Karl Benson talks about UH and the WAC

About how everyone associates UH and the WAC, WAC commissioner Karl Benson said:
“UH is the senior member of the WAC and over the last 30 years their programs have certainly brought national attention and limelight to the WAC, especially last year with their BCS appearance. While there may be confusion from time to time about who is in the WAC and who isn’t, when you talk about Hawai’i you think of the WAC; and when you talk about the WAC you talk about Hawai’i.” (HA)

HA Note: When UH joined the WAC, after 15 years of romancing and two previous rejections, the realization of Gov. John Burns’ vision of a conference home for UH was heralded as “the most important happening in the athletic history of (UH).”"

Bess patterns himself after Wes Welker

About how NFL coaches and general managers were comparing him with Wes Welker as soon as he declared for the NFL draft, Bess said:
”They said I had ability in the open zone — and that I caught the ball well. I was quick with cut routes, too.” (MH)

MH Note: “Bess, realizing he is a similar type of slot receiver, has been watching highlights of Welker since his junior year of college. Those studies have only intensified since he joined the NFL.”

About Wes Welker (who was undrafted and eventually cut by the Chargers before going to Miami and then New England), Bess said:
”I idolize him in a way. Almost every day now, I go into the film room and I’m watching him. I look at his highlights, and I watch how he runs routes and gets open. I’m trying to take as much from his game as possible and apply it to my game.” (MH)