Here are a few quick-hitters from the first day of the WAC media preview in San Jose. It continues today ...
-- WAC commish Karl Benson was riding high yesterday, saying he's the most excited he's ever been entering the season.
-- Chris Peterson, Boise State's football coach, doesn't want to talk about the Fiesta Bowl anymore -- but he handled questions about it with ease and enjoyment. He wants his team to focus on this season -- as it should. The team lost about 23 seniors, including starting QB Jared Zabransky (who's starring on the cover of NCAA Football 2008. Does anyone have that? How's the game? I wonder how Fresno State is in it? hmm. I'll write about that later. No one steal my idea.). Peterson went so far as to ban fiesta bowl gear from being worn at workouts and in team offices this summer.
Boise State is 0-12 against BCS opponents on the road (this doesn't include neutral sites like the Fiesta Bowl).
-- Derek Dooley, new coach at La Tech, showed he's not shy when it comes to talking to the media. His press conference was the most entertaining of the day as he cracked jokes and shared stories about growing up Vince Dooley's son and finding his way to the coaching ranks. (see today's story in The Bee)
-- There was a golf outing yesterday ... Fresno State DE Tyler Clutts played ... I'll try to see what he shot when the players make themselves available to interviews. Ryan Wendell, the other Fresno State player in San Jose, said he would spare the university the embarassment of his score. No matter what it is, it couldn't be worse than mine.
-- Quin Harris, Redwood High, was at media day as well. More on him in tomorrow's paper.
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