WAC Expansion: Benson Makes Right Move For Future

Published on: 3rd July, 2010

Current Conference Realignment is Over, but Aftershock is Expected   A lot of people were surprised that Karl Benson did not pull the trigger on a invitation of a new team or two when Boise State left for the Mountain West Conference.   The majority of Benson's comments about expansion and Boise State's move ...

The Next Mountain West Conference Expansion: June 2013

Published on: 26th June, 2010

No More Expansion... Craig Thompson has said that the MWC is no longer expanding, for now.  Big Ten and Pac-10 expansion bad news for the MWC With Utah gone, the MWC is on a razor's edge of making or not making AQ status.  The Big Ten and Pac-10 have both elevated their ...

Mountain West Conference Expansion Possibilities

Published on: 7th June, 2010

Reports are out that the Texas legislature is attempting to squeeze Colorado out of the PAC-16 picture along with Baylor.    This is not a new phenomenon. When the Big 12 was formed, the Texas legislature put the squeeze on BYU from being admitted in favor of Baylor.    If this PAC-16 continues with ...

The Perfect Way To Create Two Divisions in the Mountain West Conference

Published on: 7th May, 2010

With expansion rumors ebbing and flowing all over the place, we will have to suppose that the Mountain West is not going to wait for anyone to make moves in order to improve the conference and also assume that PAC-10 expansion is just more of the typical rhetoric that you ...

Mountain West Conference: A Solid Season and a Glimpse into Next Year

Published on: 5th January, 2010

A Solid Season   Critics of the Mountain West Conference thought that it had peaked in 2008-2009 season. These claims, stemming from Utah solidly defeating Alabama in the Sugar Bowl and having three teams in the top 25, were accomplishments that many thought, would never happen for the MWC.  To these detractors’s ...