Warrior Quotes from an LA Times feature on the WAC

About how BSU's win over Oklahoma helped UH, JJ said:
"What's good for the conference is good for us. Boise kind of set a standard that everyone's shooting for. . . . I think much of the preseason hype is because of their success." (LAT)


About how it will be hard for a WAC player to win the Heisman, Colt said:
"You've got to assume it's going to be harder for us. I remember hearing how hard it was for people in the Pac-10 to get into the Heisman race." (LAT)

LAT Note: "The WAC also isn't a one-team league. The conference last year posted bowl wins against the Big 12 (Boise State over Oklahoma) and the Pac-10 (Hawaii over Arizona State) while Nevada nearly upset five-time national champion Miami. San Jose State, a program once on the brink of extinction, has been revived under Dick Tomey, while Pat Hill at Fresno State continues his face-first scheduling approach in the hopes of drawing an inside straight to a major bowl game.

Boise State is the five-time defending WAC champion but the school to watch this year is Hawaii, which won 11 games in 2006, returns Brennan, and has what Jones calls the best four-man receiver corps he's fielded.

Hawaii's comfy schedule all but eliminates it from national title consideration -- the first six games are Northern Colorado, Louisiana Tech, Nevada Las Vegas, Charleston Southern, Idaho, Utah State -- but the Warriors could be unbeaten and playing for their own major bowl bid when Boise State visits the island on Nov. 23."


About how BSU's Fiesta Bowl win helps their BCS chances, Colt said:
"If Boise State would have lost that [Oklahoma] game, no one would be thinking we'd have a shot to go to a BCS game." (LAT)