According to the Idaho Statesman, 5 schools: Texas State, UTSA, Montana, Denver and Seattle will make formal membership presentations to Karl Benson and the other WAC presidents today. Here is my take: The three football schools are in and will be welcomed with open arms. The basketball only schools, on the other hand, make good arguments that will be difficult to turn down. This would put the WAC at 8 schools for football and 10 for other sports. Likely, it will not be the end of expansion as the conference looks for a more travel-friendly solution to keep Hawaii and Louisiana Tech.
Therefore, this is not the end of WAC hopes for Montana State, Portland State nor Sacramento State. It is also not the end of WAC hopes for Cal-Poly nor Cal Davis either. I do not believe the WAC will add these schools for 2012 -2013 and stop there. Why not go all the way to a 12/14 school conference in 2014 and give some of the other candidates some time to build their programs and raise the needed funds?
One other note. The WCC does not compete in Softball, Swimming/Diving, Track and Field. BYU is still looking for a conference for these sports. Expect the WAC to extend the invitation to BYU as an associate member for these three sports as well.
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