MWC Notes

This is a very young conference. The Utah and BYU defenses and the CSU offense are really the only senior-laden units in the entire conference (and only one of those is any good anyway: Utah's D). TCU has a scary amount of non-seniors in its starting lineup on both sides of the ball. This may be a "down" year for the conference (though TCU looks like a top 5 team, Utah like a top 15 team, and you could argue based on the lack of quality teams out there that BYU is a top 25 team: I think they will probably show up at 24 or 25 this week in the polls, though maybe not in the BCS Standings), but it looks VERY BRIGHT for the next two years for this conference. Wyoming, CSU, and Air Force are making strides and doing it with a lot of younger players. TCU is dominating with a lot of younger players. BYU's O is 13th in scoring starting 3 seniors (4 if you count the fullback in their spread offense). The conference is going to be much improved next season. They should be able to make some noise in the bowls this year and in the non-conference schedule next year and continue to improve on their resume for an automatic BCS bid a few years down the road.