Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, Utah State (8-4, 7-1 MW) and No.23 Fresno State (10-1, 7-1 MW) go head-to-head live from Bulldog Stadium in California. The game can be live streamed here. Utah fans can hear all the action on KNVU 610 while Fresno State fans can do the same on KMJ 580.
Fresno State saw its bid for an undefeated season and BCS bowl appearance come to an end last week but still has plenty to play for when they host red-hot Utah State in the first Mountain West championship game.
Fresno State won its first 10 games and outscored opponents by an average of 19.8 points en route to its West Division championship before falling 62-52 at San Jose State last Friday.
Quarterback Derek Carr threw for 519 passing yards and six touchdowns in the loss but was damned by a fourth quarter interception. Carr is 388-for-552 (70.3%) for 4,467 yards with an astounding 45 touchdowns and five picks.
"Put the blame on me for the offense. You guys want to praise me when it's good -- Heisman this and all this. Blame me for the loss. I need to do a better job to help my team win," Carr told ESPN after the loss. "We wanted it bad. If you don't want to do your very best, to play in a BCS bowl game then you shouldn't be playing college football."
Fresno State has taken five straight and eight of nine from Utah State heading into tonight's matchup.
"Guys are tore up, as well they should be," Carr told the school's official website. "This will be easier to put (behind us) because we are playing for our No. 1 goal, and that's a conference championship. It's so hard to win every game, it really is."
The Bulldogs will try to tie a school record with their 11th win and are 12-0 at home since the start of last season.
"When you have the type of season we were having -- we are having -- it's rough but we still got bigger goals ahead of us," star wide receiver Davante Adams, told ESPN. "Obviously coming into the season our goal was to win the conference championship, so we still got that ahead of us."
Adams leads the country with 22 touchdown receptions while he also has 113 catches for 1,477 yards.
The Aggies are excited for the challenge.
"We'll get their very best shot and they'll get our very best shot," said Aggies coach Matt Wells, whose team has won five straight, according to ESPN. "Our defense has a major challenge on our hands. That will be a huge part of the game -- the No. 1 offense in the Mountain West against the No. 1 defense in the Mountain West."
The Mountain West championship is on the line when Utah State and Fresno State hit the field tonight.
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