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>>> HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME
TO ANOTHER EDITION OF "AROUND
THE MOUNTAIN" BROUGHT TO YOU BY
JEEP
WE LET JOURNALISTS SOUND OFF
I'M YOUR HOST MARIO PAYTON
WE HAVE NATE CRECHTMAN AND BRIAN
ROSS AND FROM KRQT FROM
ALBUQUERQUE IS MY MAN TATE
UTAH STATE AND SAN JOSE STATE
ARE THE NEWBIES.
WE'LL DISCUSS HOW THAT AFFECTS
THE LEAGUE GOING FORWARD
THE BCS IS EXPLORING A FOUR-TEAM
PLAYOFF.
WHAT TOOK SO LONG?
COLORADO STATE EXPELS THREE
FOOTBALL PLAYERS AND WE'LL LOOK
AT HOW THAT WILL AFFECT THE RAMS
AS THE SEASON NEARS.
WE START WITH CONFERENCE
EXPANSION, UTAH STATE AND SAN
JOSE STATE ARE THE NEWEST
MEMBERS OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST
THE CONFERENCE HAD TO MAKE A
MOVE AND THE AGGIES AND SPARTANS
WERE THE NEXT TWO WHACKED TEAMS
TO MAKE THE JUMP TO THE MOUNTAIN
WEST
>> IF YOU SAID THREE YEARS AGO
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE OUR
CONFERENCE STRONGER ADDING UTAH
STATE AND SAN JOSE STATE, YOU
WOULD HAVE LAUGHED AND SAID
YEAH, THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE
CONFERENCE A LOT WEAKER.
IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT MORE
WATERED DOWN BUT HERE WE ARE IN
MAY OF 2012 AND IT'S A
LEGITIMATE POINT
THEY ARE MAKING IT STRONGER AND
THE REASON WHY, IT'S BECAUSE
IT'S NUMBERS
GO ASK THE WAC IF THEY WANT TO
BE STRONGER.
THEY HAVE TWO FOOTBALL PLAYING
SCHOOLS LEFT, IDAHO AND NEW
MEXICO STATE
BY SHEER NUMBERS TO REPLACE THE
TWO TEAMS THEY'RE LOSING IN SAN
DIEGO STATE AND BOISE STATE AND
BRINGING IN TWO MORE TEAMS, NOT
LIKE THEY'RE GETTING OKLAHOMA
AND USC.
THOSE WERE PROBABLY THE LAST TWO
REMAINING TEAMS THAT FIT THE
FOOTPRINT OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST
CONFERENCE
>> DOES IT MAKE IT STRONGER
FOOTBALL WISE?
>> NO, IT DOESN'T.
IT'S SURVIVAL MODE
YOU'RE LOSING TWO PROGRAMS IN
BOISE STATE AND SAN JOSE STATE,
EXCUSE ME, SAN DIEGO STATE, WHO
HAS BECOME A NATIONAL POWER,
BOISE STATE, WE KNOW WHAT THEY
ARE.
THESE ARE TWO GOOD FOOTBALL
PROGRAMS THAT YOU'RE LOSING.
SAN JOSE STATE, UTAH STATE, WE
KNOW WHAT THOSE PROGRAMS ARE,
WHAT THOSE SCHOOLS ARE BUT LET'S
FACE IT, PART OF THIS IS, A,
SURVIVAL, YOU WANT TO MAINTAIN
TEN MEMBERS AND B, YOU GET A
DECENT TELEVISION MARKET IN THE
BAY AREA, UTAH STATE AND
NORTHERN UTAH, YOU GOT A TOUCH
OF SALT LAKE CITY, OBVIOUSLY
HAVING LOST UTAH AND BYU FROM
THE CONFERENCE, THAT WAS ROUGH
ON TELEVISION SO IT'S GOOD IN
THAT REGARD.
GRANTED THESE AREN'T THE BIGGEST
SCHOOLS IN THOSE RESPECTIVE
MARKETS BUT IT'S SURVIVAL MODE
AND HEY, CRAIG THOMPSON IS
KEEPING THE MOUNTAIN WEST AFLOAT
ALL AT THE EXPENSE OF THE
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE.
>> DAN, YOU'VE BEEN AROUND THE
CONFERENCE FOR A WHILE AS HAVE
I.
IS THE MOUNTAIN WEST STARTING TO
LOOK MORE LIKE THE WAC
>> SAME THING, DIFFERENT NAME.
IT'S LIKE THEY FLIP FLOPPED
NAMES.
YOU TALK SAN JOSE STATE AND UTAH
STATE, YOU GOT A FOOTBALL
PROGRAM THAT SEEMS TO BE ON THE
RISE
BASKETBALL IS NOT BAD.
YOU HAVE STU MORRELL, KNOWN TO
PUT UP WINS.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL BE
HORRIBLE TO HAVE THOSE TWO TEAMS
COME IN.
