This is as good as you will find

So I have come to a conclusion.

Football in the Western Athletic Conference isn’t all that bad. If you look down the line, there are 58 players in the NFL from current WAC teams. Compare those numbers from nine WAC teams, to that of the 69 players from 12 Conference USA teams, and 39 players from 12 Mid-American Conference teams-yeah, the WAC does alright.

Only the Mountain West has more players per team in the NFL (72 players from nine MWC teams) than the WAC-thank you BYU, who has 18 players represented in the NFL.

But those geeky numbers aside, let me give you a run down on why tonight’s game in Fresno is the best you will find outside of the big, bad BCS conferences.

First of all, there is no love lost between the two teams on the field. Yup, Boise gave much love to the Fresno State team last December in the MPC Computers Bowl. Why not? Who here wants an ACC team from Virginia to whoop up on their conference? Good for you Boise fans; however, Boise State is still the stomping ground for everything WAC football related, and until Fresno State, or anyone else of that matter beats them, the Broncos are king.

That alone is big-time encouragement.

Next is the fact that this is the fifth time in a row that one of these two teams are ranked in games they have played since Boise State entered the WAC-and began the domination of Fresno State. Wow, the list keeps going. Once again I report back to the geek numbers. Boise State and Fresno State were both ranked in the top 25 to begin the season. For anyone interested-the WAC was the only non-BCS conference with two teams in the polls to begin the season.

Again, geek alert-Boise State is the only non-BCS team with two losses with votes in either major national poll. Oh yeah-the Bulldogs are No. 20 in both polls.

Anyone catching my drift?

This game is huge with a capital-if you aren’t going to the game you need to be glued to your television watching ESPN tonight.

This is as good as you are going to find outside of USC-Cal, or Florida-Georgia-despite this season’s ‘largest outdoor cocktail party’ being a bore without Shockley.

Think anyone cares about Central Florida versus UTEP or TCU-BYU?

Nope.

But they like Boise State versus Fresno State.

Commentary by Trevor Horn / Sports Editor

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