2008 Pac 10 Standings

kimdaddy35

Is this the article you were talking about? www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewt
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I think the Mountain West could have a break out season with great opportunities for BYU, Utah, New Mexico, and TCU to have solid wins over BCS mid-levelers. By the end of the day on September 13, the Mountain West could have strong wins over: Michigan, UCLA, Washington, Stanford, and Arizona.

There is a very real possibility that the Mountain West finishes with 3 teams in the top 25 in 2008. With BYU's team and Utah's schedule, you could potentially have two top 10 teams!

The Mountain West must capitalize on this season's opportunity! It will be a huge stride in legitimizing the conference and to bring it out of obscurity. It's sad that the fact that the ESPN does not have a deal for TV coverage of MWC games results in sub-par coverage of the conference. But with 3 top 25 teams, they will not be able to ignore!

Is the next step expansion? It may be, but grabbing the right additions would be imperative. Many say Boise State is the next logical step, but I'm not so sure. They have had a great run for the last 4-5 years, but does it have the power to stay? May be not. I don't think the Broncos have the facilities or the market to strengthen the MWC.

I would like to see Fresno State do well. That school has some potential and definitely would be nice to add another school in the California.

I also have high hopes for SMU. Back in the '80's, SMU was a top program. Perhaps June Jones can right that ship. They would make a perfect travel partner for TCU (in basketball and other sports). However, the jury is still out. The SMU boosters have shown that they are committed to developing a quality program (Jones' hiring), but it must be settled on the field, so to speak.

Any other schools to consider in the West?

maybe Hawaii but travel sucks

I think we could add Nevada if we were really looking for a team. Their location is good and they always seem to have respectable football and basketball teams.

But in reply to the original idea of this thread the only BYU and/or Utah would get into the Pac-10 is if they both had really good seasons for the next couple seasons and not just in football.

Jazz/cougs, I think any moron could tell you weren't being serious. Having said that, I think the BYu to the PAC 10 discussion is just getting extremely old. As BYU fans, we've been talking about a potential move to the Pac 10 for 30 years now. I've basically relegated myself to the fact that its not happening. I just thought it was funny that you left out UCLA.

By the way, I'm not sure how my comment was perceived as "holier than thou", but whatever. In all honesty, between my comment and this little private one you sent me, yours is much more "holier than thou". Accusing someone of a holier than thou attitude or comment when it wasn't there is pretty damn holier than thou in my opinion.

But BYU Backer, isn't it holier than thou to say that his holier than thou comment is holier than thou.  Wait a second, I guess that makes my comment the most holier than thou because I called your post about his holier than thou comment being holier than thou. HAHA!

Go Cougars!