O5 bowl picks Dec 24-

Yes, my hunches have been lame, but I'll keep rolling the fake dice.
Hawaii Bowl: #fresno (MWC)  D will do enough for a win over Houston (AAC).
Quick Lane: #uni  (MAC) has had a decent season , but Duke's O will rule the day.
Independence: #fsu D will dominate USM (CUSA)
Military: Surprised UVA got a bowl bid. #Navy will represent the AAC well in  35 -19 victory
Home Loans: New Mexico St wins it's last game as a Sunbelt member behind the rushing of Larry Rose. Theyll be an Independent 1A team next year, but I suspect a future move to the MWC.  NMST 40 Utah St 33
Liberty: Ferguson  throws a few TDs  for #memphis who'll represent the AAC well in a win over Iowa St.
Peach: #UCF (AAC) will score but  not enough against #Auburn . AUB 31 UCF 20
Merry Christmas
Dec 25: McMaryion threw for 341 yards and a TD  in #fresnost 33-27 win over Houston .  Fresno had a pick 6 ,and Houston blocked a FG and returned it for TD
Dec 27: Nailed the  Quick Lane Bowl as Daniel Jones  (27-40, 252 YDS, 2 TD) led Duke to a 36-14 win over NIU.
Dec 28: USM was up 6-0 early in the 1st quarter, but Blackman tossed 4 TDs and the Noles rolled to a 42-13 victory.
Dec 29: UVA returned the  opening kickoff for a TD then didn't score again, while Navy's QB Abey  attempted one pass but scored five rushing TD's in a 49-7 win. 
Dec 30:  #larryrose rushed for a the winning TD in OT to give NMST a 26-20 win over Utah St 26-20 in the battle of Aggies. BTW, NMST last bowl win was over Utah St in the 1960 Sun  Bowl. 5 for 5 so far in this block of games.
Dec 31:  Close game and no scoring in the 4th quarter. ISU 21 memphis 20.First incorrect pick in this blog. Nice game  A. Lazard10 REC, 142 YDS, 1 TD of Iowa St.
Jan 1: .Picked the last two wrong- 5-2  for this set. #UCF 34 AUB 27 . UCF QB #milton 's  (13 CAR, 116 YDS, 1 TD) (16-35, 242 YDS, 2 TD). Bg win for the #AAC .

April 18,2018

Maybe some investment in the #sunbowl, will spark the #Utep football program back to a bowl game in a few seasons? Sun Bowlwill get its first major renovation since 1982 with UTEP investing $10-15 million to add premium seating, install a new press box with luxury boxes and renovate the concourses throughout the stadium.
May 24, 2018
Another good move by the #sunbowl folks: The Sun Bowl game will be moved back to December 31st for the 85th edition of the with a 12 p.m (traditional time slot). Mountain Time kickoff on CBS.

6/7/18

#bama discovers the #MAC. #cmu open at #Bama Sept. 2, 2023, in what will serve as the season opener for both teams and the first matchup ever. Bama faces #kentst , who they defeated 48-0 in 2016,  in 2020

6/8/18

 Las Vegas Bowl will retain its partnership with the Pac-12 but will end its long-running alliance with the Mountain West Conference. In place of the #MWC, is looking to the SEC in 2020.

6/29/18

I mentioned this in a #MWC baseball blog a few months ago, and now #unlv football  introduced an all-you-can-eat ticket package.  For $79 you get tickets to UNLV’s games against UTEP (Sept. 8), Fresno State (Nov. 3) and Nevada (Nov. 24) and all the hot dogs, nachos, popcorn and soft drinks you can devour. I'm working on  my pre-season  prognostications.

6/30/18

I didn't say much about this when the news was released this spring but I wish CBS would go deeper in its  #cusa coverage. 

"Beginning with the 2018-19 season, CBS Sports Network will broadcast nine football games plus the C-USA Football Championship and eight men’s basketball games per year, as well as the C-USA men’s basketball championships semifinals and men’s and women’s basketball championship games"

7/4/18

Ok, I know #navy was an Independent not yet in the AAC  when  #JesseIwuji played football for them (2006-09)  and  now races in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series West. Props to him for  pulling a family from a burning vehicle on California I5.

7/12/18

#SunBelt will play an 8-game schedule, so each team will play all but one of  the conferences members, and the division winner with the highest CFP raning hosts the Sunbelt championship game. If no team is ranked, the tiebreaker move to the BCS standings.
EAST
Appalachian State
Coastal Carolina
Georgia Southern
Georgia State
Troy

WEST
Arkansas State
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
South Alabama
Texas State

7/16/18

Decent #sunbelt story : #nealBrown , #TroyU head coach , sent a 2017 Sunbelt championship ring to the family of #NathanHarris, a former Troy football player who died  in a motorcycle accident in Alabama two years ago.

7/17/18

#AntwanDixon , a 5-foot-8, 173-pounder who caught 26 passes for 355 yards and one touchdown for #KentState as a freshman in 2015, is returning to the gridiron after a successful bone marrow transplant Dixon received 14 months ago from his father Anthony Dixon

7/18/18

#BillMallory is the only one coach to win the #MAC at two different schools, #niu #miamiohio. Their future matchups will  be played for the Mallory Cup. Huskies hold a 9-8 edge in the series

7/20/18

 Tyre Brady, Marshall (CUSA)  & Trevon Brown, East Carolina (AAC) are two of a few O5 guys on the 2018 Biletnikoff Award watch list.

7/21/18

 #SunBelt named Arkansas St QB #JusticeHansen and #AppSt defensive back #CliftonDuck as their 2018 preseason offensive and defensive players of the year . I guess it's time to research and make my pre-season prognostications.

7/22/18

The John Mackey (one of my favorite Baltimore Colts) Award  pre-season list for TE. Mountain West (six) and Sun Belt (five)  AAC (4) and MAC (4)  CUSA(3) Here's a few: Bates (Boise), Becker (Miami O) Harrison (FAU).

7/25/18

#MWC championship football game will be hosted the team with the best conference winning percentage. The first tiebreaker will be head-to-head record. If the teams don't meet in the regular season, CFP rankings and computer rankings will determine the host.

7/26/18

MAC media poll  members think #ohio will win the  East and the league championship. They like #NIU in the West.

7/27/18

Navy (AAC) QB #MalcolmPerry , #McLaneMannix , Nevada (MWC), #IsaiahHarper , Old Dominion (CUSA) are among a few O5 players on the Paul Hornung List (Versatility). Hornung was a RB who threw passes at Kentucky high school, Notre Dame, and a great Green Bay Packer.

