The University of Hawai‘i made it official Friday, announcing it will be leaving the Western Athletic Conference following the 2011-2012 school year to join up with the Mountain West Conference for football and the Big West for other sports. The
The University of Hawai‘i made it official Friday, announcing it will be leaving the Western Athletic Conference following the 2011-2012 school year to join up with the Mountain West Conference for football and the Big West for other sports.
The decision ends a 31-year run for UH as a member of the WAC and leaves the conference with just eight schools — only seven with football programs — for the 2012 season.
Hawai‘i had been in talks with the conferences ever since Boise State’s decision to join the MWC set off a domino effect with Nevada and Fresno State also opting to leave the WAC. Athletic Director Jim Donovan made the UH program’s decision official at a news conference Friday.
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