MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WEEKLY NOTES • AUGUST 30, 2010 MWC FOOTBALL CONTACT: MWC COMMUNICATIONS STAFF: Javan Hedlund Kim Melcher, Director of Communications Associate Commissioner, Communications Office: (719) 488-4050 [email protected] Office: (405) 325-8228 Zach Eisendrath, Assistant Director of Communications Cell: (405) 249-5891 Office: (719) 488-4046 [email protected] [email protected] Katie Cavender, Director of New Media & Technology Office: (719) 488-4059 [email protected] 2010 MWC FOOTBALL STANDINGS Team (USA/AP) MWC PF PA Hm Rd Pct Overall PF PA Hm Rd Nu Pct Streak Air Force 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 Won 1 BYU (RV/RV) 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 Won 5 Colorado State 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 Lost 9 New Mexico 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 Lost 1 San Diego State 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 Lost 4 TCU (7/6) 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 Lost 1 UNLV 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 Won 1 Utah (T24/RV) 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 Won 1 Wyoming 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 .000 0-0 0 0 0-0 0-0 0-0 .000 Won 2 2010 MWC FOOTBALL WEEK 1 SCHEDULE Date MWC (USA/AP) Opponent (USA/AP) Site (Capacity) Time TV/Radio Series Last Meeting Thur., Rice-Eccles Stadium (45,017) VERSUS HD Utah (T24/RV) Pittsburgh (15/15) 6:30 p.m. MT Utah - 1-0 2005, Utah 35-7 Sept. 2 Salt Lake City, Utah SIRIUS 152 Sat., Falcon Stadium (46,692) Air Force Northwestern State Noon MT First meeting Sept. 4 Colorado Springs, Colo. Sat., Invesco Field (76,125) The Mtn. HD CU - Colorado State vs. Colorado Noon MT 2009, CSU 23-17 Sept. 4 Denver, Colo. SIRIUS 126 58-22-2 Sat., Autzen Stadium (54,000) New Mexico at Oregon (11/11) 12:30 p.m. PT CSN/CSN NM First meeting Sept. 4 Salt Lake City, Utah Sat., LaVell Edwards Stadium (64,045) CBS College BYU (RV/RV) Washington (RV/RV) 5 p.m. MT UW - 4-3 2008, BYU 28-27 Sept. 4 Salt Lake City, Utah HD Sat., vs. Oregon State Cowboys Stadium (80,000) TCU (7/6) 6:45 p.m. CT ESPN First meeting Sept. 4 (22/24) Arlington, Texas Sat., Qualcomm Stadium (54,000) San Diego State Nicholls State 5 p.m. PT First meeting Sept. 4 San Diego, Calif. Sat., War Memorial Stadium (45,017) Wyoming Southern Utah 7 p.m. MT First meeting Sept. 4 Laramie, Wyo. Sat., Sam Boyd Stadium (36,800) VERSUS HD UNLV Wisconsin (12/12) 8 p.m. PT WIS - 6-2 2007, WIS 20-13 Sept. 4 Las Vegas, Nev. SIRIUS 90 Home games in bold. * Mountain West Conference Game 15455 GLENEAGLE DRIVE, SUITE 200 • COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. 80921 • PHONE: (719) 488-4040 • FAX: (719) 487-7241 WWW.THEMWC.COM • WWW.THEMWC.COM/BLOG • FACEBOOK.COM/MOUNTAINWESTCONFERENCE • TWITTER.COM/THEMWC MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WEEK 1 RELEASE PAGE 2 MWC FOOTBALL CONTACTS MWC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Air Force – Troy Garnhart/Dave Toller KICKOFF 2010 Phone: . .(719) 333-9263/333-3478 The 2010 college football season kicks off for the Mountain West Conference on Thursday, Sept. Fax: . .(719) 333-3798 4, as No. 24 Utah entertains No. 15/15 Pittsburgh in its first meeting since the 2005 Tostitos Fiesta Press Box: . .(719) 333-1100 Bowl. Eight MWC teams will be in action on Saturday, Sept. 4, with five of those contests against Email: . [email protected] teams from BCS automatic-qualifying conferences and three versus nationally-ranked opponents. [email protected] Saturday’s action opens with the annual Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown between Web site . .www.goairforcefalcons.com Colorado State and Colorado. The game returns to Invesco Field in Denver, Colo. and will kick BYU – Brett Pyne/Jordan Christiansen off at Noon MT on The Mtn. HD. No. 7/6 TCU will take on No. 22/24 Oregon State at Cowboys Phone: . .(801) 422-4912/422-8999 Stadium (ESPN, 6:45 p.m. CT). Bobby Hauck begins his first season at the helm of the Rebels, as Fax: . .(801) 422-0633 UNLV entertains No. 12/12 Wisconsin (VERSUS HD, 8 p.m. PT), while New Mexico makes the trip Press Box: . .