Making The Rounds - Big Week for Big 3

by Michael Rueckert on Sep 16, 2009 2:42 PM PDT in Making the Rounds

Utah backup running back Eddie Wide is ready to take a bigger role if Matt Asiata misses any games with his shoulder injury.

Clemson delays gametime from 1:00 PM to 3:30 for their matchup with TCU.

BYU vs. Florida State will likely be the best game that the the country will not watch.

UNLV's Omar Clayton returnrs to practice after injury scare.

Air Force is not underestimating New Mexico, despite blowout losses.

CSU cornerback DeAngelo Wilkinson had a tough road to earn his spot back on the team following suspension.

Wyoming held practice today with the players wearing shorts with their shoulder pads and helmets.

Wide Reciever Vincent Brown performed well for San Diego State in their first win of the season.

Poll

What game is more important for the Mountain West Conference this week?

#7 BYU vs. Florida State

12 votes

#15 TCU at Clemson

2 votes

#18 Utah at Oregon

7 votes

21 votes | Poll has closed

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BYU vs. Florida state is huge, but not the biggest game

BYU I think has already proven themselves with their win over Oklahoma. If they lose to FSU they will still be highly ranked and can still make a BCS bowl.

Utah on the other hand, has not proven themselves yet, and this Oregon game is their first chance to do that. They have the most to prove in my opinion.

TCU’s road win over Virginia I think is bigger than either of Utah’s win.

by Michael Rueckert on Sep 16, 2009 3:06 PM PDT reply actions

Re: Utah/TCU

Maybe, but not by much. Virginia hasn’t shown anything yet (though I guess the same is true for SJSU & USU). Sure UVa is big-6, but they lost to a D-II team. I guess the fact TCU destroyed them bodes well for them though.

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by UtesFan89 on Sep 16, 2009 5:42 PM PDT up reply actions

Oregon has lost some luster

But so has FSU and BYU has already proven themselves. Utah’s chance to beat a team that was a highly ranked team coming into the season

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by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Sep 16, 2009 6:39 PM PDT reply actions

BYU game

BYU is the talk of the conference right now, if they fall to a unranked team at home that really takes a way a lot of the momentum they gave the conference by beating Oklahoma. Utah game is definately meaningful since Boise beat Oregon, but I’d say the BYU game has more importance because of BYU’s current ranking. They have a lot of pressure on them, while Utah is the Vegas underdog going into Oregon

by utahmanami on Sep 16, 2009 7:03 PM PDT reply actions

I thought TCU Clemson was next week ;)

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by utesfan100 on Sep 18, 2009 7:06 AM PDT reply actions

Looking at Sagrin's rankings...

Here are the odds for this weeks games (including home field):

TCU over Texas State by 33
BYU over FSU by 13
CSU over Nevada by 4
SDSU over Idaho by 3
UNLV under Hawaii by 1
Wyoming under Colorado by 1
Utah under Oregon by 3

None of these are insurmountable, except maybe Texas State. The BYU game should be more comforting than it is.

But what if the MWC sweeps the other 5?

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by utesfan100 on Sep 18, 2009 1:06 PM PDT reply actions