O5 bowl picks Dec 19-Dec 23

1) FAU (CUSA) gets a home bowl game and should have too much O for Akron (MAC).
2) DXL Bowl: Ben Hicks will a few TDs for an SMU (AAC) win over La Tech (CUSA)
3) Gasparillo Bowl: Who has more D? Toss a coin and Take FIU (CUSA), Butch's guys, to edge Temple (AAC).
4) Bahamas Bowl: #Erderly and the UAB Blazers will handle #ohio (MAC)
5) Spud Bowl: #joshallen helps his draft status and tosses a few TDs in a Wyoming (MWC) win over CMU (MAC)
6) Birmingham Bowl: Whoever scores last wins.Texas Tech 49 USF (AAC) 48
7) Armed forces Bowl: Torn on the this one-two solid rushing attacks> SDSU 19 Army 17
8) Dollar General Bowl: Appst hangs for 3 quarters with Toledo  who pulls away in the 4th. TOL 27 App 22

Dec 20

1) #Fau 50 #akron 3. Easy won for Owls Jason Driskel  (19-25, 270 YDS, 2 TD)
Devin Singletary  (26 CAR, 124 YDS, 3 TD) .Somehow, I doubt #Kiffin stays there for ten years.

Dec 21

Totally blew it on SMU who were down 42-10 at halftime. These two La Tech layers were solid #J'MarSmith  15-23, 216 YDS, 3 TD, #BostonScott  20 CAR, 110 YDS

dec22

choose opposite of me and you'll win. Temple 28 FIU 3. Temple QB #Nutile tossed for 258 yards and a TD.

dec 23

#ohio running game demolished the Blazers , but I finally got a hunch correct as #joshallen tossed 3 TDs for Wyoming in a 37-14 win over #cmu

Dec 24

Texas Tech crumbled late. Army was better than I guessed. Toledo didn't show up.
USF 38 TT 34. Army 42 SDSU 35 App St 34  TOL  0.
Two of eight correct in this blog

April 29, 2018

Is this a sign that #appst talent pool has weakened? App St first 2018 NFL draftee: Colby Gossett, a 6-foot-5, 311-pound guard , went in RD6 as the 213th overall pick, to the #Vikings.

O5 teams bowl games thru Dec 16, 2017

New Orleans Bowl: Mason Fine will toss a few TDs leading #northtexas (CUSA) to a  23 -21 win  #troy (Sunbelt)
Auto Nation Cure Bowl: #wku (CUSA) has too much offense for  the erratic Georgia St Sunbelt squad .WKU 31 Ga St 19
Las Vegas Bowl: #boisest  (MWC) doesn't have enough O to keep pace with the Oregon Ducks
New Mexico Bowl :#herd special teams have  been a major role in a decent CUSA season for Marshall (CUSA),  but look for #nickstevens to lead the CSU Rams (MWC) to a 30 20 win.
Camelia Bowl: A healthy Stocksill at QB  will lead #mtsu (Cusa)  to a 27-22 win over Arkansas St (Sunbelt)

Dec 17

If you went against my picks, you went 4-1 yesterday.
Stocksill was decent and #mtsu found enough D to slow down Hansen  for a 35-31 win over #arkst.
Now for my wrong selections.
Silvers  threw 4 TDs and Troy was too much for NTX from the start in a 50 -30 win
Manning threw a few TD and GA St D created a few turnover in a 27-17 win over WKU.
Rypien to Wilson show was key in the BSU win over Oregon
#keion davis rushed for a 141 yards and the #herd D survived a late comeback by Stevens and the CSU Rams. for a 31-28 win

Sunbelt on MAC 2017-18 hoops.

It's a two for one deal as I get my  the O5 hoop predictions wrapped up before Xmas:
SunBelt
UT-Arlington- I gravitate  to UTA every season. Hervey/Neal tandem leads the Mavs
Troy- Varnada  & Person lead a solid squad
Ga. Southern- C'mon a guy named Tookie leads the Eagles to third
Georgia St.- Simonds, an excellent PG , needs a scorer to assist.
Texas St.- King , Prijovic -who knows
UL Lafayette- Washing/Miller tandem anchor a strong frontcourt
S. Alabama-  Sikes may propel the Jags
Coast. Car.- Coach Cliff Ellis is still around and will rely heavily on  Guard Jaylen Shaw.
App. St.- Shabazz is averaging 22 PPG
UL-Monroe- Maybe Muinnings  raises his  15 PPG  to 20
Arkansas St.- Will Devin Simms step up?
Little Rock- Doesn't return a astarter

Mid-American
East
Bowling Green- Turner, Frye, and Caldwell have the Falcons off to a nice start.
Akron- Utomi 24 PPG  keeps the Zips in contention
Buffalo- Massinburg and Perkins are decent scorers.
Kent St.- Walker needs to flash more points than 18 PPG
Miami (Ohio) relies heavily on Adaway for points and assists.
Ohio- Balanced but mediocre scoring

West
Toledo- Fletcher and the Rockets soar
E. Michigan- ThompsonIV 16.4 PPG, 12.3 RBG is the key
W. Michigan- Wilder is the main dude 19 PPG
N. Illinois- German has  skills , will Bradley and Thorpe improve
Ball St.- No big time scorer.

C. Michigan Not enough scoring Chips

Jan 3: #ULL off to a 2-0 Sunbelt Conference start with wins over UALR & ARST.They had an early OOC win over #Iowa
Jan5-Tuned into the televised Akron/Toledo game last night and was underwhelmed by the shooting. Jaelan Sanford scored 22 points for Toledo in its win over Akron.
Jan 16 Sunbelt report
ULL 5-0 Bartley IV and Grant have been averaging about 16 PPG and face Texas State 5-1 led by #kevinhervey 20.4 PPG , 8;6 rbg on Jan 18
Georgia Southern 5-1.It remains  Tookie time for the Eagles.
Jan 17 MAC-time: #buffalo and #toledo are getting in gear.  Toledo(4-1 MAC) pounded Ohio 91-57 Fletcher had 18 points and Navigato and Sanford added 16 apiece as Toledo. Nick Perkins (26 PTS, 6 REB, 1 STL) led Buffalo (6-0 MAC) to a 91-57 blowout of NIU.
Jan 24: Bull run continues . Buffalo stays undefeated in MAC play with a 83-69 win  over EMU. 

Nike Sibande (22 PTS, 6 REB, 2 AST) lead Miami (OH) (11-9, 4-3 MAC) over CMU. Akron showed signs of life with a win over Ohio. #Niu seesaw season went up with blowout win over BGST. Kent St needed OT to beat Ball St. Toledo (6-1 MAC)  led by Sanford & Fletcher  edged WMU.

