Mountain West Football News Archives

True freshman Jordan Wynn has yet to play a single second of college football. He's been relegated to the sideline since losing the starting quarterback job to Terrance Cain in fall camp.

Kyle Whittingham isn't surprised that Dave Christensen has made an immediate impact as head football coach at Wyoming.

Talk about a tough act to follow. Redshirt freshman Sean Sellwood has stepped into some mighty big shoes as Utah's punter this season.

Winners of four straight and six of seven games in 2009, the 19th-ranked Utah Utes try to stay in the hunt for the Mountain West Conference title as they entertain the Wyoming Cowboys in league action on Saturday.

Sporting the fourth-longest win streak in the Football Bowl Subdivision this week, the eighth-ranked TCU Horned Frogs settle in at Carter Stadium in Fort Worth this weekend versus the UNLV Rebels.

No offense, but the Utah football doesn't seem to have much lately - offense, that is.

The Colorado State volleyball team, coming off their worst loss of the season, after straight sets beat-down at the hands of the Ram-slaying TCU Horned Frogs, strolled into the University of New Mexico's Johnson Center, Saturday.

The debate over how college football should handle crowning its national champion has reached new heights.

It's been three weeks since the Utah Utes played a game at Rice-Eccles Stadium. They defeated Louisville that day, but lost starting running back Matt Asiata in the process.

Sports fodder for a Friday morning . . . Jim Zorn has more job security than Mike Sanford right now.

The biggest game this weekend arguably comes from the Mountain West Conference, where TCU and BYU battle for supremacy.

Last week Steve Scherer from CBS called me for a favor. It seems Wake Forest, my alma mater, is playing Navy, and Steve thought it might be interesting to call me during the game and talk about my days at Wake.

Boise State better watch its back. TCU is trying to bust into the BCS, too. The sixth-ranked Broncos have drawn the most attention of the teams from the non-automatic BCS qualifying conferences this season.

The No. 24 ranked Utes head to Las Vegas, the place many say prompted a Utah turnaround two... UNLV's Sanford on hot seat heading into Utah game Saturday's contest between UNLV and the University of Utah features two teams heading in two... No.

AIR FORCE: In a lackluster offensive outing, the Falcons managed to slip by the Wyoming Cowboys in MWC action on Saturday afternoon, 10-0. Erik Soderberg's 29-yard field goal in the third quarter accounted for the first points of the contest and a 17-yard touchdown run by Jared Tew in the final period sealed the win for the academy.

Don't tell Gary Patterson , coach of the No. 12 TCU Horned Frogs, that the Mountain West Conference is weak this year.

Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said the last time his team was in Sin City, it left with a "defining moment" that helped spark two years of success.

Coach Brady Hoke isn't kidding when he says his San Diego State Aztecs face a big challenge against No.

Here is a look at what other news outlets are saying about Utah and UNLV as the two MWC conference schools prepare to face each other Saturday in Las Vegas.

Louie Sakoda is feeling like a somebody again. The former University of Utah Utes standout kicker made his debut on the Saskatchewan Roughriders' practice field Wednesday and was happy with the reception he got.

New Mexico coach Mike Locksley won't be on the sidelines when his team plays UNLV later this month, part of a 10-day suspension issued Tuesday as punishment for his role in a fight with an assistant coach.

AIR FORCE: Playing at home with temperatures in the teens, the Falcons put forth a tremendous effort against TCU.

So far this season, Utah has not had a single player earn a Mountain West Player of the Week award.

Robert Johnson was looking forward to this one. Utah's free safety was chomping at the bit to face Colorado State.

This Saturday the TCU Horned Frogs begin their annual expeditions into the mountains of the American West with a game in Colorado Springs at the Air Force Academy.

In the early days of the Mountain West Conference, Colorado State ruled the roost in football.

A pair of winning streaks were in jeopardy when the BYU and Utah women's soccer teams clashed -- at times literally, in what was a rough and tumble game Saturday night.

AIR FORCE: For the second time this season the Falcons were held to a mere 13 points and for the second time this season the team found itself in the loss column following a 16-13 overtime setback versus Navy as part of the annual pursuit of the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy.

The Mountain West Conference finished 2008 with three teams with 10 or more wins and in the AP top-25 poll, and five teams in bowl games.

Wyoming coach Dave Christensen is being treated for a kidney stone. Athletics Department spokesman Tim Harkins says the 48-year-old went to the hospital Tuesday morning.