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Wyoming
Mountain West Game of
the Week
TCU 38 ... Stanford 36
Aaron Brown ran for a two-yard touchdown with just over two
minutes to play, and then hung on as Stanford drove deep, but unlike
the USC game, got a fourth down pass batted away. The two teams
traded scores back and forth all game long, with Stanford getting up
31-17 late in the third helped by Anthony Kimble's second touchdown
run of the game. And then Andy Dalton went to work for TCU,
connecting with Jimmy Young for a 70-yard touchdown, and connecting
with Brown for a two-yard score to tie it in the fourth.
Mountain
West
Player of
the Week
Player of the game:
TCU QB Andy
Dalton completed 23 of 34 passes for 344 yards and two touchdowns
and ran for a score in the win over Stanford
Conference Roundup
Air
Force
…
Air Force is rolling and it's all due to the ground
game. Chad Hall was unstoppable against the Rams, and
everything worked out perfectly. The Falcons held on to
the ball for 34:15, converted 11 of 15 third down
chances, and ran wild. The offense was in total control
throughout, and now has to keep the formula working in
tough games against Wyoming and New Mexico ahead. The
number two spot in the Mountain West is there for the
taking, and if the offense keeps playing like this,
it'll happen. The goals get higher if BYU loses.
BYU … When things weren't working with the
passing game, it became the Harvey Unga show against
UNLV, as the BYU ground game helped keep the ball for
37:24, kept the Rebel spread attack off the field, and
pulled away with the win. By default, this is still the
best team in the Mountain West, but it's not playing
like anything special. It doesn't matter. The schedule
is easy enough to roll until mid-November without a
problem.
Colorado State … Colorado State is supposed to do
the pounding, but over the last few weeks, the defense
has been run on at will, while the ground game has been
turned over to Gartrell Johnson. The Rams aren't going
to win much when it gives up 265 rushing yards and Caleb
Hanie throws four picks. He simply can't make big
mistakes if CSU is ever going to break out of its slump.
Beating UNLV next week is a must to have any hope of a
resurgent second half of the year.
New Mexico… Thanks to the bad weather, New Mexico
came up with a huge win over Wyoming to make a statement
in the Mountain West race. The offense wasn't great, but
it couldn't be in the sloppy conditions and against the
UW defense. The run defense shut down the Cowboy running
game, and the secondary never allowed the big pass play
to turn things around. Now the key will be staying
focused at San Diego State, while hoping BYU starts to
slip. It's all Mountain West the rest of the way out,
and UNM will be a player.
San Diego State … Russell Allen came up with a
whale of a game against Utah, making 22 tackles and a
sack, but while the defense made a ton of stops and did
it's part in bending, but rarely breaking, the offense
didn't help out. Kevin O'Connell was the only real
ball-carrier, with Brandon Bornes getting the second
most carries with five, and O'Connell even making the
one big catch on a 35-yard play. To have any prayer
against New Mexico and BYU over the next two weeks, the
offense has to find something that works outside of just
O'Connell.
TCU … The defense simply isn't going to
be as good as expected this year. That's what happens
when injuries strike. That means the offense has to
start winning some shootouts, and while that's been a
problem so far, Andy Dalton came up with a big game
against Stanford, Aaron Brown ran well, and the Horned
Frogs escaped with the win. Now it's back to Mountain
West play, and now is when the team has to crank it up a
few notches with Utah, New Mexico and BYU up next.
UNLV … For the second straight week, UNLV got
ripped apart on the ground. Air Force had few problems
two weeks ago, and this week, BYU did whatever it wanted
to. Up next is a winless Colorado State and its power
rushing attack. The Rebels have to take advantage of a
down team, get more long, sustained drives, start
controlling the clock. Travis Dixon has to start doing
more for the passing game.
Utah … Is Utah back on track? The Louisville win
was nice, and beating San Diego State certainly was a
must, but offense failed to put the game away early,
despite moving the ball well. Now the real season
begins, going on the road to deal with a battered TCU.
If the defense plays as well as it did against the
Aztecs, and Darrell Mack keeps running well, this might
be the second best team in the league behind BYU.
Wyoming … Wyoming couldn't run the ball on New
Mexico, and it seemed like the offense panicked.
Averaging only 1.6 yards per carry, the attack had to
try to bomb its way back in the game, and it wasn't
working. Now there's no margin for error the rest of the
way. Gearing it up for a
tougher-than-originally-expected road game at Air Force
is a must with the lightweights, UNLV and San Diego
State, to follow. To win those, Devin Moore, Wynel
Seldon and the ground game has to produce and start
controlling the tempo of the game better than it did
this week.
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Conference |
Overall |
Home |
Away |
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W |
L |
PF |
PA |
W |
L |
PF |
PA |
STR |
W |
L |
W |
L |
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Air
Force |
4 |
1 |
122 |
95 |
5 |
2 |
176 |
129 |
W2 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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BYU |
3 |
0 |
86 |
44 |
4 |
2 |
170 |
133 |
W3 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
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New
Mexico |
1 |
1 |
44 |
34 |
4 |
2 |
181 |
105 |
W1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
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Wyoming |
1 |
1 |
27 |
41 |
4 |
2 |
130 |
119 |
L1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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TCU |
1 |
2 |
62 |
56 |
4 |
3 |
161 |
133 |
W1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
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Utah |
1 |
2 |
35 |
54 |
4 |
3 |
164 |
137 |
W3 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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San
Diego State |
1 |
1 |
31 |
43 |
2 |
4 |
136 |
191 |
L1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
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UNLV |
1 |
2 |
55 |
55 |
2 |
5 |
125 |
167 |
L3 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
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Colorado
State |
0 |
3 |
53 |
93 |
0 |
6 |
136 |
196 |
L6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
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Saturday, October 13 |
| 2:00 PM |
New Mexico 20 ... at Wyoming
3
CFN Prediction: Wyom. 26-21 Wyom. -3.5 |
| 3:00 PM |
at Utah 23 ... San
Diego State 7
CFN Prediction: Utah 30-17 Utah -14 |
| 5:00 PM |
TCU 38 ... at Stanford
36
CFN Prediction: TCU 23-16 TCU -5.5 |
| 5:30 PM |
Air Force 45 ... at Colorado State
21
CFN Prediction: CSU 27-20 CSU -4 |
| 9:30 PM |
BYU 24 ... at UNLV
14
CFN Prediction: BYU 31-23 BYU -10.5 |
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
24
Oct. 6 - San Diego State
24 ... at Colorado
State 20
Oct. 13 - TCU 38 ... at Stanford
36
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
Oct. 6 - San Diego State QB Kevin
O'Connell
Oct. 13 - TCU QB Andy Dalton