Non power hoops- conference play in January

 I thought UMass would start off better playing in the MAC , but they are 0-3 in MAC play with an OT loss to BGSU. J. Campbell scored 47 points for the Falcons

ORU/NDSU was a back and forth affair in Summit action , Strickland scored 15 for  the Bison in the double OT win.

CHAR beat WICH in OT in AAC action. Mingo scored 29 for the 49ers.

Herd move 2-1 in the SBC with a W over Appy. Speer scored 21 for MU.

Jan 6, 2025

Green Bay 8-8 ,3-2(HORIZON) edged MILW 79-76 in Horizon play. Gottlieb is having a better season than last year. J.Allen scored 21 points for the Phoenix

Jan 7, 2025

Definitely didn't expect  the Cowboys to squash the Rebels. WYO 98 UNLV 60. Walker scored 28 for WYO.

Dayton  played a sluggish first half against GW but  were only trailing  by 5 at halftime and outscored GW by 12 in the second half for  79-72 W. Bennett scored 20 for the Flyers.

Jan 9, 2025

Gonzaga outscored Santa Clara, 52-40 in the second half for an 89-77 win. Ike scored 34 for the Zags.

LMU outlasted SF in OT. R.Beasley of the Dons was the high scorer of the game with 32 points

Beavers beat the Redhawks

Ok, I still check in on Chicago St. They played decent  but went to 0-3 in the NEC with  a 70-63 loss to FDU. Attendance was 329 and, it was not snowing in Chitown yesterday.

Last two O5 bowl games are today

 Cincy still has its O-Line, but some of the best Bearcats from other positions  ain't playing today.  Navy 24 Cincy 23

TX St finished the regular season well . I'll go with Bobcats in 27-24 W over Rice in this intrastate matchup

CCU scooped up Ryan Beard the Missouri St HC.

Ohio U promoted Hauser after the Smith mess

Jan 2, 2025

Bobcats crushed the Owls. Navy did the same to Cincy. Solid game from Horvath, the Navy QB. 2-0 this blog 2-0.

I was looking at conference moves and  was reminded that UTEP goes from the CUSA to the MWC on 7/1/26.

Non-power after Xmas

 Lobos and Coach Eck are a good story but I think the Gopher rushing attack will  be too much for them. MINN 27 UNM 21

I wonder if CMU gives Flores some work and return to a two QB system,  Lapas has been a decent passer.  Gut pick here: CMU 20 NW 19

McCown and UTSA survived a nail-biter . UTSA 35 FIU 34

Wrong on my CMU hunch, correct on MINN but UNM gave them a scare,  Roadrunners owned the road in a blowout of FIU. 2 of 3

Today, ECU w/o Hauser will have a rough time. Pitt 30  ECU 17

MWC will keep having a rough bowl season.  MOH 27 FRES 20. NTX 28 SDSU 23

UConn with interim HC Sammis survives a scare from from Army.  UConn  17 Army 16

Dec 28, 2025

Army struggled in September, but they re-grouped the rest of the way this season.. Tulsa was their only bad loss after September. They put a whoopin on the Huskies yesterday

NTX was the only O5 game I picked correctly yesterday.. Impressed that SDSU  nearly came all the way back in a 49-47 game.

Gotta admire how ECU played and w/o Hauser. I think that kid made a mistake going into the portal. An ex- co-worker moved to Greenville  in August and told me the town nearly shuts down for football Saturdays during the season.

Kurt Warner's kid EJ did enough for FRES to beat MOH.

 1 for 4 yesterday,  3 for 7 in this blog.

Dec 29, 2025

Intra-conference SBC  bowl game. I'll go with GASO 28 APP 27

Dec 30, 2025

GASO handled Appy  in a 29-10 W. 4-7 this blog

In the last O5 game of 2025, LA Tech 20 CCU 13 CCU is in a state of flux

BTW, Grayson McCall will be calling plays for CCU. Not too long again he was the Chanticleers starting QB.

