I Won't Miss Air Force

Being a Utah fan and a fan of the armed forces and all they due for us is kind of conflicting at times. Well, really only once a year. I am looking forward to the time when I don't have to route against Air Force in football. Not only because I respect everything they do on and off the field, but also because they always give Utah fits, regardless of how good the Utes are. 28-23 and giving up 210 yards rushing isn't like Utah this year. However, Air Forces YPG went down from 326 to 313. In that aspect, they did well. Playing Air Force though, knocked Utah's 6th ranked rush defense down to 14th. Honestly, I think they did well on defense, but they needed every one of the 6 turnovers to win. Air Force is an even better team than I thought going into this game and I'm grateful I won't have to route against them every year any more.

Utah State got rolled again. Nevada came out firing and beat them 56-42. The score wasn't even close at half time and the Aggies showed some sign of life to score 42 points in the second half after being down 35-0 at the break. Hopefully next year, They will start to win some of these types of games.

With the bigger BCS picture in mind, Utah, TCU and Boise State all got lucky with 2 more unbeatens falling to conference foes this week. With a 2 loss Iowa beating Michigan State and 1 loss Nebraska derailing Missouri, 3 of the top 5 BCS ranked teams are non-AQ.

BSC Standings:

#1 Oregon

#2 Auburn

#3 TCU

#4 Boise State

#5 Utah

#6 Alabama

#7 Nebraska

#8 Oklahoma

#9 Wisconsin

#10 LSU

With Auburn taking care of business against Ole Miss, they really only have 1 more chance of losing and it's going to be against Alabama. So, if Oregon doesn't falter against Oregon State, I could realistically see Alabama jumping everyone else in the standings if they don't lose again, or Auburn staying put if the same holds true. And a 1 loss TCU/Utah will be going to the Vegas Bowl. Man, I am not going to miss the MWC.