LIKE YOU SAID, MARIUS, IT LOOKS
LIKE THE WAC WITH A DIFFERENT
NAME
IF YOU SAID THIS A FEW WEEKS
BACK PEOPLE WOULD SAY THAT'S NOT
GOING TO HAPPEN.
WITH THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE IN
CONFERENCES BECAUSE OF ALL THE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL MONEY STAY
TUNED.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO SEE NEXT.
>> WHAT IS THE OTHER
ALTERNATIVE, STAY AT EIGHT
>> THEY HAVE TO DO IT.
>> I KNOW THEY DID
AGAIN, WHAT ARE THE OTHER
ALTERNATIVES OUT THERE AND THERE
ARE NO REALLY OTHER ALTERNATIVES
BUT TO TRY TO STRENGTHEN BY
NUMBERS AS NATE SAID IT'S
SURVIVAL MODE FOR CRAIG THOMPSON
AND THE MOUNTAIN WEST
CONFERENCE
>> ARE THEY WAITING FOR SAN
DIEGO STATE AND BOISE STATE TO
COME BACK, PICK UP IDAHO STATE
>> THE POSSIBILITY OF BOISE
STATE AND SAN DIEGO STATE, ONCE
WE FIGURE OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH AUTOMATIC QUALIFYING AND
THE BIG EAST TELEVISION DEAL, IS
THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT
>> I'M GLAD I AM
NEVER THOUGHT I'D BE IN COLORADO
BUT I'M HAPPY I'M HERE
>> RONNY HILLMAN ELECTED TO
LEAVE SAN DIEGO STATE TO TAKE
HIS CHANCES AT THE NFL
IT APPEARS THAT DECISION HAS
PAID OFF
HILLMAN WAS DRAFTED IN THE THIRD
ROUND BY THE DENVER BROFRN COS
WHERE HE'LL COMPETE IN THE
BACKFIELD AND KNOWSHON MORENO
WHO HAS BEEN A DISAPPOINTMENT.
RYAN LINDLEY GOT THE CALL
DRAFTED BY THE ARIZONA
CARDINALS.
185th OVERALL.
HE WILL BE IN A PRETTY GOOD SPOT
BEHIND KEVIN COBBS WHO HAS FIVE
YEARS EXPERIENCE
OTHER QUARTERBACKS ON THE
ROSTER
KELLEN MOORE MAY HAVE ENDED HIS
BOISE STATE CAREER BUT THAT MUST
NOT HAVE IMPRESSED THE PROS.
HE HAD A FREE FALL OUT OF THE
DRAFT INTO FREE AGENCY
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG FOR HIM TO
LAND, THOUGH
SHORTLY AFTER THE DRAFT ENDED
MOORE SIGNED A DEAL WITH THE
DETROIT LIONS.
WITH MARIUS PAYTON I'M BILL
DOLEMAN.
THE DRAFT IS OVER.
THE DEBATING BEGINS.
WHICH TEAM DID THE BEST, WHO
WERE THE STEALS.
WHICH WILL HAVE IMMEDIATE
IMPACT
THOSE AND MORE WILE TIDE US OVER
TO TRAINING CAMP IN JULY
>> THE SURGEON DID NOT HEAR HIS
NAME A BUNCH WERE LUCKY ENOUGH
TO LIVE THE NFL DRAFT DREAM.
ROUND 3 THROUGH 5 WERE PRETTY
GOOD
SIX PLAYERS GOT THE CALL
MILES GETS TO LEAVE SAN DIEGO
AND PLAY IN OAKLAND FOR THE
RAIDERS.
TANK CARDER.
AND NOW ILOKA A MEMBER OF THE
CINCINNATI BENGALS
IN THE LATER ROUNDS FOUR MORE GO
TO THE LEAGUE.
BILLY IS A CLEVELAND BROWN
McCOY IS A MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO
BEARS.
AND WHAT WAS PROBABLY A SURPRISE
TO MANY, BOISE STATE OFFENSIVE
LINE MAN NATE CARDER TAKEN TO
ARIZONA.
>> THE DRAFT PLAYED OUT
ACCORDING TO SCRIPT FOR THE
MOUNTAIN WEST THOUGH WHILE FIRST
ROUNDERS HAVE BEEN RARE THIS
YEAR THERE WERE TWO.
BOTH BROFRN COS.
THE REST WENT ACCORDING TO
AVERAGE WITH ALUMS FILLING OUT
DRAFT CARDS INSTEAD OF TOPPING
THE LIST ESPECIALLY SATURDAY
WHEN EIGHT WERE TAKEN.
HOWEVER, DON'T TELL RONNY
HILLMAN THIS WAS AN ORDINARY
DRAFT.
>> ONCE YOU START DOING THE FIVE
RUNNING BACKS IN FRONT OF YOU,
MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION, YOU
KIND OF LIKE I MIGHT GET PUSHED
BACK OR GET NERVOUS.
I SAW MYSELF WALKING AROUND NOT
TRYING TO WATCH THE DRAFT.
NOW AND THEN