Jan 26: Marquetti scored 21 in the ULL (8-0) win over South Bama, TXSt (6-2) remains in the hunt with Nottingham's free throw with four seconds to goin a 62-61 win over Ga Southern. Simonds scored 29 points in Georgia St.(6-2)  81-75 win over UTA. TXST visits Ga St in a big matchupof second place teams Saturday Jan27.
Jan 31: How about Kent St roaring back to give Buffalo it's first loss in the MAC? Danny Pippen 
KENT - F (21 PTS, 13 REB, 1 STL). #kentst (6-3) is two games behind Buffalo (8-1) in the East.
Feb 3 : Massinburg scored 26, Buffalo Bulls corralle Western Michigan 92-86. #kentst visits bowling green  and tries to not lose ground to Buffalo in the MAC East race.
Feb 8  Sunbelt catch-up.  Surprised that #uta has slipped and TXST is hanging in there. The Georgia schools are hanging in there. what happened to #troy. good job undefeated #ULL
Louisiana 10-0
Georgia St. 9-2
Ga. Southern 7-4
Texas St.         7-5

UT-Arlington 6-6
Feb 9:  Session and  Simonds scored 22 points apiece as Georgia State gave ULL it's first conference loss. ULM knocked off Ga Southern with a late trey. #troy woke up and beat ark st. South Bama beat Ark LR
feb 14 MAC update: #buffalo #toledo keep winning but there's only one Dance ticket available
feb 17 MAC update:  #CJMassinburg had 24 points, 12 rebounds and five assists for #Buffalo who clinched MAC East with 95-82 win over Bowling Green
feb 28 #CJMaSSINBURG hit five treys for #buffalo in a win over Akron and are looking strong heading toward the MACT. Another strong contender is Toledo who got a triple double from Fletcher in last night's win over #NIU. Both teams are locks for two of the top four seeds which get  byes to the semi-finals. Kent St (9-8)  got a big win over Miami O(8-9)  in the race for final two bye slots. wmu(9-8) beat emu(10-7). Ball St (10-7) lost to CMU
Sunbelt update-Back from my nap. #ULL (26-4, 16-1) keeps rolling along with solid efforts from Frank Bartley IV  (18 points) and Bryce Washington (15 points) in last night's win over #arkst. ULM 48 ARK-LR 44. Game was 19-18 at the half.. Maybe the Georgia schools , GST or GSouthern can steal the Dance ticket  by winning the Sunbelt T, but  I don't see it.
March 3 MAC update- Massinburg & Perkins lead Buffalo to another 100 point night and an easy win . #Minnie scored 25 as #emu edged Toledo and moved closer to a rd1 bye.
March 6 #MAC update: Coach #Groce , who took Ohio dancing a few rounds a few years ago before some rough seasons at Illinois, got his Zips to upset WMU in rd1. Utomi had 26 for victorious Akron. Miami O beat Ohio. CMU beat BGST. Zabo helped Kent St avoid being upset by NIU.
March 8 in Cleveland: Buff/CMU. KentSt/Ball St . Miami O/Toledo. Akron /EMU
March  10 update: #ULL has had a great season but they 'll need to beat UTA in the tourney semi final to get a Dance ticket. Frank Bartley scored 23 points in the ULL win over TXST, and Erick Neal scored 37 point in the UTA beatdown of App St. Battle of Ga (GST G Southern in  the other semi-final.  In the MAC no surprise as Jeremy Harris scored 22 points and CJ Massinburg scored 14 in Buffalo's win overKent State 78-61. #toledo needed Marreon Jackson's  26 points and the go-ahead 3-pointer with nine seconds remaining to edge #emu 
March 11_ Buffalo punched it's dance ticket. Wilson and Neal led UTA to an upset over ULL while #IsaiahWilliams  came off the bench to score 21 for Georgia St in it's victory over Ga Southern who got 25 points from Tookie Wilson, one of my favorite hoop names.
March 12- Props to Ga St but I don't see them getting by Cincy. #buffalo faces a rejuvenated #arizona squad.  One and dones

O5 title games, etc

MWC- Fresno St will make it two wins in two weeks  over #boisest.  FSU 23 BSU 20
AAC- #memphis O is in high gear but those Knights will remain undefeated. UCF 30 Memphis 28
CUSA: Its cool to see NTx in the final but FAU outlasts them 35-34. #Fine will sling a few TDs in a losing effort. BTW, #fiu plays a weather-make against #umass, too.
MAC-  I'm leaning to Woodside .#toledo 25 #akron 17
Sunbelt- No title game yet. Troy will edger ArkSt while App St will handles ULL leaving Troy  & App St as co-champs
Troy 6-1
Arkansas State 6-1
Appalachian State 6-1

Dec 3 wrap up

BSU 17 FSU 14- No scoring the second half until Wolpin rushed for the winning Boise TD late in the fourth quarter.
UCF  62  Memphis 55 - Mckenzie & Ferguson each threw 4 tds
FAU 41 NT 17 -  Devin Singletary ( 26 CAR, 164 YDS, 3 TD)  and the Owls were too much for the Mean Green

TOL 45 Akron 28 -  Woodside tossed 4 TDs early.

Troy scored the winning TD  over ArkSt with 32 seconds left and App St pounded ULL to become Sunbelt co-champs.

5-1 for the weekend with Fresno and as my sole incorrect pick.

AAC 2017-18 hoop predictions.

Last night #smu beat Zona, Uconn beat Oregon, and #ucf beat Nebraska so its the right time  for my selections. #wichitast was nipped by Notre Dame.
Cincinnati: Clark and Washington lead a strong Cats' squad

Wichita State: McDuffie's return from injury will keep  the Shockers near the top all season

Connecticut: Terry Lanier leads a solid group of Huskies

SMU: Ben Emelogu II and the Mustangs will be tough

Temple: Shizz Alston Jr. and the Owls may creep into the top

Houston: Rob Gray is a big time scorer

UCF: Big man Tacko Fall  will need DeJesus or another Knight to increase his scoring.

Tulane: Coach Dunleavy continues the slow turnaround with Melvin Frazier, a solid guard.

Memphis : Coach Tubby has an uphill battle

East Carolina: Pirates will need to steal a few wins

Tulsa: Etou is a solid player.

