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By Luke Fletcher Ft Collins, Co When the Pac-12 came for the Mountain West, most people around college athletics assumed the outcome was already decided. Five schools were leaving. The conference looked vulnerable. The money gap seemed impossible to overcome. And after what happened to the old Pac-12, it felt like another western league was…
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By Luke Fletcher | Atlanta, GA A few years ago, if you told college football fans that The CW would become a major national sports broadcaster, most people probably would have laughed. This was the network associated with teen dramas, superhero reruns, and syndicated programming, not Saturday college football and basketball. But fast forward to…
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By Luke Fletcher | Atlanta, GA There’s a different kind of energy building on The Flats. It’s early, and it’s only spring, but if Georgia Tech’s annual White and Gold game revealed anything, it’s this: the Yellow Jackets may be a little ahead of schedule. Spring games come with a built-in disclaimer. Don’t overreact, don’t…
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By Luke Fletcher | Ft. Collins, CO The season didn’t quite unfold the way Wyoming hoped, but the Cowboys still have basketball left to play, and an opportunity to make some noise. At 18–14 with a NET ranking of 99 (A team with a NET of 99 generally sits right in the middle of the…
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By Luke Fletcher | Ft. Collins, CO When (3) Wichita State takes on (6) Wyoming Tuesday night in the Tulsa region of the NIT, the first instinct is to lean toward the Shockers. They’re the higher seed, they have the more explosive offense, and they’ve got one of the best scorers on the floor. But…
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By Luke Fletcher | Ft. Collins, CO By the time the 2026 college football season kicks off, two western conferences will be operating under two very different media strategies. On paper, the rebuilt Pac-12 appears to have landed the bigger number. The Mountain West appears to have built in more flexibility. Whether that flexibility turns…
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By Luke Fletcher | Ft. Collins, CO As the college sports media landscape continues to evolve, the Mountain West Conference is positioning itself to take greater control of its digital future. Beginning with the 2026–27 season, the conference plans to launch a direct-to-consumer (DTC) streaming platform, internally referred to as the Mountain West Conference (MW)…
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By Luke Fletcher | Atlanta, GA Georgia Tech made a major statement in the transfer portal, landing running back Justice Haynes, a move that could reshape the Yellow Jackets’ offense heading into the 2026 season. Among portal additions nationwide, few come with Haynes’ blend of pedigree, production, and game-breaking ability. Haynes arrived on the college…
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By Luke Fletcher | Ft. Collins, CO Wyoming didn’t dabble in the transfer portal this offseason they attacked it. With nearly every position group touched, head coach Jay Sawvel and his staff assembled a veteran-heavy transfer class designed to stabilize key areas and push Wyoming forward in 2026. The haul blends Power Four experience, proven…
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By Luke Fletcher | Atlanta, GA As of January 2026, Georgia Tech has assembled one of its most ambitious and strategically sound transfer portal classes of the Brent Key era. With 19 incoming transfers and a +2 net gain in portal movement, the Yellow Jackets have clearly used the portal not as a patchwork solution,…
