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Twisting and Turning in the Mountain West
Since being established in 1999, the NCAA’s youngest D-I FBS conference, the Mountain West, has been gaining exponentially more media coverage and national respect over the past few years, as a growing mid-major conference that can compete and win against the other high-major conferences: Pac-12, Big 12, Big 10, Big East, Southeastern and Atlantic Coast. Of the five mid-major conference BCS births since the 2004 NCAA College Football season, four of the five have been from the Mountain West (Utah in ’05, Boise State ’07, Utah ’09, Boise State and TCU ’10 and TCU again in ’11), going a combined 5-1 in those BCS appearances, possibly 6-0 if Boise State and TCU had not been bidded against eachother in the 2010 Fiesta Bowl. Mountain West men’s basketball has not been meek in competitive spirit either, appearing in 29 NCAA Tournaments since the Conference’s inception; on average, almost two and half teams a year. Most notably in my mind, the Mountain West has had three #1 overall draft selections for each major professional sport: the NFL’s Alex Smith of Utah and the NBA’s Andrew Bogut of Utah in 2005; MLB’s Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State in 2009. Read More >>
Kyle Whittingham Breathes A Sigh of Relief for Pac-12 Move
As Utah coach Kyle Whittingham walked into the visitors tunnel of Falcons Stadium, he let out a giant sigh of relief.
“Frick,” he muttered as he shook his head and wandered into the locker room.
It was one of those games for Whittingham, whose Utes barely escaped the Air Force Academy with a 28-23 win to preserve their undefeated record.
“I’ve been in this game maybe 21 times (as an assistant and head coach) and I need a break from it,” said Whittingham, whose team moves to the Pac-12 college conference next year and has no future dates with Air Force. “So now we’re getting a break from it and that’s why I was breathing a sigh of relief. Read More >>
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