South Florida : lost to Morgan St ???
dec 16, 2017 snap #AAC hoops snapshot
Wichita St only loss is to Notre Dame and they beat Baylor.. Cincy has stumled but to good teams.Florida and Xavier. Tulane has three losses. I get the losses to UNC and Florida St, but #gerogia st ?
1/2/18: Catching up  AAC hoops: .Houston is 2-0 in first place. #wichitast beat Uconn 72-62 in itsdebut AAC game . #landryshamet scored 16 for the Shockers.
1/9/18: #wichitast and #cincy  are undefeated in conference play atop the AAC. #Temple is winless. How about Tulane (2-1) wins over SMU and Temple and a loss to Tulsa. Reynolds and Frazier are each averaging nearly 17 PPG.
1/14/18- Don't look now but the #aac has some exciting hoops. #tulsa nearly upset #wichitast . #cincy  took a nap early then crushed #usf. Tubby's Tigers are  slowly getting the message Memphis 75 Temple72.  UConn edged Tulane, not sure if Olie's guys got the message or Tulane's wave has ebbed.
1/21/18: Honeymoon is over for #WichitaSt . #houston led by Rob Gray (24 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST) beat them 73-59.Cincy remains undefeated in AAC play with an easy win over ECU.
Cincinnati 6-0
Houston         5-2
Wichita State 5-2

1/29/18

Cincy, Houston, and Wichita keep winning. Right mow these three should be going to the Dance.  Maybe the AAC gets a fourth ticket but it ain't looking like UConn who lost 76-50 to Temple.
#Cincy ranks second in the country allowing only 56.6 points a game.

2/2/18

Cincy keeps finding away to not lose.  The hot #temple Owls gave Wichita St it's third AAC loss.

Josh Brown TEM - G 15 PTS, 5 REB, 3 AST. .  Junior Etou 17 PTS, 15 REB, 1 AST led #tulsa to a win over SMU and kept them in  the bubble talk.

2/7/18

#cincy crushed UCF and is rolling toward  a 2 seed at the Dance. 

A. Reaves WICHST (22 PTS, 6 REB, 1 AST) beat Memphis by 20. Perhaps a 5 seed

2/12/18

@cincy crushed  SMU and have to be considered a  2 seed at the Dance. Houston crushed Tulane and UCF edged Memphis.Is Tubby headed for an exit from Memphis? It may be down to just three AAC teams getting in Cincy, Houston, and Wichita St.
2/16/18 update: #houston tried to foul the game away but a big home W over Cincy..I don't know why they were playing on Texas Southern's court. Shaquille Morris (23 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST) led Wichita St  big second half surge for a 93-86 win over Temple. Sterling Taplin (30 PTS, 3 REB, 4 AST) led Tulsa to a won over UConn and may have them back in the Dance mix.
feb 19 update. Temple Owls are off the Dance limb after #houston  beat them easily yesterday. Bearcats lost to Wichita and #tulsa  kept their slim dance hopes alive with a win over #usf
2/23/18 update. Cincy is back in gear. Did #memphis prick Houston's bubble?
3/3/18 update.Top AAC 3, Cincy, Wichita St, & Houston should be dancing, but does #tulsa have a way in other than winning the AACT?
3/8/18:  rumors that Penny Hardaway is going to replace Tubby next season at Memphis U.
March 10 update: Tubby has #Memphis  playing well  as Brewton Jr hit a buzzer beater in their win over Tulsa. The top 3 AACteams advanced yesterday and should be dancing. Here's how today looks. Memphis/Cincy. Houston/Wichita St
4/5/18-  Memphis new head coach Penny Hardaway has hired Mike Miller, longtime NBA player , as an assistant ,and is also making waves by trying to get #larrybrown involved with the program.

MWC 2017-18 hoop predictions

MWC has only eleven teams since Hawaii plays hoops in the Big West.
Nevada-  Musselman's Pack led by #jordancaroline should repeat as league champs.
Fresno State: D Taylor leads a solid backcourt
UNLV: Brandon McCoy will keep the Rebels near the top.
Boise State: Hutchinson suffered a concussion against ISU last night, and the Broncos  cant afford to lose him for too many games
Wyoming: Hatden Dalton is the key Cowboy
San Diego State- Its now Coach Dutcher's team and theyll need big play from Malik Pope
New Mexico: McNeal and the Lobos will be erratic.
Colorado State: Rams  will need big time scoring from Prentiss Nixon.
San Jose State: Ryan Welage is the main Spartan.
Utah State: Rough season for Merrill and the Ags
Air Force: Manning & Lyons are the key players.
Jan 7 spot check on the #mwc : I can't adjust to the #csu floor but #fresno st with a huge effort from
#deshontaylor won in OT. Big night for Dalton in Wyoming's OT win over Boise St.
Nevada, the conference leader, struggled a bit with AFA, MWC cellar dweller, before strong shoooting
from Martin & Stephens led them to victory.USU needed a late run to survive UNLV.UNM crushed SJST

Nevada 4-0 Boise State 3-1 Utah State 3-1 San Diego State 2-1 Wyoming 2-1 Fresno State 2-2 New Mexico 2-2 UNLV 1-2 Colorado State 1-3 Air Force 0-3 San Jose State 0-4
Jan 11- The middle of the MWC standings is getting tight. Nixon scored 26 points for
#CSU in a win over Utah State 84-75. Joe Furstinger #UNM (17 PTS, 10 REB, 4 AST in a win
over.Wyoming.UNLV beat AFA.
Jan 18- #nevada moves to 7-0 . #unm is on the move. Impressive final minute rally #AnthonyMathis
scored 14 points, including a 4-point play and a 3-pointer in the final 77 seconds in a win over UNLV.

Nevada	6-0	-
Boise State	6-1
Fresno State	4-3
New Mexico	4-3

jan25

The Muss Bus got it's first conference dent. #JustinJames (33 PTS, 10 REB, 1 AST) led #Wyoming to a 104-103 win over #nevada. Sengfelder scored 31as Boise St rolled SJST to stay on the conference race. SDST blew out CSU and Utah St beat AFA.
Nevada         7-1
Boise State 7-2
Fresno State 5-3
New Mexico 5-3
Wyoming 4-3

feb 4

Muss Bus   stalled at times against CSU but  Caleb Martin had 26 points and Lindsey Drew added 16 and eight rebounds in a #nevada victory.
These guys , Brandon McCoy UNLV - 24 PTS, 8 REB, 1 AST and Justinian Jessup BSU -  18 PTS, 7 REB, 1 AST, put on a good show  for their respective teams as #boisest outlasted #UNLV to remain 1GB behind Nevada
.Jalen McDaniels SDSU 16 PTS, 13 REB, 1 AST led the Aztecs to an easy 81-50 win over AFA.
#fresnost remain a hard team to gauge.  Nate Grimes had 20 points, 12 rebounds in a  Fresno State in an 80-62 win over SJSU
feb 12 update: #mussbus ran over sdst 83-58 . Boise st was upset by utah st. #unlv  keeps climbing : #ShakurJuiston scored 22 points and grabbed 14 rebounds in  #UNLV win over Wyoming 85-70
San jose St remains winless . #afa upset new mexico
feb 15: Are we headed for an all Nevada showdown in #MWC . #nevada edged  Boise St.  UNLV beat AFA.

