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MWC Weekly Gridiron Release
Utah claims Mountain West Conference title!
Nov. 24, 2003
Complete Release in PDF Format
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The 2003 regular season in the Mountain West comes to a close with UNLV heading to Wyoming in a SportsWest telecast. ALL-CONFERENCE The 2003 MWC all-conference team will be announced on Wednesday, December 3. Again this season, the all-conference team will be selected based on a combined vote of the eight head coaches and a media panel. ATTENDANCE For the second consecutive year, the Mountain West will set a single-season attendance record. Last year, 1,544,786 attended MWC home games. The MWC heads into the final game of the 2003 schedule with 1,659,155 fans having attended league stadiums this season. PARITY Of the 27 conference games played in 2003, 14 have been decided by seven or less points, with Air Force scoring on the game's last play for a 14-point victory at BYU. To date, 65 of the 139 conference games played in the history of the Mountain West have been decided by eight points or less. In the five-year history of the MWC, the home team has gone 70-69 in conference games. BALANCE The MWC heads into the final week of the season with the potential to have six of the league's eight teams finish the regular season with .500 records or better. This would mark the first time in league history more than five teams posted non-losing records. In 1999 and 2001, the MWC had five squads finish .500 or better. OUT OF CONFERENCE Teams from the MWC have combined to post a 17-16 mark vs. non-conference Division I-A foes, which includes a 6-12 record against teams from BCS leagues. Twelve of the 18 games vs. BCS opponents have been played on the road, where the MWC has gone 3-9, while going 3-2 in its five home games and 0-1 at neutral sites. The MWC has gone 2-3 vs. non-conference opponents ranked in the Top 25. BCS WINS With six wins vs. BCS conference teams, the MWC is tied for eighth among the 11 Divsion I-A conferences in non-conference wins against BCS opponents.
Big Ten, 15 KIDS COLLEGE
This season the MWC launches an education initiative utilizing the platform of college athletics to provide teachers with a relevant resource in teaching Kindergarten-8th grade students. This web-based learning program will be available in every public and private, elementary and middle school in the six-state MWC region, impacting more than 6.5 million students. Designed by Learning Through Sports, Inc., "Kid's College" captivates and motivates children using their favorite sports with Mountain West teams and mascots reinforcing skills taught in the classroom.
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