Report on the Games 10/29/2011

TCU 38 BYU 28

First have turnovers and mistakes on special teams created too big of a hole for BYU to dig out of against TCU on Friday night.  The TCU defense shut down the BYU running game, expect for when Nelson had the ball.  The news was not all negative for the Cougars, however.  Using TCU as a measuring stick, the Cougars are improving ahead of last season...although this is not quite the same TCU team as last season, either.  BYU did outscore the Frogs 18-10 in the 2nd half.  Riley Nelson gave an official a high five off of a 2 point conversion in the waning minutes.  BYU is now 6-3 and have only two games in November.  Their next game is home against Idaho on 12th and then at home against New Mexico State on the 19th.  Finally, the Cougars finish against Hawaii on December 3rd.  Expect BYU to be well healed by the time they travel to Oahu.

BYU MVP: Riley Nelson

Utah 27 Oregon State 8

It was blackout day in Utah, and the Ute fans got what they dressed up for, a scary day for the opposition.  John White IV took over and led the Utes to 21 2nd quarter points.  With White as successful as he was, there was not a lot of pressure on mistake-prone Jon Hays, who only attempted 14 passes the entire game, hitting 6 of them.  The Utes are now 4-4 with 4 games remaining against the weaker third of the PAC-12.  They have road games against Arizona and Washington State.  Home games against UCLA and Colorado.  All are winnable.  The Utes could earn a trip to Las Vegas or Albuquerque for Christmas.

MVP: John White IV

Montana 45 Weber State 10

Well, every odd numbered year, Weber State travels to Missoula and experiences an embarrassing loss.  Regular starter Mike Hoke was not available for the 'Cats and his backup Jordan Adanczyk only completed 8 of the 20 passes he attempted, 2 were picked off.  Weber stuck to their ground game and played conservative with the inexperienced QB and it was not effective.  Montana doubled Weber State in total yardage.  It appears that there will be no post-season for the Cats in 2011, they are now ineligible for the post-season unless they win the conference.  Stranger things have happened.

WSU MVP: Shaydon Kehano

SUU 34 UC Davis 3

Until last week in Ogden, Austin Minifee had been a no-show for the Thunderbirds.  Well, he better not change or wash his socks now, because this kid has suddenly caught fire.  He got 131 yards and a touchdown in the Thunderbirds home finale.  SUU can still qualify for the post-season if they can get past Northern Iowa and Northern Arizona, and they just might get selected with a win over an FBS team, even it was UNLV.

MVP: Autin Minifee.