Fresno State 52, San Diego State 40: The Bulldogs Regain The Oil Can

The Fresno State Bulldogs win their first Mountain West game against the Aztecs 52-40.

Game recap: Boise St. 32, New Mexico 29

The No. 24 Boise St. Broncos narrowly averted a upset by their unheralded host, the New Mexico Lobos, but came up with plays on offense and defense when they needed them in the fourth quarter to escape Albuquerque with a 32-29 victory Saturday night.

VIDEO: Mountain West Week 5 rapid recap

Live streaming video (or later if you miss the original airing) of Chris and I breaking down Week 5 of Mountain West football.

Garrett Grayson injury: Colorado State quarterback leaves game with shoulder injury

The Colorado St. Rams are struggling as it is this season, and in the first quarter of Saturday's game against the Air Force Falcons things got worse. Rams starting quarterback Garrett Grayson was completely leveled on an option play and hurt his shoulder. Grayson elected to not pitch the ball and reached out for the first down, but he was taken down by two Air Force players who landed on his left non-throwing shoulder.

Grayson stayed on the ground for a few minutes before he was able to get up off of the field, and when he did walk off the field with a pair of trainers he was moving very slow. He will not be returning to the game.

His replacement is senior M.J. McPeek, and he has filled in fairly well and so far has completed 16-of-22 for 191 yards with two touchdowns and one interception. However, his performance is not able to keep Colorado State in this game as they currently trail 35-14 early in the third quarter.

Week 5 Mountain West football open thread

There are five MWC football games on Saturday.

Hawai'i Warriors: Looks like a repeat of the 1998 season

Warrior fans, actually back in 1998 they were the Rainbow Warriors, dwell on a time they wish they never witnessed. A 0-12 season with two shut out losses. Now 14 years later it almost parallels to a similar feeling. Embarrassment. That is what the Warriors looked like last night when they took on a re-energized offense and stout defense in the BYU Cougars.

Keys to a Hawaii victory over BYU: win turnover battle and challenge secondary

Hawaii takes on BYU at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.

Open Thread: Hawaii Warriors at BYU Cougars, Sep 28, 2012 6:00 PM MST

Hawaii takes their offense on the road where they look to reverse their struggles.

PODCAST: Week 5 Mountain West football preview

We are back at it as we break down the upcoming games in Week 5 of the Mountain West schedule.

UNLV at Utah State preview: Rebels look for first road victory in sixteen games against tough Aggies

The last road win for UNLV? a 34-17 stomping of New Mexico in Mike Sanford's final season as head coach. Bobby Hauck is yet to win a game on the road, even with already having played the likes of New Mexico on the road. Can UNLV force another upset without the home crowd behind them and get the first road win of the Bobby Hauck era?

CSU Rams vs. AFA Falcons Preview

CSU Rams vs. AFA Falcons Preview: Saturday, September 29th at 12:00 MTN in Colorado Springs, Colo. at Falcon Stadium. The battle for the best FBS team in Colorado will be carried by the Altitude Sports Network.

Troy Calhoun wants Air Force to play Colorado

Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun wants to start a series between against Colorado.

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BYU vs. Hawaii: A Q&A with Academically Ineligible

Our very own Brandon Tamas answered a few questions regarding the Hawaii vs. BYU game this Friday over at Academically Ineligible. The questions that were asked were what to be expected as describe the team this team on offense and defense, in addition who the play makers are, so check the site for those answers.

The one question I will highlight is the question that was asked about how the Hawaii community has taken to Norm Chow:

Academically Ineligible: How have the players and the community embraced Norm Chow as the head coach on the Islands?

Brandon Tamas: The players have bought into Coach Chow's philosophy to play hard every down till the last whistle. He doesn't want to see any players going half speed no matter what the score is. A few plays from the Nevada game had some players not going full speed and that might lead to some changes in the starting rotation for both the offense and defense. Everything he says is a "game time decision" even with the reinstated punter for our team Alex Dunnachie who served a four game suspension for a DUI charge over the summer and we really need him if Hawaii cannot move the ball on offense.