(801) 422-2609 to No. 11/11 Oregon (Comcast Sports Net/Comcast New Mexico, 12:30 p.m. PT). Email: . [email protected] . [email protected] MWC TEAMS IN SEASON OPENERS Web site . .www.byucougars.com Mountain West Conference teams are 52-41 in season openers since the inception of the league in 1999. MWC teams are 38-13 at home and 11-21 on the road. Air Force, BYU, San Diego Colorado State – Zak Gilbert/Danny Mattie State, UNLV, Utah and Wyoming open the 2010 season at home, while New Mexico is on the road. Phone: . .(970) 491-5067/491-5050 Colorado State faces in-state rival Colorado in the Cinch Jeans Rocky Mountain Showdown at Fax: . .(970) 491-1348 INVESCO Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo., while No. 7/6 TCU plays Oregon State at Cowboys Press Box: . .(970) 491-8100 Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Email: . [email protected] . [email protected] Team Overall Home Road Neutral Web site . .www.csurams.com Air Force 7-4 7-2 0-1 0-1 New Mexico – Chris Deal/Frank Mercogliano BYU 8-3 7-1 0-1 1-1 Phone: . .(505) 925-5523/925-5525 Colorado State 5-6 1-0 2-2 2-4 Fax: . .(505) 925-5529 New Mexico 3-8 3-3 0-5 0-0 Press Box: . .(505) 925-5573 San Diego State 3-8 3-5 0-3 0-0 Email: . [email protected] TCU* 5-0 1-0 4-0 0-0 . [email protected] UNLV 6-5 4-1 2-4 0-0 Web site . .www.golobos.com Utah 8-3 5-1 3-2 0-0 Wyoming 7-4 7-0 0-3 0-1 San Diego State – Mike May/Peggy Curtin Totals 52-41 38-13 11-21 3-7 Phone: . .(619) 594-3023/594-2576 Fax: . .(619) 582-6541 *Since joining the MWC in 2005. Press Box: . .(619) 281-0405 Email: . [email protected] A LOOK AT THE 2010 SCHEDULE . [email protected] Web site . .www.goaztecs.com The 2010 Mountain West Conference football schedule and is comprised of 73 games, including 36 conference match-ups. The 2010 schedule plays out over 14 weeks and concludes Saturday, TCU – Mark Cohen/Andy Anderson December 4. Fifty-three of the 55 MWC-controlled games are set for Saturdays (96 percent) and Phone: . .(817) 257-5394/257-5367 every Conference match-up will be televised. Fax: . .(817) 257-7964 Press Box: . .(817) 257-7981 The MWC will play 14 games against Bowl Championship Series automatic-qualifying conference Email: . [email protected] opponents including seven against the Big 12, three match-ups with the Pac-10, two contests against . [email protected] the Big East and one each against the ACC and Big Ten. The remainder of the non-conference Web site . .www.gofrogs.com schedule features 12 games against the WAC and two match-ups with C-USA and the MAC. There are three games scheduled against Football Bowl Subdivision independents Army, Navy and Notre UNLV – Mark Wallington Dame, and four home dates with Football Championship Subdivision programs. The non-conference Phone: . .(702) 895-4472 schedule also features 19 games against teams that earned bowl berths in 2009, including Boise Fax: . .(702) 895-0989 State, Florida State, Idaho (two games), Iowa State, Missouri, Nevada (two games), Oklahoma, Press Box: . .(702) 895-1248 Oregon, Oregon State, Pittsburgh, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Nine opponents Email: . [email protected] Web site . .www.unlvrebels.com rank in the 2010 preseason Top-25 polls (USA Today/AP): Texas #4/5, Boise State #5/3, Oklahoma #8/7, #11/11 Oregon, #12/12 Wisconsin, #15/15 Pittsburgh, #20/20 Florida State, Utah – Liz Abel/Brooke Frederickson #22/24 Oregon State and #24/25 West Virginia. Phone: . .(801) 581-3511/581-8302 Fax: . .(801) 581-4358 ACC: Florida State Press Box: . .(801) 581-4783/581-8210 Big East: Pittsburgh, West Virginia Email: . [email protected] Big 12: Baylor, Colorado, Iowa State, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Texas Tech . [email protected] Big Ten: Wisconsin Web site . .www.utahutes.com C-USA: SMU, UTEP MAC: Miami (Ohio), Toledo Wyoming – Tim Harkins/John Paradis Pac-10: Oregon, Oregon State, Washington Phone: . .(307) 766-2256/766-2290 WAC: Boise State, Hawai`i, Idaho (2), Nevada (3), New Mexico State (2), Fax: . .(307) 766-2346 San Jose State, Utah State (2) Press Box: . .(307) 766-2222 Independent: Army, Navy, Notre Dame Email: . [email protected] . [email protected] FCS: Nicholls State, Northwestern State, Southern Utah, Tennessee Tech Web site . .www.wyomingathletics.com AIR FORCE FALCONS • BYU COUGARS • COLORADO STATE RAMS • NEW MEXICO LOBOS SAN DIEGO STATE AZTECS • TCU HORNED FROGS • UNLV REBELS • UTAH UTES • WYOMING COWBOYS MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL WEEK 1 RELEASE PAGE 3 MWC FOOTBALL HEAD COACHING RECORDS MWC FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Air Force – Troy Calhoun THE MWC IN HD Overall: .