San Francisco 49ers: How the WAC Helped Them Get to the Super Bowl

Colin Kaepernick, the QB who led the 49ers to the Super Bowl, did not come from a program considered to be a football powerhouse. Kaepernick came out the University of Nevada, then a member of the non-AQ Western Athletic Conference (WAC). 

But Kaepernick isn't the only San Francisco starter from the WAC. Offensive lineman Mike Iupati came out of the University of Idaho. The standout  offensive lineman was a first-round selection in the 2010 Bleacher Report - San Francisco 49ers
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