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Show Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 Page 9 StatesmanSpOrtS OPINION Breaking down the WAC: Championship edition And here it is, the game to end all games — or at least in the Western Athletic Conference. But we'll get to that later. Mexico State, which would be fine if they played a BCS schedule instead of a WAC schedule. Idaho has been outscored 94-26 in its last two games. No offense to UTSA, but they would win this game even if they were a wannabe-FCS team that just made the jump up to play FBS. Oh wait — they are. UTSA at Idaho Is it getting a little old seeing us pick against Idaho week after week? We hope not, because you're getting a healthy dose of it again today. We cannot emphasize enough just how bad the Vandals are and we don't care if they hear it. The only team they've beaten is New one of those times, we still think the Spartans are going to win. Granted, the final score last week showed the Cougars have any semblance of an offense, but don't forget: They played Idaho. BYU won't be able to move the ball this week, and the only way the Cougars will win is if they sack David Fales more times than Utah State did in its 49-27 win in San Jose, Calif. picking We're the Spartans' 8-2 record over BYU's 6-4, but we would have done it even if the Brigham Young at San Jose State There are times when we pick against BYU just to piss people off. While this is also Cougars were undefeated — like that will ever happen. Texas State at Navy The Bobcats are a meager 3-6 while the Midshipmen are already bowl eligible, but did you see Texas State put up 55 points on La. Tech? They matched the Bulldogs score for score and lost by a touchdown. Granted, La. Tech has as much defense as BYU has offense — looking at you, Riley Nelson — so Texas State's high-scoring affair is slightly diminished. Even still, Navy hasn't beaten anyone of consequence. Even though the game is at Navy Memorial Stadium, we're going to pick Texas State. Utah State at No. 19 Louisiana Tech Here it is, the game to end all games — or at least the game to determine WAC dominance this season. We should have saved the best for last, but we don't mind if you stop reading here *See BREAKING, Page 11 CHAMPS: Utah State earns victory on senior night over Bobcats OFrom page 7 We used what got us the lead ing into sole possession of 10th place all-time. "It gives me something to look back on when I'm old," Sorensen said. "It just means that I've been here a long time and that I've been able to play and get some kills. It's cool." Sorensen finished the night tied for ninth place all-time after finishing with 10 kills, and the Aggies went up two sets to none with a strong finish for the second-consecutive set. Trailing by three midway through the second set, sophomore libero Ashlan Rogers reeled off three service aces and nearly had a fourth as part of a 4-0 run to give the Aggies a 17-16 lead. USU finished the set with a 16-5 run. "We knew it was going to be an emotional night," White said. "We knew we needed to come out and feed off of those emotions and use them for positive things. We were able to do that. We did a good job of coming together and not paying attention to the score. in the first place and got the lead back." It was the 16th time this season USU won the first two sets, and the Aggies improved to 15-1 in those matches after an action-packed third set. Emotions flared early in the set after a series of events sparked by a disputed call led to a red card for Texas State's head coach. The turn of events put the Aggies up 3-2 instead of down, and the they capitalized with a 4-0 run for a 6-2 lead they never relinquished. "I was nervous coming in because I get super emotional, so I was like 'I'm going to be crying and they're going to be serving and it's just going to be a disaster,"' White said. "So it feels good to be able to come together. We didn't just win, but we played well as a team. It felt right, it felt good." All three seniors saw significant playing time and played a major role in the outcome. After all was said and done, the trio of Sorensen, White and Hargrove had the opportunity to light the "A" atop the Old Main tower blue. "That was fun, it was cool," Hargrove said. "It's exciting that we won obviously or it probably would have been a different story. It was bittersweet. It was exciting that the team was able to get up so I could go in and set." With the win, Utah State concluded the regular season at 20-8 overall, including a 15-3 mark in conference play. The top-seeded Aggies will begin postseason play against the No. 8 seed in the WAC Tournament, either Seattle or UT-Arlington, after a firstround bye on Monday, Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. "It was definitely an emotional roller coaster," Sorensen said. "It's sad because it's our last game in the Spectrum, but we have to stay focused because we have the tournament coming up and we want to go and win that. 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