New Mexico Bowl Review

Beware of the man crush.

Colin Kaepernick IS going to be a great college quarterback over the next 3 years. He's going to win more than he loses, but it was not meant to be last night. At all, whatsoever.....

New Mexico even recieved the blow of having their team MVP, leading rusher and 3rd leading reciever declared acacdemically ineligable right before the game. They're all one player, and Rodney Ferguson was not missed. I guess Rocky Long is the Mountain West version of Mike Shanahan, becasue it seems to be the system not the back recently. Paul Baker, like Ferguson and Dontrell Moore before him, stepped in and promtly ran for 167 yards and caught another 2 passes for 42 yards and although he never reached pay-dirt, he took alot of pressure off Donovan Porterie.

Nevada was simply overmatched. I should've saw that coming. They had no playmakers on defense especially in the secondary and the game could've eaily been by a forty point margin. The Nevada offensive line was perplexed by the mutiple looks and stunts thrown their way, and Kaepernick seemed flustered all night long, although he never turned the ball over to his credit.

MY GRADES:

UNDER THE RADAR-
The WAC (and whack) Wes Welker-Tim Dwight lovechild had no impact on the game, much like the rest of his teammates. 2 catches for 19 yards. No sir.
Porterie on the other hand had an outstanding game. He threw for 354yards, a couple of tds but only one pick. He never had to outshine Rodney Ferguson, as Ferguson didn't play. But he did make al the throws, albeit against a very poor showing by a Nevada secondary, and was the most productive passer in the game.
B-

MVP-
Kap had a bad game. Not terrible, but his defense and line didn't do him any favors. He didn't turn the ball over, but couldn't get it going on the ground either and overthrew the aforementioed McCoy on a wide open td in the 1st quarter that could've given Nevada some much needed momentum. Did it really matter in the end? No, New Mexico's defense gave Nevada fits from all angles.
F

FINAL SCORE-
Prediction: Nevada 37, New Mexico 34
Actual Score: Nevada 0, New Mexico, 23
F

OVERALL GRADE: D (worst game by far, congrats to the Lobos and Rocky Long)

For Bowl Season-
Straight Up: 3-1
Against the Spread: 1-3
Over/Under: 2-2