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17-18-1 -0.94 Units
Last Week 4-5 -.7 Units
Utah -6
NMU/AFA Over 44.5
NMU -4.5
All played at BM.
Quick recaps of week 8.
TCU/Utah
As expected both teams were very evenly matched. Biggest difference was at QB play where Johnson was effective but uspectacular while Dalton was a mess throwing 4 picks and it should have been more. TCU scored a special teams TD with a blocked punt.
WYO/AFA
Game was shadowed by a questionable call. WYO was up 9-7 driving at the AFA 15 yard line when Wynel Seldon had a fumble that was returned 85 yards for a TD. Replays clearly showed the ground causing the fumble and a ref even blew his whistlle, but surprisingly the play withstood an offical replay and the Cowboys never recovered. Cowboys had five turnovers and Coach Glenn threatened to bench the people responsible.
"Five turnovers, is that what we had? That's horrible," Wyoming coach Joe Glenn said. "Get new people in there. You're not going to touch the ball if you're going to turn it over. We'll play other guys."
I doubt he's to serious, but we'll find out this week. Many in Laramie want a QB switch and Ian Hetrick releived Karsten Sween at QB and was very effective going 6 for 8 for 89 yards. Sween was responsible for 3 interceptions.
Air Force continued their ground game on what might be the best run defense in the league (New Mexico might be a tad better) piling up 260 yards on the ground.
Couple of injuries here to be aware of:
Senior tailback Kip McCarthy (left knee contusion), junior nose guard Jared Marvin (left knee contusion) and senior quarterback Shaun Carney (right heel contusion) all will be re-evaluated today.
BYU/E. Washington
Obviously this wasn't much of a game, but BYU didn't look all that great in winning. Mike Hall was 15/30 for 150 yards and a pic. He still hasn't proven to me that he's a threat.
SDSU/NMU
New Mexico had to score 10 unaswered to squeak out a victory in San Diego. Game would have been over had it not been for Kevin O'Connel fumbling at the NM 35 yard line late in the game. Just typical Aztec way of losing a game.
CSU/UNLV
The game I'd rather not think about today. Rebels rolled up 560 yards of offense and still found a way to lose by 25. Five turnovers, two intercepted for touchdowns, was just to much to overcome for the Rebels. Game was all about big plays with 16 going over 20 yards. Neither defense looked good as their was only 9 incompletions all game and each team ran for 5.7 yards a carry. Regular old wild west shootout. Johnson looked great deubuting as the starter for CSU at RB. Hard to qualify how good he was as both teams refused to tackle each other.
And on to Week 9
AFA/NM
I'm confident taking the Lobos with or without the Falcon injuries. Short week only hurts the Falcons with their injury problems. Home game on a Thursday night and the team should be focused after stealing one in San Diego. New Mexico should be able to slow down the ground game as good as anybody in the conference and the Falcons just don't have the secondary to keep up with Marcus Smith and Travis Brown.
UNLV/Wyoming
To much uncertainy at QB for the Cowboys to get involved at this point. Probably revisit it during the week.
Utah/CSU
Utah is rolling right now and I don't think it slows down in Fort Collins. Defense has been good against the run the last few weeks as many of the kids who have come in as injury replacements have really given this defense some life. I don't expect a low scoring affair but I do think the Utah defense will be able to get enough stops in this game to win comfortable by 10+.
BYU/SDSU
Just feel that BYU shouldn't be givng up 14 points on the road to anybody right now. Hall is a turnover machine as he's had 9 turnovers in 4 games on the road this year. Aztecs have two wideouts, Swain and Mougey, who could give the BYU secondary some problems. If the Cougars have a weakness on the defensive side it's definitley in the backfield.
Last Week 4-5 -.7 Units
Utah -6
NMU/AFA Over 44.5
NMU -4.5
All played at BM.
Quick recaps of week 8.
TCU/Utah
As expected both teams were very evenly matched. Biggest difference was at QB play where Johnson was effective but uspectacular while Dalton was a mess throwing 4 picks and it should have been more. TCU scored a special teams TD with a blocked punt.
WYO/AFA
Game was shadowed by a questionable call. WYO was up 9-7 driving at the AFA 15 yard line when Wynel Seldon had a fumble that was returned 85 yards for a TD. Replays clearly showed the ground causing the fumble and a ref even blew his whistlle, but surprisingly the play withstood an offical replay and the Cowboys never recovered. Cowboys had five turnovers and Coach Glenn threatened to bench the people responsible.
"Five turnovers, is that what we had? That's horrible," Wyoming coach Joe Glenn said. "Get new people in there. You're not going to touch the ball if you're going to turn it over. We'll play other guys."
I doubt he's to serious, but we'll find out this week. Many in Laramie want a QB switch and Ian Hetrick releived Karsten Sween at QB and was very effective going 6 for 8 for 89 yards. Sween was responsible for 3 interceptions.
Air Force continued their ground game on what might be the best run defense in the league (New Mexico might be a tad better) piling up 260 yards on the ground.
Couple of injuries here to be aware of:
Senior tailback Kip McCarthy (left knee contusion), junior nose guard Jared Marvin (left knee contusion) and senior quarterback Shaun Carney (right heel contusion) all will be re-evaluated today.
BYU/E. Washington
Obviously this wasn't much of a game, but BYU didn't look all that great in winning. Mike Hall was 15/30 for 150 yards and a pic. He still hasn't proven to me that he's a threat.
SDSU/NMU
New Mexico had to score 10 unaswered to squeak out a victory in San Diego. Game would have been over had it not been for Kevin O'Connel fumbling at the NM 35 yard line late in the game. Just typical Aztec way of losing a game.
CSU/UNLV
The game I'd rather not think about today. Rebels rolled up 560 yards of offense and still found a way to lose by 25. Five turnovers, two intercepted for touchdowns, was just to much to overcome for the Rebels. Game was all about big plays with 16 going over 20 yards. Neither defense looked good as their was only 9 incompletions all game and each team ran for 5.7 yards a carry. Regular old wild west shootout. Johnson looked great deubuting as the starter for CSU at RB. Hard to qualify how good he was as both teams refused to tackle each other.
And on to Week 9
AFA/NM
I'm confident taking the Lobos with or without the Falcon injuries. Short week only hurts the Falcons with their injury problems. Home game on a Thursday night and the team should be focused after stealing one in San Diego. New Mexico should be able to slow down the ground game as good as anybody in the conference and the Falcons just don't have the secondary to keep up with Marcus Smith and Travis Brown.
UNLV/Wyoming
To much uncertainy at QB for the Cowboys to get involved at this point. Probably revisit it during the week.
Utah/CSU
Utah is rolling right now and I don't think it slows down in Fort Collins. Defense has been good against the run the last few weeks as many of the kids who have come in as injury replacements have really given this defense some life. I don't expect a low scoring affair but I do think the Utah defense will be able to get enough stops in this game to win comfortable by 10+.
BYU/SDSU
Just feel that BYU shouldn't be givng up 14 points on the road to anybody right now. Hall is a turnover machine as he's had 9 turnovers in 4 games on the road this year. Aztecs have two wideouts, Swain and Mougey, who could give the BYU secondary some problems. If the Cougars have a weakness on the defensive side it's definitley in the backfield.
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