(2nd day of blogs looking back on Fresno State athletics in 2007-08.)

It didn’t get a parade or garner big headlines, but winning the Western Athletic Conference’s annual Commissioner’s Cup for the first time had Fresno State officials beaming. The cup signifies the conference’s top overall program.

Fresno State fans for years have claimed the WAC is too small a stage for the program. At the very least, they said, Fresno State should join the best from the WAC and the Mountain West Conference in a new conference capable of forcing its way into Bowl Championship Series.

But the claim rang hollow as long as there were other WAC schools with better overall programs.

For now, that’s no longer true.