2009 CFN WAC Expert Picks, Schedules & More

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2009 WAC ... Week 12

Boise State | Fresno State | Hawaii | Idaho | Louisiana Tech
Nevada | New Mexico St | San Jose State | Utah State

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	CFN EXPERT PICKS	Fiu	Rich	Matt	Michael	Clucko	PICK
	Friday, Nov. 20
9:30	Boise St -24 at Utah St	BS*	BS	BS	BS	BS	BS
	Saturday, Nov. 21
5:00	La Tech at Fres St -11	FS	FS*	FS*	FS*	FS	FS*
8:00	Hawaii -3 at SJSU	SJ	HI	SJ	HI	SJ	SJ
10:30	Nevada -32 at NMSU	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	Straight Up	50-13	54-9	51-12	52-11	34-29	50-13
	ATS	22-34	27-29	20-36	23-33	29-27	24-32

WAC Standings
	Conf.		Overall
Nevada	6	0	7	3
Boise St	5	0	10	0
Fresno St	5	2	6	4
Idaho	4	3	7	4
La Tech	2	4	3	7
Utah St	2	4	3	7
Hawaii	2	5	4	6
NMSU	1	4	3	7
SJSU	0	5	1	8
Players of the Week 11/14 Kellen Moore, QB BSU 11/7 C. Kaepernick, QB Nev 10/31 Ryan Mathews, RB FS 10/24 C. Kaepenick, QB Nev 10/17 Ryan Mathews, RB FS 10/10 C. Kaepernick, QB Nev 10/3 Mike Ball, RB Nev 9/26 Nathan Enderle, QB Id. 9/19 Ryan Mathews, RB FSU 9/12 Greg Alexander, QB Haw. 9/5 Greg Salas, WR Hawaii Games of the Week 11/14 LSU 24, Lat Tech 16 11/7 Boise St 45, La Tech 35 10/31 Idaho 35, La Tech 34 10/24 Utah St 23, La Tech 21 10/17 Nevada 35, Utah St 32 10/10 Idaho 29, SJSU 25 10/3 Idaho 31, Col St 29 9/26 Idaho 34, NIU 31 9/19 Boise St 51, FSU 34 9/12 Wisc. 34, FSU 31 2 OT 9/5 Hawaii 25, C. Ark, 20 SCOREBOARD at Boise State 63 Idaho 25 - Boise State gets style points in blowout  - Idaho turns it over 7 times in loss to BSU  CFN Prediction: Boise State 56-20 Line: Boise State -31 at Nevada 52 Fresno State 14 - Nevada rips up Fresno State in blowout win  - Fresno State's turnovers prove costly in loss  CFN Prediction: Fresno State 37-34 Line: Nevada -7 at Hawai‘i 24 New Mexico State 6 - Hawaii's D stops Aggies in easy win - NMSU O miserable in loss to Warriors CFN Prediction: Hawaii 37-14 Line: Hawaii -20 at LSU 24 Louisiana Tech 16 Louisiana Tech outplays LSU in tough loss  CFN Prediction: LSU 34-6 Line: LSU -24.5 at Utah State 24 San Jose State 9 -  Utah State & Turbin run all over the Spartans  - San Jose State loses, Tomey to retire  CFN Prediction: Utah State 35-21 Line: Utah State -12

GAME OF THE WEEK

at LSU 24 … Louisiana Tech 16
LSU got a scare down 13-10 at halftime highlighted by a Louisiana Tech one-yard touchdown pass on a jump-throw from RB Daniel Porter to Dennis Morris with no time left on the first half clock, but Keiland Williams took over in the second half with touchdown runs from three and nine yards out, while the defense only allowed a 36-yard Matt Nelson field goal with 25 seconds to play. The two teams combined for 19 penalties.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Boise State QB Kellen Moore completed 22-of-32 passes for 299 yards and five touchdowns in the win over Idaho.

CONFERENCE ROUNDUP

Boise State … at Boise State 63 ... Idaho 25 ... Boise State needed style points, and it got them. All anyone will see is the 63-point total next to the W, but the defense struggled a wee bit, making up for the yards allowed by getting takeaway after takeaway. This was a fantastic game against a team jacked up to make a point, but at home, no one’s touching the Broncos. This was big, but there’s still Nevada to deal with after going to Utah State on Friday. There’s still work to do, and with TCU dominating, winning big is going to be important to be in the hunt for an at-large bid.

