Of all the exquisite resentments which have made college football so irresistible to so many, one of the most enduring breathes in the Mountain and Pacific time zones, where fans and other malcontents long have chafed at the football snootiness emanating from the Eastern and the Central. There’s a word for their resentment, and that word is “justified.” It took us the first 27 years of Heisman trophies before we gave them even one, and we’re forever oblivious to their exploits for reasons which include our bedtimes and our snootiness.
That means we might walk around not only pooh-poohing the Pacific-12 Conference (with merit lately) but also ignoring the Mountain West, maybe even unaware of who’s in it.