feb 20, 2018

#nevada looks good to win the regular season, and should make the Dance but the MWC is , at best, a a two Dance tickets conference. Nevada #Mussbus stars: #calebmartin  19.6 ppg and #jordancarolina 17.0 ppg
Nevada 12-2   23-5
Boise St. 11-4  21-6
Fresno St. 9-5  19-8

feb 22

Top #mwc three won last night. : Kendall Stephens (30 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST) led NEV  over SJST. Chandler Hutchison (27 PTS, 4 REB, 2 AST) led Boise St over Col. St.  Deshon Taylor (22 PTS, 5 REB, 1 AST) led #fresno over UNLV. Boise has two MWC games left while Nevada and Fresno each have three.
feb26 update-  #Mussbus won the MWC regular season title yesterday. #nevada deserves a Dance ticket regardless of  how they perform in the MWCT. #boise ain't getting much love from the pundits.
march 8 update. RD1 today UNLV/AFA CSU/UtahSt  SJST/Wyoming.  Unless someone upsets #nevada later  this week it's probably one dance ticket for the #MWC.
march 10 update: Wow, #DevinWatson scored 20 points to lead San Diego State to a 90-73 blowout over Nevada. They 'll fae #newmexico  who beat Utah St. Nevada should still get a Dance ticket
march 12 update: I'm not sure why but the #MWC is one the few  non-power conferences that didn't get royally screwed over by the Dance Committee. #nevada is a 7th seed  despite not winning its conference tourney  and plays texas in rd1 . #sdst is an eleven seed and faces houston in rd 1 .
march 17 update: #mussbus needed OT to roll by Texas  on their way to a game with Cincy. K Stephens scored 22 and Caleb Martin had 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Wolfpack.. J McDaniels had eighteeen points as SDST hung tough but fell to Houston.
March 18: #Mussbus screwed up my bracket with big comeback win over Cincy. Cody Martin 
NEV  (25 PTS, 6 REB, 7 AST) J Hall had a nice game of the bench with  (14 pts, 6 Reb)

july 8 , 2018

It's not often I can post local hoops news about the #MWC. #Zane Martin  a second-team All-CAA selection last season for #towsonU, a school a few minute north of Baltimore City, is tranferring to New Mexico.  He put up 19.8 points, 3.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game.

july 29, 2018

#sandiegost (MWC) will square off against Duke in the #maui 2018 opening game

O5 week13 ending Nov 26

AAC: Battle for the East- Two exciting QBs, Flowers (USF) and MIlton (UCF).UCF remains undefeated in a 24-23 win over USF.
CUSA: #herd are comig off a tough loss to UTSA. USM has been playing decent football and will edge Marshall 17-16.
MAC: #NIU edges #CMU 20-19 to stay in the West race.
MWC:  Fresno 13 Boist 12 East/west leaders matchup. Fresno D win the day.
Sunbelt: Two of four  (5-1) teams , GAST and Appst match up, Connor Manning tosses two TD to lead GAst to a home victory 26 -20

Nov 25

AAC- I got  the UCF pick correct but the number of points was nearly double as a USF KO return with less than two minutes to go  sealed thde 49-42 win
MAC- Shane Morris  tossed three TDS  for CMU in their 31-24 win over #niu which gives Toledo first in West. In the East Akron finished first after Ohio lost to Buffalo.
MWC: Well , #mcmaryion tossed 3 TDS  in #fresnost 28-13 win over #boise.Re-match next week in the MWC title game.
Sunbelt:  A healthy Jalin Moore   (32 CAR, 239 YDS, 1 TD) led #appst to a 31-10 win.
CUSA- I called this as a one point game. #herd fail to convert a two conversion and fall 28-27 to #usm.  Griggs threw 3TDS for USM and Litton threw four TDS for Marshall.
3-2 for theweek.I'll be back shortly for the title game hunches.

CUSA 2017-18 hoop predictions

CUSA has no one in the current top 25 and will likely need a miracle to get two teams in the Dance.
East
Middle Tenn-  King 23 PPG 6 rbg
Marshall- Elmore returned and looks sharp with 28PPG and 92 FT%
Old Dominion- Stith and Carver lead in stats on a team that has no current star.
Charlotte- Davis 15 ppg 6 rbg 6 apg
W Kentucky- Beardsen 17.5 ppg 3 APG
Fla Atlantic- Troutman 13 PPG 62.5 ft%
Florida Intl- Lockett 16.9 ppg 9 rbg
West

