Pumphrey had a great game. 4 touchdowns and 167 yards rushing. Truly outstanding. The offense rolled for 466 yards. But, Kaehler continues to look less than sharp. 16/27/0 reads well enough, but I find anemic the 209 yards passing. Only one sack was well done on behalf of the offensive line. The Aztec front five did a fine job dominating the Rebels. Just ask Pumphrey.
The UNLV qb throwing for 346 yards was living proof the last 5 of the Aztec defense having a collective bad game. I know I’m in full complaint mode, but I found disappointing the 6/14 third down conversions and the 2/2 fourth down efforts. UNLV is a bad football team. The Aztec defense should not hand out second chances. However, sacking the UNLV qb on 6 separate occasions was impressive. Alex Barrett especially so.
1-0 in conference play. Candidly, the fact that Fresno State had such a hard time defeating UNM displays real opportunity for SDSU to take the West. Boise losing to Air Force means the Mountain division is a likely free for all. If the Aztecs can remain undefeated at home and at the very least split the road games that means a 6-2 MWC record. Three of the next four games are on the road (at Fresno, at UNM, Hawaii at the Q followed by a trip to Reno). Taking two of those three road games is more than possible.
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