Info: It’s year 2 with Coach Williams at the helm. You could say year 1 went pretty well. He started off his first collegiate season on a 9 game win streak. That’s no easy task with any team let alone with Western Michigan. WMU is, sorry I meant WAS looked at as one of the bottom 15 teams in the nation. Not anymore since their 9 game win streak that consisted of their first MAC Championship in 11 years and a big bowl win to top it all off. This year they get 4 very key pieces back to try for back to back MAC Champions.

Defense – C+ : Key piece number 1 would be their 2 All-NCAA defensive studs. Shane Henley was the lead sack leader with 13.5 sacks which was also good for 3rd in the entire nation. He will be a senior this year. Joe Austin is the second key. He’s had a storied career so far at WMU. He was a Freshman All-American after being redshirted. His sophomore season was even better. He led the entire nation in INT’s with 9. Austin was a big key in keeping the Bronco’s defense together with Henley disrupting the quarterback.

Offense – B : On the offensive side they get back Senior QB Lee Holiday. Holiday had his best year yet so far. He led the nation in completions and yards passed. He was in the top 3 in TD/INT ratio with 32/5. He was helped by All-Mac RB Dave Myers. Myers led the nation in TD runs with 20. Holiday has also Eric Montgomery for a target who won an Freshman All-American award at wide out.

Projection: 11-3 (MAC Champions, Bowl Loss) : Experts predict yet another stellar year from WMU and Joesph Williams. We’ve heard projections from 10-4 to a perfect 13-1. Over 90% of the experts think that they will win MAC-West easily. The big test will be 3 road games in a row. First up would be against a rebuilding Oregon State. They’re not to be overlooked because of they’re at home. Next would be against Colorado. CU went 3-9 last year and don’t look to do much better. The last game would be the last team to beat WMU last year, UConn. UConn was beat WMU last year and following the loss Western hired Williams and fired Cubit. It turned out to be a great move so far. After those 3 hard games the next test will be in the MAC Championship game. Many predict a rematch of last year’s thriller against OHIO. Depending on those 4 games WMU could have their best season yet.

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The 3rd Quarter started off fast, and stayed fast for the Boise State Broncos. The Broncos drove down the field in just 50 seconds that led to a 17 Yard Pass from Al Schneider to Corey Woods. The game was now going back into the Broncos favor with a 21-14 score All the Rams could do the next drive was manage a long 48 yard field goal to make it 24-14. A developing story was that of the injuries of the 2 star players on both teams. T.J. Neal of the Broncos suffered an injury early and so did James Graves. Both were sorely missed throught the game that might have gone a different way if either were in. Late in the 3rd the Broncos drove and again resulted in a Passing TD from Al Schneider that ended the 3rd with the score 24-21. This game was gaining huge hype throughout and this 4th quarter was building up as one for the ages.

The 4th quarter is the point that most powerhouse teams show their dominance in a close game against a much lesser school. The 4th started off like this with 2 field goals from Boise State to make the game 27-24 with 5 minutes and 20 seconds left. CSU was given the tough task to drive the field and score atleast a field goal, but had to wind the clock down at the same time. It woudl be an easy task if they weren't going up against the best run defense in the nation. The next drive decided CSU's fate and was one of the most nerve racking and conterversal drives in reecnt memory.

The last Colorado State drive featured a 3 minute and 7 second drive that seemed to take ages. CSU had 2 3rd downs and one 4th down that became a controaversial matter. On 4th and 5 on the Broncos 17, CSU lined up to kick a field goal. After 2 timouts from Boise the Rams finally got a chance to kick it. Except it wasn't meant to end like this for it was a offsieds penalty from Boise State that made it now 4th and inches. The question was for the Rams to go for it, or go for the tie. Johnny Fudd decided that they hadn't came this far to possibly lose in over time so he decided to do his best to end it right here. The 4th and inches conversion was sucessful with a FB dive and then followed up a 8 yard TD run from backup RB Dan Fugua. Score was 31-27 CSU rams with a little less than a minute and 27 seconds left.

In the second half Boise had no trouble driving the field quickly and it showed on their last possesion. The Broncos drove quickly down the field. It looked like trouble for a tired CSU defense that showed that they couldn't stop them. Then it all came down to one play. After 3 straight failed completions from Al Schneider, the Broncos were facing a 4th and 10 at the Rams 34. Colorado State was up by 4 so a field goal was out of the question. There was one thing that CSU couldn't do all day and that was get pressure on the quaterback. Boise lined up in shotgun with 4 WR across. The next play Al Schneider rolled out to the left to avoid the rush. With no one open he desperatly threw a ill advised throw. Ite actually was caught, just in the wrong hands of FS Mike Vinson of the Colorado State Rams. The 64 home game winning streak of the Boise State Broncos on the Blue Turf was over. Their perfect home record against conference opponents was no more. The victors were the Colorado State Rams who fired their coach 2 games into the season and have been a cinderella story since. Will the Boise State Broncos bounce back and make it to the BCS Championship game, or will they have to wait yet another year. Will the cinderella Colorado State Rams finally make it to the big ball, or will they fall? Only time will tell.