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Las Vegas Bowl Result:

Arizona 31, BYU 21

Las Vegas Bowl Summary: This is why I love college football, folks. Going into the game, no one was sure how it would end up, but everyone was certain of one thing: these teams were going to fight. And they were right. Arizona quarterback Willie Tuitama, who has been flying under the radar, had an amazing game. The best part? The very last play of the game was a 3-yard flip to Arizona’s Mike Thomas. With that pass, he set the Pac-10 career receptions record. BYU could have made that pass difficult to been offended of a passing play at the last minute…but the were good sports, celebrating in Thomas’ record as much as everyone else. Arizona didn’t play perfectly, and there were definitely some questionable review calls, but overall, what a great bowl.

Overall Records: Arizona 8-5, BYU 10-3

Read more about the Las Vegas Bowl:

• The Las Vegas Bowl from A to Z at The Las Vegas Sun
• The Barker’s Journey: Las Vegas Bowl Trip at The Barker’s Journey
• Arizona Beats Byu In Las Vegas Bowl at beRecruited
• Las Vegas Bowl: Lack of execution stings at the Salt Lake Tribune

Got a link or opinion of the game? Leave a comment below!

Picture via Newscom.

I can’t watch every game, and there are tons not on TV every week. So, instead of blogging about every game, I’ll link you to the people who are talking about it (by conference). If I missed your link, leave a comment!

#8 Utah 13, #12 TCU 10

• Utah vs. TCU at Kopp Stop
• Utah-TCU Blackout Cake at A Bountiful Kitchen (ok, not really football…but mmm cake)
• Other coaches give their thoughts on Utah-TCU at Utes Fooball

Wyoming 13, Tennessee 7

• Dougherty’s Diatribe Post Mushroom Cloud at VolNation
• Fulmer, Vols Crying Some More Fulmer, Vols Crying Some More
• Wyoming Topples Tennessee, 13-7 at MWC Football News

#15 BYU 41, San Diego State 12

• BYU Cougars v. San Diego State Aztecs at Helen
• BYU report card vs. San Diego State at Real Football 365

Air Force 38, Colorado State 17

• Air Force defeats Rams, 38-17 at Colorado State Rams News

UNLV 27, New Mexico 20

• UNLV Tops New Mexico, 27-20 at UNLV Football News

Other conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mid-American, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

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I can’t watch every game, and there are tons not on TV every week. So, instead of blogging about every game, I’ll link you to the people who are talking about it (by conference). If I missed your link, leave a comment!

Air Force 16, Army 7

• How do they get the A’s in there? at The Pinetar Rag
• Army - Air Force Football. Nov. 1, 2008. at Chet Gordon’s Blog
• In-Game Football Blog: Army vs. Air Force at Army Headline News

Wyoming 35, San Diego State 10

• SDSU Football Postgame Notes vs. Wyoming at San Diego State Aztecs News

#20 BYU 45, Colorado State 42

• Highlights & Lowlights: Colorado State at Cougar Crazies
• BYU escapes Hughes with 45-42 victory over Rams at Colorado State Rams News

#13 TCU 44, UNLV 14

• TCU 44, UNLV 14 at The Purple Wimple
• Brutal at Rebel SportsCast

#10 Utah 13, New Mexico 10

• Utah 13, New Mexico 10 at Lurp’s Lounge
• No. 10 Utah Edges New Mexico, 13-10 at MWC Football News

Other conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mid-American, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

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Air Force 23, New Mexico 10

• Guys Behind the Guy at Air Force

#21 BYU 42, UNLV 3

• BYU beat UNLV… therefore, what? at From the Frozen Wasteland
• BYU vs UNLV at Scott G. Winterton
• BYU football: UNLV unstoppable - until it counts the most at BYU Cougars

#14 TCU 54, Wyoming 7

• No. 14 TCU 54, Wyoming 7 at Sports Snipe
• TCU Pounds Wyoming, 54-7 at TCU Football News

Colorado State 38, San Diego State 34

• Rams Defeat San Diego State at CSU Football

Other conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mid-American, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

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I can’t watch every game, and there are tons not on TV every week. So, instead of blogging about every game, I’ll link you to the people who are talking about it (by conference). If I missed your link, leave a comment!

TCU 32, #9 BYU 7

• BYU gets sacked by TCU at Josh’s Sports Blog
• BYU vs. TCU Game at Matt and Amy Kohler
• TCU ends BYU’s 16-game win streak at The Wenatchee World

#14 Utah 49, Colorado State 16

• Utah 49, Colorado State 16 at Playing fro Pride
• Utah’s offense explodes in victory over Colorado State at Block U
• Utah v. Colorado State Live Blog at The Fan Utah’s Super Sports Network

New Mexico 70, San Diego State 7

• Ferguson Leads Lobos in Rout of San Diego State at New Mexico Football News

Air Force 29, UNLV 28

• Air Force Falls At UNLV, 4-0 at Air Force Falcons News

Other conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mid-American, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC 

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I can’t watch every game, and there are tons not on TV every week. So, instead of blogging about every game, I’ll link you to the people who are talking about it (by conference). If I missed your link, leave a comment!

