PODCAST: 2019 Week 12 Mountain West Football Recap

Trophy week in the Mountain West provided some fun action and some new bowl-eligible teams.

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PODCAST: 2019 Week 12 Mountain West Football Recap


More bowl eligible teams this week.


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A lot of changes at QB’s this week.

Jeremy and Matt are back to recap Week 12 of Mountain West football or also known as trophy week. There were some close games and some ugly games. San Diego State vs. Fresno State got things going on Friday night with the Aztecs taking home the Old Oil Can while forcing Bulldogs QB Jorge Reyna to have his worst game of the year with three picks.

The Saturday games started with a shocking low scoring game with Hawaii topping UNLV, 21-7, and the Warriors decided to swap quarterbacks, again. Colorado State had many chances to defeat Air Force but was unable to get things on track. Wyoming with its backup quarterback Tyler Vander Waal was unable to overcome his errors with three interceptions.

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Week 12 Mountain West Football TV Schedule, Streaming, Scoreboard, Schedule

Week 12 Mountain West Football TV Schedule, Streaming, Scoreboard, Schedule Stay up to date with schedules and results. Contact/Follow @JeremyMauss & @MWCwire Trophy week!! Fresno State at San Diego State Friday, 9:30 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN2 | Get …

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Week 12 Mountain West Football TV Schedule, Streaming, Scoreboard, Schedule


Stay up to date with schedules and results.


Contact/Follow @JeremyMauss & @MWCwire

Trophy week!!

Fresno State at San Diego State

Friday, 9:30 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN2 | Get Tickets
Line: Pick’em | Staff Picks

Final Score: San Diego State 17, Fresno State 7

Recap:

For, San Diego State, Quarterback Ryan Agnew threw for a career-high 323 yards(32-47) and threw for one touchdown and one interception. Corner-back Luq Barcoo had two interceptions.  For Fresno State, Ronnie Rivers ran for 47 rushing yards on 15 carries for one Touchdown. Wide receiver Zane Pope had three receptions for 56 yards.

Hawaii at UNLV

4 p.m. ET, TV: Facebook | Get Tickets
Line: Hawaii -6.5 | Staff Picks

Final score: Hawaii 21, UNLV 7

Recap:

Wyoming at Utah State

4 p.m. ET, TV: ESPNU | Get Tickets
Line: Utah State -5 | Staff Picks

Final Score: Utah State 26, Wyoming 21

Recap:

Air Force at Colorado State

7 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN2 | Get Tickets
Line: Air Force -10 | Staff Picks

Final Score: Air Force 38, Colorado State 21

Recap: 

The Rams let Air Force hang around for too long. While an Air Force fumble on their opening drive led to a 63 yard scoop and score for linebacker Mohamed Kamara, the Rams were unable to capitalize on solid defensive performance early.

The insult to injury was the 99 yard pick six by Air Force defensive back Zane Lewis as O’Brien was trying to pull Colorado State within a score late in the fourth quarter.

After going up 14-0, the Rams were then outscored 38-7 and likely saw their slim bowl game chances disappear into the cold Fort Collins night.

New Mexico at Boise State

10:15 p.m. ET, TV: ESPN2 | Get Tickets
Line: Boise State -28 | Staff Picks

Final Score: Boise State 42, New Mexico 9

Recap:

On the Boise State front, this was a good game to try to get everything going right before playing traveling to take on Utah State and a rising Colorado State team. For New Mexico, this was a chance to just get back to some normalcy after tragedy struck the team a week ago.  The Broncos got off to a fast start with Chase Hatada striping the ball from New Mexico quarterback Tevaka Salanoa-Tuioti that was ran back by Sonatane Lui for a touchdown. Boise State followed that with three more in the first quarter to break out to a 28-0 lead. Issues with consistency arose in the second quarter when Jaylon Henderson, Boise State’s third starter at quarterback this season, struggled and threw an interception and fumbled on back to back drives. Once the Broncos scored two more times in the second half, preservation was the goal and most of the starters started to get phased out of the game.

Realizing it’s New Mexico’s defense, the Broncos moved the ball well with Henderson at quarterback, but there were some spots in the game where execution was lacking.  Henderson did well throwing for almost 300 yards and 3 touchdowns while having the 1 interception. Defensive lineman Sonatane Lui put on another great game recovering 2 fumbles, one of which he returned for a touchdown, while on offense Khalil Shakir caught and threw for a touchdown and tallied 100 total yards. 

