The state of the WAC on Saturday

 When can we get back to focusing on current players, recruiting prospects and the like?

Yikes. Ferd Lewis has a long memory and brings together two disparate moments -- one current and the other from 2002 -- in UH and Fresno State athletics. Go here.

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 Thank you to PackBlue at the Silver and Blue Sports Sports Forum for discovering this -- a Twitter account featuring a faux Karl Benson. Go here and have some laughs, which we need now more than ever.

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Getting serious, it appears (who knows what passes for reality at this point) Utah State is seriously exploring joining the Mountain West Conference.

Here are some 14, 15 hour old tweets from Jared Eborn/Deseret News:

A source close to the USU administration tells the Deseret News Utah State is actively negotiating a berth in MWC with WAC falling apart

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That source at USU says the MWC will expand, again, to 12 teams if BYU can be persuaded to stay in MWC for non-football sports

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Any conference move for USU depends on BYU's decision on FB indy status. Nothing will happen before Monday at earliest 

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To be clear, that source says nothing impending, but that is the goal of current negotiations for USU.

Plus, Tony Jones has an Aggieville article here on this subject and more.

Friday morning's WAC report

George Hostetter channels Roger Ebert is laying out the relationship between Fresno State athletics and the Western Athletic Conference. John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart receive prominent play but not Lee Marvin. It's a fascinating and lengthy piece -- go here. Read it while listening to this.

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Ferd Lewis writes about the WAC as a stepping stone conference here.

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Jay Drew and Lya Wodraska have the answer about Greg Graham prep signee Mason Sawyer and Boise State. Go here.