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FWST: Commissioner's slip summarizes MWC changes
By Stefan Stevenson
sstevenson@star-telegram.com
LAS VEGAS -- Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson's Freudian slip to open his state of the conference address to the media Wednesday is forgivable.
Thompson opened by comparing the state of the league to that of the same time last year, when Utah had announced plans to move to the Pac-12 and BYU was threatening to go independent.
"It's kind of like déjà vu to last year at this time," Thompson said. "We had sort of a traumatic year."
"Dramatic, not traumatic," he quickly corrected himself.
But everyone in the Red Rock Resort ballroom knew he had it right the first time. ...
By Stefan Stevenson
sstevenson@star-telegram.com
LAS VEGAS -- Mountain West Conference commissioner Craig Thompson's Freudian slip to open his state of the conference address to the media Wednesday is forgivable.
Thompson opened by comparing the state of the league to that of the same time last year, when Utah had announced plans to move to the Pac-12 and BYU was threatening to go independent.
"It's kind of like déjà vu to last year at this time," Thompson said. "We had sort of a traumatic year."
"Dramatic, not traumatic," he quickly corrected himself.
But everyone in the Red Rock Resort ballroom knew he had it right the first time. ...