Breaking down the WAC
We know we say this every week, but these picks are pretty much no-brainers. Oh, and you’ll love our bonus picks of the week. You may even fall in love with them.
New Mexico State at Auburn
Remember when Auburn was the cream of the college crop two seasons ago? This season, the Tigers are 1-7, winless in the Southeastern Conference have never led a football game at the end of regulation. You could call the 2012 Tigers the Calicos.
It’s not often New Mexico State will face a team with the same record the Aggies have, but being a crappy team in the SEC is still better than being a crappy team in the disintegrating Western Athletic Conference.
Even though NMSU only lost to Louisiana Tech by two touchdowns and DeWayne Walker still has a job, we’re still picking the Auburn Calicos.
Texas State at Utah State
They say you should never mess with Texas, but the Aggies should finish their sweep of the WAC Texas schools in back-to-back weeks.
None of us think the Bobcats will pull off this upset. If you want a good laugh, look at some of the message board conversations about this game. Spoiler, they all go like this:
Does Texas State have a chance? No.
UTSA at No. 25 La. Tech
Yes, the Bulldogs only put up 28 against Walker’s NMSU Aggies, but the Roadrunners are pretty terrible. We’ve already established how the Roadrunners seemingly awesome 5-3 record came at the hands of nobodies and New Mexico State. When your one signature win is against NMSU, you’ve got a pretty crappy football team.
La. Tech on the other hand is not a crappy football team. It’s unfortunate there is little remaining chance of a BCS bowl, but the Bulldogs should handle UTSA as well as any team left on the schedule. Except the Nov. 17 game.
But hey, keep your heads up, Roadrunners, your time may come. Hopefully.
San Jose State at Idaho
Idaho is 1-7 and at the risk of repeating ourselves, when your one signature win is against NMSU, you’ve got a pretty crappy football team.
Idaho is without their head coach and quarterback. This one isn’t looking good for the Vandals, and by “this one” we mean “this season.”
San Jose State has completely recovered from their Utah State woes with a combined 83-44 wins over the WAC Texas schools.
This one will be ugly. Sorry to those at USU who are from Idaho.
Washington State at Utah
Washington State ranks eighth in the nation in passing yards per game, but that’s probably because they are 124th in rushing offense.
That and they suck. Mostly they just suck. The Cougars two wins were against UNLV and Eastern Washington by a combined 12 points.
Utah isn’t as terrible as their 3-5 record shows. Most of us on staff – there’s still that one guy who hates the Utes – hope our brothers on the hill have figured out their troubles with last week win over Cal.
We’ll pick Utah at home.
BYU vs. BYE
Even though the Cougars aren’t playing this week, we’re still picking them to lose.
Riley Nelson will throw three interceptions, fumble twice and Bronco Mendenhall will still start him in two weeks until he looks for another quarterback on a mission who he can steal from another university.
On that note, James Lark will wonder why he’s still suiting up for games every week when all he does is pick his nose on the sideline.
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