Mountain West Connection - Mountain West football offseasonAll you need to know about the Mountain West, and then somehttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/50409/mwc-fav.png2013-04-27T12:00:09-07:00http://www.mwcconnection.com/rss/stream/36597752013-04-27T12:00:09-07:002013-04-27T12:00:09-07:00Boise State schedules Big 12 team
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<p>Boise State has scheduled a home-and-home series with another BCS program.</p> <p>Boise State has been on a roll of late by being able to land home-and-home games from the big boy leagues, and their <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fbschedules.com/2013/04/boise-state-oklahoma-stat">latest addition is Oklahoma State</a>. The two sides will play in 2018 in Stillwater and then the 2021 game will be in Boise. The 2018 game will be the first-ever meeting between the two schools, barring any meet up in the post season from now until then.</p>
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<p>In addition to the Oklahoma State series, the Broncos have a home-and-home games scheduled with Florida State, Virginia, Washington, Michigan State UL Lafayette, Troy and<span style="line-height: 9px;"> </span>Washington State.</p>
<p>There have been some talks that Boise State has secured more high profile teams due to home games being on ESPN, and that might play a factor but I am not buying it.</p>
<p>When the Broncos were in the WAC they were a staple on ESPN, and just over the past two years their presence on the World Wide Leader has been limited to road non-conference games. Whatever the reason it is good for Boise State to get more high profile games.</p>
<p>Their 2018 non-conference schedule is now set, unless they want a fifth non-league game since they go to Hawai'i that year:</p>
<p>09/01 - at Troy<br>09/08 - Connecticut<br>09/15 - at Oklahoma State<br>10/20 - BYU</p>
<p>Here is there 2021 non-conference slate so far:</p>
<p>09/18 - Oklahoma State<br>10/09 - at BYU</p>
https://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/4/27/4272484/boise-state-schedules-home-and-home-with-oklahoma-stateJeremy Mauss2013-04-22T08:00:05-07:002013-04-22T08:00:05-07:00Getting to know Hawai'i's OC Aaron Price
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<p>Hawaii has a new offensive coordinator, and we spoke to someone close to the UTEP program to get to know what he brings to the offense.</p> <p>Apologies around, I have been sitting on this interview for almost two months until I found it in my email. I spoke with someone who knows <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/2/25/4030072/hawaii-hires-former-utep-offensive-coordinator-aaron-price-to-run">new Hawaii offensive coordinator Aaron Price</a> when they were at UTEP.</p>
<p>Here is where we learn about Hawai'i's offensive for this upcoming season.</p>
<p><b>1. What type of offense did Aaron Price run at UTEP?</b></p>
<p>Simply put, the offense run by Aaron Price, and Mike Price for many of his years as a HC, is a one back, spread offense. It was, for the most part, a pass heavy offense, but was a little more balanced the last couple of years as UTEP has been fairly running back heavy.</p>
<p><b>2. What was the reason for the offense to never being any better than the top half of Conference USA? Was it recruiting, play calling or something else.</b></p>
<p>In the early years of Price, the offense thrived. But, following two 8 win seasons, it was just never the same. And, I'd say it struggled for a multitude of reasons. Some of the blame has to be put on the personnel and recruiting, but I'd place the majority of the blame on play calling and scheming.</p>
<p>UTEP has never brought in the most highly sought after recruits, but especially under Price, they were able to attract some talented players. However, at times it just seemed like it was trying to shove a square peg into a round hole as the play calling got very predictable. Of course, those players still have to go out and execute, but from the outside looking in, the play calling just wasn't do them any favors.</p>
<p><b>3. What would you say are the strengths of Price running an offense?</b></p>
<p>I'd say that Price brings quite a bit to the table. Despite not having a ton of success at UTEP, he's a guy that has been around the game, and some successful programs for years. He's got quite a bit of knowledge, and given the right personnel, I think his schemes could work. Considering Hawaii likes to pass the ball a lot, it may be a great fit.</p>
<p><b>4. Does he have the playbook to be versatile for what Hawaii will do on offense? Hawaii is expected to pass a lot but also mix in some pro-style sets for a more balanced attack with the run.</b></p>
<p>I can't exactly say that he's got a real versatile playbook. At least, it wasn't shown at UTEP. I think some of that had to do with the fact that he was never truly handed the reigns. He got to call the plays, but I think Mike Price had a lot of input. Maybe with a little more freedom at Hawaii, we could see more than we ever saw with the Miners.</p>
