WSU Game Day Thread: Wildcats Go On the Road Against Montana State

Northern Utah Gridiron Double Header: Weber State faces its second straight Top 15 battle to keep its playoff hopes alive; BCS #5 Utah squares off against #3 TCU with a possible BCS national championship game on the line

1) The WSU Wildcats are back on the road this afternoon, where they'll face Montana State University in Bozemen's Bobcat Stadium at high noon. Coach Mac's revamped WSU offense is on a three game winning roll; and today's gridiron contest is another must win situation for our WSU team that's aiming for a third straight Football Championship Subdivision playoff bid.

Here's the pre-game setup from the Standard-Examiner:

• Wildcats battling for Big Sky playoff bid

The Bobcats' home town paper, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle, has a few words on this topic too:

• Surging or sinking?

Once again, audio and video webcasts are available for WSU fans who couldn't travel to Bozeman this weekend:

• KLO Radio
• Big Sky TV

2) And don't forget this afternoon's other big game, TCU v. Utah, which will be audio broadcasted over the airwaves the old-fashioned way via ESPN700 Radio (formerly KALL 700, and telecast in Weber County on Comcast cable channel 269 (CBS-C):

• ‘National championship’ atmosphere surrounds Utah-TCU clash

ESPN's College Gameday is in town; and with nationally ranked powerhouse # 3 TCU squaring off against # 5 Utah in Rice-Eccles Stadium @ 1:30 p.m., we're sure even diehard WSU football fans will be flipping back and forth between these two key gridiron battles:

Graphic via the Standard-Examiner

We'll keep the lower comments section open for football fans who'd like to discuss either game.

Update 11/6/10 7:30 p.m.: Final, final... MSU 24, WSU 10... TCU47, Utah 7.

WSU suffered a convincing defeat after a late MSU rally:

• Wildcats blow lead in fourth, fall to MSU

Utah got its ass royally kicked from the "get go":

• No. 4 TCU blasts No. 6 Utah 47-7