Turning the Corner

Turning the corner describes the week that was in college football in Utah this week.  Please read on.

Boise State 55 BYU 30

BYU fans are not used to seeing their team lose like this.  In fact, BYU fans are used to seeing their Cougars dish it out in games like this one, so much so that it could be a GEICO commercial.  There was nothing that Bronco Mendenhall's defense could do to stop the Bronco attack.  I will have more about the state of the BYU football program in a follow-up post.

Predicted outcome

Worst Case 5-7

Best Case 7-5

Projected Win

Savannah State

Projected Loss

California

Toss Up

Middle Tennessee

UNLV

Utah 24 USC 21

You could expect that Utah would beat the Trojans at home, but USC is still USC and this was not an easy win for the Utes.  If they are to win the South Division, no wins from this point forward will be easy.  But this game was fun to watch, even though there were some missed opportunities by both teams.  There were mistakes made, but that didn't happen at the end of the game.  It will be fun watching Utah, Arizona and Arizona State break up the current log jam at the top of the division.

Predicted Outcome

Worst Case 7-5

Best Case 11-1

Projected Wins

Colorado

Toss Up

Arizona State

Oregon

Stanford

Arizona

Utah State 35 UNLV 20

The rallying cry in Logan right now could be, "our 4th String QB is better than your 4th string QB."  Matt Wells is certainly not one to use injuries as an excuse.  Of course that comes from the proper preparation of backups.  Your 4th stringers would certainly do well if they were prepared to take over when those in front of them go down to injury.

Predicted finish 8-4

Projected wins

Hawaii

Wyoming

New Mexico

San Jose State

Projected loss

Boise State

Don't have time to wallow in the misery of our FCS teams this week.  But I will note that Southern Utah took it to North Dakota last weekend.  There is hope that Weber State will finish with a win after all.