<p><b>5. You mentioned predictability, was it that Price would call the same style of play in the same down and distances or the same plays out of the same formation. So, how was he predictable?</b></p>
<p>As far as predictability, I'd say more than anything it was a matter of calling the same type plays in similar down and distance situations. I can't tell you how many times, as a fan, I could call the play that was to come. If I can see that, I can just imagine what a defense that has been that team can see.</p>
https://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/4/22/4251084/hawaii-offensive-coordinator-aaron-priceJeremy Mauss2013-04-19T08:00:06-07:002013-04-19T08:00:06-07:00Don Jackson is favorite to be Nevada starting RB
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<p>Sophomore Don Jackson is looking like the favorite to replace Stefphon Jefferson as the teams starting running back for the 2013 season.</p> <p>The <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/nevada-wolf-pack">Nevada Wolf Pack</a> offense is looking to replace running back <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/players/79222/stefphon-jefferson">Stefphon Jefferson</a>, and that is not going to be an easy task. Jefferson was second in the nation in rushing with 1,883 yards and scored 24 touchdowns. The odds on favorite to replace Jefferson is junior college transfer Don Jackson.</p>
<p>Jackson barely made it out of high school since he did not take grades so seriously, and even after improving his grades he had to go the junior college route. However, at Iowa Western he was able to graduate in just three semesters, and that is how he was able to attend spring camp with the Wolf Pack.</p>
<p>In his one year at Iowa Western he was part of a national title team while rushing for 574 yards at 8.7 yards an attempt, plus five touchdowns. He was the teams third leading rusher in a loaded back field.</p>
<p>Jackson is getting a second chance for his football life since he nearly did not even make it out of high school. Here he is discussing his goals for the upcoming season:</p>
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https://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/4/19/4241400/don-jackson-evada-starting-running-backJeremy Mauss2013-04-16T14:44:12-07:002013-04-16T14:44:12-07:00No more flyovers for Air Force football games
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<p>Air Force could be without their traditional flyovers for at least part of the upcoming season, as are all public flyovers which are being suspended through the end of the fiscal year. </p> <p>College football is chalk full of traditions, and for at least part of one season there will be one less. Prior to <a class="sbn-auto-link" href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/air-force-falcons">Air Force Falcons</a> football games there would be a flyover, but <a href="http://www.football.com/en-us/air-force-cancels-flyovers/" target="_blank">that practice will be placed on hold for at least through the end of September.</a></p>
<p>Air Force would then have no flyovers for games against Colgate which is their season opener, Utah State and Wyoming; that is half of their home football schedule.</p>
<p>Flyovers are not just stopping for Air Force football games, but<a href="http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123338424" target="_blank"> all public flyovers </a>are being put on ice until the end of the fiscal year, which ends on Sept. 30. The reason for the move is due the current sequester that is ongoing with the United States government. If things do not get better with the budget then who knows how long the flyovers will be placed on hold.</p>
<p>These public flyovers were not costing the tax payers money, as they would take place during training hours, and would help these pilots practice the tactics that are involved in flying over a certain area. The training hours were cut by as much as 18 percent, meaning these public flyovers were the first to go.</p>
<p>Brig. Gen. Les Kodlick, who is the director of public affairs said that he had no choice due to the budget cuts:</p>
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<p>"Engaging with the public is a core Air Force mission and communicating and connecting with the public is more important today than ever before. However, faced with deep budget cuts, we have no choice but to stop public aviation support," said Kodlick. "The Air Force will reevaluate the program at the end of the fiscal year and look for ways to curtail the program without having to cancel aviation support altogether."</p>
