DENVER ? The Western Athletic Conference continues its 2006 Play Up Tour campaign is in the Golden State with a WAC versus Mountain Westconference rivalry. The fourth stop heads to Bulldog Stadium where Colorado State faces off with Fresno State in Fresno.
After a successful Tour in 2005, the WAC has continued its promotion of Play Up, announcing its nine football stops. The Play Up Tour heightens awareness for the WAC brand as well as reinforces the association between the schools and the WAC. The Play Up Tour seeks to improve the public and private perceptions of the WAC and its members through national, local and regional touch points.
Fans can join the WAC at the Fresno stop in Bulldog Boulevard. Along side the WAC staff will be Bulldog Asen Asparuhov signing autographs and meeting Bulldog nation. Also joining the WAC will be radio station KMJ.
Fans can come by and register to win a helmet signed by head coach Pat Hill. The WAC will select a winner who will be announced during the game and become registered for a chance to win a trip for two to the New Mexico Bowl. After each of the nine tour stops, a winner will be selected from that pool and will receive a trip for two to Albuquerque to cheer on the WAC against the Mountain West on December 23.
The WAC will also be handing out WAC tattoos, t-shirts and WAC.tv gear. If you are unable to make it in time to get a shirt, you can order one online at wacstore.com.
The following are the dates and times of each of the Tour’s stops. For more information about when and where the WAC will be at each site, please visit wacsports.com and click on the Play Up Tour logo.
Saturday, Sept. 9
New Mexico at New Mexico State, 6:00 p.m.
Meet Aggie Great Charley Johnson
Saturday, Sept. 16
Utah at Utah State, 6:00 p.m.
Meet Aggie Great Emmett White
Saturday, Sept. 23
Hawai?i at Boise State, 6:00 p.m.
Meet Bronco Great Bart Henricks
Saturday, Sept. 30
Colorado State at Fresno State, 7:00 p.m.
Meet Bulldog Great Asen Asparuhov
Saturday, Oct. 14
Utah State at San Jose State, 3:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 21
Boise State at Idaho, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 28
New Mexico State at Nevada, 1:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 11
Louisiana Tech at Hawai?i, 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 18
Nevada at Louisiana Tech, 7:00 p.m.
For more information on the Play Up Tour, please contact Ben Cunningham (bcunningham@wac.org) at the WAC office (303.799.9221).