Mountain West Football, Basketball Open Thread

by Jeremy Mauss on Nov 26, 2011 9:30 AM PST in News

Yes, I included basketball that is because UNLV is taking on the North Carolina who are the No. 1 team in the country this evening. There are some other games as well in basketball, but the UNLV vs. UNC is the best game.

The game with the most tangible reward for a win is Air Force who can become bowl eligible if they can defeat Colorado State. The rest of the teams are jockeying for bowl position and Boise State is still fighting for an at-large bid to the BCS.

Mountain West football:

Wyoming Cowboys at No. 7 Boise St. Broncos 2 p.m. ET (The Mtn)

Air Force Falcons at Colorado St. Rams 6 p.m. ET (The Mtn)

San Diego St. Aztecs at UNLV Rebels 10 p.m. ET (The Mtn)

Mountain West basketball:

UNLV Rebels vs. No. 1 North Carolina Tar Heels at Orleans Arena in Las Vegas 10:30 p.m. ET (ESPN2)

TCU Horned Frogs at Houston Cougars 8 p.m. ET (C-USA Digital Network)

Northern Illinois Huskies at Boise St. Broncos 9 p.m. ET (NONE)

Md.-Eastern Shore Hawks at Wyoming Cowboys, 9 p.m. ET (NONE)

San Diego St. Aztecs at UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 10 p.m. ET (Big West TV)

Future Mountain West teams:

Nevada Wolfpack at Utah St. Aggies 2 p.m. ET (ESPN3)

San Jose St. Spartans at Fresno St. Bulldogs 8 p.m. ET (none)

Tulane Green Wave at Hawaii Warriors 11 p.m. ET (ESPN3)

National games of interest:

Ohio St. Buckeyes at No. 15 Michigan Wolverines 12 p.m. ET (ABC)

No. 13 Georgia Bulldogs at No. 22 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets 12 p.m. ET (ESPN)

No. 19 Penn St. Nittany Lions at No. 16 Wisconsin Badgers 3:30 p.m. ET (ESPN)

No. 17 Clemson Tigers at No. 12 South Carolina Gamecocks 7:45 p.m. ET (ESPN)

No. 2 Notre Dame Fighting Irish at No. 6 Stanford Cardinal 8 p.m. ET (ABC)

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Pat Hill

Will probably get one more year as head coach to see how he does in the MWC/CUSA. Plus I don’t think the university can even afford to fire him.
That said, much of his skill players are sophomores, including Carr and his #1 and #3 receiving targets. Rouse, who is in the top 10 in the nation in rushing, is a junior. So my ire has cooled to “Let’s see how he does as these players mature”

by ROFLCOPTER16 on Nov 26, 2011 9:42 AM PST reply actions

SDSU Hoops

Travels to the Thunderdome tonight to take on the UCSB Gauchos. A win likely means a Top 25 ranking.

by Smoove V on Nov 26, 2011 9:54 AM PST reply actions

Going to add other basketball games, just wanted this up quickly.

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by Jeremy Mauss on Nov 26, 2011 10:09 AM PST via mobile reply actions

Wyoming up 7-0

over boise

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by Jeremy Mauss on Nov 26, 2011 11:29 AM PST reply actions

Go Pokes!

They are hanging tough!

by JoshWalrath on Nov 26, 2011 12:05 PM PST up reply actions

Did you see the play at end of half?

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by Jeremy Mauss on Nov 26, 2011 12:35 PM PST via mobile up reply actions

Boise woke up

bummer…

by JoshWalrath on Nov 26, 2011 1:21 PM PST up reply actions

Well...

better than the shellacking Wyoming got last year. They kept it real interesting through the first half. Some nice drives in the 4th quarter as well. Kept positive on the turnovers as well. Some real improvement from this team, I like where they are heading!

by JoshWalrath on Nov 26, 2011 1:52 PM PST up reply actions