THE MEDIA SAY MIDDLE OF THE PACK……..MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE FOOTBALL MEDIA DAYS KICKED OFF IN LAS VEGAS YESTERDAY AWITH THE RELEASE OF THE PRESEASON CONFERENCE POLL. THE WYOMING COWBOYS WERE PICKED FIFTH BEHIND THE FOUR TEAMS THAT BEAT THEM LAST YEAR, AND AHEAD OF THE FOUR TEAMS THEY BEAT LAST SEASON. T-C-U WAS THE OVERWHELMING SELECTION TO WIN THE LEAGUE, GARNERING ALL 31 FIRST PLACE VOTES. THEY WERE FOLLOWED BY UTAH, WHICH WILL BE PLAYING THEIR FINAL MOUNTAIN WEST SEASON. B-Y-U WAS PICKED THIRD, FOLLOWED BY AIR FORCE, THEN THE POKES. AFTER U-W, SAN DIEGO STATE WAS SIXTH, THEN COLORADO STATE, U-NL-V AND NEW MEXICO.

WYOMING FREE SAFETY CHRIS PROSINSKI WAS NAMED TO THE PRESEASON ALL-CONFERENCE TEAM LIST, AFTER BEING NAMED SECOND TEAM ALL-MOUNTAIN WEST LAST YEAR. THE HORNED FROGS HAD EIGHT SELECTED TO THE PRESEASON TEAM, LEADING THE LEAGUE…UTAH HAD FOUR.

T-C-U SWEPT THE PRESEASON INDIVIDUAL AWARDS, AS ANDY DALTON WAS OFFENSIVE PLAYER, TANK CARDER ON DEFENSE AND JEREMY KERLEY FOR SPECIAL TEAMS.