best interests of our Athletics program, our university, our community and Bulldog fans as our top priorities.”

Here's the latest on BYU going independent that seemed to have started all this recent mess...

Thanks to our friends at KSL-TV in Salt Lake City...

Video Courtesy of KSL.com



A Utah State University source close to the situation ((Boy, do we like those)) told the Deseret News that BYU is bolting after the quorum of the Twelve Apostles Thursday...

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