... for disaster, the Mountain West is positioned well to fill the void. 

On its own merits, the conference is on the verge of becoming the seventh automatic qualifying BCS league. BYU, Colorado State, New Mexico, TCU, and Utah are being batted around as expansion candidates to current BCS conferences.

With a strategic plan for the future, the MWC could become a true power conference with national championship-caliber football and basketball teams and a television network to broadcast from the mountain top.

How does the Mountain West get to the top and stay there? Here's a quick To-Do List:

1. Contact Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma State, and Texas Tech immedia...

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