Boise State just keeps rolling through their schedule and have climbed to 14 in the polls. At this point in the season it looks like it\u2019s going to be the Broncos and everyone else. Hawaii is a team to keep an eye on in the West and this week will be a good barometer to see where the Warriors are at.<\/p>\n
This week in the Mountain West started on Friday night with New Mexico going to the Bay to take on San Jose State. San Jose State rolled over the Lobos without much resistance 32-21. Josh Love passed for 405 yards and two scores to lead the Spartans.<\/p>\n
Utah State went to the Bayou to take on fifth ranked LSU at Death Valley. The Tigers spent a quarter feeling out the Aggies, but then Joe Burrow took over and did what he\u2019s been doing all season. That\u2019s torching defenses. Tigers roll 42-6. Boise State stayed unbeaten on the season after running up the score on UNLV. Seems to happen to the Rebels a bit.<\/p>\n
Thinking about this.. last week UNLV opened their new football complex, the Fertitta Football Complex. For those that don\u2019t know, the Fertitta\u2019s are really rich people who own casinos and the UFC. Wondering how they\u2019re feeling now that UNLV has dropped to 1-4, and none of their losses being within two scores. The Fertitta\u2019s dumped a lot of money into firing Bobby Hauck and hiring their hand-chosen candidate in Tony Sanchez and in return have gotten a 17-36 record in that span. Have to imagine his seat is getting hot, but hard to tell how long the Fertitta\u2019s patience is. Anyways, enough with that deviation.<\/p>\n
Air Force went to Annapolis and faced a tough Navy team. The Falcons got themselves into a hole and couldn\u2019t quite get dug out. Navy is one win away from winning this year\u2019s Commander-in-Chief trophy. To wrap up the week San Diego State went to Fort Collins and put a beating on the Rams.<\/p>\n
Coming up this week Colorado State and New Mexico will battle in this week\u2019s pillow fight of the week in Albuquerque on Friday night on CBS SN. UNLV will head to Tennessee to take on Vanderbilt on the SEC Network. San Jose State will go to Reno to take on Nevada. Fresno State will go east to take on Air Force on CBS SN. Hawaii makes the trip back to the mainland to take on Boise State, perhaps a preview of the Mountain West championship game on ESPN2. In the night cap on CBS SN Wyoming will go to warmer climate to take on San Diego State.<\/p>\n
Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n New Mexico 21 Utah State 6 Boise State 38 Air Force 25 San Diego State 24 Mountain West Player of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n This week\u2019s Mountain West player of the week is San Jose State quarterback Josh Love. Love was 24\/36 for 405 yards and two touchdowns as the Spartans took down New Mexico on Friday night.<\/p>\n Mountain West MVP Candidates<\/strong><\/p>\n Hank Bachmeier, QB, Boise State \u2013 19\/30 for 299 yards and 2 TD Mountain West Power Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n Boise State The Quad Shot<\/strong><\/p>\n This will be a rare week for me. I\u2019m not going to bag on San Jose State. I\u2019m shocked, honestly. That win over Arkansas shot some Red Bull straight into their veins because they absolutely crushed New Mexico. Now, the Lobos are a very bad team. This game was never in question, especially after the Spartans jumped out to a 26-0 lead. But wow, that team is red hot, by SJSU standards, right now. Josh Love is playing very well this season, might be an underrated quarterback in the league. He\u2019s completing 61% of his passes and averages 283 yards a game. Seven touchdowns vs one interception is also a good ratio. And oddly enough he\u2019s outplaying the quarterback that Utah State is propping up as a Heisman candidate and by a considerable margin.<\/p>\n A little disappointed that Air Force couldn\u2019t get past Navy this week. Thought the Falcons had a good chance of winning that game. Don\u2019t see a scenario where they\u2019ll win the CiC trophy this season. I\u2019m thinking Navy will probably beat Army to take the trophy. Army doesn\u2019t look like the same team as last season. That Army team was a lot of fun to watch, and was glad to see them finally unbury their program and take a big step forward. Always a fascinating rivalry series to watch. Seeing a game at West Point is very high on my list, what a great backdrop for some football.<\/p>\n Utah State, after being hyped in the pre-season as the team to beat in the Mountain West, sure did take a lickin\u2019 at LSU this weekend. Jordan Love had just an awful game and LSU is so good. Joe Burrow is just a ridiculous quarterback. Thought the Aggies would be a bit tougher against the Tigers, despite the fact the game was in the toughest atmosphere in college football. Never thought they\u2019d win, LSU is just so much better in every way and picked up a couple votes for the top spot in the AP poll. Also of note, after six weeks of college football there are still 14 unbeaten teams out there.<\/p>\n Going back to my second shot here.. if you\u2019re reading this particular blog you\u2019re more than likely a die-hard college football fan. We all have places we want to see football games. If you\u2019re going to pick five places to see a college football game, what is your bucket list? How many of that bucket list have you knocked off? For me it\u2019s The Swamp at Florida, Death Valley at LSU, MIchie Stadium at Army, Harvard\/Yale in the Yale Bowl (though, wouldn\u2019t complain about seeing it at Harvard either), and just because I want to tailgate with these people a game at Kidd Brewer Stadium at Appalachian State. If I happen to go to Boone for a game, send a rescue team, I\u2019ll need it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Boise State just keeps rolling through their schedule and have climbed to 14 in the polls. At this point in the season it looks like it\u2019s going to be the Broncos and everyone else. 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\nSan Jose State 32<\/p>\n
\nLSU 42<\/p>\n
\nUNLV 13<\/p>\n
\nNavy 34<\/p>\n
\nColorado State 10<\/p>\n
\nJordan Love, QB, Utah State \u2013 15\/30 for 130 yards, 3 INT
\nCole McDonald, QB, Hawaii – Idle
\nCedric Byrd, WR, Hawaii – Idle
\nCharles Williams, RB, UNLV \u2013 11 rushes for 57 yards<\/p>\n
\nUtah State
\nHawaii
\nWyoming
\nAir Force
\nSan Diego State
\nFresno State
\nColorado State
\nUNLV
\nNevada
\nSan Jose State
\nNew Mexico<\/p>\n