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<p>Unless they are some massive changes in the Air Force's budgets by September, college football will be missing a great tradition. This tradition has even taken place on road games such as the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7QEYQB9nWrk" target="_blank">Michigan game from last season</a>, and a game at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXT1KB5ab70" target="_blank">Notre Dame in 2011</a>. So, this tradition goes wide and far beyond just the confines of home Air Force football games.</p>
<p>Here is an example of a flyover at Falcon Stadium:</p>
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https://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/4/16/4232032/air-force-football-flyovers-canceledJeremy Mauss2013-04-14T15:00:06-07:002013-04-14T15:00:06-07:00Mock 2013 MWC football TV schedule
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<p>Here is a look at the Mountain West schedule with the television dates so far. </p> <p><a href="http://www.mwcconnection.com/football-5/2013/4/11/4214988/2013-mountain-west-football-schedule?login=1365736008" target="_blank">The 2013 Mountain West football schedule is out</a>, and the game times and the television schedule have not been fully released. So we will go ahead and note the games that have been released will be in bold, and then go off of what has a good chance of happening.</p>
<p>First off the Mountain West television deal has <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/3/21/4131792/mountain-west-espn-agree">16 games on ESPN</a>, plus all of Boise State's home games and then CBS Sports is keeping rights to 22 other games. After ESPN takes the Boise State games, the two networks alternate games with CBS getting the first pick each week. These amount of games are up to said amount, so there could be less, but I am going to be optimistic and feel the entire 44 games will be picked up.</p>
<p>Also, one<a href="http://mattsarzsports.com/Football2013/MWC" target="_blank"> tidbit I found in the contract </a>is that ESPN can trade one Boise State home game to CBS in exchange for one Boise State road conference game per year. If that is to happen this year I could see ESPN trying to trade the home game against Tennessee-Martin for the conference game on the road against Colorado State.</p>
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<p>Forty-four games is not that many, so expect NBC Sports, ROOT SPORTS, Altitude and TimeWarner SportsNet to pick up most of the remaining games. Also, the Mountain West is setting up an online network to broadcast other events, so look for the FCS games to be viewed that way.</p>
<p>Bolded games are official, italicized are my projections. Some will be vague like ESPN family of networks or Fox family of networks. Regardless this is a fun exercise to see what games could be on TV.</p>
<p>Before we get to the entire schedule, lets look at what games CBS Sports would pick with their first eight selections. Following that will be the alternation between CBS Sports and ESPN.</p>
<h4>WEEK 1</h4>
<p><b>Thursday, August 29</b><br><i>Rutgers at Fresno State, </i><i>ESPN family of networks</i><br><i>USC at Hawai`i, CBS Sports Network<br></i>Sacramento State at San Jose State<br><i>UNLV at Minnesota, Big Ten Network<br>Utah State at Utah, Pac-12 Network</i></p>
<p><b>Saturday, August 31</b><br>Colgate at Air Force<br><i>Boise State at Washington ESPN family of networks</i><br><i>Nevada at UCLA FOX family of networks</i><br>UTSA at New Mexico, <i>CBS Sports Network</i><br>Eastern Illinois at San Diego State<br><i>Wyoming at Nebraska Big Ten Network</i></p>
<p><b>Sunday, September 1</b><br><i>Colorado State vs. Colorado, ESPN family of networks</i></p>
<h4>WEEK 2</h4>
<p><b>Saturday, September 7</b><br><i>Utah State at Air Force, CBS Sports Network</i><br><b>Tennessee-Martin at Boise State, ESPN family of networks and likely ESPNU or maybe even ESPN3<br></b><i>Colorado State at Tulsa, Fox Sports Net</i><br>Cal Poly at Fresno State<br><i>Hawai`i at Oregon State, Pac-12 Networks</i><br>UC Davis at Nevada<br><i>New Mexico at UTEP, Fox Sports Net<br>San Diego State at Ohio State, ESPN family of networks, possibly ABC<br>San Jose State at Stanford, ESPN or Fox family of networks</i><br><i>Arizona at UNLV, ESPN family of networks</i><br>Idaho at Wyoming</p>
<h4>WEEK 3</h4>
<p><b>Friday, September 13</b><br><i><b>Air Force at Boise State, ESPN or ESPN2</b></i></p>
<p><b>Saturday, September 14</b><br>Cal Poly at Colorado State<br><i>Fresno State at Colorado, Pac-12 Networks</i><br><i>Nevada at Florida State, ESPN family of networks</i><br>New Mexico at Pittsburgh<br><i>Central Michigan at UNLV, CBS Sports Network</i><br>Weber State at Utah State<br>Northern Colorado at Wyoming</p>
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<h4>WEEK 4</h4>
<p><b>Friday, September 20<br></b><i>Boise State at Fresno State, CBS Sports Network</i></p>
<p><b>Saturday, September 21</b><br><i>Wyoming at Air Force, ESPN family of networks<br>Colorado State at Alabama, ESPN family of networks<br>Hawai`i at Nevada, CBS Sports Network <br>Oregon State at San Diego State, ESPN family of networks</i><br><i>San Jose State at Minnesota, Big Ten Network<br></i>Western Illinois at UNLV<br><i>Utah State at USC, ESPN or Fox family of networks</i></p>
