Who would have thought, back in 1998, when the Bowl Championship Series was put into operation, that the Mountain West Conference would be as worthy, if not more, of an automatic selection over school's from the Big Ten, Pac-10, ACC, and the Big East?
As a matter of fact, the Mountain West conference was not even fully operational until 1999, although current commissioner Craig Thompson has served since 1998.
Basically born out of the BCS, the Mountain West conference, preferably known as the MWC, is set to beseige the armies of mainstream college football, especially after another heavy blow was cast upon one of the nation's best teams by a MWC-member school.
The MWC is 2-0 in BCS appearances, with Utah winning the ...
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