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Blog: Things Still Looking UP For UI, USU

The best part of this is for The University of Idaho and Utah State who are poised to take over where Boise State and Fresno Left off. The University of Idaho in football after the momentum we had last year and the stability we have finally achieved with our leadership and program directors. After so many years of struggles and trials it is nice to see upward progress being made Utah State is a player in basketball. They are unarguably the top dogs when it comes to hoops and their football program is on the upswing with Gary Anderson at the helm. They could be atop the WAC. If BYU still manages its master plan of independence, with all other sports in the WAC, and the possibility of bringing SDSU with them, it could turn the WAC into a 2 Bid NCAA Tournament overnight in Basketball/Shon, No Cannot Have!. More here.

DFO: This post enables Hucks Online to introduce you the blogger No Cannot Have!, a big-time Idaho Vandal fan, living in Salt Lake City, who has been all over the conference ralignment via blog & Twitter.

Question: What do you think of the bottom line of No Cannot Have! that University of Idaho and Utah State University are in a good position to become the powers of a new Western Athletic Conference?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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