Week Six Mountain West Football Preview: The Early Games

 

Published 10/2/2008 by Jeremy at Bleacher Report - College Football

Two early games this week—one on Thursday and one on Friday. Thursday, Oct. 2 (2-2) No. 15 (5-0) Rice-Eccles 7PM MT TV: Radio: KALL 700 Sports This game just got a lot more interesting with Oregon State taking it to then-No. 1 USC at home last Thursday. Do not let the 0-2 start for the Beavers fool anyone—Oregon State is a notorious late bloomer. Oregon State has gone 15-3 the last two years in games in October and later. This game is much bigger in terms of the BCS and strength of schedule if Utah can beat the team that just beat the number one ranked team. Utah has revenge on their minds: Last year these two teams played on opening weekend, and the Utes lost quarterback Brian Johnson for a few weeks and running back Matt Asiata for the year. On the year Oregon State has yet to win a road game after losing at Stanford and at Penn State in September. Both schools have similar national rankings in their statistics, with the one big ... (link)

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