College Football Week 3:The Mountain West falls on it's sword.

So....bad, bad news for the Mountain West this week. More on that in a minute.


First off, Go Gators! They took care of business 23-13 against Tennessee. They probably should have won by more than that, but it's an SEC conference game, so yeah. Still, on roll the Gators. Next week: at Kentucky.

Great job by Weber State taking down Idaho State. I think they can make some noise in the FCS this season.

Now, to the Mountain West.

Utah loses at Oregon 31-24. All in all, maybe not that bad. Oregon got ahead and the Utes bravely fought back, but once again turnovers kill the Utes, including two interceptions in the final few minutes while the Utes were trying to get an equalizing score. Oregon is a tough place to play, and it was raining, but if the Utes want to be the power house everyone thinks they are, they've got to be able to beat an unranked Pac 10 team when they're number 18 in the country, You just have to win that game. Oh well, BCS out the window, I forsee further losses for Utah possibly the next two weeks against Louisville and Colorado State, and even more likely against BYU and TCU later in the season. No secret, this is a rebuilding year, but BCS schools don't usually take a break.

BYU was worse. Getting the doors blown off their own dump by an unranked Florida State squad. I think FSU took BYU seriously, I don't think BYU took the Seminoles seriously, and the 'Noles left Provo with Max Hall's scalp. Three interceptions, all at crucial times. Captain Choke indeed. There's not much to say, except that BYU got blasted, which was too bad. It would have been a good thing for college football to have a formidable contingent from the Mountain West.

But that's not to be. Count out the BCS busting hopes of Utah and BYU, even if they both were to win out, which they won't. I don't see either of them beating TCU. Howver, even TCU struggled at times against Texas State, of all schools. Sure they blew them out at the end, but it was closer than it should have been for awhile.

However, the other two MWC flagship programs took a big hit today, and the damage is bad. All that good will? Gone. Erased by a particularly bad loss on BYU's part which will just bring out the chants of "overrated." The pollsters will think twice about putting them that high again. Seems the victory over OU was a fluke, and Max Hall still can't win the big game. The rest of the college football world will regard the Mountain West as not making it's case. These are games you have to win to get into the BCS, period. So, Ute and Cougar fans, shelve it for this year, you're done.

As for other games of note, way to go Washington taking down USC! I also watched a great game featuring Cal and Minnesota this morning, where Jahvid Best scored 5 touchdowns. Look for Cal to move up with ranked teams ahead of them taking tough losses.

Utah will almost certainly drop out of the Top 25, and I suspect BYU to fall in between 21-25, if not out all together.

Next up--
Utah vs. Lousiville
BYU vs. Colorado State
Florida at Kentucky

I was 3-1 in my picks posted on Facebook today. Not bad.