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I know I am not the only one that is sick of BYU playing in Vegas, and I know that it won’t be official until tomorrow, but we all know what is going to happen. Honestly, I could probably live with it if the Pac-10 could send a decent team, but no, we will either be stuck with a 6-6 Arizona St, or what appears to be the case, a weak Arizona at 7-5.

I realize that the game will sell out thanks to BYU, but don’t they want a compelling game at least? Apparently not as they have let Cal, the number 4 Pac-10 team get away because another bowl wanted a local team. So we get stuck with a crap team instead of a decent matchup.

How can the MWC allow their teams to get screwed out of decent competition? The Bowl is only concerend about money, but the conference should be concerned about showcasing their teams, and playing a team that is barely bowl eligible, even if they are from a BCS conference, does nothing for gaining credibilty.

We had a good year for the most part, and it will likely end with a win over a third Pac-10 team, but what good is it to bust your butts all year to end up with little to no national respect. If the Mountain West wants to be taken more seriously they need to get in some better bowl contracts where the competition will be better, and the teams will have something more to play for. Until that happens, they will continue to be looked down upon, and be forced to play inferior opponents.

While it was not necessarily the same game as the last few in terms of individual results, the team result was the same and ultimately that is what really matters.

Utah State figured to be the biggest test of the year to this point, and they did not disappoint. BYU had every opportunity to run away with this one, but Utah State refused to go away. They kept fighting and took it to the wire.

Luckily for BYU they are a team and not a one man show, because the one man show known as Lee Cummard was not very good tonight. He would be the first to tell you that it is the team that matters, but it is stupid to think he wouldn’t be bothered by such a poor outing.

The major upside of Lee is that even if he isn’t contributing with stats, he is still the leader of the team and will get them all going. In past years if the team leader sturggled the whole team struggled. It seems to me that this year they are much better at stepping up and making something happen when one guy is off.

It helps that this team has a lot more weapons than they did in the past. On any given night almost any of the top 6 could go out and drop 20 points. That is a huge advantage to have. Much the same way that the football team had many options and was difficult to shut down, this team can go in a lot of different directions and be successful.

It is this blanace, and team effort that give me confidence that this year can be different and they can actually win a game or two in March. We should know a lot better about how likely that is after Jan 3 when Wake Forest comes to Provo. I will even be in town, unfortunately I have a prior family engagement, what can you do?