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Nice MWC Week 1 Write Up

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Saw this on Yahoo Spots - Pat Forde

Awesome but imagine if Fresneck had pulled through.

4. The biggest mover-shaker conference was the Mountain West.

The league has slumped in recent years, after TCU and Utah departed and with Boise State not where it was during the Chris Petersen glory days. But what an August the MWC has had, hanging four Power Five skins on the wall.

It started with Hawaii’s dramatic Week Zero upset of Arizona. It continued Friday night with Nevada’s stunning rally to beat Purdue (more on that below). It peaked with the Boise comeback at Florida State, as true freshman quarterback Hank Bachmeier engineered a big comeback and threw for 407 yards, looking like the school's most promising quarterback since Kellen Moore. And then the MWC added one more when Wyoming rallied from an early 14-0 hole to steamroll Missouri for 297 rushing yards in a 37-31 triumph.

All four would qualify as the best wins those programs have had in several years.

All told, the Mountain West was 9-3 to start the season. Even San Jose State, which hadn’t won a non-conference game since 2017 and hadn’t won a season opener since ’15, got in the win column.

There was one sobering moment for the conference, when New Mexico coach Bob Davie was hospitalized with a "serious medical incident" after the Lobos defeated Sam Houston State. The 64-year-old Davie was in distress during the game, according to the Associated Press, and was taken by ambulance from the stadium afterward.

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Mountain Best

The American likes to call itself the sixth member of the Power 5, but the title might actually belong to the Mountain West. How's this for a start to the season? Hawaii tops Arizona in Week 0. Nevada pulls off a stunner on Friday against Purdue. Boise State dominates the second half to beat Florida State in Tallahassee. And Wyoming stuns Missouri in Laramie. Wake Forest's final-minute magic also proved to be the only thing keeping Utah State from adding a fifth win over a Power 5 opponent for the Mountain West. UCLA, Oregon State and Oregon might be a bit nervous for their Week 2 games now, too.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/page/gamedayfinal190831/bo-nix-heroics-mack-return-fields-5-td-debut-top-wild-week-1

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The MWC had a very nice week indeed.  Last year, the MWC, overall, was a better conference than the AAC, and it seems the continuity in coaching, is starting to pay dividends.  

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망치를 가진 남자에게는, 모든것이 못처럼 보인다.

원숭이도 나무에서 떨어진다.

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I am both shocked and appalled that these writers failed to mention UNLV's monumental 56-23 victory against Southern Utah shaking the very foundations of the college football world. Highlighted by Charles Williams 143 yd, 3 TD and Armani Rogers' 144 pass yd and 114 rushing yd 3 TD performances. 

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4 minutes ago, Rebels18 said:

I am both shocked and appalled that these writers failed to mention UNLV's monumental 56-23 victory against Southern Utah shaking the very foundations of the college football world. Highlighted by Charles Williams 143 yd, 3 TD and Armani Rogers' 144 pass yd and 114 rushing yd 3 TD performances. 

S. Utah might be the third best team in that state.  Really not a bad win.  

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