Dec 31, 2025

Ok, I made it 5-7 with LT making a big comeback  in the second  half to defeat CCU 23-14. Kukuk, the LT QB, was the top rusher with 121 yards.

Non Power bowling 1

 Troy needs to contain C.Cook, JVST RB, My gut says a close game .  Troy 17 JVST 16. Trojans will score a DTD. More picks tomorrow.

Wrong immediately on Troy who lost 17-13 to JVST .

Tonight, both starting QBs opted out of playing. ODU 20 USF 17

Davis/Perry backfield tandem will lead ULL to  27 24 W over DEL led by Minicucci 

Dec 18, 2025

Split last night, correct on ODU, wrong on ULL. Henicle did a fine job starting at QB for ODU. rushing for two TDs. 

I can't find the XBox bowl on Bowl Mania pickem

Dec 19, 2025

WMU 's D will contain Odom, the Owls QB.  WMU 20 KENN 16

Memphis lost its last 3 games of the regular season.   NCST 24 MEM 17. Bailey, the Wolfpack QB, has a solid game.

Dec 20, 2025

Easy wins for WMU & NC St yesterday. WMU 41- KENN 6. NCST 31 MEM 7

J. BuckleyRB, WMU 8CAR 174YDS 1 TD

C. Bailey tossed 2 TD passes for the Wolfpack

3-2 , so far 

Dec 22, 2025

Ok, going with Wazoo winning 28-27 over USU this afternoon. Eckhaus, the Cougars QB, will step up

Dec 23, 2025

Got that one right. Z. Eckhaus tossed for 334 YDS and 3 TD for WSU in a 34-21 win. 4-2

Today, I'll go with LOU,  WKU, and UNLV. Colandrea will have a solid game for the Rebels

Dec 24, 2025

Wrong on UNLV, correct on LOU & WKU.  McIvor ,replacing  Tisdale, turned the TOPS around in a 27-16 W over USM. I like CAL over HAW tonight.   6-3 now

Dec 25, 2025

MWC(1-3) finally gets a win and it's Hawaii 35 Cal 31. Alejado tossed 3 TD passes, but when he got hurt Luke Weaver tossed the winner.

6-4 now

2025 Non -P4 conference title games

 Four on Friday, MAC on Saturday

Kennesaw State 24  Jacksonville State 20: A. Odom, the KENN QB, is an explosive player.

JMU 27 Troy 19: Troy will have trouble slowing down Barnett, the Dukes QB.

UNLV 31 Boise St 24: BSU will focus on stopping the Rebs passing game led by Colandrea so J.Thomas will rush for 100 yards

NTX 24 Tulane 23: Retzlaff is the key for the Green Wave. and NTX will find a way to slow him down in a nailbiter.

WMU 20 MOH 17:  Broncos have won 4 in a row. Lowry will do enough to get them the W.

Dec 5, 2025

I get Neal Brown to NTX and not so sure on Napier to JMU-back in the SBC but not seeing the fit in Harrisonburg , VA

Mora has West coast connection so I get the CSU Rams' hiring.

I've seen Huff mentioned for Tulane. He fled Marshall and his USM squad wiltered at the end of the season.

UAB is  elevating Mortensen from IC to HC, probably the best move.

Dec 6, 2025

Split last night. Correct on KENN and JMU. Odom tossed the winning TD for KENN with 57 seconds remaining on the clock. W. Knight RB, JMU:21CAR,212YDS,1TD 

wrong on NTX and UNLV Retzlaff scored two TDs with his legs for TUL. Broncos slowed down the Colandrea aerial show.

Dec 7, 2025

Two 60+ yards TD runs for Jalen Buckley fueled WMU to 23 -13 win over MOH and the MAC title.  3-2 for the weekend.

