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Honolulu Star-Advertiser: Mountain West needs to prove it on the field
By Dave Reardon
The nonconference schedule is very big for Hawaii this football season: Sept. 1, at Wisconsin; Sept. 3, against Georgia in Atlanta; Sept. 10, at Arkansas; Sept. 17, Colorado; Sept. 24, Nebraska AND at Michigan.
Say what?
Yeah, you got me ... this isn't the Warriors' slate. But the results of the out-of-league games of UNLV, Boise State, New Mexico, Colorado State, Wyoming and San Diego State, as well as the rest of the Mountain West's, will deserve more than a passing glance from those with an eye on UH's future.
Reports surfaced last week that at least two years of an automatic bid to a Bowl Championship Series game — and the millions of dollars it brings — is supposedly a done deal for the Mountain West, starting in 2012 (which happens to be when UH joins the MWC in football). While some in Warriorland see this as a cause for celebration, I'm going more with cautious optimism, at best. ...
By Dave Reardon
The nonconference schedule is very big for Hawaii this football season: Sept. 1, at Wisconsin; Sept. 3, against Georgia in Atlanta; Sept. 10, at Arkansas; Sept. 17, Colorado; Sept. 24, Nebraska AND at Michigan.
Say what?
Yeah, you got me ... this isn't the Warriors' slate. But the results of the out-of-league games of UNLV, Boise State, New Mexico, Colorado State, Wyoming and San Diego State, as well as the rest of the Mountain West's, will deserve more than a passing glance from those with an eye on UH's future.
Reports surfaced last week that at least two years of an automatic bid to a Bowl Championship Series game — and the millions of dollars it brings — is supposedly a done deal for the Mountain West, starting in 2012 (which happens to be when UH joins the MWC in football). While some in Warriorland see this as a cause for celebration, I'm going more with cautious optimism, at best. ...