Air Force against San Diego State

• San Diego State Review at Air Force Academy Sports Blog

#8 BYU against New Mexico

• No. 9 BYU Tops New Mexico at New Mexico Lobos News
• BYU Cougars: Post-game report card vs. New Mexico Lobos at BYU Cougars Football News

Colorado State against TCU

• TCU Tops Colorado State, 13-7 at TCU Football News

#14 Utah against Wyoming

• Utes’ offense stop and go at Utes Football
• Cougars remain at No. 8 in coaches’ poll at BYU Cougars

(UNLV did not play)

Other conferences: ACC, Big 12, Big East, Big Ten, Conference USA, Independents, Mid-American, Mountain West, Pac-10, SEC, Sun Belt, WAC

Right not, the Internets (or, as I like to call it, the tubes) are all ablaze about the excessive celebration call at the end of the BYU game.

You can read about it here. And here. And here (linked removed, since I accidentally linked to idiots, see comments) and here and here and here and a million other places. Frankly, I’m just sick of creating links.

The call sucked. Washington Quarterback Jake Locker, in the last play of the game, scored a tying touchdown, and through the ball in the air as he jumped with his teammates. It wasn’t an “in your face” gesture. He probably wasn’t even aware he had thrown the ball instead of “placed” it on the ground. Everyone, from the lowly blogger to the guys on Sport Center agree that the rule is stupid and the officials were wrong.

When they kicked for the extra point, it was blocked, and they ultimately lost the game.

In case you missed it, here are the game highlights:

Guess what?

IT DOESN’T MATTER.

This call didn’t lose the game. Had the kicker been just short or had they tried a two-point conversion and fell short, you could site the 15-yard penalty as the reason the game was ultimately lost.

The game was lost, though, because the kick was BLOCKED. That would have happened had they not had the 15 extra yards. It didn’t matter, so forums filled with angry comments and ESPN reader mail, and all of that other bullshit…it doesn’t matter! They would have lost anyway.

So stop bitching about it.

That is all.

Are you gearing up to the first game of the season? Most teams have announced who they’re playing, when, and where…so here’s a little list of the Mountain West games taking place during Week One - I’ll give you another update closer to that time!

Mountain West Games during Week One - Thursday, August 28 - Monday, September 1 (times are all EST)

Air Force hosting Southern Utah: Saturday at 2:00 PM
BYU hosting Northern Iowa: Saturday at 6:00 PM
Colorado State @ Colorado: Sunday at 7:30 PM
New Mexico hosting TCU: Saturday at 6:00 PM
San Diego State hosting Cal Poly: Saturday at 9:30 PM
UNLV hosting Utah State: Saturday at 10:00 PM
Utah @ Michigan: Saturday, time TBA
Wyoming hosting Ohio: Saturday at 2:00 PM

I’ve been suspiciously silent about bowl results so far (chalk it up to lack of interest in any of them that have been player already)…but it’s hard to not mention last nights BYU-UCLA game. I picked #17 BYU (11-2) to win, but was pleasantly surprised by UCLA (6-7). They held their own and almost came away with the upset.

Key word there being almost.

Final score: #17 BYU 17, UCLA 16

Really, the match-up was a strange one. UCLA played up their strength, with players like Chris Markey, who ran for over 100 yards. With their top seed quarterbacks both on the sidelines, they knew that, for them, this would be a rushing game. They had 162 rushing yards total to BYU’s 34.

Because BYU wasn’t about to make it a game lacking quarterbacks, with Matt Hall, their sophomore leader, passing for 231 yards. In the first half, it didn’t look like UCLA was ever going to throw the ball, but their walk-on quarterback, McLeod Bethel-Thompson held his own in the second half. Or, at least, he tried to.

Really, though, this was a game about defense. The game-winning play wasn’t a rally by BYU’s offense, but rather a stop on a last-second field goal attempt. UCLA drove the ball 87 yards in that last two minutes and it looks like maybe, just maybe, they were going to pull it off. It was all up to kicker Kai Fobath.

And Fobath’s attempt would have been good, had it been just slightly higher. It was low enough for Eathyn Manumaleuna to tap the ball with his fingertips, saving the Cougars and bringing up that 10th straight win for BYU.

Excellent, excellent game…this is why Bowl Season is the best season of the year!

AP Photo/Sam Morris