Middle Class America: Looking for the Next Boise State

I want to be in Boise, Idaho on September 12.  That’s when the Broncos of Boise State will have their first chance to win their 100th game since 2000. Granted, they would have to have beaten preseason hype-machine Oregon on opening day but I make a habit of never underestimating Idaho’s best.The college football landscape continues to evolve with on-field competitive parity and off-field recruiting diversity. Because of that it's the right time to look closer at which conference and which programs could rise above their middle class standing and begin to challenge the best of the Mountain West and Western Athletic Conference.Welcome to Conference USA. It’s time to load up the RV and make a little road trip east to Greenville, North Carolina and south to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It’s time for ECU and USM to plague the BCS in the tradition of the MWC and WAC. East Carolina The formula for mid-major success is to recruit the heck out of it, coach the t...