BYU Football: What the Cougars and Utah Won't Miss About the Mountain West

Here's a list I wrote last season, and it seems appropriate to republish here today as BYU and Utah make their long-awaited exit from the Mountain Worst Conference.

In the interest of celebrating our (BYU and Utah) collective exit from the MWC, I offer some lighter fare in the form of this top 10 list of things that won't be missed about the Mountain West Conference.

10. Playing UNLV in the Thomas & Mack in the MWC tourney.

9. The unnaturally sweaty forehead of Marius Payton during The Mtn. pre-game.

8. Playing to empty football stadiums in Albuquerque, Las Vegas, San Diego and Fort Collins.

7. Low-def basketball TV that makes the games look like that old computer game, “Double Dribble.”

6. That annoying announcer from The Mtn. (insert your favorite).

5. That insane, tatted-up, white-trash New Mexico basketball fan.

4. All other New Mexico basketball fans.

3. Air Force’s all-male cheerleading squad.

2. Watching your strength of schedule drop from No. 6 to No. 90 after playing CSU, UNM, WYO and UNLV.

1. One word: Laramie!

Smell you later, MWC. It's been real.

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