JMU and Tulane have a chance for the CFP. Noteworthy that Retzlaff may make it as the TUL QB while BYU , may not. He left the Cougars after an honor code violation

Dec 8, 2025

First glance. KENN vs WMU  , looks like a solid bowl matchup of conference champs in Myrtle Beach. BSU/UW, and UNM/MINN look interesting.. 

Dec 12, 2025

I'll toss my first bowl pick in Mewe bowl Mania chat. UW 28 Boise St 24. Demond Williams , the Huskies QB, has a solid game.

Dec 13, 2025

I'm confused that Charles Huff's USM squad sputtered down the stretch in the SBC, and he got the Memphis HC gig. Blake Anderson, who has a decent resume from HC stints at Ark St  and USU. was elevated to HC.

Dec 14, 2025

Rough day for the Blue Turfers. UW 38 BSU 10.  It was 31-3 after 3Q. D. Williams tossed 4 TD passes.

Early December non power hoops

 Delaware may have moved to the CUSA but Iona , an AAC school in upstate NY gave them a lesson last night. C. Anthon scored 26 for the Gaels in an 89-66 win. 

T. Alston (19pts, 8reb) for MTSU(CUSA) in a 76-61 win over an erratic UAB(AAC) squad

Dec 4, 2025

I thought Cal Baptist(WAC) would do a little better BYU 91 CBU 60

Nice win for UNA(ASUN) over San Fran(WCC)  Bacchus scored 20 for UNA in the 65-63 win. 

BTW San Fran beat MINN who beat Indiana last night

Dec 6, 2025 

Ike ,28pts, 10reb, for the Zags in a 94-59 blowout of UK 

ETSU(Southern) rolls South Bama(SBC) 91-65. M.Johnson scored 29 for the Buccaneers

Dec 10, 2025

MAC: BUFF struggled with UMBC(AMEAST) and escaped with an 83-79 W.  Garry(15,7,8) for SDST(Summit) in a 68-64 W over Ball St.

It's been a long time since UMBC upset UVA at the Dance.

Dec 14, 2025

USM(SBC) gave Ole Miss a scare but fell 71-67. 

MACTION: MOH remains undefeated with a 79-69 W over EKY . Atlason scored 19 for the RedHawks. DHS (27pts, 10reb) for UMASS in a 103- 95 over  Florida St

Zags(WCC) beat UCLA.

Dec 19, 2025

LBSU(BIG WEST) edged PEPP(WCC) 81-78. Sykes scored 23 for the 49ers.

TEM(AAC) beat DAV(A10) 68-63.  D. Ford(23,9, 2) for the Owls.

Dec 21, 2025

Nice win by the Flames  Z. Cleveland (16 reb, 7ast)  was solid for LIB in a 64-61 W over Dayton. DAY blew out Florida St on the 16th.

Howard upset UNCW 67-66, B. Harris(18pts, 11reb) for the Bison.

Dec 28, 2025

Checking in on some hoops: Stanford needed a big second half to beat CSN(Big West) 88-80 in OT. L. Hughes scored 26 for the Matadors.

Dec 31, 2025

WSU falls to SEA in WCC action. Maldonado scored 15 for the Redhawks.

UMass falls to 0-2 in MACtion with a loss to EMU, who were led by C. Hart with 23pts,12 reb

I'll close the blog with a local CAA score. I visit extended family frequently in Hampton ,VA where last night's game was played.  Towson U(0-2), a short ride from my house,  got close but no cigar in a 63-62 loss to Hampton(2-0). Jalyke Gaines-Wyatt scored 15 points for the Pirates.

I've stayed at hotels not far from  the Hampton Coliseum

Week 14 is it Navy blue

 WMU will finish the regular season with a narrow road win over EMU to finish atop the MAC. Broncos will contain N. Kim who has tossed for 16TDs and 2490 yards for the Eagles. WMU 20 EMU 19

AAC: Navy is in a three way tie with TUL and NTX for first place and visits Memphis. B. Lewis will get his passing skills back into gear. MEM 28 Navy 24.

other three picks later this week.

