Mountain West Conference Fans

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Call it a "Mid-Major", call it "2nd-Tier", call it whatever you want. The MWC is a great conference, and we celebrate the achievements of Mountain West Schools.

  • 15 Members
  • Established 11/25/08
  • Group Tags: Mountain West Conference, FCS, Colorado State University, University of Wyoming, Brigham Young University, University of Utah, New Mexico University, Air Force Academy, University of Nevada Las Vegas, San Diego State University, Texas Christian University, NCAA Football, NCAA Basketball, NCAA, Football, Basketball
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    Bigalke
  • 01:35 AM ET  01.03
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It couldn't happen. This team went toe to toe with one of the national finalists; it had been the number one team in the land mere weeks ago. And no matter how much the pundits wanted to talk up the Mountain West Conference this season, they simply did not want to give Utah a chance against Nick Saban and his Alabama Crimson Tide. But this was no mid-major weakling with which the virtual home team (distance from Bryant-Denny Stadium to the Louisiana Superdome: 292 miles) would treat as though a kitten's plaything... This was a team built more in the mold of Utah's undefeated…
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    Bigalke
  • 01:15 PM ET  12.24
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With the glut of bowl games on the college football landscape, it's hard to believe that only a dozen years ago a team could win ten games and still be shut out of the postseason. Here's an article about how the first year of the Bowl Alliance conspired to keep the Cowboys out of the postseason in Joe Tiller's last season... Link through to the article here  Feel free to leave your comments below... 
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Welcome to the group! I know that there have to be a few more like me. I am proud to call myself a fan of the Mountain West Conference, and I'm proud to attend Colorado State University. Whether you attend a MWC school, your parents attended one, or you are just a fan of college sports and the Mountain West Conference in general, everyone is welcome.I plan to do a weekly MWC football update during the football season, and I will post an occasional basketball blog. If anyone is more into college basketball than I am and would like to be in charge of the basketball blog, FM me, and I'll…
good job keeping this place active wtnelson=big chief
husky pride 12/14/08
Yeah, that's an interesting hire. I hope he does well. Rocky Long was great for the conference, but NM wasn't going anywhere.
I saw that Mike Locksley from Illinois just got the New Mexico job.
TenRingsSTL 12/10/08
As soon as I get all of this figured out, anyone that wants to can blog.

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