UAB- Cokely  is leading the Blazers with 19 ppg & 11.7 rbg3 

LA Tech- Harris isaveraging 25 ppg and Jean has a 57.1 - 3p%

TX El Paso- Off to a slow start . Frazier  14 PPG 

S Mississippi -Griffin leads in nearly every stat category

North Texas- Woolridge 17 ppg  2.3apg

TX-San Ant- Jackson is the man from three point land

Rice- Cashaw 17.3 PPg 8.3 rbg
dec 23: How about the #herd (9-4) hanging with Xavier before falling 81-77. Also noticed that #jonelmore passed #halgrier on the Marshall  history scoring list in the win over EKU.
Jan 12: #mtsu and #wku are 4-0 in CUSA play.  C.J. Burks scored a career-high 33 points on 12-of-19 shooting helping the #herd recover from big loss to #wku with a win over Charlotte.
Jan 21: #herd  beat #mtsu and #uab this week.. MTSU recovered from that loss with a win over  #wku yesterday. #odu led by #AhmadCaver (17 PTS, 7 REB, 4 AST) beat  #FAU and moved into a tie for first with WKU and MTSU.
Jan 28: #herd run over late by #wku (7-1).#brandonwaters (17 pts 12 reb) led #mtsu (8-1) to an easy win UTEP. #utsa hit 15 treys in a win over UAB. Is the NTX  Mean Green revving up with wins over FAU and FIU.
Feb 11: Elmore and Paneva had solid night  in the #herd win FAU.  #Nickyoung 32points helped MTSU get by NTU. #ODU and #wku won to keep the race tight.  UTSA 63 UTEP 59 #deonlyle hit five of eight trays  to keep a surprising #utsa in  the picture.
Middle Tennessee 12-1
Old Dominion         10-2
Western Kentucky 10-2
Marshall                  8-4
North Texas          7-5
UT San Antonio 7-5
feb 18 CUSA update- Wow, I had to look at this score #odu 82 #utep 33 a few times.
#herd get a big win at the buzzer over #ntx . UTSA needed OT to beat Charlotte. #wku and #mtsu. Top 4
remains the same. UTSA is in fifth now.
feb25 update : How about the #herd Offense scoring 103 in a win over Charlotte. led by #jonelmore 's
38 points which includednine treys. CUSA leaders #MTSU and #wku won. #utsa led by #donlyle beat
La Tech to remain one game behind Marshall for the 4th seed and rd1 CUSAT bye
march 4- Huge #herd upset of #mtsu gets them the final bye slot. WTH happened to #wku ?
#uab led by Nate Darling rolled WKU 101-73. UAB or USTA , fifth and sixth in the CUSA are in gear and
may pull some CUSAT upsets. MTSU, ODU, WKU, & Marshall have rd1 byes.
march 16: It didn't take long. Kermit Davis is leaving #mtsu for Ol Miss (SEC) job. #Buffalo surprised
me . I liked them all season but didn't think Zona was going to toss in the towel in the second half.
SCORING LEADERS W. Clark BUFF 25 PTS, 4 REB, 7 AST
march 19 update : Ajdin Penava MRSH - F (18 PTS, 6 REB, 6 AST) had a decent game but Jevon Carter WVU - G (28 PTS, 4 REB, 5 AST)and his teammates were too much in the
intrastate matchup. #wvu 94 #herd 71

march 24 update: Western Kentucky is in the NIT F4. #WKU freshman Taveion Hollingsworth scored  30 points (4 of 7 treys, and 8 of 9 free throws)  in a 92-84 win @ #OKst and faces #utah next.  Penn St/ Miss St is the other semi. In the CIT, #Utsa was outscored 48-32 in the second  half and lost to Sam Houston St . 76-69

march 28 update: Justin Johnson's (24 PTS, 11 REB, 2 AST) solid game was not enough for #wku in the 69-64 loss to Utah , who will face Penn St in #NIT final.
March 31 update: I tuned in to the end of the #northtexas 88-77 win over #usf in the CBI. NTX hit their free throws down the stretch.Roosevelt Smart scored 25 points and made all 14 of his free throws.   The champion is determined  by the a two out of three series.
NTX #CBI  results

• 
  @ SDAK
  W

  90-77
• 
  vs MER
  W

  96-67
• 
  vs JVST
  W

  90-68
• 
  @ SF
  L

  72-62
• 
  vs SF
  W

  69-55
• 
  vs SF
  W

  88-77

REGULAR SEASON

May 30, 2018 : I'm not digging the #Cusa hoop scheduling change in which the top five teams in the league will play each other for the final four conference games, as will teams seeded 6-10 and teams seeded 11-14. Yes, I think the #cusa get shorted on dance tickets, but gearing everything toward the RPI metrics and having some teams face each other three times in the reular season  borders on bizarre.
June 22, 2018
#mitchell robinson of #wku went to the Knicks in rd2. Only #cusa player taken.
July 1, 2018
#UAB- #ChrisCokely averaged 17 pts, 9 reb in his senior and the #charlottehornets signed him as a UFA

O5 Week 12 ending Nov 20

AAC: Everything points to a Ferguson (memphis) / Hicks (SMU) shootout   and SMU has been giving up a lot of points. MEM 34 SMU 30
CUSA Coaches' Showdown: Lane Kiffin FAU squad hosts Butch Davis FIU squad. McGough will need to toss a lot of passes to keep FIU in the game. FAU 26 FIU 22
MAC: #Ohio powerful running game  is the difference in a 19-17  win over  #Akron  and takes a one game lead over Akron in the East.
MWC: Two 5-1  teams, Wyoming and Fresno St matchup. #Mcmaryion throws a late TD pass as #fresnost survives #wyoming 14-13.
Sunbelt: Two teams , arkst and Txst , are coming off tough losses. #damianwilliams , Txst QB, will take the Bobcats to a 23-19 win.

Nov 15

Lost the first hunch: #katowilson tossed 4 TDs in Akron's 37-34 win over #Ohio. Both teams are tied for first in the East.
Nov 19
#memphis 66 #smu 35. Yes, it was an aerial show but #xavierjones rushed for 175 yards in a losing effort.
Huge second half from the #FAU offense in a 52-24 win over #fiu.
#fresno shutout #wyoming for three quarters in a 13-7 win.
#arkst handled the Bobcats easily in a 30-12 win. Nice game Warren Wand  ARST
29 CAR, 145 YDS, 1 TD
2-3 for the week

O5 WEEK 11 ending Nov 12

AAC: I bet you're saying why are you choosing the #Cincy . Temple game.Noth teams have shown some improvement lately. #moore  has a better game than #Marchi in a 21-20 Cincy win.
CUSA: #erderly and #brown keep the #uab offensive power train rolling in a 28 26 win over #utsa
MAC: Woodside'spassing takes #toledo to a 28-24 win over #ohio 's strong rushing attack
MWC: #coloradost needs this game badly. #stevens tosses three td passes in 21 20 win over #boise .
Sunbelt:  Hard to gauge South Alabama. look for #hansen to toss two TDs in a 19 12  #arkst victory.

Nov 9

 Brown (142 yards)  & Rourke (115 yards)  led the potent #ohio rushing attack to a 38-10 win over #toledo. #ohio has a two game lead over #akron in the East. #toledo has a half game lead over over #niu in the West

Nov 11

#Owls had all facets in gear including Isaiah Wright's  98 yard kickoff return. Temple 35 Cincy 24 and I'm 0-2 this week.

Nov 12

#erderly was involved in 3 TDs and Brown rushed for 128 yards as #uab beat #utsa  and moved with one game of #ntu in the West. My only correct pick -rough week.
What a doozy: #bsu survived #csu 59-52. Ryp (BSU) woke up and threw 4 TDs.
USA QB C. Garvin (25-45, 343 YDS, 2 TD) as well as a last minute stuff  of #arkst  were the keys. USA 24  Ark St 19. Crowded at the top of the Sunbelt
Troy 5-1
Georgia State 5-1
Appalachian State 5-1
Arkansas State 4-1

O5 WEEK10 ending Nov 5

AAC- #ucf  will maintain it's lead in the East and survive Hicks passing. in a 27-26 win over #smu
CUSA: Time to give some attention to the resurrected #uab squad. Look for #erderly to keep tossing TD passes  in a 28-19 win over #rice
MAC: In a battle for the West, Woodside's passing will lead #toledo over #niu 23 -16.
MWC: #joshallen  and the #wyoming Cowboys rustle the #csu rams 33-29.
Sunbelt: #Idaho is not leaving the #sunbelt and 1A football quiely and will battle #troy to the end but fall 24-23. Look #silvers to shine big tossing a few TDs for Troy.

