MWC football just around the corner

The 2009 football season officially begins next week in Las Vegas with the annual MWC Football Media Days Tuesday and Wednesday at the Green Valley Ranch Resort.

Representing the Cowboys will be first-year head coach Dave Christensen and senior defensive linemen John Fletcher and Mitch Unrein.

Each of the Mountain West’s nine member schools will bring their head coach and two student-athletes to the event, which will also be attended by media representatives from around the Mountain West Conference.

Except for yours truly. No summer Vegas vacation in the scorching heat for the Anderson family.

It would be a good preseason media days to go to, as Christensen will be one of three new head coaches in the MWC in 2009. He will be joined by New Mexico’s Mike Locksley and San Diego State’s Brady Hoke as first-year head coaches.

New coaches are usually the story of these type of events.

During the two-day event, the Mountain West will release a preseason media poll ranking the conference’s teams, and will release a preseason All-Conference squad, also selected by the media.

Here's my vote: 1. BYU, 2. TCU, 3. Utah, 4. Air Force, 5. Colorado State, 6. UNLV, 7. Wyoming, 8. New Mexico, 9. San Diego State.

Cowboys on the preseason team: Fletcher.

What's your thoughts? Do the Cowboys, under Christensen, deserve a higher pick? If they deserve to be picked higher, as UW fans, is our optimism clouded by the newness of the program, especially the spread offense and what appears to be improvement already in the recruiting?

I think it is way too difficult to begin predicting wins and losses with this team at this time. Until the Cowboys get out on the field and play some games, it's a crap shoot. With a tough non-conference schedule that includes Texas and Colorado, and another good league, wins will be hard to come by, even in improvement. Patience is a key. It will be worth the wait.

I do believe that there is light at the end of the tunnel. Just how long it takes to get there remains to be seen.

I'm curious, what say you?

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