Great news everyone the television schedule is out for the 2010 MWC football season -- well most of it. The awesome news is that the Mtn. will broadcast all games in high definition which is a league first. Previously it was select games that were in high def.
The good news is that the opening game which is Thursday September 2nd is Pitt at Utah, and will be on Versus and if pre-season polls are correct this will be a matchup between to top 20 or 25 teams, and will be the marquee matchup of the night. The other games are on ESPN which are Southern Miss at South Carolina (side note: how does USC keep getting this game) the other is USC at Hawai'i. The USC game may be more interesting with Lane Kiffin and all but the best game will be Pitt at Utah.
There are still games to be determined such as non-conference road games. The New Mexico at Oregon, Wyoming aat Texas, and Air Force at Oklahoma will most definitely be on tv. Then the Utah at Iowa State and UNLV at West Virginia may be on television and most likely be a picked up game by ESPN if they want it or Fox Sports for the Iowa State game.
To see the entire schedule keep reading!
Here is part of the press release from the Mountain West:
The non-conference schedule features 19 games against teams that earned bowl berths in 2009, including Boise State, Florida State, Idaho (2 games), Iowa State, Missouri, Nevada (2 games), Oklahoma, Oregon, Oregon State, Pittsburgh, Texas, Texas Tech, West Virginia and Wisconsin. Seven non-conference opponents finished ranked in last year's final Top 25 polls.
The MWC will play 14 games against Bowl Championship Series automatic-qualifying conference opponents including seven against the Big 12, three match-ups with the Pac-10, two contests against the Big East and one each against the ACC and Big Ten.
After checking out the schedule comment on what your favorite game or best matchup will be, as well as making predictions on your team.
2010 Mountain West Conference Football Schedule |
Date |
Game |
Time |
Television |
Thursday, September 2 |
Pittsburgh at Utah |
6:30 PM MT |
HD |
Saturday, September 4 |
Northwestern State at Air Force |
12:00 PM MT |
|
Saturday, September 4 |
Colorado vs. Colorado State! |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, September 4 |
New Mexico at Oregon |
12:30 PM PT |
TBD |
Saturday, September 4 |
Washington at BYU |
5:00 PM MT |
HD |
Saturday, September 4 |
Nicholls State at San Diego State |
5:00 PM PT |
|
Saturday, September 4 |
Oregon State vs. TCU & |
6:45 PM CT |
 |
Saturday, September 4 |
Southern Utah at Wyoming |
7:00 PM MT |
|
Saturday, September 4 |
Wisconsin at UNLV |
8:00 PM PT |
HD |
Saturday, September 11 |
BYU at Air Force* |
2:00 PM MT |
HD |
Saturday, September 11 |
UNLV at Utah* |
2:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, September 11 |
Tennessee Tech at TCU |
6:00 PM CT |
|
Saturday, September 11 |
Texas Tech at New Mexico |
6:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, September 11 |
San Diego State at New Mexico State |
6:00 PM MT |
TBD |
Saturday, September 11 |
Colorado State at Nevada |
TBD |
TBD |
Saturday, September 11 |
Wyoming at Texas |
TBD |
TBD |
Saturday, September 18 |
Baylor at TCU |
3:30 PM CT |
HD |
Saturday, September 18 |
Utah at New Mexico* |
6:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, September 18 |
Boise State at Wyoming |
6:00 PM MT |
HD |
Saturday, September 18 |
Air Force at Oklahoma |
TBD |
TBD |
Saturday, September 18 |
BYU at Florida State |
TBD |
TBD |
Saturday, September 18 |
Colorado State at Miami (Ohio) |
TBD |
TBD |
Saturday, September 18 |
San Diego State at Missouri |
TBD CT |
TBD |
Saturday, September 18 |
UNLV at Idaho |
TBD |
TBD |
Friday, September 24 |
TCU at SMU |
7:00 PM CT |
 |
Saturday, September 25 |
Air Force at Wyoming* |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, September 25 |
Idaho at Colorado State |
2:00 PM MT |
|
Saturday, September 25 |
Utah State at San Diego State |
5:00 PM PT |
|
Saturday, September 25 |
New Mexico at UNLV* |
7:00 PM PT |
 |
Saturday, September 25 |
Nevada at BYU |
TBD |
TBD |
Saturday, September 25 |
San Jose State at Utah |
TBD |
TBD |
Friday, October 1 |
BYU at Utah State |
TBD |
or
|
Saturday, October 2 |
TCU at Colorado State* |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 2 |
Navy at Air Force |
12:30 PM MT |
HD |
Saturday, October 2 |
UTEP at New Mexico |
4:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 2 |
Nevada at UNLV |
7:00 PM PT |
 |
Saturday, October 2 |
Wyoming at Toledo |
TBD |
TBD |
Saturday, October 9 |
Colorado State at Air Force* |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 9 |
Wyoming at TCU* |
2:30 PM CT |
HD |
Saturday, October 9 |
San Diego State at BYU* |
4:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 9 |
New Mexico at New Mexico State |
6:00 PM MT |
TBD |
Saturday, October 9 |
UNLV at West Virginia |
TBD |
TBD |
Saturday, October 9 |
Utah at Iowa State |
TBD |
TBD |
Saturday, October 16 |
UNLV at Colorado State* |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 16 |
BYU at TCU* |
3:00 PM CT |
HD |
Saturday, October 16 |
Utah at Wyoming* |
4:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 16 |
Air Force at San Diego State* |
5:00 PM PT |
HD |
Saturday, October 23 |
Wyoming at BYU* |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 23 |
Colorado State at Utah* |
4:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 23 |
Air Force at TCU* |
7:00 PM CT |
HD |
Saturday, October 23 |
San Diego State at New Mexico* |
8:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 30 |
San Diego State at Wyoming* |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 30 |
New Mexico at Colorado State* |
4:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, October 30 |
Utah at Air Force* |
5:30 PM MT |
HD |
Saturday, October 30 |
TCU at UNLV* |
8:00 PM PT |
HD |
Saturday, November 6 |
Air Force at Army |
12:00 PM ET |
HD |
Saturday, November 6 |
UNLV at BYU* |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, November 6 |
TCU at Utah* |
1:30 PM MT |
HD |
Saturday, November 6 |
Wyoming at New Mexico* |
4:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, November 6 |
Colorado State at San Diego State* |
7:00 PM PT |
 |
Saturday, November 13 |
BYU at Colorado State* |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, November 13 |
San Diego State at TCU* |
3:00 PM CT |
HD |
Saturday, November 13 |
New Mexico at Air Force* |
4:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, November 13 |
Wyoming at UNLV* |
7:00 PM PT |
 |
Saturday, November 13 |
Utah at Notre Dame |
2:30 ET |
 |
Thursday, November 18 |
Air Force at UNLV* |
7:00 PM PT |
HD |
Saturday, November 20 |
Colorado State at Wyoming* |
12:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, November 20 |
New Mexico at BYU* |
4:00 PM MT |
 |
Saturday, November 20 |
Utah at San Diego State* |
7:00 PM PT |
 |
Saturday, November 27 |
BYU at Utah* |
1:30 PM MT |
 (Simulcast by HD |
Saturday, November 27 |
TCU at New Mexico* |
2:00 PM MT |
HD |
Saturday, November 27 |
UNLV at San Diego State* |
5:00 PM PT |
 |
Saturday, December 4 |
UNLV at Hawai'i |
TBD |
TBD |
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