Could the WAC be looking to move back into Texas?

According to a recent sporting news column, the WAC is again looking at expansion to ten.

It would be wise for the WAC to center its focus on finding Louisiana Tech a travel partner. Louisiana Tech is one of the schools hit hardest by rising gas prices in the conference.

A travel partner is a university located close to another university. Having a travel partner in a conference cuts the amount of travel by allowing other schools, such as Hawaii, to schedule both schools in one round trip.

Tech’s nearest conference mate, New Mexico State, is nearly a thousand miles away. Fortunately, there are several schools from the State of Texas that could assist as a travel partner for the bulldogs.

Since 1992, 1/5 of NFL players drafted from the WAC have come from Texas, a state where the WAC is no longer represented.

First, we’ll run by the schools that would play FBS football in the conference, and then we’ll look at possible solutions for sports other than football.

Schools that field or plan on fielding FBS level football:

                                                             Lamar:
Lamar has a proud football history in FBS. The school is small-to-mid sized [10,000] and located close to Houston on the Louisiana-Texas Border.

Lamar fielded a Division I football team up until 1989, when football was dropped altogether due to rising costs and slacking attendance.

 Lamar will play in Cardinal Stadium, which is going through 18 million worth of renovations and expansion planned to reach completion by 2010. Pre-expansion, Cardinal Stadium holds 17,500.

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