It wasn’t all good though as STUD Curtis Weaver left the field late in the second half and was later seen in a boot.  Also, Hank Bachmeier and Chase Cord didn’t see any action and George Holani and Robert Mahone saw limited action. Mahone had a knee brace on and didn’t look to be healthy on the few carries he had and Holani didn’t appear to have an issue so it was likely due to the game getting out of reach of New Mexico quickly.

While it could have been cleaner, this was the kind of performance that the Broncos were looking for from the game.  This should help the offense build its confidence going into a tough final two games of the season.

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Week 12 Mountain West Football Expert Picks

Week 12 Mountain West Football Expert Picks Who does our staff like this weekend? Contact/Follow @MWCwire Who does our staff like this week? Fresno State @ San Diego State (-2½) New week, new look ⚪️⚪️ #GoDogs | #PrideOfTheValley …

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Week 12 Mountain West Football Expert Picks


Who does our staff like this weekend?


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Who does our staff like this week?

Fresno State @ San Diego State (-2½)

Jeremy: SU: San Diego State | ATS: San Diego State | Score: San Diego State 20, Fresno State 17

Raj: SU/ATS: Fresno State (Upset Alert!)

Jesse: SU: Fresno State | ATS: Fresno State

Ted: SU: San Diego State | ATS: San Diego State 

Brandon T: SU/ATS: San Diego St 24 Fresno 21

Matt: SU: Fresno State | ATS: Utah State | Score: Fresno State 24, San Diego State 21

Brandon B: SU: Fresno State | ATS: Fresno State| Fresno State 28 San Diego State 25

Logan: SDSU 30-24

Sam: SU: Fresno State | ATS: Fresno State

Sean: SU: SDSU | ATS: SDSU| SDSU 24 – Fresno State 17

Wyoming @ Utah State (-6)

Jeremy: SU: Utah State | ATS: Utah State | Score:  Utah State 23, Wyoming 16

Raj: SU/ATS: Wyoming (Upset Alert!)

Jesse: SU: Wyoming | ATS: Wyoming

Ted: SU: Wyoming | ATS: Wyoming

Brandon T: SU/ATS: Utah St 31 Wyoming 21

Matt: SU: Wyoming | ATS: Utah State | Score: Wyoming 21, 17 Utah State

BrandonB SU: Wyoming | ATS: Wyoming| Score Wyoming 28 Utah State 17

Logan: Wyoming 27-20

Sam: SU: USU | ATS: USU

Sean: Wyoming | ATS: Wyoming| Score Wyoming 24-  Utah State 21

Hawai’i (-6½) @ UNLV

Jeremy: SU: Hawaii | ATS: Hawaii | Score: Hawaii 45, UNLV 21

Raj: SU/ATS: Hawaii

Jesse: SU: Hawaii | ATS: Hawaii

Ted: SU: Hawaii | ATS: Hawaii

Brandon T: SU/ATS: Hawaii 38 UNLV 28

Matt: SU: Hawaii | ATS: Hawaii | Score: Hawaii 45, UNLV 35

Brandon B: SU: Hawaii | ATS: Hawaii | Score: Hawaii 40, UNLV 17

Logan: Hawaii 35-24

Sam: SU: Hawaii | ATS: Hawaii

Sean: SU: Hawaii | ATS: Hawaii | Score: Hawaii 35, UNLV 20

Air Force (-10½) @ Colorado State

Jeremy: SU: Air Force | ATS: Colorado State | Score: Air Force 31, Colorado State 23

Raj: SU: Air Force | ATS: Colorado State

Jesse: SU: Colorado State | ATS: Colorado State

Ted: SU: Air Force | ATS: Colorado State

Brandon T: SU/ATS: Air Force 38 Colorado St 14

Matt: SU: Air Force | ATS: Colorado State | Score: Air Force  38, Colorado State 35 

Brandon B SU: Air Force | ATS: Colorado State | Score: Air Force 35, Colorado State 29

Logan: Air Force 38-17

Sam: SU: Air Force | ATS: Air Force

Sean: SU: Air Force | ATS: Colorado State | Score: Air Force  35, Colorado State 30 

New Mexico @ Boise State (-27½)

Jeremy: SU: Boise State | ATS: New Mexico | Score: Boise State 31, New Mexico 10

Raj: SU/ATS: Boise State, 45-17

Jesse: SU: Boise State | ATS: New Mexico

Ted: SU: Boise State | ATS: New Mexico

Brandon T: SU/ATS: Boise St 56 New Mexico 10

Matt: SU: Boise State| ATS: New Mexico | Score: Boise State 35, New Mexico 20

Brandon B :SU: Boise State| ATS: Boise State | Score Boise State 44 New Mexico 20