<h4>WEEK 5</h4>
<p><b>Friday, September 27</b><br><i>Utah State at San Jose State, ESPN family of networks</i></p>
<p><b>Saturday, September 28</b><br><i>Air Force at Nevada, CBS Sports Network<br></i><b>Southern Miss at Boise State, ESPN family of networks<br></b>UTEP at Colorado State<br><i>Fresno State at Hawai`i, CBS Sports Network<br></i>UNLV at New Mexico<br>San Diego State at New Mexico State<br><i>Wyoming at Texas State, Longhorn Network<br><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"></span></i></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 1.25em;"><b>WEEK 6</b></span></p>
<p><b>Friday, October 4</b><br><i>Nevada at San Diego State, CBS Sports Network<br>BYU at Utah State, ESPN or ESPN2</i></p>
<p><b>Saturday, October 5</b><br><b>Air Force at Navy, 11:30 a.m. ET, CBS or CBS Sports Network<br></b>Fresno State at Idaho<br><i>San Jose State at Hawai`i, CBS Sports Network<br></i>New Mexico State at New Mexico</p>
<h4>WEEK 7</h4>
<p><b>Thursday, October 10</b><br><i>San Diego State at Air Force, ESPN family of networks</i></p>
<p><b>Saturday, October 12<br></b><i>Boise State at Utah State, CBS Sports Network<br>San Jose State at Colorado State, ESPN family of networks<br>Hawai`i at UNLV, CBS Sports Network</i><br>New Mexico at Wyoming</p>
<h4>WEEK 8</h4>
<p><b>Saturday, October 19</b><br><i>Nevada at Boise State, ESPN family of networks<br>Colorado State at Wyoming, ESPN family of networks<br>UNLV at Fresno State, CBS Sports Network</i><br>Utah State at New Mexico</p>
<h4>WEEK 9</h4>
<p><b>Friday, October 25</b><br><b>Boise State at BYU, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN</b></p>
<p><b>Saturday, October 26</b><br><i>Notre Dame at Air Force, CBS Sports Network (Maybe even CBS)</i><br>Colorado State at Hawai`i<br><i>Fresno State at San Diego State, ESPN family of networks<br>UNLV at Nevada, CBS Sports Network<br></i>Wyoming at San Jose State</p>
<h4>WEEK 10</h4>
<p><b>Saturday, November 2</b><br><i>Army at Air Force, CBS Sports Network</i><br>Boise State at Colorado State, <i>CBS Sports Network</i><br><i>Nevada at Fresno State, ESPN family of networks<br>Hawai`i at Utah State, ESPN family of networks<br></i>New Mexico at San Diego State<br>San Jose State at UNLV</p>
<h4>WEEK 11</h4>
<p><b>Friday, November 8<br></b><i>Air Force at New Mexico, ESPN family of networks</i></p>
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<p><b>Saturday, November 9</b><br>Nevada at Colorado State<br>Fresno State at Wyoming<br><i>Hawai`i at Navy, CBS Sports Network<br>San Diego State at San Jose State, CBS Sports Network<br></i>Utah State at UNLV</p>
<h4>WEEK 12</h4>
<p><b>Saturday, November 16</b><br><i>Wyoming at Boise State, ESPN family of networks<br></i>Colorado State at New Mexico<br><i>San Diego State at Hawai`i, ESPN family of networks<br>San Jose State at Nevada, CBS Sports Network</i></p>
<h4>WEEK 13</h4>
<p><b>Thursday, November 21</b><br><i>UNLV at Air Force, ESPN family of networks</i></p>
<p><b>Saturday, November 23</b><br><i>Boise State at San Diego State, CBS Sports Network<br></i>Colorado State at Utah State<br>New Mexico at Fresno State<br>Hawai`i at Wyoming<br>Navy at San Jose State, CBS Sports Network</p>
<h4>WEEK 14</h4>
<p><b>Friday, November 29</b><br><i>Fresno State at San Jose State, ESPN family of networks</i></p>
<p><b>Saturday, November 30</b><br>Air Force at Colorado State<br><i>New Mexico at Boise State, ESPN family of Networks<br></i>Army at Hawai`i<br><i>BYU at Nevada, CBS Sports Network<br>San Diego State at UNLV, CBS Sports Network<br></i>Wyoming at Utah State</p>
<p>There is my best guess of what the Mountain West television schedule will look like. There are still plenty of games to sell, and some decent games which include Air Force, San Jose State and Nevada that I feel would not get picked up under the 44 games between ESPN and CBS Sports Network.</p>
<p>So, let me know what you think, and provide some suggestions.</p>
https://www.mwcconnection.com/2013-mwc-football-previews/2013/4/14/4215570/2013-mountain-west-football-tv-scheduleJeremy Mauss2013-04-11T17:16:50-07:002013-04-11T17:16:50-07:00MWC releases 2013 football schedule
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<p>The Mountain West finally released their 2013 football schedule.</p> <p>The Mountain West finally released their 2013 football schedule, yet times and television partners have yet to be named. That is expected to come later this spring, hopefully that happens soon. There will be plenty of time to break down the schedule to see who has a favorable, or unfavorable slate, and plain just over obsess over the schedule.</p>
