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UW opponent picked atop Mountain West

Don Ruiz - Staff writer

July 21, 2008 9:46 AM

Writers who cover the Mountain West Conference have picked future UW opponent Brigham Young to win the league title this season.

BYU will be Washington's home-opening opponent this season, visiting Seattle on Sept. 6.

Here's the MWC media poll. However, the Cougars have their sights set higher than a mere conference title this season. BYU's 2008 hopes include following in the footsteps of Boise State and Hawaii as this season's mid-major making the breakthrough to a BCS bowl game.

(The Pac-10 football writers' poll will be announced Thursday morning.)

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