Utah Officially Joining Pac-10

I live in Pac-10 territory but grew up in SEC country. The first Final Four I remember watching in its entirety culminated in a Utah versus Kentucky final and I have been hooked to college hoops ever since. My question is this, I have loved watching the MWC grow and become a true contender these last few years and wanted to see them get an AQ berth even though I don’t have a dog in the hunt so to say, so I would like to know what you see the MWC doing next? I don’t want to see a growing, promising conference die, especially when it is better ran than the Texas Ten.

Goodbye Utah, good luck in the Pac-12..

By the way Jeremy, your a Utah fan, right? Are you still going to run Mountain West Connection or go elswhere???

The MWC is so close to breaking into the big time…and Utah would/was one of the premiere teams at the head of the league.

Oh well.

You led the Mountain West to the gates of BCS milk and honey. Now it is up to the rest of us to open them up and join you.

But apparently I wasn’t even close!

The team that cried it’s way to a 2nd place finish is now joining the forces they so desparately complained and whined against the last 6 years. There’s a word for that, I know there is… think… think… ah yes! Traitor.

Sincerely,
Big Brother

The Pac10 thinks Colorado is better than you.

bringing in Gonzaga? Yeah they only have basketball, but they are a national brand and people love to watch them on tv. They’re like a Boise State, but the country roots them.

I’ll miss you guys, Utah. I was just starting to hate you, in a good way. I’ll be rooting for you in your OOC, against you when you play MWC teams, and for you from whenever you join the Pac-12 on.

I don’t feel nearly as hurt and betrayed as the rest of the MWC, likely, simply because TCU has always been looking to find a way to move up in the conference world. From WAC to CUSA to MWC, and I know that if we were afforded a similar opportunity we’d jump at it as well. Make sure you stop by OOC, y’hear?

I’m a college bball fan more than anything, so I’m going to write this from that perspective. I’m going to be sad to see Utah go to a different conference. I hated them in the best way regardless if it was the MWC or the WAC. I have lots of memories of great rivalry games that included matchups like Kenny Thomas vs. Michael Doleac or Charles Smith vs. Keith Van Horn, Danny Granger vs. Andrew Bogut, and Royce Olney vs. Andre Miller.

I remember instantly hating whatever white giant was perennially stationed at center, and looking intently forward to seeing them vs. the Lobos at the Pit. I remember being jealous of the fact that Utah had a coach like Rick Majerus.

It’s been a great long term basketball rivalry for sure, and I know that I’ll have one less game to look forward to. Even though Utah has struggled of late on the basketball court, I always knew they’d be back before long. For me, it’s just going to be tough to get all psyched about going up against whatever school takes their place on the schedule. There’s something to be said for traditional rivals, and I’ll miss hating you as much as I have, Utes.

Now I’ll just have to double up my hatred on BYU until I find a suitable successor to Utah.