Fresno State … at Nevada 52 ... Fresno State 14 ... Fresno State is a lot better than 52-14. The running game didn’t get a chance to get rolling after the floodgates opened up and with the fumbles giving Nevada too many chances they didn’t need. All is not lost, but the Bulldogs have to come up with a win over Louisiana Tech to be assured of a halfway decent bowl and needs to beat Illinois to make this a strong season. However, if the run defense isn’t better, this game not included since Nevada is rolling on everyone, it might be tough to get a split, at best.

Hawaii … at Hawaii 24 ... New Mexico State 6 ... Losing QB Bryant Moniz to a rib injury was a scare, but he’s expected to be able to play against San Jose State. The bigger issue could be an injured foot on star WR Greg Salas. The offense can produce with Shane Austin under center, but there’s no chance against Navy or Wisconsin after next week’s game at San Jose State if Salas isn’t fine. He’s expected to play. The defense is coming off a tremendous performance, and it should shut down a miserable Spartan offense in the final road game of the year.

Idaho … at Boise State 63 ... Idaho 25 ... Idaho now knows what it has to shoot for. It didn’t play too poorly in the loss, even though the final score was ugly, but the turnovers were a killer. Idaho needed to win the turnover margin to have a shot, and it ended up being -7 … uh oh. But the running game worked, Brian Reader, in place of Nathan Enderle, wasn’t bad throwing the ball, and there wasn’t any quit. After losing two straight, and three of their last four, the Vandals could use a win over Utah State in two weeks to cement a bowl bid at 8-4.

Louisiana Tech …at LSU 24 ... Louisiana Tech 16 ...The Bulldogs were outmatched and outgunned by the Tigers, but they battled well and didn’t allow much of anything against the pass outside of one big first half touchdown. The run defense got steamrolled over in the second half, but Tech controlled the clock holding on to the ball for 36:20. After outgaining the Tigers 322 yards to 246, there weren’t enough big plays to capitalize on the yards. The season is all but over now, but a win over Fresno State to stop the four-game slide would be a nice, positive thing to build on before likely beating San Jose State on December 5th.

Nevada … at Nevada 52 ... Fresno State 14 ... And the train keeps on rolling. Fresno State’s run defense struggled all season long, but this was still a strong team that Wolf Pack ripped through like it wasn’t there. The defense forced five turnovers, to make up for the problems against the pass allowing 362 yards, but the running game is clicking on all cylinders. It’s going to run for 400 yards against New Mexico State, and then comes the showdown against Boise State for the WAC title.

New Mexico State … at Hawaii 24 ... New Mexico State 6 ...  Christopher Buckner made 16 tackles, but that was the only bright spot in a miserable performance from the Aggies. To only get 244 yards and no offensive scores, and to convert just one of eight third down chances against a bad Hawaii team, shows just how far the team has to go to be even mediocre. On a four-game losing streak with a mere 16 points during the run, there are going to be major problems against Nevada, who’s going to hang at least 40 points on the board next week.

San Jose State … at Utah State 24 ... San Jose State 9 ... And that’s it for the Dick Tomey era. A success early on, Tomey struggled to get the offense working over the last few years while the defense couldn’t pick up the slack, and now he’s retiring. Not only is the D bad, but it’s the worst in America against the run allowing 289 yards per game. Fortunately, Hawaii and New Mexico State are up next, and they can’t run. The bigger issue is an offense that can’t score with just 23 points in the last three weeks. The running game has to do something against the bad defenses down the stretch.

Utah State… at Utah State 24 ... San Jose State 9 ... The Aggies have been playing better than their record, and now they have a win to help out the stat sheet before tough games against Boise State and Idaho. The defense did a great job of keeping the miserable San Jose State offense under wraps, while the game was never really in doubt with the way Robert Turbin and the ground game controlled things. Diondre Borel didn’t throw well, but he didn’t have to. He’ll have to against Boise State on Friday night.

Friday, November 20
Boise State at Utah State

Saturday, November 21
Louisiana Tech at Fresno State
Hawai‘i at San Jose State
Nevada at New Mexico State

Friday, November 27
Nevada at Boise State

Saturday, November 28
Navy at Hawai‘i
Utah State at Idaho
New Mexico State at San Jose State

Saturday, December 5
New Mexico State at Boise State
Fresno State at Illinois
Wisconsin at Hawai‘i
San Jose State at Louisiana Tech