Karma for that fine review.

I see some possible discrepancies since the talent level of the MWC is slightly improved this season (vs last)

TCU
I suspect TCU will drop a game against AFA, BYU and/or Utah. Those are ALL Thursday night games. (Something that BYU fans would freak out about if it happened to BYU)
The AFA game is right after the Texas game. That has emotional letdown upset written all over it.
The Utah game is right after the road game against Stanford.
The BYU game is on the road right after having to game plan for Rocky Long's 3-3-5.
TCU has a rough schedule.

Utah
Your analysis is right on except they'll drop a game against UNM. UNM is 4 out of 5 and it is right before the BYU game. (a la 2005) They could also drop a game against Wyoming or CSU depending on how well Brian Johnson has worked on his turnover problem.

BYU
The early conference opponents are the biggest possible upsets while BYU's offense finds its style in 2007. BYU could lose to UNM. (The 3-3-5 might give Hall problems) Wyoming could also be a game that gets lost between the emotions of the TCU and Utah games. Not to mention Wyoming weather in November. There are no easy games for BYU in November. If they do not have the offense running well they could lose 3 out of 4.


I wouldn't be surprised to see a tie for MWC #1. Even 3 way.<br><br>Post edited by: HuskerFan2, at: 2007/07/24 15:15

Great work on the article. That's an awesome survey. BUT come on fans!!! TCU is not going to come into LES and take another one from BYU. It ain't gonna happen. by then Max is going to be a fine player and BYU should have some running game established. What it really might come down to is whose QB is going to develop quicker. I think that Max will come out on top and BYU dominates, without the second half melt down of 05. that was one loooonnnnnggggggg frustrating second half.<br><br>Post edited by: declocoug, at: 2007/07/24 17:54

Correction to article: A New Mexico pointed out that I was ignorant about some of the rules of the New Mexico Bowl. When I read his correction, I remembered hearing that when the New Mexico Bowl was announced but I never thought about it when hastily placing MWC teams in their respective Bowl Game possibilities.

Lobo Addict reminded me:
Here is something that Craig Thompson said:
&quot;He noted that the Mountain West's contracts with the Las Vegas Bowl, Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego, New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque and Fort Worth Bowl all have contracts that state hometown teams must at least have a 7-5 record and may not participate in the bowl more than once every three years.&quot; http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2006/Oct/25/un...wl-teams-hands/

Thus, there should be a switch between New Mexico and Wyoming:

Poinsettia Bowl - New Mexico
New Mexico Bowl - Wyoming

What's lacking is there are no upsets. This is a vanilla, no-brainer prediction. As every year, there will be some upsets, and surprises. If the preseason polls have never been right, then TCU will not win the conference. BYU didn't get any help from anybody last year, but I think this year the get some. Utah, Wyoming, CSU and maybe New Mexico are going to upset somebody, and the final results get juggled a bit.

BYU is in a perfect position to upset TCU at home. And I think CSU will surprise Utah at Fort Collins.

This isn't a march madness prediction. These are the MWC fans expectations of what is going to happen. You can consider any outcome different than their &quot;guesses&quot; the true upsets this season. If fans saw it one way, and the opposite team wins. The consensus better team got upset.