Utah State 41 — New Mexico State 7
Guess which of these schools is in the middle of facilities upgrades and will be joining the Mountain West next season? Utah State became bowl eligible Saturday with a 34-point pounding of the Aggies at Romney Stadium.
Chuckie Keeton continues his tear with 257 passing yards on 16-26 attempts with two touchdowns. The Aggies have scored at least 30 points in all five mid-major competitions this season. The Aggies even dropped 27 against Pac-12 Utah in week 2.
The Aggies do the Texas two-step with UTSA and Texas State coming up, likely to set up a massive WAC match-up at La. Tech on Nov. 17. Utah State could be 8-2 heading in to the match-up, with La. Tech likely to be 9-1.
San Jose State 52 — Texas-San Antonio 24
The roadrunners of Texas-San Antonio competed with San Jose State statistically on offense, but the Spartans turned this in to a blowout thanks to six UTSA turnovers, offensive efficiency and dominating special teams.
The roadrunners allowed San Jose State quarterback David Fales to amass a 10.7 yards-per-pass average en route to the blowout. Games where one team is continually forcing turnovers and dominating special teams is a good example of the superior depth and talent teams like San Jose State have over the building UTSA program still making the transition to full FBS status.
UTSA just doesn’t have the depth to compete or fight its way back in to the game. With games against Idaho, Texas State and New Mexico State left, it is likely that San Jose State will attain bowl eligibility for the first time since 2008, though the Spartans haven’t played in a bowl since 2006.