Boise State
Bronco fans were
thrilled with the play of Freshman QB Kellen Moore Saturday as he
went 14-19 for 274 yards and 2 TDs in his first career start…
Sophomore DE Ryan Winterswyk was injured on Thursday and didn’t play
vs. Idaho State… Sr. MLB Kyle Gingg also missed the game but is
likely back vs. Bowling Green… Sophomore WR Titus Young scored 2
TDs Saturday but also had 2 fumbles. He’ll need to eliminate those
errors as the level of competition rises over the next 2 weeks vs.
Bowling Green and Oregon.
Fresno State
Fresno opens with
Rutgers in a nationally televised game on September 1, the first
time the schools have met. Rutgers will play at Fresno in 2012…
This is one of two trips to the Eastern Time Zone this year for
Fresno as they’ll be at Toledo on Sept. 20… Sr. S Jake Jorde and
Soph. LBs Nico Herron and Chris Carter will be making their first
career starts vs. Rutgers … Watch out for potential Special Teams
miscues for Fresno as well. The Bulldog Punter, Kicker and Long
Snapper will all be getting their first meaningful game time in the
Rutgers game.
Hawaii
Following the
atrocious Quarterback play Hawaii got at Florida, 3rd
string Junior QB Inoke Funaki has been named the starter this week
for the home opener vs. Weber State… Starting Left Tackle Laupepa
Letuli injured his shoulder and #2 RB Daniel Libre suffered a high
ankle sprain versus Florida. Both will be out for several weeks…
Sr. WR Aaron Bain, in his first career start, broke a finger on his
left hand but came back to catch the Warrior’s only TD late in the
game and is expected to play with the injury this week as well.
Idaho
RT Tyrone Novikoff,
NT Aaron Lavarias and TE Peter Bjorvik were all injured in the 70-0
loss at Arizona, the 4th worst loss in school history…
Idaho now is tied for the longest active losing streak in the FBS
division with SMU at 12 losses in a row… Idaho hasn’t beaten an FBS
team since beating La Tech on Oct. 14, 2006.
Louisiana Tech
The win by La Tech over Mississippi St. was the first for the
program over an SEC team since 1999. The game also marked the first
time a current member of the SEC played in Ruston, LA since LSU came
to town in 1908… Former Georgia Tech quarterback Taylor Bennett
started for Louisiana Tech and completed 14 of 40 passes for 175
yards, with one TD… La Tech is on the road this week at Kansas.
Nevada
While Nevada rolled
for over 400 rushing yards on Grambling State, the strength of
schedule takes a major step up this week as Texas Tech comes to
Reno… HC Chris Ault was pleased with the win over Grambling but
said his team needs to eliminate mistakes to stay in the game vs.
Texas Tech.
New Mexico State
The Aggies were to
be playing vs. Nicholls State on September 4 but the impending
arrival of Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana caused the game to be
postponed. No date has been set for a make-up game as of yet.
Utah State
The Aggies are at
Oregon this Saturday.