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MWC: Week 2

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DamThatRiver22

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Not a great week for the conference, imo.

-Boise State takes a second straight L, opening the season 0-2 for the first time in almost two decades. Granted, UCF is a legitimately talented team, but they're a far cry from Washington...and BSU did not look good in a lot of aspects.

-Fresno State regresses; after beating a lower-tier P5, they eek out a win in 2OT after a dogfight with a bad FCS team.

-San Diego State gets blown out by UCLA

-UNLV gets [understandably] blown out by #2 Michigan

-AFA squeaks out an unconvincing 13-3 win over Sam Houston State.

-Hawai'i ends up beating their FCS opponent Albany, but looks God-awful in the process

-Nevada gets blown the f*** out by now-FCS Idaho.

-SJSU, USU, and UNM all rebound a bit with beatdowns of their FCS opponents (Cal Poly, ISU, and Tennessee Tech, respectively).

-Wyoming follows up the TTU upset with a solid win over their FCS opponent, though a few mistakes and sloppy play...and questionable coaching/playcalling towards the end...raises a few questions and muddies it up a bit.

If there was ever a season where we needed to grab the bull by the horns and do something, this is it.
 
The mountain is wide open this year. Looks like we can beat anybody; however, it looks like almost anybody can beat us. Other than the Texas game, we should have real chance in every contest.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
It’s a bad conference for the second year in a row. With our defensive line, I like our chances against anyone.
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Not having marquee teams is getting to be a concerning trend.
 
Boise will figure it out, but it's nice to see them being humbled. AFA defense really had a hell of a game yesterday holding SH to 80 yards of total offense. Fresno was probably looking ahead a bit to ASU and still celebrating last weekend. Pokes are definitely top 2 in the league right now.
 
I feel the MWC is as wide open as ever! Truly. If there were ever a year.. let this be it.

AFA and utard state play this week. A massive game for so early in the season. I'll be watching that one closely.
 
LanderPoke said:
I feel the MWC is as wide open as ever! Truly. If there were ever a year.. let this be it.

AFA and utard state play this week. A massive game for so early in the season. I'll be watching that one closely.
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Some wacky sh** has happened the last few years between those two.

Neither team looks great, but neither of them looks like a team I'm willing to overlook yet either. Definitely setting up for another weird one.

Should be an interesting game to watch for sure. In spite of what one may think based on my preseason predictions, I'd love to see AFA take an L and start off conference play behind the sticks.
 
DamThatRiver22 said:
LanderPoke said:
I feel the MWC is as wide open as ever! Truly. If there were ever a year.. let this be it.

AFA and utard state play this week. A massive game for so early in the season. I'll be watching that one closely.
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Some wacky sh** has happened the last few years between those two.

Neither team looks great, but neither of them looks like a team I'm willing to overlook yet either. Definitely setting up for another weird one.

Should be an interesting game to watch for sure. In spite of what one may think based on my preseason predictions, I'd love to see AFA take an L and start off conference play behind the sticks.
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Me, too. I actually think utah shart is going to be OK this year. They played Iowa tough and waxxed the shit out of Idaho State. I am picking utah shart to win this one. AFA has played two patsies and struggled with one, so I am not sure what to think about them.

I just realized we don't play utah shart this year.
 
I agree the MWC is wide open. Wyo has a good a chance as any other team... except maybe Nevada, who just looks HORRIBLE.

I don't expect us to beat Texas, not after they beat Alabama. Ewers is the real deal. He is super talented and should be in the Top 3 for the Heisman. I think it's fair for us to play to not get embarrassed. We are four touchdown underdogs.
 
WYO_Fan_inPA said:
I agree the MWC is wide open. Wyo has a good a chance as any other team... except maybe Nevada, who just looks HORRIBLE.

I don't expect us to beat Texas, not after they beat Alabama. Ewers is the real deal. He is super talented and should be in the Top 3 for the Heisman. I think it's fair for us to play to not get embarrassed. We are four touchdown underdogs.
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Ewers is very good when he has time to stand in the pocket and go through his progressions and reads. His best quality is his football IQ. Given time, he will mostly find the open receiver and he has good enough physical skills to make the throws.

However, if he is under pressure and has to move out of the pocket, it is an entirely different story. One of the keys to the game for us will be finding a way to get consistent pressure on Ewers. Texas has a pretty good pass blocking O-line, so it won't be easy. We will have to get creative in how we bring the pressure. I'm really hoping we don't rush four on first and second downs - we won't get enough pressure that way and Ewers will pick our secondary apart. I've been impressed with our third down blitz packages this year - they have been quite creative and effective. We will need to be willing to do some of that on earlier downs against Texas.
 
TheRealUW said:
WYO_Fan_inPA said:
I agree the MWC is wide open. Wyo has a good a chance as any other team... except maybe Nevada, who just looks HORRIBLE.

I don't expect us to beat Texas, not after they beat Alabama. Ewers is the real deal. He is super talented and should be in the Top 3 for the Heisman. I think it's fair for us to play to not get embarrassed. We are four touchdown underdogs.
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Ewers is very good when he has time to stand in the pocket and go through his progressions and reads. His best quality is his football IQ. Given time, he will mostly find the open receiver and he has good enough physical skills to make the throws.

However, if he is under pressure and has to move out of the pocket, it is an entirely different story. One of the keys to the game for us will be finding a way to get consistent pressure on Ewers. Texas has a pretty good pass blocking O-line, so it won't be easy. We will have to get creative in how we bring the pressure. I'm really hoping we don't rush four on first and second downs - we won't get enough pressure that way and Ewers will pick our secondary apart. I've been impressed with our third down blitz packages this year - they have been quite creative and effective. We will need to be willing to do some of that on earlier downs against Texas.
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Yeah it's a good point. Also, Texas has a solid defense that played well against Bama. We really have to find some sort of balance to throw them off. Can't be a run only game or we will get beat early.
 
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