Published 11/9/2008
by Jared Davis
at Bleacher Report - College Football
If this college football season has taught us anything, it's that the Mountain West Conference is not only the best non-BCS conference but that its teams are, overall, better than those in the Big East, ACC, and Pac-10.
There are 10 BCS bowl slots that give the participating teams millions of dollars and better recruiting opportunities. It's no wonder that the six auto-qualifying conferences, each hoping to have multiple teams in BCS bowls, have no interest in making it easier for non-BCS teams to play in a BCS bowl game.
Currently, the Mountain West has nine teams:
1. Air Force 2. BYU 3. Colorado State 4. New Mexico 5. San Diego State 6. TCU 7. UNLV 8. Utah 9. Wyoming
If the Mountain West were to add three more teams—Boise State, Fresno State, and Tulsa—there would be no way it could be denied an automatic berth to a BCS bowl.*
Boise State is an easy argument to make: The Broncos won a junior college national championship, a Division I-AA national championship, won ...
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