What we know about the WAC so far...

Now that Boise State finally wrapped up their game against Virginia Tech, here's what we can halfway definitively say about the WAC so far.

Boise State is going to be in the news for a while. Now that they finally beat Virginia Tech, expect a fair amount of news about Boise State possibly playing in the national championship, along with considerable analysis about how they have to beat everyone in the WAC (yes, including us) by at least 30 to get there. Of course, I personally think everyone's forgetting that Oregon State is still on their schedule, and Oregon State has the rather nasty habit of beating national championship contenders at inopportune times. Plus, TCU is also undefeated and they play in a significantly stronger conference - honestly, if Boise State and TCU both go undefeated, with TCU blasting through BYU, Utah, Air Force, along with Baylor and SMU, do you really think Boise State is going to get the nod?

Well, after beating Virginia Tech, they might...

Interestingly, the WAC performed quite well in its first week. Not only did Boise State defeat Virginia Tech, Fresno State took care of business against Cincinnati with a combination of sweltering Fresno heat and a pretty decent air attack. Luckily, Fresno is rather temperate by mid-November, which is when we'll be playing them; unfortunately, we have to play Fresno on their turf this year.

Meanwhile, Utah State proved that Oklahoma is terrible the first week of the year, something which BYU happily illustrated last year after injuring Sam Bradford. Unfortunately, this time it was Utah State that received a ton of injuries, losing their top running back and wide receiver. Don't expect to hear from them again.

Speaking of WAC teams performing abnormally well against superior competition, Hawaii kept things nice and interesting against USC's freshmen. Don't read too much into that score - Hawaii undoubtedly has a better offense than they had last year, but USC is trying desperately to develop depth and experience when and where they have the opportunity to do so. Given a choice between getting the second- and third-stringers up to speed and putting up style points against anyone, expect USC to veer toward experience each and every time.

Idaho showed the world how to properly handle a North Dakota football team. Meanwhile, Kansas showed the world precisely how not to handle a North Dakota football team. It's not very often we get to say this, but the WAC now has a better record against North Dakota football teams than the Big 12. Go WAC!

Louisiana Tech performed well against Grambling State. Though they're within brief driving distance of each other, they never played each other before. Yes, this means Grambling played us before they played their neighbors. If that doesn't sum up the Louisiana Tech football program, I don't know what does.

New Mexico State started their season on what passes for a winning note in Las Cruces. That's right - they had a bye last week.

San Jose State got a paycheck and a fairly sparse injury report. Since they played Alabama, that's pretty much "mission accomplished" for the Spartans.

As for us... well, we won. The bigger question is how well we'll do against Colorado State on Saturday. Between you, me, and the rest of the Internet, if I had to put money on this game, I'd put it on Colorado State and the points. Though I won't complain if we win by 22+, that wouldn't exactly fit into our series history with them, including last year's rather miserable and turnover-prone debacle in Fort Collins. Coincidentally, that was Colorado State's last win.