As far as the Hawaii community, it may seem small to the mainlanders but Hawaii football is king in all sports statewide. No matter whom the coach was, we were going to embrace him with open arms and support him 100%. We don't expect much this year from him because it will take time for the players to understand and execute the pro-style offense. Once he gets his recruits here we should expect more from Coach Chow.

Make sure to head over to Academically Ineligible for more on this game, as well as the rest of the Q&A.

Week 5 College Football Betting Lines: Sometimes, you're wrong

While there are only six games to cover this week, the betting lines don't get any easier to predict.

San Jose State vs. Navy football preview

Last year, San Jose State defeated Navy 27-24, and this year, SJSU travels to Navy, and the trajectories of the two teams have diverged quite a bit. We’ll see how in a moment, but first the basics.

VIDEO: Norm Chow Looks Back At Nevada, Looks Forward To BYU

At the Hawaii Warriors weekly press conference for Norm Chow, he briefly discussed how they struggled against Nevada where they lost 69-24. He talked about the difficult turn around time for a road game on Friday night against the BYU Cougars.

They had a practice on Sunday, which he said they never do, and went hard on practice on Tuesday to get ready for their long trip out to Provo, Utah. Chow also briefly touched on how great the BYU defense is and that their zone coverage can cause confusion if they are not ready. His offense must be on their best game if they want to pull off the upset.

Chow also shrugged off the return to BYU since this is his fourth time heading back to the place where he made his name as an amazing offensive coordinator.

The main thing at the end of the press conference was that his team is a young team, and mistakes will happen. However, this game against BYU the offense can not afford to play young if they want to move the ball and score some points against BYU.

AUDIO: BYU Players, Coaches Discuss Quarterback, Offensive Woes, Plus Offensive Line Issues

The BYU Cougars had some issues last week when the lost to the Boise St. Broncos 7-6, they had five turnovers -- three by starting quarterback Riley Nelson -- which prompted bringing in true freshman quarterback Taysom Hill. Hill moved the ball well and was able to score the only offensive touchdown for the game.

With a quarterback change mid game there was bound to be some controversy at BYU practice this, and lucky for readers here I cover BYU for another job. So I was able to be at both practices this week to see what was going on.

First off, Nelson has back issues and has been limited in practice both days, and there are reports that he has a cracked vertebrate, but that has yet to be confirmed and is denied by Nelson.

With Nelson limited in practice, and Hill performing fairly well in his action against Boise State, it is likely that Hill will start on Friday against the Hawaii Warriors. On Monday's practice, Hill stayed late to take extra snaps under center and to learn a bit more from Nelson by practicing pitching the ball down the field in an option style toss. Not sure why BYU is continually doing more option stuff, but Nevada did it well in their big win on Saturday that BYU is going to try to exploit that.

Another reason why I doubt Nelson will suit up is that on Monday he was wearing a long sleeve shirt under his jersey, it was somewhat cool out, but it was not a workout style shirt. Rather it was like a loose long sleeve tee, and he had a play card hanging out of his shorts. So, not sure if even really practice in 11-on-11, or 7-on-7 drills.

For Hawaii, the difference between Nelson and HIll are really negligible, both are running style quarterbacks and their throwing is questionable. Hill more so because he is a true freshman, and is still learning the playbook and his receivers tendencies.

There was also issues along the past two weeks for BYU with multiple false start penalties, but with this game being at home, Hawaii can not bank on having BYU have too many false start penalties.

Here is the audio from BYU practice from Sept. 24 and Sept. 25:

BYU RT Braden Brown 9.24

Bronco Mendenhall 9.24

BYU OC Brandon Doman 9.24 BYU QB Taysom Hill 9.24

Taysom Hill 9.25

Bronco Mendenhall 9.25

Riley Nelson 9.25

Mountain West Football Week 5 TV Schedule

Week 5 of the Mountain West season moves on, and this week features three league games.

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A quick look at Hawaii's game against foe BYU Cougars

Hawaii travels to the main land to go up against a formal WAC rival.