The Red Zone Report - Mountain West

Could TCU and Boise State trip up this weekend?

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Tuesday, November 3rd 2009. Under NCAA Football Tags: Boise State, Louisiana Tech, Mountain West, Ryan Lindley, San Diego State, TCU, WAC

Both TCU and Boise State have big games coming up next week, but first up, each BCS hopeful has a tricky road test to pass in order to keep their unbeaten season alive. TCU has won on the road at Virginia, Clemson, Air Force, and BYU, winning the kind ... Continue Reading

Perfect path to a pefect season? BYU has it

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Monday, September 7th 2009. Under NCAA Football Tags: BCS, Bowl Championship Series, Brigham Young, BYU, Mountain West

Wouldn’t it only be fitting that the program who set the bar non-BCS success is the one that becomes the first non-BCS school in the BCS era to have a national title shot? It’s far too early to start booking flights to Pasadena, but after stunning Oklahoma in their season opener ... Continue Reading

Can Oklahoma overcome Bradford loss and rebound from BYU upset?

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Sunday, September 6th 2009. Under NCAA Football Tags: Big 12, Bob Stoops, BYU, Landry Jones, Mountain West, Oklahoma, Sam Bradford

To say the least, the script flew out the window when Heisman Trophy winner Sam Bradford didn’t pop up quickly after being driven into the Cowboys Stadium turf late in the second quarter tonight against BYU. Even had the Sooners held on to beat the Cougars, the win would’ve been bittersweet ... Continue Reading

Does anyone want to win the ACC?

Posted By Eddie Griffin On Sunday, October 26th 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: ACC, Alabama, Ball State, Big East, Boise State, Boston College, Butch Davis, BYU, Cal, CJ Spiller, Clemson, Cullen Harper, Duke, Florida State, Georgia Tech, James Davis, Maryland, Miami, middle tennessee state, Mountain West, North Carolina, North Carolina State, TCU, Tommy Bowden, Tulsa, Utah, Vanderbilt, Virginia, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest

Before August 30, everything looked to be cut and dry in the ACC. Clemson was the undisputed best team, and the Tigers were not only touted to be the class of the ACC, but also as a potential darkhorse national title contender, with Cullen Harper, James Davis, and C.J. ... Continue Reading

2008 Utah Utes Preview: BCS bowl beckons for Utes?

Posted By Mark Scott On Tuesday, July 1st 2008. Under NCAA Football Tags: 2008 Utah football preview, Brian Johnson, BYU football, Darrell Mack, Kyle Whittingham, Mountain West, Mountain West Conference, Mountain West football, MWC, Utah BYU, Utah BYU football, Utah football, Utah football preview

Last season, Utah was overwhelmed by injuries (51 total starts lost). The injuries had a great effect in the early going, as the Utes started 1-3 (0-2 MWC), including a 27-0 loss to UNLV, which was the Runnin' Rebels' only MWC win of the season. Utah turned the season around ... Continue Reading

2008 NFL Draft Analysis: LBs - Rivers and Connor lead the way.

Posted By Brian Walzel On Wednesday, February 20th 2008. Under NCAA Football, NFL, NFL Draft Tags: Ali Highsmith, Beau Bell, Ben Moffitt, Big 10, Big Ten, Bob Stoops, Butkus Award, Curtis Lofton, Dan Connor, Erin Henderson, Florida State, Geno Hayes, Georgia Tech, Illinois, J Leman, Jerod Mayo, Jonathan Goff, Keith Rivers, LSU, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota Vikings, Mountain West, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Penn State, Senior Bowl, Shawn Crable, south florida, Tennessee, UNLV, USC, Vanderbilt, Vince Hall, Virginia Tech, Xavier Adibi

In this year's class of linebackers, top prospects Keith Rivers and Dan Connor are sure-fire first round draft picks. But after those two, things drop off significantly. For example, those at the bottom of this top 10 list may not be drafted until the mid to late third round. ... Continue Reading