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• Mountain West signs national TV deal with ESPN

  March 20, 2013 4:54 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West Conference announced it has reached agreement with ESPN to be a national television rights holder for Conference-controlled football and men's basketball games. The agreement, which begins with the 2013-14 season, was announced by Burke Magnus, ESPN senior vice president, college sports and Craig... more »

• AFA's Lyons headlines All-Mountain West Team

  March 11, 2013 8:12 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The Mountain West announced its 2012-13 men's basketball awards today. The league's nine men's head coaches, along with a select media panel, picked the All-Conference teams, as well as the coach, player, newcomer, freshman, sixth man and defensive awards. New Mexico head coach Steve Alford... more »

• San Diego State jilts Big East, staying in MWC

  January 16, 2013 8:02 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - San Diego State is staying in the Mountain West and backing out on the Big East - just like Boise State did last month. San Diego State President Elliot Hirshman says the school is pleased to be continuing as a full member of the Mountain... more »

• Boise St sees stability, money key to MWC deal

  January 2, 2013 8:20 PM

  BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Boise State President Bob Kustra says the decision to rejoin the Mountain West Conference came down to money, stability and flexibility. Kustra announced Monday that Boise State was pulling its football team out of the Big East Conference. The Broncos were scheduled to begin playing in... more »

• Boise State to stay in Mountain West

  December 31, 2012 8:54 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - Boise State has backed out on a commitment to join the Big East and will remain a member of the Mountain West. The school and the conference announced they had come to an agreement to keep the Broncos playing in the league they have been... more »

• Utah State, San Jose State acknowledge MWC talks

  April 30, 2012 7:58 PM

  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Officials at Utah State and San Jose State acknowledge they are in discussions with the Mountain West Conference over realignment for 2013 yet say no formal agreement has been reached. Conference USA already is set to bring aboard Texas-San Antonio just months before the school... more »

• Mountain West, C-USA to form new league

  February 13, 2012 9:06 PM

  DALLAS, Texas - Presidents and chancellors from 16 universities met in Dallas Sunday to discuss future conference membership plans and agreed to work on forming a new intercollegiate athletic association that would begin competition in the 2013-14 academic year. This presidentially led association will ensure stability and be built... more »

• MWC to request BCS automatic bid for 2012-13

  December 12, 2011 8:00 PM

  LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Mountain West Conference will ask for an automatic bid to the Bowl Championship Series for the 2012 and `13 seasons. The MWC announced Monday that its board of directors approved making the request. The BCS rules allow a league without automatic qualifying status to request... more »

• Air Force will stay in Mountain West

  December 7, 2011 10:40 PM

  The Air Force Academy will remain in the Mountain West Conference instead of bolting for the Big East. Lt. Gen. Mike Gould, the academy's superintendent, said on Wednesday that he recently spoke with Big East Commissioner John Marinatto and informed him of the school's intention to stay put. The Big... more »

• Mountain West, C-USA plan football merger

  October 14, 2011 11:13 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - The Mountain West Conference and Conference USA say they are combining their football programs to form a 22-team league The new conference will spread across five time zones from North Carolina to Hawaii. Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson says the leagues made the move to... more »

• Mountain West unveils new logo

  June 6, 2011 9:52 PM

  SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Mountain West Conference is focusing less on the mountain and more on the west, and no longer is proclaiming itself to be above the rest. The conference unveiled a new logo and slogan on Monday as it prepares to lose Utah and BYU and add... more »

• Rembert is lone Falcon on All-Conference First Team

  November 30, 2010 8:15 PM

  U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Air Force senior defensive back Reggie Rembert was named first-team all-Mountain West Conference for the second straight year today, according to the conference. Rembert is the first Falcon to earn first-team honors in back-to-back seasons since offensive lineman James Norman in 1998-99. Rembert is... more »

• TCU will Leave Mountain West for Big East

  November 30, 2010 1:19 AM

  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - TCU is moving to a new conference and could put itself directly in the BCS title hunt. The school will join the Big East after the 2011-12 academic year. TCU now will have automatic access to the Bowl Championship Series and its five big-money games.... more »

• Nevada and Fresno join Mountain West

  August 19, 2010 2:32 AM

  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Fresno State and Nevada are leaving the Western Athletic Conference for the Mountain West. The schools ended a wild Wednesday by announcing they are accepting invitations to join the Mountain West, which has added three prominent members of WAC in the last two months. Boise... more »

• Mountain West Conference in turmoil again

  August 18, 2010 8:39 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS (AP) - The Mountain West Conference has extended invitations to join the league to Fresno State and Nevada. The MWC announced on Wednesday that it has offered the Bulldogs and Wolf Pack an opportunity to leave the Western Athletic Conference and join a league that's losing Utah -... more »

• Air Force reacts to Utah's move to the Pac-10

  June 17, 2010 8:14 PM

  The U.S. Air Force Academy has issued the following statements pertaining to Utah's decision to leave the Mountain West and join the Pac-10. "The Air Force Academy has enjoyed having The University of Utah in the Mountain West Conference. We wish them the best as they move to the... more »

• Mountain West will stand pat with 9 teams

  June 17, 2010 8:10 PM

  The Mountain West Conference added one school, lost another. Now, it's done with expansion. After gaining Boise State and losing Utah to the Pac-10, the Mountain West has decided to stand pat as a nine-team league for the foreseeable future. Mountain West commissioner Craig Thompson said Thursday that despite inquiries... more »

• Utah officially joins Pac-10

  June 17, 2010 7:59 PM

  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The University of Utah has accepted an invitation to become the 12th member of the newly expanded Pac-10 conference. University president Michael Young says in a release that the Utes are pleased to accept the invitation and join Colorado as the Pac-10's newest members. With... more »

• Utah not yet contacted by Pac 10

  June 15, 2010 8:30 PM

  HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) - Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson says he was told Monday by Utah's athletic director that the university had not been contacted by the Pac-10. Thompson was attending a meeting of conference commissioners in northern California on Tuesday. Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott was not... more »

• Air Force reacts to Boise State joining the Mountain West

  June 12, 2010 12:52 AM

  U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - Representatives from the United States Air Force Academy have released the following statements in response to the addition of Boise State to the Mountain West Conference. "We welcome Boise State and think they will make a great addition to the Mountain West Conference." --... more »

• Air Force baseball coach suspended for 1 game

  May 2, 2010 6:37 PM

  AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The Mountain West Conference has suspended Air Force baseball coach Mike Hutcheon for one game, following his second ejection from a game in two days. The conference says Hutcheon was barred from coaching the Air Force-UNLV game Sunday in Las Vegas, after being ejected... more »