Down Goes EVERYBODY!

Imagine how Boise State must feel, now that all those conditions I laid out last week have come to pass.  Oklahoma State beaten for the first time, but more importantly Oregon, Oklahoma, and Clemson all suffer a second loss.

Best win of all...da Bearsssss beating Boomer Sooners for the first time EVER.  Was it just me, or did the Oklahoma defensive back simply give up on the last Baylor TD?


My principal losing bet with one of our math teachers, and having to wear a USC jersey at school all day tomorrow...PRICELESS.

The rest of the day went like this:

Air Force 45, UNLV 17.  Game rescheduled for Falcon Stadium at the last minute!  Rebs are like fish out of water...no penny slots at the airport, no free cocktails at the hotel.  Air Force threatens to be renamed "Ground Force", as The Academy rolls up over 500 yards of total offense, and all but one of its seven TDs coming via the run.

Temple 42, Army 14.  Smack blog poster "Deane" misplaces his head (so to speak), referring to Cadet "east coast pride".  Hey, isn't Temple on the east coast too?  (I was fed that line...)  Instead, Black Knights keep their 2011 road record perfect with sixth straight loss.  Owls look more like a service academy, rolling up 335 yards of rushing to compliment QB Chris Coyer's 4-of-5 passing for 79 yards and one TD.  Army QB Max Jenkins was only 1-for-5 and 21 yards in Army's tune-up for arch-rival Navy.

San Jose State 27, Navy 24.  Somebody said "Mids are hungry to become bowl-eligible".  Um...NO??  Spartan D holds Navy ground game under 300 yards, which is almost always a recipe for Goat soup.  SJSU QB Matt Faulkner looks pro-like, going 33-for-44and 345 yards, yet amazingly notching only one TD for all that efficiency.  4th quarter proves decisive, as Navy has ball only three times, punting once and turning it over twice on downs.

BYU 42, New Mexico State 7.  Contest takes awhile to heat up, as score is tied 7-7 until late in the second quarter.  Floodgates open for Cougars, who put up 35 unanswered points on the 4-touchdown performance of QB Matt Heaps.  But it's BYU defense that holds Aggies nearly 200 yards under their season average total offense output.  Cougs have already accepted invitation to play in Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, to face someone from Conference USA.  Staying consistent with regular season schedule, that should be the 1-7 Tulane Green Wave.

#10 Boise State 52, San Diego State 35.  One of the reasons Bronco QB Kellen Moore is so successful is RB Doug Martin, who has 36 carries for 129 yards in this W over SDSU.  Aztecs keep pace statistically, as QB Ryan Lindley has more attempts and completions and only 16 fewer yards.  Evidently State head coach Rocky Long is in the bar, watching a completely different game, as he remarks, "The only thing that I saw positive about tonight was that our team showed ability to hang in there when things were going as bad as they can possibly go." His halftime speech must have been a doozie, after describing his team's first quarter play with the "They can't go any worse than that."

Parting shots:

• Will consider dropping new "Qwik Piks" feature, after correctly picking only two winnahs.  Or maybe just pick better games.
• National Championship Game Everybody Wants To See But Won't:  LSU vs. Oklahoma State.
• National Championship Game We'll Probably See But Don't Want To:  LSU vs. Alabama (again).
• Scenario In Which Boise State Can Still Play In The BCS Championship Game:  LSU and/or Arkansas loses one of its last two games, Oke State loses to Oklahoma, Virginia Tech loses to Virginia, AND Stanford loses to Notre Dame.  That would leave the Broncos to challenge the one-loss Crimson Tide.  Hey, it could happen...