Idaho coach Robb Akey said he's sad Fresno State will be leaving the Western Athletic Conference. He doesn't want Hawaii and Nevada to go, either, and is disappointed that the Vandals no longer play in-state rival Boise State. "I thought we had a pretty good, competitive football conference the past couple of years," said Akey, the former Washington State defensive coordinator who's been at Idaho since 2007. "These games have been hard-fought and fun. You'd like to keep playing them all if you could." But with Fresno State, Hawaii and Nevada all set to follow Boise State and join the Mountain West Conference by next summer, Idaho is among the five remaining schools left behind to try to stabilize the WAC. The Vandals might be the most likely candidate to become the conference's new flagship football program, considering they're the only team among the five remaining WAC programs to sport a winning record during the past two seasons combined/Bryant-Jon Anteola, Fresno Bee. More here. (AP file photo: Aggies' Christine Michael is forced out of bounds by Vandals' Homer Mauga during the third quarter of Idaho's 37-7 loss last weekend)

Question: Would you rather see the Vandals as a power in a weak WAC or as competitive in the old WAC?