Liveblogs - Day 9 / Sportsline WAC Preview, Etc

First full pad practice liveblogs are here:

From the Warrior Beat.

From UH Sport Sextra. Woops, Freudian slip. It's two-a-days today, so Dave might create a new post for second practice.

And while you're waiting for updates, J. Darin Durst of CBS Sportsline writes a WAC preview that's mostly about Hawaii and Colt Brennan, even though he picks Boise to win the conference. Anyway, he likes Brennan.

What do you get if you mix Jim Kelly, Jeff George and Warren Moon?

Maybe the greatest quarterback to ever play college football.

Maybe Hawaii senior Colt Brennan.

He also talks to June Jones about how the schedule might hurt UH's BSC chances.

"We don't have any control over that," said Jones. "Unfortunately Michigan State bought their way out of a game and we are one short. But you just line up and play as good as you can play and hopefully when it's all said and done, we'll be there at the end of the year. We don't worry about the rankings, we have a chance to be a good team and the kids realize what's at stake."

Another article to read, ESPN's Mark Schlabach writes about how the WAC is a better conference than Conference-USA.

A play-in game between the WAC and Conference USA would be like a No. 5 seed playing a No. 12 seed in the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

The WAC is just that much better than Conference USA right now.

Although Conference USA has a couple of teams capable of producing good seasons in 2007, the WAC has more recognizable coaches, more star players and a much better record against non-conference opponents and in bowl games in recent years.

It's all a part of a "Who's Now" style "bracket tournament" to see which will be the best conference in 2007. Sounds about as fun and exciting as "Who's Now" was... Nonetheless, and this is why they do it, you can go to Schlabach's column to vote on who you think is a better conference, WAC or C-USA.