The Mountain West took a big hit this weekend with Boise State dropping a game to BYU. This has a large effect on the conference as the top group of five team gets a spot in the New Years Day bowl game. This has a large impact on conference profile as well as conference bowl payout. Before this weekend the Broncos were in the drivers seat for that spot. As of now that spot is in huge jeopardy with the Broncos loss and SMU just keeps on winning. Would be a game if the American Athletic Conference got that spot again, as last year Central Florida made an appearance in that game.<\/p>\n
In other Mountain West games this weekend Fresno State beat UNLV. The Bulldogs took control early in the second quarter and didn\u2019t look back as they took the Rebels to the woodshed. Fresno State got six rushing touchdowns on the day to propel them to another W in the column. Wyoming hosted New Mexico for homecoming this weekend. The Cowboys ran for 259 yards on 55 carries and beat the Lobos. Wyoming moves to 5-2 on the season.<\/p>\n
Boise State found themselves in a tussle with a two win BYU team. The fight was on for the duration of the game but a 21 point third quarter got the Cougars up big. The Broncos were without starting quarterback Hank Bachmeier, who is still injured. The Broncos attempted to make it interesting late in the game, getting within three with about three minutes left but the Broncos couldn\u2019t force BYU into a last minute punt and BYU took the win. San Diego State kept on winning, beating San Jose State on the road. Juwan Washington carried for 78 yards and a touchdown.<\/p>\n
Utah State and Nevada locked horns in Logan. Jordan Love turned in an uneven performance, completing less than 50% of his passes, but still got enough done to get the Aggies a win. Gerold Bright rushed for 126 yards and two scores to help the Aggie effort. In the night cap Air Force went to Honolulu to take on Hawaii. It was all Falcons all night. Air Force piled up the rushing yards and there was nothing Hawaii could do to stop it. The Warriors threw for 404 yards but couldn\u2019t get the ball into the endzone to match the Falcons for scores.<\/p>\n
Coming this weekend Nevada at Wyoming, San Jose State taking on Army, Hawaii hitting the mainland to take on New Mexico. Colorado State will take on Fresno State. Utah State heads to Air Force. In the night cap San Diego State will head to Vegas to take on the Rebels.<\/p>\n
Scores<\/strong><\/p>\n UNLV 27 New Mexico 10 Boise State 25 San Diego State 27 Nevada 10 Air Force 56 Mountain West Player of the Week<\/strong><\/p>\n This week\u2019s Mountain West Player of the week is Air Force\u2019s Mike Schmidt. Schmidt was 5\/6 for 147 yards passing and one touchdown, while also rushing for 120 yards and three touchdowns as the Falcons walloped Hawaii out on the islands 56-26.<\/p>\n Mountain West MVP Candidates<\/strong><\/p>\n Hank Bachmeier, QB, Boise State Mountain West Power Rankings<\/strong><\/p>\n Boise State The Quad Shot<\/strong><\/p>\n Boise State losing to BYU is almost inexplicable. The fourteenth ranked team in the country shouldn\u2019t be losing to BYU, and not even a good BYU team. This did a lot of harm to the conference this weekend and unless my miracle happens the Mountain West will not be represented as the group of five team on New Years Day. SMU seems to be in the driver\u2019s seat for that spot at the moment, and Appalachian State is also in striking distance to land it as well.<\/p>\n I was surprised to see Air Force just up and man handle Hawaii the way that they did. I thought the Warriors would be a better team at home, but starting to think their early season success might have been a bit misleading. In their three losses they\u2019ve given up 59, 56 and 52 points. Two of those were on the road, one at home. Air Force on the other hand ran for all of the yards, 353 of them to be exact.<\/p>\n Wyoming is now 5-2 on the college football season and has yet to throw for over 200 yards in a single game. Their closest is 193 yards against Tulsa. It\u2019s amazing that this team is winning so many games and being almost completely one dimensional. On the season Sean Chambers has 757 yards passing and 547 yards rushing, 14 total touchdowns. It\u2019ll be interesting to see if this is sustainable for the rest of the season, but for now it\u2019s working. The meat grinder part of the schedule is coming up for Wyoming with Nevada, Boise State, Utah State, Colorado State and Air Force left. The Pokes could win three of those, they could win one of those. Really hard to tell right now. Every week seems to be a wait and see.<\/p>\n San Diego State is largely in the same boat. They\u2019re not a real pretty team, but they\u2019re winning a lot of football games. Having a great defense, much like Wyoming, must be enough to keep the wins coming in. To start the season the Aztecs beat FCS Weber State 6-0. They have only have one win against a team with a winning record, Wyoming. Their next test will be in three weeks against Nevada, then Fresno State right after that. They\u2019ll finish with games against Hawaii and BYU. At that point they very well could only have one or two losses under their belt. 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\nFresno State 56<\/p>\n
\nWyoming 23<\/p>\n
\nBYU 28<\/p>\n
\nSan Jose State 17<\/p>\n
\nUtah State 36<\/p>\n
\nHawaii 26<\/p>\n
\nJordan Love, QB, Utah State
\nCole McDonald, QB, Hawaii
\nCedrick Byrd, WR, Hawaii
\nMarvin Kinsey, RB, Colorado State<\/p>\n
\nSan Diego State
\nUtah State
\nAir Force
\nHawaii
\nWyoming
\nFresno State
\nNevada
\nColorado State
\nSan Jose State
\nUNLV
\nNew Mexico<\/p>\n