Nov 3

Woodside threw for 361 yards but  #TerrySwanson  (29 CAR, 116 YDS, 3 TD) did the scoring in a 27-17 win over #niu.
Chunn's rushing (18 CAR, 113 YDS, 2 TD)  was the key in Troy's narrow 24 -21 win over #Idaho

Nov 5

#milton threw for 412 yards and 1 TD as #UCF survived #smu
Yes, #erderly was awesome tossing three TDs and so was #spencer brown rushing for 3 TDs in #uab 52-21 win over #rice.
#KellenOverstreet 's rushing TD with 4:21 remaining lifted Wyoming to a 16-13 win .
Five for five this week

O5 week 9 ending Oct 29, 2017

AAC: #tulane woke up too late in their loss to #usf and will lose 30-27 to #Memphis  who will focus on keeping #hilliard and the greenwave rushing attack in check.
CUSA: #Kiffin has the Owls O hootin and #wku  D is suspect. #fau 35 #wku 23
MAC: #emu keeps hanging inthere but not getting the W. #niu. particularly the D, has been playing solid football. #NIU 20 #emu 17
MWC: #Boise appears to have turned the corner, but Ags Qb jordanlove is tossing the ball well/ Utah St 22 Boise St 21
Sunbelt: The South Bama  Jags keep rolling. #dallasdavis tossed the ball a lot in the win over #ulm and will do it again in 23 -20 win over georgiast

Oct 27

It took  #niu awhile to wake up and #emu missed three FGS in regulation. NIU 26 EMU 20.. Both QB were solid. Roback(EMU) 22/44 262 1TD.  Childers(NIU) 23/40 2782TD.
Who can figure out South Bama? Manning to Way connection takes #georgiast to a 21-13 win over #USA.  1-1 in my picks so far.

Oct 29

#memphis led by #rileyferguson had too much O for Tulane in a 56-26 win
#fau fell behind in the middle of game but #singletary rushed for 244yards and 4TD in a 42-28 win over #wku.
#boise st got a nice game from QB Rypien in a 41-14 blowoutof Utah St
4-1 for the week.

O5 week 8 ending Oct 22, 2017

AAC: Two exciting QBs in the UCF (Milton) @ Navy  (Abey) matchup. #ucf 28 #navy 27
CUSA: Don't look now, but #northtexas is hot and will stay that way against #fau. #Fine will toss a few TDs for #ntu in a 31 23 win.
MAC: #niu isn't winning big, but will win another nailbiter. NIU 17 BGSU 9
MWC: #fresnost has used a decent D to go 3-0 in  conference play, but #sdst will bounce back form the loss to #boisest and win 20-16
Sunbelt: #hansen has been throwing well for #arkst . Can #Nunez spark the #ull offense? #arkst 23 #ull 19.

Oct 20

#hansen and #arkst rolled from the start and never looked back in a 47-3 win over #ull

Oct 22

A. Killins Jr. 15 CAR, 122 YDS, 2 TD & the #ucf knight were too much for #navy in a 31-21 win
#ntu D wasn't quite ready for prime time  #fau Jason Driskel  24-35, 357 YDS, 2 TD
Devin Singletary  17 CAR, 123 YDS, 3 TD led the way in the 69-31 romp.  #niu is looking like the real deal. Marcus Childers  21-33, 239 YDS, 3 TD in a  48-17 win over #bowlinggreen . #fresno D tamed the #aztecs 27-3.
3-2 record for the week.

O5 week 7 ending Oct 15, 2017

AAC- Abey, Navy QB, has their O in high gear, but Memphis is at home and their O ain't too bad. Memphis 50 Navy 49 .
CUSA:  It about time I recognize the #herd are playing  decent football. ODU struggled against Charlotte. Marshall gets a special teams TD and edges ODU 20-19.
MAC:  Akron's O has been solid in two conference wins over #BGSU and #ballst, but #wmu has been rolling after losing their opener to Sparty. #wmu 44 #akron 37 . Look for a big game from Jevon Franklin (WMU)
MWC: #sandiegost should take care of #boise, but this is usually a hard fought game. #Penny will rush for 150 and lead the Aztecs to 24 16 win over the Broncos.
Sunbelt: #ULM is 3-0 and conference play. C. Evans (82-129, 1037 YDS, 6 TD) will toss a few TDs in a  27-22 win over #georgiast

Oct 15:

#MAC game  was flooded out so #wmu/#akron kicks off at 1PM today. Both QBs put up solid numbers, but  Navy's five turnovers cost them in a 30-27 loss to Memphis. It took the #herd a few quarters to get into stomp mode  as Litton tossed 3 Td passes, and the D returned a fumble for aTD in a 35-3 win over ODU.
Two picks wrong: Manning tossed four TDs in the Georgia St win over ULM. #boisest slowed down Penny and the Aztecs in a 31-14 win, and now #fresnost sits atop the MWC West.

Oct 16

#jevonfranklin had a solid game for #wmu ,but it wasn't enough as #akron held onto an early 14 point lead for a 14-13 Sunday win.

O5 week6 ending Oct 8, 2017

AAC:  SMU(Dallas) vs Houston intrastate battle. I'm looking for Hicks and the Mustangs to pull out a close one over the Cougars.
CUSA:  #ODU hosts an improved #FAU squad in their forst 2017 conference game. Monarchs will may need a big game from their D to survive the improved Owls. ODU 17 FAU 16
MAC:  #emu put up a good fight against Kentucky and will stun #toledo for a road win. Look for an aerial show from Roback (EMU) and Woodside (Toledo)
MWC:  Stevens and Rams will  tame the Aggies , who are coming off a big win over BYU. Colorado St 24 Utah St 20
Sunbelt: #newmexicost is playing decent football in its final Sunbelt season and their Rogers and rose show will take then to a 27 26 win over Lamb and the Mountaineers.

