What a Saturday for the Mountain West Conference…

First, on a nationally-televised game carried on Versus network, BYU QB Max Hall (pictured, thanks IconSMI) threw 7 TD passes, and, the Cougar defense waylaid UCLA in a 59-0 christening at LaVel Edwards Stadium in Provo.  So much for the Bruins defense, and the Norm Chow-led Bruin offense.

Later that night, New Mexico held off a potent Arizona attack in a 36-28 win in Albuquerque.  Meanwhile, earlier in the day, TCU handled Stanford 31-14 at Amon Carter Stadium in Fort Worth.

But, the stunner came late Saturday night/early Sunday morning…as UNLV rallied from a late 10-point defecit to knock off ranked Arizona State 23-20 in overtime at Tempe.

MWC vs Pac-10 on Saturday, September 13th:  MWC 4, Pac-10  0.

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Thank you, Matt Grothe, for making me look like a fool…

South Florida QB Matt Grothe (pictured, thanks IconSMI ) again humbles your QB prognosticator.  Not only did the Bulls QB find a way to beat this writer’s alma-mater, again…he proved me doubly wrong by throwing for 350+ yards and a couple of TDs in the Bulls 31-24 overtime win at UCF.

So much for not playing Grothe last week…oh well.

Hopefully Mr. Grothe does not make me look foolish this week, for I am telling everyone to play him this week when the Bulls host Todd Reesing (play him, too) and the Kansas Jayhawks in an interesting inter-sectional match-up this Friday night.

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