<p>The key things to know off the bat are that there will be a Thursday or Friday night game each week of the season, and those games are more than likely going to be broadcast on ESPN.</p>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Rutgers at Fresno State <br>USC at Hawai`i <br>Sacramento State at San Jose State <br>UNLV at Minnesota <br>Utah State at Utah</td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Utah State at Air Force* <br>Tennessee-Martin at Boise State <br>Colorado State at Tulsa <br>Cal Poly at Fresno State <br>Hawai`i at Oregon State <br>UC Davis at Nevada <br>New Mexico at UTEP <br>San Diego State at Ohio State <br>San Jose State at Stanford <br>Arizona at UNLV <br>Idaho at Wyoming</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Friday, September 13</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Air Force at Boise State*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, September 14</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Cal Poly at Colorado State <br>Fresno State at Colorado <br>Nevada at Florida State <br>New Mexico at Pittsburgh <br>Central Michigan at UNLV <br>Weber State at Utah State <br>Northern Colorado at Wyoming</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Friday, September 20</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Boise State at Fresno State*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, September 21</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Wyoming at Air Force* <br>Colorado State at Alabama <br>Hawai`i at Nevada* <br>Oregon State at San Diego State <br>San Jose State at Minnesota <br>Western Illinois at UNLV <br>Utah State at USC</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Friday, September 27</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Utah State at San Jose State*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, September 28</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Air Force at Nevada* <br>Southern Miss at Boise State <br>UTEP at Colorado State <br>Fresno State at Hawai`i* <br>UNLV at New Mexico* <br>San Diego State at New Mexico State <br>Wyoming at Texas State</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Friday, October 4</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Nevada at San Diego State* <br>BYU at Utah State</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, October 5</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Air Force at Navy <br>Fresno State at Idaho <br>San Jose State at Hawai`i* <br>New Mexico State at New Mexico</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Thursday, October 10</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">San Diego State at Air Force*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, October 12</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Boise State at Utah State* <br>San Jose State at Colorado State* <br>Hawai`i at UNLV* <br>New Mexico at Wyoming*</td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Nevada at Boise State* <br>Colorado State at Wyoming* <br>UNLV at Fresno State* <br>Utah State at New Mexico*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Friday, October 25</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Boise State at BYU</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, October 26</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Notre Dame at Air Force <br>Colorado State at Hawai`i* <br>Fresno State at San Diego State* <br>UNLV at Nevada* <br>Wyoming at San Jose State*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, November 2</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Army at Air Force <br>Boise State at Colorado State* <br>Nevada at Fresno State* <br>Hawai`i at Utah State* <br>New Mexico at San Diego State* <br>San Jose State at UNLV*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Friday, November 8</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Air Force at New Mexico*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, November 9</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Nevada at Colorado State* <br>Fresno State at Wyoming* <br>Hawai`i at Navy <br>San Diego State at San Jose State* <br>Utah State at UNLV*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, November 16</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Wyoming at Boise State* <br>Colorado State at New Mexico* <br>San Diego State at Hawai`i* <br>San Jose State at Nevada*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Thursday, November 21</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">UNLV at Air Force*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, November 23</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Boise State at San Diego State* <br>Colorado State at Utah State* <br>New Mexico at Fresno State* <br>Hawai`i at Wyoming* <br>Navy at San Jose State</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Friday, November 29</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Fresno State at San Jose State*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, November 30</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">Air Force at Colorado State* <br>New Mexico at Boise State* <br>Army at Hawai`i <br>BYU at Nevada <br>San Diego State at UNLV* <br>Wyoming at Utah State*</td>
