CUSA: UAB lost to MTSU 27-3 last week and will lose again 17-13, this time. MTSU QB Stocksill remains the man
MAC: Ok , Buffalo has home field but NIU QB Childers will step up in 19-17 win
MWC: I don't think the Fresno D will contain Boise St QB Rypien and RB Mattison for long on the blue turf. BSU 30 Fresno 20
Sunbelt: APP St D will step up in a narrow 17-16 win over visiting ULL.
dec 1: #childers woke up in the second half and led #NIU back from a 29-10 deficit to a 30-29 win over Buffalo. Tears and Brown made nice TD catches for the Huskies in the 4th Q
dec 2: UCF found a little defense and their O roared back for 56-41 win over Memphis. UAB won the seasaw battle 27-25 with MTSU. Stocksill struggled in the the 4th Q against the UAB D. I picked the wrong week to jump off the Fresno train. Fres 19 Boise16 OT. How does Boise only score 16 points when Mattison rushed for 200 yards? Niu was my only correct pick.
dec 14 : Ok, I also got App St pick right as they beat the ULL 30-19 in early December, and yesterday their HC #Satterfield took the Louisville job- that's a huge step. #Drinkwitz, the NC St OC became the 21st football coach in #appst history.
Dec 19, 2018
Ok so I've been lukewarm on the CUSA in bowl mania and am 2-1. I was correct on MTSU losing to App St and NTX losing to Utah St , but was wrong for not taking UAB who blew out NIU so I'll roll the dice on Marshall D to slow down USF tomorrow and win a squeaker.
Dec 20
A.J. Ouellette (29 CAR, 164 YDS) led the #ohio O while it's D blanked #sdst (MWC) 27-0. Nice win for the MAC.
Dec 21
Herd D did enough and the O led by Keion davis on the ground (94 yds, 2 TDS) was solid in a 38-20 win over USF. He!! of a night receiving for Randall St. Felix 6 rec 165 yds 2TDS
dec 22
Rough friday for the #MAC:. Toldeo lost to FIU and WMU was trounced by BYU. Some poor Din the FIU game but it was entertaining. BTW the announcers noted that Butch Davis, the FIU HC,
was the last head coach to get the Browns to an NFL playoff game.
dec 23
Troy (Sunbelt ) beat #Buffalo handing the MAC another loss. Sawyer Smith tossed for 320 yards and 4 TDs leading the Trojans over the Bulls42-32 win over the Bulls. Ohio is the only MAC bowl winner. La Tech (CUSA) handled Hawaii (MWC) 31-14
dec 28
It's been a tough bowl season for most of the AAC. Houston got rolled over by Army. Memphis fell apart at the end against Wake Forest.
Temple was handled by Duke .USF lost to Marshall. Tulane beat ULL for the sole conference win.
Cincy plays Va Tech and UCF faces LSU.
dec 30
MWC bowl record is 3-2 after Nevada found some o in Ot and won 16-13. Still not sure why the Boise St /BC bowl game wasn't rescheduled.
dec 31
#MichaelWarren ran for a career-high 166 yards and scored the go-ahead touchdown with 1:29 left to carry Cincy (AAC) past VT 35-31
jan 11. 2019
#Temple (AAC) raided the MAC last night and hired #NIU HC Rod Carey. Former NIU star Thomas Hammock, the Ravens RB coach., is a top candidate to replace Carey.
july 10 , 2019
Gov #Ige signed a law that starts the process of redeveloping the 44-year-old Aloha Stadium into a mixed-use sports and entertainment district. Maybe one day #Hawaii will win the MWC West and host a MWC football title game?
July 16
#sawyersmith goes from leading #troy to a bowl win over Buffalo to vying for the starting QB job at Kentucky (SEC) via the grad transfer route.
July 20
In April 2019 #FenwayPark in Boston annnounced it will host anew 2020 college football bowl game between ACC,AAC teams and two months later the UConn, the closest AAC team announced its leaving that conference.
I'm taking UCF to some how overcome the injury to win in a tight one.
ReplyDeleteDont think MTSU can beat anyone twice in a season. UAB rebounds with a senior-laden team. Stockstill is da' man but dont think it will be enough this time around.
ReplyDeleteLike Appy and Boise in the other 2 games. Hard to win on that "smurf" turf.
ReplyDeleterobert - No thoughts on the MAC- or did you mention you like Buffalo in another place? I've slowly come around to giving Boise some respect.
ReplyDeleteOh forgot...I'm taking NIU based on football history and culture. Normally, I wouldn't take the away team. Guess we will see.
Deleterobert- Buffalo had a good season but I'm not sold on them.
Deleterobert we disagree on AAC and CUSA
DeleteMakes for good conversation! LOL!
DeleteI'm definitely in the slim minority on Memphis
DeleteThat Boise score is "just plain wrong"! I'm with you can't believe they only scored 16 pts. They must be starting to slip a little.
ReplyDeleteBoise & Fresno are so hard to figure, and I'll have to ponder a bit over picking them in the bowl games.
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