Oct 8

If you bet against my picks, then you have a cash swell. I was spot on about Nick Stevens and the Rams who won 27-14, but blew the other four picks.
#SMU couldn't contain #Catalon. #ODU D played matador as #JasonDriskel scored four of #FAU eight rushing TDs.. #roback was picked off twice late by #toledo in a 20-15 #emu loss. #rogers had some aerial success, but enough to counter the #appst rushing attack led by #JalinMoore (19 CAR, 241 YDS, 2 TD)

O5 Football week 5 ending Oct 1

AAC: Going with #Memphis  35 UCF 27.  Ferguson' s arm and Henderson's legs should rule the day over #milton and the Knights. Both teams have nice win over Power 5 teams this season.
CUSA: #northtexas has stepped up their O with #Fine passing for over 1000 yards this season, but I'll go with #usm winning 30-27 behind Griggs' arm.
MAC: #WMU wins by 3 at home over #ballst in a low scoring game.
MWC: And a high scoring shootout in Hawaii: #CSU wins on the road behind Nick Stevens' arm.
Sunbelt: Only one conference matchup so I'll go with Evans , ULM QB, doing it all in a 30-10 win over #coastalcarolina.

Oct 1 review: (3-2)

I was wrong on #Memphis . Nice per carry avg for Adrian Killins Jr.  UCF(9 CAR, 115 YDS, 1 TD in a 40-13 win.
Yep , #MasonFine  UNT (24-40, 366 YDS, 2 TD) was impressive in a 43-28 win over #USM.
Finally made a correct pick, but #wmu  won by more than 3 over #ballst. #JonWassink  WMU
(14-20, 240 YDS, 3 TD)
Stevens, Dawkins,  and Gallup put up solid numbers in the #coloradost  51-21 win over over #hawaii and Dru Brown  HAW (31-47, 362 YDS, 2 TD)
Plenty of offensive  stars in the ULM  51-43 win over #CCU. Malcolm Williams  CCU (9 REC, 266 YDS, 2 TD)

O5 football Week 4 ending Sept 24

AAC- In a rare Sunday matchup #ecu  will  finally win and on the road. #minshew will toss two TD's passes  in  21-18 win over #uconn edsels.
CUSA- North Texas played Iowa tough for a half. Wilson had a decent  day rushing and should improve against UAB, who has  Brown, a solid freshman RB. NT 19  UAB 17
MAC: #emu led by QB Roback should survive a tough one against visiting #ohio with Quellete leading the rushing attack . EMU 24 Ohio 20
MWC:  It's hard to ignore the  Aztecs wins over Ariz St and Stanford. Chapman's arm and Penny's legs will lead #sdst  over #afa. SDST 31 Air Force 20
SunBelt: #ULM and #ULL are coming off rough starts against Power 5 opponents. #jordan davis  has tossed for nearly 700 yards and will lead the Cajuns to 26  17 win over ULM.
Sept 24 Review:
CUSA: A.J. Erdely  UAB(17-36, 321 YDS, 4 TD) had a huge day passing but Jeffery Wilson  #UNT
(26 CAR, 211 YDS, 1 TD)  but the Mean Green hung on. UNT 46 UAB 43
MAC: Brogan Roback  EMU (28-47, 271 YDS, 1 TD)  and A.J. Ouellette  OHIO (26 CAR, 145 YDS) had decent games , but Rourke's TD pass in OT  pushed Ohio to a 27-20 win.
MWC: #rashaaadperry 's late 53 yard TD run helped the Aztects survive the AFA upset bid. #sdst 28 #afa 24.
SunBelt: #ULM 56-50 OT win over #ull has me at .500 for the weekend pending the #ecu /#uconn game today. C. Evansn of ULM (16 CAR, 129 YDS, 5 TD) was a scoring machine.
Sept 25 review
More offense than I predicted in the #ecu 41-38 win over #uconn. Impressive numbers for Thomas Sirk  ECU (30-39, 426 YDS, 3 TD) which allowed them to survive the Huskies scoring the final 17 points of the game

O5 Week 3 mixed bag

#MWC: #Rypien may get into gear this week and find C.Wilson in the end zone a few times leading #boise to a 30-20 win over #Newmexico, who needs to turn up its rushing attack.
#Sunbelt : #NMST beat #newmexico in week 1 and has a some potent offensive players  , Rogers (QB), Rose (RB), etc, that may wreak havoc in its goodbye Sunbelt  tour . #troy is looking for more O. NMST 26  Troy 17
#cusa : Two teams . #latech and #wku, that  usually battle for the CUSA title, need this one badly. Battle of QBs as Smith leads LA Tech to a narrow road win over White and the Hilltoppers.
#mac vs #aac: Ohio flavor as Ragland will  throw a few TDs keeping Miami (OH)  close in narrow loss to #cincy who will finally get Boone untracked.
Sept 15 review: Boise  took it's time in   a 28-14 over UNM win and not sure why Rypien didn't play.
Sept 16 review: Rogers (NMST) threw for 336 yards but it wasn't enough to over come #Silvers passing and running. Troy 27 NMST 24.
Ragland's pick 6 to Cincy was among a few Miami O errors that allowed the Bearcats to roar back for a 21-17 win.
Called the narrow La Tech win giving me a 2-2 record for the weekend

O5 moves into conference play weekend 0f 9/9/17

AAC: Memphis hurries to UCF to beat Hurricane Irma  and will need another monster game from Henderson to hold off Milton and the potent Knights' O. Mem  31 UCF 30
CUSA: #Rice @ #utep  . Maybe Stewart gets in gear for the Owls after the Stanford loss, but I think the deeper #utep squad bounces back from the OU loss. Watch Dove ran wild. UTEP 27 Rice 19
MAC: No conference matchup: #Buffalo @ #Army (independent) should be a close matchup of New York schools. #tyreejackson will toss a lot of passes in a narrow Buffalo win  20-19 over the rushing attack of Army .
MWC/Sunbelt: I 'll go intrastate with #newmexico edging #newmexicost (SunBelt). Rogers will be tossing the ball a ton for NMST  while the Lobos will let #lamarjordan toss a few more passes than usual. NM 30 NMST 27
UCF/Mem cancelled so here's another #AAC pick  Navy's QB #abey legs  vs #tulane Banks arm. Navy 33 Tul 29

Sept 10 review: 

Abey's running and passing helped #navy edge #tulane ,who relied mostly on rushing,  23-21 .
Well, I blew the #cusa game. Owls rushed for 306 yards and right over #utep 31-14
#bradshaw rushed for 147 yards, but it was #woofolk, Army FB who scored two late TDs   in the 21-17 victory over #buffalo.
I nearly got the score correct but blew the call on the winner. Tyler Rogers  #NMSU QB's statline says it all: 34-57, 401 YDS, 4 TD