MWC Sports Blog

The Mountain West Conference has been getting a lot of good attention so far in 2008 after a sweep of the Pac-10 a couple of weeks ago. With BYU and Utah ranked, the TCU Horned Frogs joined their MWC rivals breaking in at #24 heading into their matchup with #2 Oklahoma this Saturday. In other Mountain West football action Wyoming hosts Bowling Green, Colorado State is @ California, San Diego State hosts Idaho, New Mexico is @ New Mexico State, #17 Utah hosts Weber State and UNLV hosts Nevada while #11 BYU and Air Force have a week off to prepare for Week Six games.

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Eddie Griffin of College Sports Fans recently wrote an article on mid-major college football & basketball teams building their programs and gaining national prominence. We witnessed the Utah Utes behind QB Alex Smith and then head coach Urban Meyer win a BCS bowl game just a few short years ago, and while Utah has maintained a winning program, they have not been anywhere close to their BCS performance again.

Labeling continuity, confidence and being in the right place at the right time as keys to building and sustaining a college program into an elite team, this article makes a great read for fans of any non-BCS conference football program.