Logan: Boise State 42-13

Sam: SU: Boise State | ATS: New Mexico

Sean: SU: Boise State| ATS: New Mexico | Score: Boise State 38, New Mexico 24

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Week 12 Mountain West Football Power Rankings

Week 12 Mountain West Football Power Rankings For the first time all year the top two spots are unanimous Contact/Follow @JeremyMauss & @MWCwire Boise State and Air Force are at the top The top two spots are non-negotiable this week and they both …

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Week 12 Mountain West Football Power Rankings


For the first time all year the top two spots are unanimous


Contact/Follow @JeremyMauss & @MWCwire

Boise State and Air Force are at the top

The top two spots are non-negotiable this week and they both come from the same division. Boise State sits at the top with all of the first-place votes and then Air Force comes in next with all voters choosing those two teams as their first and second choice.

The Falcons moved up from three to two and the Broncos took the top spot all to themselves after defeating Wyoming and also San Diego State dropping a game to Nevada.

The Aztecs drop from two to the fourth spot with Wyoming moving up one spot to No. 3 despite losing in overtime to Boise State. The rest of the rankings see a mishmash of teams jumping up or down one spot.

Previous: Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10

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Mountain West Football Bowl Projections After Week 11

Mountain West Football Bowl Projections After Week 11 Some shuffling this week in bowl projections. Contact/Follow @JeremyMauss & @MWCwire Power Five failures will help MW This time of year the bowl projections start to get more clear and it also …

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Mountain West Football Bowl Projections After Week 11


Some shuffling this week in bowl projections.


Contact/Follow @JeremyMauss & @MWCwire

Power Five failures will help MW

This time of year the bowl projections start to get more clear and it also muddles things up with replacement teams. This all goes to the College Football Playoff and New Year’s Six games, plus ESPN wanting to make a deal for the best possible television show to put on for the bowl game.

The Mountain West has the Cheeze-It Bowl as a back up if there are not enough Big 12 or Pac-12 teams. So, if either league gets a playoff team and fills its spot in a New Year’s Six bowl then it will open things up.

Also, it looks likely that the Big 10 and SEC are on track for multiple New Year’s Six teams and that will allow for trading and swapping. So, this just means these bowl lineups might be a be wonky compared to the typical tie-ins.

As for who is going bowling from the Mountain West, the teams that are bowl eligible for sure are Boise State, Nevada, Wyoming, Air Force, and San Diego State. Hawaii has six wins but since they play 13 games they need to hit the threshold of seven victories. The Warriors are likely to be bowl eligible as they face UNLV and Army in two of their final three games.

That gives us six bowl eligible teams for five or six spots as it depends on if the Hawaii Bowl will take the Warriors if eligible and match them up with former WAC for BYU.

Utah State is the next likely team with five wins and then there is Colorado State, Fresno State and San Jose State sitting with four wins each.

The Aggies are likely getting to at least six as they play New Mexico. Colorado State is playing better but they hit a tough stretch of Air Force, Boise State, and Wyoming, so they are out. San Jose State takes on UNLV and then Fresno State so a slight chance, and then the Bulldogs have the Spartans plus San Diego State and Nevada with two of the three on the road.

This week we will go with seven teams by including Utah State with the already bowl eligible teams, and also Fresno State since ESPN’s FPI likes their chances of winning two of its last three.


A few notes about the bowl lineups. Starting with the Hawaii Bowl. The game has a vaguely worded tie-in which is a combination between BYU, Hawaii or an AAC team. The Warriors have a 13-game schedule and must have seven wins to secure a bowl berth. Technically, BYU takes the Mountain West spot but a Cougars vs. Warriors matchup would be a classic WAC rivalry renewal.

There is a new bowl this year and it’s a Power Five opponent from the Big Ten in the Armed Forces Bowl.

Overall, the league has six guaranteed bowl berths and is a backup for the Cheez-It Bowl if the Pac-12 or Big 12 does not have enough teams eligible. As always, there can be trades for the best matchups.

Finally, if the Mountain West is the highest-rated team in the College Football Playoff then a New Year’s Six Bowl game is an option at either the Cotton or Orange Bowl.

1. Las Vegas vs. Pac-12

– Famous Idaho Potato Bowl vs. MAC
– Gildan New Mexico Bowl vs. Conference USA
– Hawai’i Bowl vs. BYU or American
– NOVA Home Loans Arizona Bowl vs. Sun Belt
– Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl vs. Big Ten
– Cheez-It Bowl Conditional for MW if bowl can’t fill a spot.

Previous projectionsPreseason | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10

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