What you will get to see this year

For those outside the footprint of the Wasatch mountains or unable to get the Mtn. for some other reason, the approach of the 2007 season is both exciting and disheartening. Will you get to see your beloved Cougars dismantle the unsuspecting defenses of opponents? Will you get to see the Max Hall to Austin Collie connection in full swing or Fui Vakapuna put linebackers in the hospital?

The good news is that the Arizona, UCLA, TCU, New Mexico, Tulsa and Utah games should be available nationwide. Sure, you might have to upgrade your dish package for a couple hours or invite yourself over to someone else's house for each game, but the opportunity to actually see the game exists.

Arizona, UCLA and TCU (the best games of the year probably) will be on Versus (formerly known as the Outdoor Life Network) which is available throughout the country.

Tulsa, New Mexico and Utah (the next three best games) will be on CSTV, which is also available nationwide.

And finally, Air Force, UNLV, Eastern Washington, SDSU, Colorado State and Wyoming will be available on the Mtn.

My 3 Cents: What does it say about the Mtn. that BYU, the flagship of the conference, has its best 3 games on Versus and arguably the next best 3 on CSTV (Wyoming might be better than the Tulsa game if they get their act together) and the worst games of the year on the Mtn.?

Also, remember when MWC fans were all excited (myself included) to find out that BYU and Utah, and eventually the MWC members, had hired a lawyer to look at the contract? Cue the crickets. Still waiting to see the Mtn. budge. Keep calling your satellite providers!