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<td valig="top" bgcolor="#cccccc" width="100%"><b>Saturday, December 7</b></td>
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<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100%">MW Football Championship Game+</td>
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https://www.mwcconnection.com/football-5/2013/4/11/4214988/2013-mountain-west-football-scheduleJeremy Mauss2013-04-07T19:56:11-07:002013-04-07T19:56:11-07:00Fresno State adds Abilene Christian to 2015 slate
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<p>Fresno State adds their third non-conference game to the 2015 season by adding FCS foe Abilene Christian.</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.sbnation.com/ncaa-football/teams/fresno-st-bulldogs" class="sbn-auto-link">Fresno St. Bulldogs</a> added their third non-conference opponent for the 2015 season when they <a href="http://www.fbschedules.com/2013/04/fresno-state-abilene-christian-2015-football-schedule/" target="_blank">added Abilene Christian to their slate</a>. Not a high profile game out of any means since they are a FCS school, but it is a guaranteed win, and it provides a warm up to their fairly tough other non-conference games against Ole Miss and then Utah in consecutive weeks.</p>
<p>Abilene Christian is actually in the process of moving up from the Lone Star Conference at the Division II level, and will be moving to the Southland Conference later this summer. At the Division II level Abilene Christian was a good team which won their conference in 2008 and 2010. The move to Division II to the FCS level is a big jump and playing an above average FBS will be tough after just two recruiting classes of landing FCS talent.</p>
<p>This game will be played in Fresno State (of course) and take place on Sept. 5, 2015, plus it should be a game that they should easily win.</p>
<p>The Bulldogs 2015 non-conference schedule is set with three of their four games:</p>
<p>09/05 - Abilene Christian<br>09/12 - at Ole Miss<br>09/19 - Utah</p>
https://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/4/7/4192582/fresno-state-non-conference-football-schedule-2015Jeremy Mauss2013-03-27T14:00:36-07:002013-03-27T14:00:36-07:00Boise State schedules a Big East, Sun Belt school
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<p>Boise State has agreed to a home-and-home with Connecticut and Louisiana-Lafayette. </p> <p>Boise State has been on a streak of late of adding future non-conference opponents. They have a home-and-home with <a href="http://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/2/28/4033610/boise-state-virginia-agree-to-future-football-series/in/3659775" target="_blank">Virginia</a>, <a href="http://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/3/4/4065538/boise-state-schedules-florida-state" target="_blank">Florida State</a> and <a href="http://www.fbschedules.com/2013/03/boise-state-troy-schedule-2017-18-home-and-home-football-series/" target="_blank">Troy</a>. The latest news came on Wednesday where the Broncos announced that they have scheduled a home-and-home with <a href="http://www.broncosports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=48553&SPID=4061&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=206950660&DB_OEM_ID=9900" target="_blank">Connecticut and Louisiana-Lafayette in the upcoming years</a>. </p>
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<h2>Boise State, Florida State schedule pair of football games</h2>
<img src="http://cdn0.sbnation.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/9094801/126307605.0_standard_400.0.jpg"></a> <span>Florida State will visit Boise State in 2020.</span>
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<p>The UConn series will begin in 2014 and be played at Rentschler Field in East Hartford, Conn/, on Sept. 13, 2014, and the other game will be played at Bronco Stadium on Sept. 8, 2018.</p>
<p>The home-and-home against Louisiana-Lafayette also begins in 2014 and be played in Boise, with the second game being played in 2016 down in Louisiana.</p>
<p>This fills out Boise State's 2014 and 2016 non-conference schedule, and it leaves them with one more game that needs to be scheduled in 2018.</p>
<p>Here are the Broncos non-conference schedules for 2014, 2016 and 2018.</p>
<h3>2014 non-conference schedule:</h3>
<p>08/28 - Ole Miss (at Atlanta)<br>09/13 - at Connecticut<br>10/04 - UL Lafayette<br>10/25 - BYU</p>
<h3>2016 non-conference schedule:</h3>
<p>09/03 - at UL Lafayette<br>09/10 - Washington State<br>09/24 - at Oregon State<br>10/15 - BYU</p>
<h3>2018 non-conference schedule:</h3>
<p>09/01 - at Troy<br>09/08 - Connecticut<br>10/20 - BYU</p>
https://www.mwcconnection.com/2013/3/27/4154172/boise-state-schedules-uconn-louisiana-lafayetteJeremy Mauss