2007 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE TABLE OF CONTENTS 15455 Gleneagle Drive, Suite 200 Colorado Springs, CO 80921 Media Relations Directory . .2 www.TheMWC.com Media Services . .3 Mountain West Conference Demographics . .4 Mountain West Conference Chronology . .5 MWC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF Mountain West Conference History . .6-7 Commissioner Craig Thompson . .8 Mountain West Conference Staff . .9 Javan Hedlund Mountain West Conference Championships . .10-11 Associate Commissioner for Communications Mountain West Conference Student-Athlete of the Year/Sportsmanship Awards . .12 (719) 488-4051/C (719) 648-4027 Football Stadium Directions . .13 [email protected] Officials and Rule Changes . .14-15 (Football contact) NCAA Instant Replay . .16-17 Kim Melcher Conference Notes Director of Communications 2007 Preseason Notes . .20-21 (719) 488-4050/C (719) 433-0681 2006 Season-in-Review . .22-24 [email protected] 2007 Preseason Team Capsules . .25 MWC Television Partners . .26-27 Marlon Edge MWC Television Schedule . .28 Assistant Director of Communications Bowl Championship Series . .29 (719) 488-4052/C (719) 339-1558 Pioneer Las Vegas Bowl . .30 Poinsettia and New Mexico Bowls . .31 [email protected] Armed Forces and Texas Bowls . .32 2007-08 College Bowl Schedule . .33 Becky Motchan 2007 MWC Composite Schedule . .34 Assistant Director of Communications (719) 488-4046/C (314) 853-6487 Team Previews [email protected] Air Force . .36-41 BYU . .42-47 Chelsea Guetz Colorado State . .48-53 Asst. Director of Championships/Communications New Mexico . .54-59 (719) 478-2461 San Diego State . .60-65 [email protected] TCU . .66-71 UNLV . .72-77 Utah . .78-83 CREDITS Wyoming . .84-89 The Mountain West Conference 2007 Football Media Guide was produced by the MWC Season Review communications staff using Microsoft Word and 2006 Season Review . .92-93 QuarkXPress. Written, edited and designed by Javan 2006 All-Americans/MWC Players of the Week . .94 Hedlund, Kim Melcher, Becky Motchan and Jaime 2006 All-Mountain West Conference Honors . .95 Hixson. Editorial assistance from Marlon Edge and 2006 Academic All-Mountain West Conference . .96 Chelsea Guetz. Printing: Multi-Ad Services, Peoria, 2006 Final Polls . .97 2006 Individual Statistics . .98-100 Ill. Special thanks to Joe Dalfonso and Dave Mateer. 2006 Team Statistics . .101-105 Cover design: Rob Johnson of Wilson/Johnson 2006 Individual Single-Game Highs . .106-107 Creative, Denver. 2006 Team Single-Game Highs . .108-109 The MWC extends its thanks to the nine conference Mountain West Records institutions’ media relations staffs which supplied Individual Records . .112-122 the information and photography that is used in this Team Records . .123-126 publication. Additional photography provided by Annual Statistical Champions . .127-128 Mark Philbrick and Jaren Wilkey. Mountain West History Mountain West History . .130-131 MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE MWC vs. Other Conferences . .132 Annual Standings and Results . .133-136 LOGO IDENTITY STANDARDS Intraconference Series History . .137 The Mountain West Conference logo was created to Intraconference Series Results . .138-143 identify and promote the league and its Television History . .144-145 championship sports. Anyone desiring to use the MWC vs. Ranked Opponents . .146 logo on products, promotions or advertisements MWC Results When Ranked . .147 Poll History . .148 must acquire a license or an authorization agreement Attendance History . .149 from Dan Butterly, Associate Commissioner for Bowl History . .150-151 Marketing, at (719) 488-4053. Bowl Records . .152-153 The official colors of the Mountain West Conference All-Time Mountain West Honors . .154-157 All-Time Mountain West Players of the Week . .158-159 logo are Purple (PMS 2597), Grey/Silver (PMS 430) All-Time Academic All-Mountain West Honors . .160-162 (alternate silver 877) and Black. All logos and National Honors . .163-168 concepts are protected as trademark properties of the NFL Draft History . .169-174 Mountain West Conference. 2007 Bowl Subdivision Football Schedules/NCAA Conference Alignment . .175-176 WWW.THEMWC.COM 1 MOUNTAIN WEST MEDIA RELATIONS DIRECTORY AIR FORCE FALCONS Office: 719-333-2313 TCU HORNED FROGS Office: 817-257-7969 www.goairforcefalcons.com Fax: 719-333-3798 www.gofrogs.com Fax: 817-257-7964 Press Box: 719-333-1100 Press Box: 817-257-7981 Sports Information Office Athletic Media Relations Office 2169 Field House Drive, Suite 100 2900 Stadium Drive USAFA, CO 80840 Fort Worth, TX 76129 Troy Garnhart, Assistant Athletic Director/Media Relations Mark Cohen, Director of Athletic Media Relations E-mail: [email protected] O: 719-333-9263, C: 719-440-6134 E-mail: [email protected] O: 817-257-5394, C: 817/343-2017 Dave Toller,.