The Go Cougs Blog

Week 2 of the season has wrapped up and Pac12 teams had a pretty good week overall. Teams are starting to settle into who they will be for the rest of the season, but that is not to say there has not been some big moves in the power rankings this week (looking at you Fresno State!).  Texas State (#1 last week) Texas State maintains its spot at number 1 this week after beating rival UTSA 43-36. While any rival win is a good win regardless of the score there has to be some concern about the Texas State defense. Allowing 27 points to Eastern Michigan and then 36 points to UTSA is not a great way for the defense to start the year. Texas State has a massive game against ASU next week, a win could put them in contention to win at least 10 games this season.  Boise State (#2 last week) This was a game where you just felt Boise State had to send a message after losing to USF in week 1. The USF loss aged pretty well however after USF went into UF and came home with a win. Boise State b...

WSU Football beat future Pac12 foe SDSU 36-13 on Saturday night to improve to 2-0 in the Jimmy Rogers era! The Cougs looked like a much improved team this week after squeaking past Idaho in week 1. Below are some of my key takeaways from last night's game.  The Run Game Was Much Improved  After WSU rushed for just 3 yards against FCS opponent Idaho last week there were rightfully a lot of concerns about the O-line and the run game. WSU put a lot of those fears to rest against SDSU rushing for 139 yards this week. The O-line is also yet to allow a sack this year! Kirby Vorhees and Angel Johnson also looked a lot more patient in the run game waiting for holes to open up. Leo Pulalasi also got more touches than he did in week 1 and he rushed for 30 yards on just 5 carries.  Coming into the game the SDSU D-line was seen as a big test for the Cougs O-line. I would say the Cougs passed the test with flying colors, and you have to be feeling more confident about the next 10 game...

Week 1 of college football is in the books and wow was it an interesting week for future Pac12 schools. In all transparency this week's rankings will be pretty reactionary based on what we saw in week 1. The teams I had in my top 3 heading into the season (BSU, OSU and WSU) did not look great in week 1 leaving room for some teams to jump ahead of them.  Texas State (#7 last week)  Texas State had the most impressive win of week 1 for any Pac12 school. They destroyed Eastern Michigan by a score of 52-27. While the offense looked unstoppable, definitely some room for improvement on the defensive side of the ball. Texas State has a huge rivalry game against rival UTSA this week but with a win over UTSA Texas should be on its way to at least an 8+ win season.  Boise State (#1 last week)  Boise State only drops one spot after a tough defeat against USF. While Boise State certainly didn't look great I am willing to give them another week to figure it out. A cross country g...