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Boise State
| Fresno
State | Hawaii
| Idaho
| Louisiana Tech
Nevada
| New
Mexico St |
San Jose
State | Utah State
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WAC Game of
the Week
Fresno
State 36 … UCLA 31
Fresno State moved the ball without a problem, but it had a hard time shaking
the plucky Bruins. Ryan Mathews ran for a 49-yard touchdown, and he caught a
25-yard touchdown pass. Special teams played a huge role for both sides. Marlon
Moore opened up the scoring with a 63-yard punt return for a touchdown for an
early Bulldog lead, but UCLA’s Terrence Austin went ballistic with 44 yards in
punt returns, 206 yards on kickoff returns, 19 yards receiving and 29 yards
rushing for a school-record 298 yards of total offense. The Bruins stayed alive
with a blocked extra point return for two points by Bret Lockett and a 20-yard
Chane Moline touchdown, but couldn’t get any closer as the Bulldogs recovered a
fumble and ground out the final 8:55 with a 16-play drive.
WAC
Player of the Week
Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick completed 11-of-16 passes
for 176 yards and two touchdowns, and ran 18 times for 240 yards and three
touchdowns in the win over UNLV.
|
Standings |
Conference |
Overall |
|
|
W-L |
PF |
PA |
W-L |
PF |
PA |
STK |
|
San Jose St |
1-0 |
20 |
17 |
3-2 |
90 |
95 |
W1 |
|
Utah State |
1-0 |
42 |
17 |
1-3 |
93 |
168 |
W1 |
|
Boise State |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
3-0 |
106 |
46 |
W3 |
|
Fresno St |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
3-1 |
125 |
105 |
W2 |
|
La Tech |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
2-1 |
63 |
69 |
W1 |
|
Nevada |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
2-2 |
134 |
144 |
W1 |
|
New Mex St |
0-0 |
0 |
0 |
1-2 |
65 |
106 |
L1 |
|
Hawaii |
0-1 |
17 |
20 |
1-3 |
70 |
138 |
L2 |
|
Idaho |
0-1 |
17 |
42 |
1-4 |
104 |
235 |
L3 |
|
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Saturday, September 27 |
| 3:30
|
Fresno
State 36 ... at UCLA 31
CFN Prediction: FSU 31-13 FSU -7 |
| 8:00
|
at
San Diego State 45 ... Idaho
17
CFN Prediction: SDSU33-20 SDS -11.5 |
| 8:00
|
New
Mexico 35 ... at New Mexico St
24
CFN Prediction: NMSU 34-30 UNM -3 |
| 10:00
|
Nevada
49 ... at UNLV 27
CFN Prediction: UNLV 34-27 UNLV -4.5 |
| 12:00
|
San Jose
State 20 ... at Hawaii 17
CFN Prediction: SJSU 23-17 Hawaii -3 |
|
Games of the
Week
Aug. 30 - SJSU 13
- UC Davis 10
Sep 6 - TT 35 ... Nev 19
Sep 13 - Wis 13 - FSU 10
Sep 20 - Fresno 55 - Toledo 54 2OT
Sep 27 - FSU 36 - UCLA 31 |
Players of the Week
Aug. 30 - Ryan Matthews, RB
Fresno State
Sep 6 - Tyler Graunke, Hawaii
Sep 13 - Yonus Davis, SJSU
Sep 20 - Kellen Moore, BSU
Sep 27 - Colin Kaepernick, Nev |
Conference
Roundup
Boise State
… Didn’t Play This Week
Fresno State … Fresno State’s
coaches are making a really big deal out
of beating a bad, beaten up UCLA team.
If the Bulldogs were the real deal,
they’d have blasted these Bruins BYU
style. UCLA’s offensive line has been
awful, yet the mediocre FSU run defense
got ripped up for 234 rushing yards. The
bad run D will be hidden over the next
month, but keep what happened against
Toledo and UCLA in mind when Nevada
comes to Fresno on November 7th.
With that said, this is still an
important win for a program that lives
off beating the big name teams. Now it’s
about maintaining focus. No one on the
schedule should touch the Bulldogs until
the Boise State showdown to end the
regular season.
Hawaii …
Hawaii still
needs to come up with a quarterback.
Inoke Funaki had his moments, but he
threw three interceptions and he failed
to get the offense moving in the second
half against San Jose State and was
replaced by Tyler Graunke, who failed to
do much better. The defense did a great
job against the Spartans and stuffed the
running game, but the offense didn’t
come through. 11 penalties for 115 yards
didn’t help. Hawaii has to win its home
games, and now it’s in huge trouble with
a trip to Fresno State up next.
Idaho …
Idaho’s defense remains a complete and
utter disaster. To get ripped up by Utah
State and San Diego State is awful, but
with Nevada and Fresno State coming up,
things should only get worse. Nathan
Enderle isn’t getting the passing game
working, while Deonte Jackson, last
year’s star for the running game, hasn’t
done anything. The program needs a lot
of work. A lot.
Louisiana Tech … Didn’t Play This
Week
Nevada …
And that’s
what Colin Kaepernick can do. Against
UNLV, Kaepernick showed off the mobility
and the home run hitting ability to make
up for the loss of RB Luke Lippincott,
and he was tremendously efficient
throwing the ball. The defense struggled
a bit with the UNLV passing game, but it
stuffed the running game and got the
Rebel offense off the field. Nevada will
win a lot of games if it can convert
10-of-14 third down chances.
New Mexico State …
The New Mexico
State passing game was effective and
came up with the big plays needed to get
up on New Mexico going into the fourth
quarter, but the run defense got
battered and bruised while the passing
game fizzled down the stretch. It’s one
thing to be explosive, but the offense
has to be far more consistent. There’s a
week off before going to Nevada.
San Jose State …
It wasn’t
pretty, but the win over Hawaii was a
nice comeback that came though when
needed. The offense moved the ball just
enough in the second half to get by,
while the defense was fantastic at
forcing mistakes with six takeaways
while keeping the Warrior offense to
just 225 passing yards. Now, with an off
week and winnable games against Utah
State, New Mexico State and Idaho in the
next four dates, the chance is there to
lay the foundation for a great season.
Utah State… Didn’t Play This Week