WAC won't include football in 2013

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ENGLEWOOD, Colo., Aug. 20 (UPI) -- The Western Athletic Conference won't include football in 2013, Commissioner Jeff Hurd said Monday.

Hurd told The Denver Post the conference -- which will lose San Jose State, Utah State, Louisiana Tech and Texas-San Antonio after the 2012 campaign -- won't field a football schedule following the upcoming season.

"I think that sometime in late July it became apparent that it was unlikely we could continue with football," Hurd told the newspaper. "We looked at every option we could think of. With the geography we have in terms of schools, it presents a challenge."

The WAC previously lost Boise State, Nevada, Fresno State and Hawaii as NCAA Division I college football went through an alignment shuffle.

Questions now remain as to whether it can field enough schools keep its Division I status, the Post reported.

To do so, it must add two to three new members to its remaining lineup of Denver University, Idaho, New Mexico State, Seattle University, Texas-Arlington and Texas State.