The Upset Show: Episode 1

Zach and Brett jump into the podcast waters with Episode 1 of The Upset Show. On today's podcast, we:

- Memorialize The Mtn as it goes off the air.
- Discuss the history, ramifications, and future of affected schools in conference realignment, and discuss the actions those conferences and schools should take.
- Analyze past mid-major basketball players taken in the first round of the NBA draft and compare how Weber State's Damian Lillard stacks up.

Podcast player is below the jump. Thanks for tuning in!

Weber State Signs 3 JC Transfers

Weber State announced the signing of three junior-college transfers as the Wildcats prepare to start life without Damian Lillard:

Abdulsamad Zaid | G 6'2"
Barstow CC
Wayne Bradford | G 6'3"
Sheridan College
Royce Williams | F 6'5"
New Mexico Military Inst

UT-Arlington to join Sun Belt in 2013

This Thursday, the Texas System Board of Regents will vote to give Texas-Arlington authorization to accept the previously rumored invitation to the Sun Belt Conference, according to the group's published agenda. The agenda states the Sun Belt officially extended the invitation on May 7, and the effective date for the conference move is July 1, 2013.

According to the details of the agenda, no exit fee will be required to the WAC, and the entry fee to the Sun Belt is $300,000.

How Twitter Changed My Fandom: Part II

I have written at length about the effect Twitter has had on my life, both professionally and personally. I dipped my toes again in the waters of the same subject matter a few days ago when I sent out a tweet asking my followers to reply back to two tweet queries: First, replying with the number of individuals they have personally met through twitter interaction. Second, how their twitter use/style has changed over time. Personally, I had slept on the sofa of a kind-hearted tweep after the Big Sky Semifinal. Another hooked me up with a ticket to the BYU-Gonzaga basketball game. I went on a few dates with a Twitter female. My last two jobs have been directly tied to a Twitter interaction. These experiences were only the beginning. Twitter is an amazing resource. I'll come back to my second question later.

Comparing Idaho's Conference Options

Idaho AD Rob Spear today said that the university's priorities for athletic competition are: 1) All sports in same FBS conference; 2) Football in one FBS conference, all sports in another; 3) FBS Independence; 4) FCS.

The idea of FBS independence for Idaho seems like a program death sentence to me. The presumed conference homes for Idaho football are the Sun Belt, if interested, and the Big Sky. Keeping in mind travel costs it would take to live in the Sun Belt in all sports, plus adding in the impossibility of anyone in your conference ever traveling to Moscow ... I've got to say that the Big Sky makes a lot of sense for Idaho.