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MW football power rankings return

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For the first time on this platform this season, where are my Mountain West football power rankings heading into this week’s games. The rankings have been running in our four-page wrap that goes around the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang for every Wyoming game. With no game this week for the Cowboys, there is no wrap. But from now  on I will post these rankings on the blog — along with my picks for the week.

Here we go.

1. Boise State (2-1 overall, 0-0 MW): The Broncos came back to earth, and fell out of the national rankings, with their 44-21 loss at now 15th-ranked Oklahoma State. Special teams were their demise with two blocked punts. Boise State still has a shot at New Year’s 6 bowl game, but for a team not used to losing, this had to have been a humbling blow.

2. San Diego State (2-1, 0-0): The Aztecs vault back up to near the top of these rankings after their 28-21 home victory over then No. 23 Arizona State. They did it with their typical style — a strong running game and good defense. They also did it with a backup quarterback.

3. Fresno State (2-1, 0-0): The Bulldogs did what they were supposed to do last week — go on the road and easily beat an undermanned UCLA team from the Pac-12. Senior Marcus McMaryion showed why he’s one of the better quarterbacks in the league. All seems right with San Diego State and Fresno State after both lost the previous week.

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Wyoming vs. Wofford live chat replay

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Here’s the replay of my live chat as the University of Wyoming rallied late to defeat Wofford 17-14 in front of 20,293 at Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium Saturday.

UW evened its record at 2-2 on the season.

For more coverage from this game, and other UW sports, see the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang, and log on to wyosports.net.

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Wyoming vs. Wofford – pregame reading

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Some notes and quotes leading up to Wyoming’s final non-conference game with Wofford. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. Saturday at Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium. The game isn’t on regular TV, but can be streamed online at the MW Network.

If you can’t be at the game, or stream it online, join me for my live chat from the game beginning at 2 p.m. Links to the chat will be here and at wyosports.net.

Craig Bohl

— “They have not changed offensively through the years and have the same offensive coordinator for maybe 20-30 years. We have got a great deal of experience coaching against that scheme. They’ll play two quarterbacks and they’re very creative with what they do with their option scheme and they have answers for what you throw up defensively. Defensively they offer up a three-down look with some 300-pounders up front. They do what they do. They have elements of option and elements of shot gun. They have the quarterback under center sometimes and they run zone schemes. They can throw the ball, although they don’t throw the ball a ton. They all present challenges.” — fifth-year UW coach Craig Bohl talking about Wofford.

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LIVE CHAT REPLAY: Wyoming loses at Missouri 40-13

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Here’s the replay of my live game chat from Wyoming’s 40-13 loss at Missouri Saturday night at Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.

UW fell to 1-2 on the season. Missouri is 2-0.

For more coverage of this game, and other UW sports, see the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang, and log on to wyosports.net.

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Wyoming at Missouri – pregame reading

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Some notes and quotes leading up to Wyoming’s football game at Missouri Saturday. Kickoff is at 5 p.m. MT from Faurot Field in Columbia, Missouri.

— “We had too many mental mistakes and shot ourselves in the foot. Too many penalties and too many third downs we didn’t covernt. We know we can do better and hold ourselves to ta higher standard. We didn’t play up tot hat standard.” — UW redshirt freshman quarterback Tyler Vander Waal on last week’s 41-19 loss to Washington State. Many UW fans are frustrated with the offensive play-calling and not seeing much from Vander Waal throwing the ball over the first two games. I wrote a column on that earlier this week. Here’s the link:

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Washington State 41, Wyoming 19 – postgame thoughts

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For a while it looked like Wyoming might end a long drought in terms of wins over schools from Power 5 conferences. It led 16-13 at halftime — after getting down 10-0. It took the second-half kickoff and made a field goal to extend the lead to 19-13.

But the wheels feel off after that as Washington State scored touchdowns on four of its five second-half offensive possession for a 41-19 victory in front of a nice crowd of 24,131 at Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium.

Here is fifth-year UW coach Craig Bohl after the game.

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LIVE CHAT REPLAY: Washington St. 41, Wyoming 19

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Here is the replay of my live chat from Wyoming’s 41-19 home-opening loss to Washington State Saturday.

For more UW sports coverage, see the Wyoming Tribune Eagle and Laramie Boomerang, and log on to wyosport.net.

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Wyoming vs. Washington State – pregame reading

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A few notes and quotes leading up to Saturday’s home-opener for the Wyoming football team against Washington State. Kick off is at 1:30 p.m. MT.

Craig Bohl

— “I’ve always believed a football team improves most between its first and second game.” — Fifth-year UW coach Craig Bohl.

— If that’s the case for the Cowboys, things could be fun to watch for the home fans. UW opened the season with a 29-7 win at New Mexico State last Saturday. The offense ran for 312 yards, had more than 400 yards of total offense and the defense held the Aggies to 135 yards of total offense. What could be better for UW? Sustaining drives. The Cowboys failed to convert a good number of third-and-short situations. More balance on offense. The run game was great, but not sure if it will be as effective against Washington State. More plays in the pass game should open up things in the run game. Create turnovers. UW didn’t force a turnover against New Mexico State. Winning the turnover battle — as it is in every game — will be key.

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