SPORTS RADIO ESPN 1420 » karl benson http://espn1420.com Thu, 23 May 2013 06:19:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Sun Belt Changes Coming – From the Bird's Nest http://espn1420.com/sun-belt-changes-coming-from-the-birds-nest/ http://espn1420.com/sun-belt-changes-coming-from-the-birds-nest/#comments Wed, 10 Oct 2012 22:58:21 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=98494 The 2013 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament, fan safety and scheduling for basketball and a change in the conference ejection policy highlighted the Sun Belt Conference fall meetings, which concluded Wednesday in New Orleans

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]]> http://espn1420.com/sun-belt-changes-coming-from-the-birds-nest/feed/ 0 Commissioner Karl Benson Three Intriguing Games this Weekend….From the Bird's Nest http://espn1420.com/three-intriguing-games-this-weekend-from-the-birds-nest/ http://espn1420.com/three-intriguing-games-this-weekend-from-the-birds-nest/#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2012 15:36:13 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=94870 Normally, the Friday column is entitled FIVE games instead of three......

Which should tell you this weekend is somewhat of a dud in college football.

Many of your power teams are playing in conference, but they're playing bottom feeders

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]]> http://espn1420.com/three-intriguing-games-this-weekend-from-the-birds-nest/feed/ 0 Justin K. Aller/Getty Images Sport Benson Won't Be a Passive Commissioner – From the Bird's Nest http://espn1420.com/benson-wont-be-a-passive-commissioner-from-the-birds-nest/ http://espn1420.com/benson-wont-be-a-passive-commissioner-from-the-birds-nest/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:47:59 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=47823 Look for the Sun Belt to grow

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]]> http://espn1420.com/benson-wont-be-a-passive-commissioner-from-the-birds-nest/feed/ 0 sunbeltsports.org WAC's Benson Named Sun Belt Commissioner http://espn1420.com/wacs-benson-named-sun-belt-commissioner/ http://espn1420.com/wacs-benson-named-sun-belt-commissioner/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:11:07 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=47818 Benson ready to get started April 1.

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]]> http://espn1420.com/wacs-benson-named-sun-belt-commissioner/feed/ 0 Is the WAC Grasping for Straws? http://espn1420.com/is-the-wac-grasping-for-straws/ http://espn1420.com/is-the-wac-grasping-for-straws/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:40:47 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=29647 Commish says PLEASE DON'T GO

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]]> http://espn1420.com/is-the-wac-grasping-for-straws/feed/ 0 wacsports.com From the Bird's Nest: The WAC adds……Seattle!! http://espn1420.com/from-the-birds-nest-the-wac-adds-seattle/ http://espn1420.com/from-the-birds-nest-the-wac-adds-seattle/#comments Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:47:47 +0000 Jay Walker http://espn1420.com/?p=10633 Ever since the defections of Boise State, Fresno State, Nevada and Hawai'i turned the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) into America's Worst Football Conference (AWFC), Commissioner Karl Benson has been looking forward to Spring, 2011 to announce the AWFC expansion plans.

Yesterday, he got his coup.

Welcome, Seattle Universi

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