Non-BCS Conferences, 25 Hour Countdown

Tom Dienhart of the Sporting News ranks the non-BCS conferences. Well, look who's first.

1. WAC: The getting is good out west. Check out this roll call of coaches: Hawaii's June Jones, San Jose State's Dick Tomey, Nevada's Chris Ault, Fresno State's Pat Hill, Boise State's Chris Petersen. Yeah, pretty good.

And I happen to think New Mexico State's Hal Mumme is an eclectic sideline Caesar who has the Aggies poised for big things. Add it all up, and there are two legit Top 25 teams in this league -- and four other strong programs.

Dienhart seems like a very smart man. And as a bonus, he ranked the Mountain West third, behind C-USA. Ouch! I kid my MWC friends.

Dienhart also ranks Colt Brennan as the top non-BCS player, with Davone Bess at #11 and Jason Rivers at #52.

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ESPN is going to have a 25-hour countdown show leading up to their first college football game broadcast of the season, and it looks like UH is taking part in the festivities.

ESPN's Twenty-Five Hours of College Football Presented by TIVO starts at 7 p.m. ET Aug. 29 and continues until the Tigers-Bulldogs kickoff 25 hours later. Some regular shows, such as SportsCenter will remain intact, but with more emphasis on college football, while offbeat fare fills time slots. The University of Hawaii team practice was moved to 9 p.m. in their time zone to fill the 3 a.m. ET slot.

That should be interesting.

P.S. Colt Brennan is on the Davey O'Brien Watch List. Here's the full list.