"They said, 'You were pretty tough on us.' "Roy and Jim were waiting for me - these guys were both good friends, good colleagues," Benson continued. Also in attendance were SEC commissioner Roy Kramer and Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany, two high-powered figures themselves. "I'm sitting there under oath and my career is about ready to get short-circuited," Benson said.īenson had just turned against the college football empire at the hearings. The word "collusion" was even tossed around.
Mitch McConnell, Jeff Sessions among them - had their say. When it was over, some of the most powerful figures in Washington, D.C. Anti-trust threats were thrown around like nickels. The outrage was such that Senate hearings were convened.
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It defeated Kansas State in the Cotton Bowl, thinking the whole time it should have been in the new Bowl Alliance, the precursor to the Bowl Championship Series (BCS). That same 1996 season, BYU became the first Division I-A team to win 14 games (14-1). In the first expanded WAC game ever played, BYU beat No. Undeterred, the WAC went ahead and invited Rice, SMU, TCU, Tulsa, San Jose State and UNLV, beginning in 1996. Literally at that point, I said, 'Hey, I'm not your guy. "When we went to the extreme, 16, I couldn't come up with 16. This move will provide them the opportunity to do just that."Then, they said, 'Let's go to 14,'" Thompson recalled. We consistently ask our students to be champions in the classroom, the community and in competition. “This will raise the profile of all our sports teams and give our student-athletes a chance to compete on a different level. “We are excited to be joining the WAC,” says Richard Duran, UIW athletic director. Despite the ongoing effects of the pandemic felt throughout the year, they managed to log 4,895 hours of volunteer service in the community over 2020-2021. In the Spring of 2021, UIW student-athletes recorded a collective GPA of 3.27. Student-athletes at the University have proven to be champions on and off the field. UIW currently has 23 men’s and women’s teams competing in 14 different sports. “The conference’s Board evaluated every aspect of UIW’s profile and knows it is a great fit for the conference now and for years to come.” “UIW brings a stellar reputation, a balanced athletics program and a great geographic location to the WAC,” says Jeff Hurd, commissioner of the WAC. In addition, ESPN will produce the men’s and women’s basketball championship games. Under that agreement, more than 500 live WAC games and events including football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, swimming and diving, track and field, softball and baseball will be available for fans to watch on ESPN+.
The conference is beginning its 60 th year of intercollegiate competition and in August 2021 the WAC entered into a new media rights agreement with ESPN. With the addition of UIW, the WAC will soon consist of 14 schools competing in 20 different men’s and women’s sports, including eight teams that will compete in football at the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. We would also like to thank the institutions of the Southland Conference for their partnership over the past nine years.” We want to thank the WAC Board of Directors, Commissioner Jeff Hurd and all the member institutions for the opportunity to join this prestigious league and we look forward to working with them to maintain and strengthen the level of sportsmanship and competition for which the WAC is known. A move to the WAC at this time puts our student-athletes in the best position to succeed academically and competitively. “The University of the Incarnate Word is committed to prioritizing what is best for our student-athletes and the Mission of the University. “As we have witnessed over the past several months, Division 1 athletics can be a changing landscape and with that change will come opportunity,” says UIW President Dr. UIW will join the WAC beginning July 1, 2022. San Antonio – The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is proud to announce that it has accepted an invitation to become a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). University of the Incarnate Word agrees to Join Western Athletic Conference
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