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Colorado State
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New Mexico
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San
Diego State
TCU
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UNLV
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Utah
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Wyoming
Mountain West Game of
the Week
BYU 31 ... New Mexico 24
Max Hall threw two touchdown passes, highlighted by a 59-yard
play to Austin Collie in the third, but it took a ten-point fourth
quarter to put the Lobos away. Rodney Ferguson did what he could to
carry New Mexico, scoring on a second quarter one-yard run, and in the
third quarter, on a five-yard run, and then two minutes later, he took a
pass 71 yards for a score. Hall connected with Dennis Pitta for a
14-yard score, and Mitch Payne hit a 22-yard field goal, while the Lobos
were only able to crank out a 43-yard John Sullivan field goal in the
fourth. BYU LB Bryan Kehl opened the scoring with a 36-yard interception
return in the first two minutes.
Mountain
West
Player of
the Week
BYU LB
Bryan Kehl made nine tackles and returned an interception for a
touchdown in the 31-24 win over New Mexico.
Conference Roundup
Air
Force
…
Air Force is going to be kicking itself for a long, long
time after the loss to Navy. It had several shots to put
up big points on the board, and didn't take advantage of
the opportunities. All it needed to do was come up with
a big stop in the fourth quarter, but it couldn't do it
and kept seeing its drives stall. On the plus side,
Shaun Carney threw as well as he ever has.
BYU … BYU can take a deep breath after the tough
road win over New Mexico. Max Hal threw for 251 yards,
but he didn't play well, missing too many passes, and
there wasn't enough of a running game to take the heat
off. The defense generated tremendous pressure and
forced five turnovers to make all the difference. Now
the team gets a week off to rest before an apparent easy
stretch against UNLV, Eastern Washington, San Diego
State and Colorado State. 7-2 is a must going into the
TCU showdown.
Colorado State … Where's the offensive identity?
With Kyle Bell limited to just seven carries for nine
yards against TCU, there wasn't anything coming from the
ground game. That meant it was up to Caleb Hanie to take
over, and while he has the potential to bomb away for
big yards, that wasn't going to happen against the TCU
D. He was sacked four times and threw three
interceptions. He won't have to be amazing for the Rams
to beat San Diego State next week, but he'll need help
from the running backs. The schedule quickly gets
tougher, so any win right now is a must.
New Mexico… The run defense did a nice job
against BYU, and the secondary kept Max Hall from
getting into a groove, but five turnovers ruined any
hope of coming up with a win and making a statement in
the Mountain West race. With four road games in the next
six, this was a win the Lobos desperately needed to
have, and while it played well, and Rodney Ferguson was
tremendous, the mistakes proved too costly.
San Diego State … Cincinnati is dominating
everyone right now, but to get blasted so badly at home
isn't a good sign. Kevin O'Connell did a great job with
the passing game, but the defense didn't help out the
cause. There needs to be more help from the running
backs, and O'Connell can't be asked to carry the entire
offense by himself. After struggling so far against the
decent teams on the schedule, now the Aztecs get a
proper test at Colorado State. If they get blown out in
Fort Collins, then there will truly be a reason to worry
about the progress under Chuck Long.
TCU … With Andy Dalton hurt with a knee injury,
it's Marcus Jackson's show now, but he has something
Dalton didn't; a healthy Aaron Brown. With Brown's
running, along with the nasty defense, Jackson doesn't
have to take too many chances. Even if he isn't always
efficient, as long as he keeps the chains moving with
his legs as well as his arm, TCU will be fine. However,
more UNLV might have lost to Nevada, but it was another
good step for the program that's been looking for a big
turnaround. Now the team is at least competitive, which
is a far cry from where it's been the past few seasons.
Frank Summers appears to be the every game answer at
running back, and while Travis Dixon is going to be
erratic, he appears to be on the verge of making the
offense explosive. This was a good game; UNLV simply got
beaten by a decent team.
Utah … Brian Johnson might not have been back to
being Brian Johnson, but he was certainly a lot better
against Utah State than Tommy Grady has been over the
last few weeks. However, considering Johnson is back,
and with the way Darrell Mack ran, it should've been a
much easier win. Steve Tate and the defense did a
fantastic job of bottling up the Aggies until late, but
still the Ute offense has to prove it can explode very
soon. Against Louisville this week, it'll need to be
far, far better.
Wyoming … Didn’t Play This Week
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Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
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BYU |
2 |
0 |
62 |
30 |
3 |
2 |
146 |
119 |
W2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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Air
Force |
2 |
1 |
46 |
60 |
3 |
2 |
100 |
94 |
L2 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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TCU |
1 |
1 |
41 |
32 |
3 |
2 |
102 |
73 |
W2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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UNLV |
1 |
0 |
27 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
97 |
112 |
L1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Wyoming |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
103 |
78 |
W1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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New
Mexico |
0 |
1 |
24 |
31 |
3 |
2 |
161 |
102 |
L1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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Utah |
0 |
2 |
12 |
47 |
2 |
3 |
97 |
95 |
W1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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San
Diego State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
105 |
148 |
L1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
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Colorado State |
0 |
1 |
12 |
24 |
0 |
4 |
95 |
127 |
L4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
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Saturday, September 29 |
| 1:00 PM |
at Navy 31 ... Air
Force 20
CFN Prediction: Air Force 31-23 Navy -3 |
| 3:00 PM |
at Utah 34 ... Utah
State 18
CFN Prediction: Utah 37-14 Utah -20 |
| 4:05 PM |
at Nevada 27 ... UNLV
20
CFN Prediction: Nevada 23-17 Nev. -3.5 |
| 7:00 PM |
at TCU 24 ...
Colorado State 12
CFN Prediction: TCU 24-10
TCU -11 |
| 8:30 PM |
BYU 31 ... at New Mexico
24
CFN Prediction: BYU 28-23 BYU -5.5 |
| 10:00 PM |
Cincinnati 52 ... at San Diego
State 23
CFN Prediction: Cinn. 34-17 UC -14 |
Past
Mountain West Games of the
Week
Sept. 1 -
Colorado
31 ... Colorado State 28 OT
Sept. 8 -
New Mexico 44 ... New Mexico
State 34
Sept. 15 - Tulsa 55 ... BYU 47
Sept. 22 - Wyoming 34 ... at Ohio 33
Sept. 29 - BYU 31 ... at New Mexico
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Past Mountain West Players of the Week
Sept. 1 - Wyoming RB Devin Moore
Sept. 8 - New Mexico QB Donovan Porterie
Sept. 15 - New Mexico WR Marcus Smith
Sept. 22 - UNLV RB Frank Summers
Sept. 29 -
BYU LB
Bryan Kehl