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The Mountain West picture got slightly foggier this weekend in the West division. Both Fresno State and San Diego State suffered losses this weekend which did quite a bit of harm to Fresno State\u2019s post season chances to get a shot at a Power Five team.<\/p>\n
Utah State managed to throttle San Jose State to keep their goal of a Mountain West championship in line. Boise State is nipping right on their heels for their case to play in the title game as well. It\u2019s going to be an interesting two weeks in the Mountain West before we get to the title game.<\/p>\n
In this week\u2019s action the Broncos and Bulldogs<\/a><\/em> got us started on Friday night in Boise. The Broncos got on the board first with a Haden Hoggarth field goal. The Bulldogs would respond in the second quarter with a KeeSean Johnson touchdown pass from Marcus McMaryion from three yards out. The Bulldogs would end the half with an Asa Fuller 47 yard field goal to go up 10-3. Fresno State got on the board first in the second half with a Ronnie Rivers touchdown to go up 17-3. Boise State responded on the following drive with an Alexander Mattison seven yard touchdown run. Boise State took control of the game at this point with another Mattison touchdown. Boise put the game away with a Khalil Shakir touchdown pass from Brett Rypien to pull the upset on the Blue.<\/p>\n In the biggest upset of the week in the Mountain West we had UNLV take the trip south to San Diego<\/a><\/em>. The Aztecs were sitting second in the West division waiting for a Fresno State loss to get a spot in the Mountain West championship game. UNLV took a first quarter lead with a pair of field goals from Evan Pantels. San Diego State responded with a Christian Chapman touchdown pass to Tim Wilson. UNLV came back on the next drive with a Lexington Thomas touchdown run. San Diego State got a score at the end of the half from Juwan Washington to take a 14-13 lead into the half. San Diego State ripped off ten points in the third quarter, a field goal from John Baron and a touchdown from Ryan Agnew to Tim Wilson. UNLV wasn\u2019t going to go quietly, however. Brandon Presley picked up a ten yard touchdown from Max Gilliam to cut the lead to five. With 3:27 left in the game Lexington Thomas punched in a 75 yard touchdown run to take a 27-24 lead. On the following drive Ryan Agnew was intercepted by Jericho Flowers, ending the Aztecs night shortly after.<\/p>\n Now onto the rest..<\/p>\n Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n Fresno State 17 New Mexico 24 San Jose State 24 UNLV 27 Colorado State 10 Mountain West Player of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n This week\u2019s Mountain West player of the week is UNLV running back Lexington Thomas. Thomas rushed 21 times for 133 yards and two touchdowns, as well as catching 34 yards of passes, in the UNLV win over San Diego State on Saturday night.<\/p>\n Mountain West MVP Candidates<\/strong><\/p>\n Brett Rypien, QB, Boise State \u2013 24\/29 for 269 yards with 1 TD, 1 INT Mountain West Power Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n Utah State The Quad Shot<\/strong><\/p>\n The win over San Diego State was a big one for UNLV. The Rebels looked like they might be done for the season, however, they come out and beat San Diego State on the road with a last minute score. Surprisingly result. The Rebels played pretty well throughout the game. The Aztecs didn\u2019t get a lot of production out of their weapons. I doubt this game saves Tony Sanchez\u2019s job, but it\u2019s something. Then again, for all we know, Sanchez has a lifetime contract at UNLV.<\/p>\n Colorado State was absolutely throttled this weekend by Nevada. As we were driving between Moscow and Spokane this weekend I was scrolling through Twitter and saw an opinion piece from Rams beat writer Kelly Lyell<\/a><\/em> calling the Rams out for a lack of ownership, pride, and motivation. That kind of piece is the kind that head coaches don\u2019t typically survive. Kelly makes some good points. Hard to see Mike Bobo getting another year in Fort Collins. At the same time, Bobo\u2019s buyout is $8 million dollars<\/a> <\/em>if they fire him at the end of the season. Ouch.<\/p>\n Fresno State was the highest ranked team in the latest bowl playoff rankings. Utah State was not ranked. With Fresno State\u2019s loss this weekend to Boise State and the Aggies being unranked it\u2019s really tough to imagine that the Mountain West is any longer in contention for a group of five spot on New Years Day. Barring a loss from Central Florida it looks like they probably have that spot wrapped up. The Knights currently have Cincinnati and South Florida left on their regular season schedule, and a championship game against SMU, Houston, or Tulane. There won\u2019t be a lot of competition in any of those opponents, I\u2019m guessing. Tough luck for the Aggies.<\/p>\n
\nBoise State 24<\/p>\n
\nAir Force 42<\/p>\n
\nUtah State 62<\/p>\n
\nSan Diego State 24<\/p>\n
\nNevada 49<\/p>\n
\nMarcus McMaryion, QB, Fresno State \u2013 24\/35 for 283 yards and 1 TD
\nJordan Love, QB, Utah State \u2013 32\/42 for 491 yards and 5 TD, 1 rushing TD
\nNico Evans, RB, Wyoming \u2013 The Cowboys had a bye
\nJohn Ursua, WR, Hawaii \u2013 The Warriors had a bye<\/p>\n
\nBoise State
\nFresno State
\nNevada
\nSan Diego State
\nHawaii
\nWyoming
\nAir Force
\nUNLV
\nNew Mexico
\nColorado State
\nSan Jose State<\/p>\n