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The best-case scenario for the Mountain West Conference took a big step forward Friday, a more important leap toward automatic Bowl Championship Series inclusion than any previous. Boise State is a major piece.
You can't complete the puzzle without it. That the MWC dived into the pool of conference expansion by making the Broncos its 10th member presents the league in a BCS light it hasn't enjoyed to this point. That the possibility exists to add teams from the Big 12 in the coming weeks only increases those prospects.
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