ESPN Gets WACy Through 2017

ESPN and the Western Athletic Conference have announced a television coverage deal that will last until the 2016-2017 season. According to the article about the deal at ESPN, the ports media superpower’s senior vice president, Burke Magnus, had this to say about the WAC:

“You cannot talk championship level teams without including WAC members in that conversation. With this agreement, college sports fans will continue to see — in a bigger and better way — the quality and depth of the conference as well as the passion and enthusiasm of their supporters.”

All in all this should be a great thing for sports fans in the Western United States. With some of the best teams in football and basketball in the nation in recent years, the WAC has been making big strides in the effort to play with the big boys- the SEC, the Pac-10, Big Ten and others. Hawaii went undefeated in the regular season lat year, Boise State was a national title contender not too long ago. BYU is up there in the college football rankings, and Nevada has put together some great college basketball teams over the past few years.

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