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and the conference roundup.
Boise State
| Fresno
State | Hawaii
| Idaho
| Louisiana Tech
Nevada
| New
Mexico St |
San Jose
State | Utah State
WAC Game of
the Week
Nevada 27 ... UNLV 20
Nevada got a 43-yard touchdown pass from Nick Graziano to Kyle
Sammons with just 27 seconds left to play to finally put away the
Rebels. Travis Dixon tied it at 20 with just over a minute to play
on a 30-yard scoring pass to Ryan Wolfe, but the Pack was able to go
65 yards in just 35 seconds to get in range for the game-winning
pass. In the first quarter, Graziano connected with Mike McCoy for a
9-yard touchdown, and hit Adam Bishop for a 15-yard score in the
fourth. Nevada only outgained Vegas by four yards, 458 to 454.
WAC
Player of
the Week
Fresno State DE Tyler Clutts made nine tackles and four sacks in the
17-6 win over Louisiana Tech
Conference Roundup
Boise State
… When the national spotlight is on,
Boise State is always tremendous.
Against Southern Miss, the Bronco
offensive line dominated throughout,
while Ian Johnson made things happen as
a receiver and a runner, slipping
through Eagles for a big game that'll
put him back on the Heisman map. While
Johnson's performance helped pad Taylor
Tharp's stats, this was still a strong
day for the passing game. As long as the
O line plays like it did, ripping
through the WAC won't be a problem.
Fresno State … The Fresno State
defense dominated Louisiana Tech, and
with the way the offense played, it had
to. Tom Brandstater took yet another
step back with an awful performance, and
while he was under pressure, he needed
to do far more. Tyler Clutts and the
Fresno defensive line saved the day time
and again, shutting down the Tech
offense. Now it'll have to be even
better against a rested Nevada.
Hawaii … While Colt Brennan's
five interceptions against Idaho will
generate the most national news out of
the game, this was still an important
win for Hawaii; it showed it had a
defense. With six takeaways, two
pick-sixes, and a great job done against
the Vandal running game, the Warriors
overcame the offense's mistakes, while
Brennan and the boys took advantage of
every opportunity. Considering this is
the end of the road portion of the
program for a while, Hawaii has to be
happy to just survive and move on.
Idaho … Idaho forced the Hawaii
mistakes it needed to get to have a shot
to pull off the upset, but it made more
errors and got its doors blown off. The
Vandals need to run effectively to have
a chance at winning, but that went out
the window early on this week, and
Nathan Enderle struggled to get the
passing game to respond. Not only
couldn't the Vandals bomb away, but they
also couldn't move the chains,
converting just two of 15 third down
chances.
Louisiana Tech … Tech outplayed
Fresno State, except on the offensive
line. There wasn't any hope of stopping
the Fresno pass rush, and it meant a
nightmare of a day for the passing game.
There weren't any big mistakes, but the
offense simply couldn't get the ball
moving after dealing with sack after
sack. Now the Bulldogs have to find some
semblance of an offense against Ole
Miss, New Mexico State and Boise State.
Nevada … Could the win over UNLV
have been Nick Graziano's coming out
party? He had to take the offense on his
shoulders, and he came through with a
big day, helped by one monstrous 90-yard
pass play to Mike McCoy. He limited his
mistakes, kept the offense moving, and
made some nice plays on third downs.
Now, Nevada might believe it can bomb
away with the other good teams in the
WAC, and with Fresno State and Boise
State up next, that's important.
New Mexico State … Things aren't
clicking yet, and this was supposed to
be the week for it to happen. At this
point in the year, the Aggies should be
starting to find their groove. Instead,
QB Chase Holbrook is banged up, the
offense is sputtering, the passing game
isn't doing what it's supposed to, and
there have to be some major worries with
a trip to Boise State ahead. If NMSU
plays in Boise like it did against
Arkansas-Pine Bluff, it'll be a
mega-blowout the other way.
San Jose State … It's amazing
what playing at home can do. The last
D-I team to play at home, San Jose State
came up with its best game so far,
rolling over UC Davis with a huge
passing day from Adam Tafralis.
Unfortunately, the running game was
stunningly bad, netting just 15 yards
and averaging 0.6 yards per carry. LB
Matt Castelo, with 15 tackles, led the
way for a strong defensive effort, but
to come up with a few WAC ins over the
next month, the run defense has to be
stronger.
Utah State… The defensive effort
has been there, with Devon Hall and Paul
Igobeli making several plays against
Utah, and Leon Jackson had an accurate
day throwing it, but as will be the
problem all year long, and was an issue
last year, was the lack of a true
playmaker. There's no one who can take
the ball and quickly change the outcome.
Next week, that might change by force
against Hawaii. Utah State will have to
figure out, in a real hurry, how to put
up 50 points.
| |
Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
| |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
| Hawaii |
2 |
0 |
93 |
64 |
5 |
0 |
271 |
94 |
W5 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Fresno
State |
1 |
0 |
17 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
107 |
108 |
W1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| San Jose
State |
1 |
0 |
23 |
20 |
2 |
3 |
74 |
150 |
W2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| Boise State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
128 |
61 |
W2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| New Mexico
State |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
138 |
154 |
W1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Nevada |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
120 |
125 |
W2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| Idaho |
0 |
1 |
20 |
48 |
1 |
4 |
113 |
186 |
L3 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| Louisiana
Tech |
0 |
2 |
50 |
62 |
1 |
3 |
90 |
111 |
L3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| Utah State |
0 |
1 |
20 |
23 |
0 |
5 |
75 |
166 |
L5 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
|
Thursday,
September 27 |
| 7:30 PM |
at Boise State
38 ... Southern Miss 16
CFN Prediction:
BSU 28-20 BSU
-10 |
|
Saturday,
September 29 |
| 3:00 PM |
at Utah 34 ...
Utah State 18
CFN Prediction: Utah 37-14 Utah -20 |
| 4:00 PM |
at San Jose
State 34 ... UC Davis 14
CFN Prediction: SJSU 28-13 |
| 4:05 PM |
at Nevada 27 ...
UNLV 20
CFN Prediction: Nevada 23-17 Nev. -3.5 |
| 5:00 PM |
Hawaii 48 ... at Idaho
20
CFN Prediction: Hawaii 51-20 UH -26 |
| 8:00 PM |
at New Mexico St 20
... Arkansas-Pine Bluff 17
CFN Prediction: NMSU 45-7 |
| 10:00 PM |
at Fresno
State 17 ... Louisiana Tech 6
CFN Prediction: FSU 38-24 FSU -13 |
Past WAC
Games of the
Week
Sept. 1 -
UNLV 23 ...
Utah State 16
Sept. 8 - Texas A&M
47 ... Fresno State 45 3OT
Sept. 15 - New Mexico State
29 ... UTEP 24
Sept. 22 - San Jose State
23 ... at Utah State 20
Sept. 29 - Nevada 27 ... UNLV
20
Past WAC Players of the Week
Sept. 1 - Hawaii QB Colt Brennan
Sept. 8 - Hawaii QB Colt Brennan
Sept. 15 - New Mexico State WR Chris
Williams
Sept. 22 - San Jose State QB Adam
Tafralis
Sept. 29 - Fresno State DE Tyler Clutts