Reno Gazette-Journal columnist Chris Murray has been known to be a bit wordy, so we're giving him 1,000 words (no more than that) to share his thoughts from the week that was in the world of sports.
* TO EXPAND OR NOT TOO EXPAND, that is the question for the Mountain West. During the league’s football media days this week in Las Vegas, commissioner Craig Thompson discussed the option of expanding the 11-member MW (plus Hawaii in football). This is always a discussion point at his annual Q&A session at the MW meetings, but there was a little more sense of urgency this time.