Portland State head coach Jerry Glanville was fired the PC way today. (He was asked to resign.) For his replacement, PSU should hire the most popular Portland-Area high school coach. It will help with recruiting.
Sanford said in his post-canning interview that UNLV needs to make a greater commitment to football. That if TCU and Boise State can be BCS worthy, so can UNLV.
I agree. Sam Boyd stadium is not one of my favorite to visit, and it has been said that the locker room ambiance, or lack thereof, has cost the Rebels some recruits. (He should visit Stewart Stadium sometime....but I digress.) He mentioned that four MWC programs are BCS worthy. The fourth is Air Force. In the MWC, however, only UNLV is not making improvements to the stadium.
Sanford's advice is not going unnoticed in Las Vegas. The new coach is expect to get twice the money Sanford earned. They may be able to lure Akey away from Idaho. They may even get former New Mexico coach Rocky Long out of the defensive coordinator job in San Diego. I would like to see them get Duane Walker away from New Mexico State. Here is a man that deserves better.
Here is my advice for the rest of the MWC non-BCS teams.
Wyoming. They may not defeat TCU on Saturday, but need to lay it all on the line in their border war two weeks later. A victory over the Rams and a Cowboy bowl game would be big in Dave Christensen's first year. Getting Texas to Warr Memorial Stadium this year was another huge step. Buidling an indoor practice facility was also a big step in the right direction. I also suggest that they build a indoor baseball/softball facility in order to be able to support baseball and softball teams. Finally, they can beat BYU and Utah in one other thing: become the 2nd school in the MWC to have a Division I Hockey program for both men and women.
Academically, I saw the Univeristy President make an appeal for instructors during the BYU/Wyoming game a couple of weeks ago. I found out that those instructors are needed in Petroleum Engineering. I would humbly suggest that Wyoming use some of their oil money to build a national on-line campus.
Colordado State. They do not have the oil money that their border rival has. And they are a little too far from Denver to take full advantage of being there. They can build gradually until the economy improves, much like Montana State. Moby Gym is too old and too small. That facility needs to be the first to be replaced.
San Diego State. It is hard figure out why San Diego State does not succeed. They are the only D-I FBS program in a city and metro of about 3 million. I believe that you can thank the Holiday Bowl. It is a convienient two for one trip for Big XII and Pac-10 teams to go to the bowl game and also visit some SD-area recruits. So if the Holiday Bowl wants to move to the new LA football stadium when it is complete, SD State should not complain.
New Mexico. It is an easy problem to figure out. The schools is too basketball oriented, and football success is secondary. To bad, it is one of the nicer stadiums in the MWC. Perhaps Locksley and the administration can develop a better football marketing program. It would be a good graduation project for an MBA student.
Ranking the Football Stadiums
MWC
1. Rice Eccles (Utah)
2. LaVell Edwards (BYU)
3. Qualcomm (San Diego State and San Diego Chargers)
4. University (New Mexico)
5. Falcon Field (Air Force)
6. Warr Memorial (Wyoming)
7. Amon G. Carter (TCU)
8. Hughes (Colorado State)
9. Sam Boyd (UNLV)
WAC
1. Bulldog (Fresno State)
2. Aloha (Hawaii)
3. Bronco (Boise State)
4. Spartan (San Jose State)
5. Romney (Utah State)
6. MacKay (Nevada)
7. Joe Aillet (Louisiana Tech)
8. Aggie Memorial (New Mexico State)
9. Kibbie Dome (Idaho)
Big Sky
1. Washigton Grizzly (Montana)
2. PGE (Portland State and Portland Timbers(MLS))
3. Woodward (Eastern Washington)
4. Walkup Skydome (Northern Arizona)
5. Reno-Sales (Montana State)
6. Hornet (Sacramento State)
7. Holt Arena (Idaho State)
8. Stewart (Weber State)
9. Nottingham (Northern Colorado)
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