Red-hot teams.
Blue turf.
The stage could not be brighter when Utah State and Boise State meet to determine half the Mountain West championship game matchup.
No. 21 Utah State (10-1, 7-0 MWC Mountain) has won a school-record 10 in a row, tied with Michigan for the fifth-longest streak in the FBS, and the Aggies have run the table since falling at Michigan State on opening day.
No. 23 Boise State (9-2, 6-1) has won six straight since opening conference play with a loss to San Diego State, and with a victory would win the head-to-head tiebreaker against the Aggies and advance to the league title game Dec.