Boise State discusses their annual attempt at getting into the MWC

IS = Idaho Statesman

About how the MWC keeps turning them down every year, Boise State President Bob Kustra said:
"I'm reminded of Charlie Brown every year getting his football out and Lucy sets it up and reassures him this is the year she's not going to pull it away and, of course, she does." (IS)

About how he won't give up on trying to get into the MWC, Kustra said:
"What it really showed was what an eternal optimist Charlie Brown was. He never gave up. I guess that's the way I feel." (IS)

About how the door is not closed yet this year, Kustra said:
"The opportunity has not been lost." (IS)

IS Note: "If Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson is in favor of adding Boise State as Kustra told the Statesman he was on Monday evening, then the latest disappointment could be the last for the Broncos. Thompson said he gave the presidents his recommendation on expansion, but would not divulge his advice to the public. The commissioner called Kustra after the presidents opted not to vote on expansion, his only such call. He equated the weekend meetings to unfinished business, likening them to a cliff-hanger on your favorite television show. "To be continued," Thompson said should be the takeaway from Jackson."

About how they may invite BSU later this month, MWC commissioner Craig Thompson said:
"I don't think the door's closed (on Boise State)." (IS)

About the geographical problem for adding Iowa State, Thompson said:
"Iowa State and San Diego are a long way apart. You're not just going to put the women's volleyball team in a van and drive to San Diego." (IS)

IS Note: "The WAC was so confident that Boise State was leaving for the Mountain West that it scheduled a press conference to discuss their departure days ago. Even when the invitation didn't come, commissioner Karl Benson spent 30 minutes fielding questions about potential replacements for the Broncos."

About how the WAC expected to lose BSU yesterday, Benson said:
"No one would have been surprised today if an invitation had come from the Mountain West or if Boise State had accepted it." (IS)

IS Note: "Thompson said the league would consider expansion again before the end of the month, in recognition of Boise State's July 1 deadline to exit the WAC without additional penalty."

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/06/08/1222199/still-room-for-optimism-among.html