Category Archives: General

BYU, WAC certainly were talking

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Posted on August 24, 2010 by rgagliardi

Interesting story by the Deseret News out of Salt Lake City on BYU’s possible move to being an independent in football and to the WAC in other sports. From the sounds of this story, BYU may stay in the MWC. … Continue reading →

Posted in Air Force, BYU, College Football, Fall Camp 2010, General, Moutain West Conference, MWC Expansion

Friday’s stories

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Posted on August 20, 2010 by rgagliardi

Latest rumor in Mountain West expansion talk is Houston is close to joining the league. It simply never ends. Here are some links of other stories on this topic, and from around the MWC: http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/08/19/2414774/mwc-c-usa-talking-about-merged.html http://gazetteafasports.freedomblogging.com/2010/08/19/for-those-asking-about-air-force-and-being-a-football-independent-heres-the-answer/6317/ http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700058568/MWC-and-WAC-battle-becoming-a-hot-war.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700058704/BYU-football-Y-extends-series-with-Texas-to-3-games.html http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700058667/Get-ready-for-conspiracy-theories-as-ESPN-adds-BCS.html http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sports/50139815-77/wac-usu-state-byu.html.csp … Continue reading →

Posted in College Football, General, Moutain West Conference, MWC Expansion

Sunday stories

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Posted on August 15, 2010 by rgagliardi

Some links to stories from around the Mountain West Conference: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/aug/14/sandifer-gives-lindley-that-third-receiver-option/ http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20100815/SPORTS/8150336/Offense-rallies-late-for-victory-in-CSU-scrimmage http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/utes/50110816-89/utes-whittingham-camp-cleaning.html.csp http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/cougars/50111038-88/nelson-yards-mendenhall-biggest.html.csp http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/08/14/2404374/tcu-coach-patterson-not-happy.html http://www.gazette.com/sports/close-103013-lamendola-return.html http://www.statesman.com/sports/longhorns/ut-defense-already-in-ooh-mode-at-practices-860051.html

Posted in BYU, College Football, Colorado State, General, Moutain West Conference, San Diego State, TCU, UNLV, Utah

To share or not to share

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Posted on July 23, 2010 by rgagliardi

Interesting story from The Salt Lake Tribune on how college football coaches like to share their secrets. … to a certain extent. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/utes/49936260-89/utah-coaches-season-2009.html.csp

Posted in Football, General

Get involved in MWC football media day

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Posted on July 23, 2010 by rgagliardi

The Mountain West Conference hosts its football media day functions Tuesday and Wednesday in Las Vegas. I will be there and will provide stories, blog posts and Tweets. Fans also can get involved by following this link provided by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Football, General, MWC Football Media Day 2010

Back from fishing

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Posted on July 20, 2010 by rgagliardi

Nothing like stream fishing for trout for a couple of weeks to recharge the batteries. I’ve been out of the loop (along with cell phone and Internet service) for quite a while. But I came across some stories while I … Continue reading →

Posted in College Football, Dave Christensen, General, Heath Schroyer, Moutain West Conference, Receivers, Women's college basketball Tagged

Gone fishin’

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Posted on July 6, 2010 by rgagliardi

Headed on vacation to do some fishing with my dad. Won’t be any where with cell phone or Internet access, so there won’t be any blog posts for a couple of weeks. Talk to you soon.

Posted in General

UW and the APR

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Posted on June 9, 2010 by rgagliardi

The latest Academic Progress Ratings from the NCAA that monitor’s student-athlete retention and eligibility were released Wednesday. Wyoming did not receive any scholarship reductions in any of its sports. The sport with the most documented problems has been men’s basketball, … Continue reading →

Posted in Academic Progress Ratings, Football, General, Moutain West Conference, UW men's basketball

News and links

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Posted on June 9, 2010 by rgagliardi

Some news and notes from schools in and around the Mountain West. A wide range of topics here from expenses, facilities, academics, expansion and verbal commitments. http://www.gazette.com/sports/air-99861-force-spends.html http://www.denverpost.com/colleges/ci_15256185 http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700038779/The-inmates-are-running-the-asylum-in-college-football.html http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/06/07/2246327/tcus-plan-for-stadium-renovation.html http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/06/09/1223528/bsu-or-not-mwc-priority-remains.html http://www.sltrib.com/byucougars/ci_15161326 http://blogs.sltrib.com/utes/index.php?p=17162&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

Posted in Football, General, MWC Expansion

Expansion’s impact on UW, MWC

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Posted on May 13, 2010 by rgagliardi

Here is my column that ran today’s Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang on the potential impact college conference expansion could have on Wyoming and the Mountain West Conference. Been getting a good stream of comments and feedback on it. … Continue reading →

Posted in Football, General, Moutain West Conference