Nov 26, 2025

N. Kim got his usual numbers for EMU, but Lowry and McMillan rushed for 203 yards for WMU. WMU 31- EMU 21. Broncos finish with best conference record in the MAC.

Nov 28, 2025

Navy was trailing 17-14 and fumbled away a scoring chance near the goal line  in the 3Q  Memphis went nowhere  after its recovery ,and Navy went on to outscore the Tigers 14-0 in the second half for a 28-17 W. I was wrong on this one and am  1-1 so far.

CUSA: WKU needs to beat Jax St to stay on pace with KENN. Tisdale will toss 2 TD passes  for the Tops win .  WKU 24 JAX 17

MWC: SDSU D has re-grouped since the blowout loss to HAW. Lobos are hot. and are at home for this  game.  UNM 24  SDSU 23

SBC: Troy 20 USM 17.  Goose Crowder is back for the Trojans. He'll be the difference for Troy to win the SBCW.

Nov 29, 2025

Up to 2-1. UNM 23 SDSU 17. Laubstein,  the backup UNM QB rushed for 70yards, 40 on a TD run in the 1Q.  Layne the starting QB , tossed the winning TD pass.

If UNLV wins today it's a four way tie for for 1st place and UNLV did not play SDSU  and lost to BSU and UNM.   Metrics will likely make it BSU/UNM

Nov 30, 2025

Wrong on the Tops, correct on Troy.  3-2 for the weekend

Some big stats in the KENN OT win over LIB.

E. Dickens 43 CAR 267 YDS, 4 TD for the Flames

A. Odom(KENN) 14/23, 240 YDS, 4 TD,  13 CAR 72YDS, TD

Random memos . I'm  impressed TXST became bowl eligible, JAX St didn't miss a beat losing Rich Rod to WV. Charles Kelly  has them in the CUSA title game against KENN.

Week 13 MAC time

 WMU needs this game to stay atop the MAC. NIU may want to exit the MAC winning.

Broc Lowry tosses a late TD pass for the Broncos to seal the W. WMU 17 NIU 16 

More picks later in the week.

Nov 19, 2025

WMU TCOB with NIU ast night in a 35-19 win. Broncos scored 5 rushing TDs, Lowry(3) and Buckley(2) 

WMU moves to 6-1 in MAC play. It's only conference loss was to MOH.

1-0 so far

Nov 20, 2025

MWC:  Friday night visit by the Rainbow  to Vegas. Mullen's Rebs in a nailbiter. UNLV 23 HAW 21

AAC: NTX travels from Denton to Houston to play Rice . Owls will hang tough for awhile. Hawkins has a good for rushing game for the Mean Green. NTX 30 Rice 20

CUSA: Jaz St is 6-0 in conference play. They'll make that 7-0.  Cook will rush for 100 yards for the Cocks. JAX 27 FIU 20

SBC: Must win for USM after the beatdown by TXST, Braxton may not play. I'll go with USA at home in a close one. USA 20 USM 17

Nov 22, 2025

I thought HAW would score more but UNLV found some D.  A. Colandrea tossed 3 TD passes for the Rebs. UNLV 38 HAW 10. 2-0 so far

Nov 23, 2025

Wrong on Jax St  despite Cook rushing for 138 yards. Owens rushed for 125 for FIU. FIU 27 JAX 21

Correct on:  NTX  who crushed Rice, and USA who beat USM thanks to K. Bullock(23 CAR 187 YDS, 3 TD). 4-1 for the week.

SBCW: Troy is tied with USM

Minor league baseball tales

 In the last two years I've been reading short books on the history of minor league baseball in the USA. I'm reading 

I came across some interesting first names:  

Judy Cline , a dude who hit a 457' homer out of Merchants Park in Denver, CO. His legal name was William Cline Jr

Ed (Bears Track) Green played in the Western Association.  While doing a deeper dig on this  the searchh engine kept taking to me Ed  Bearss, Chief Historian of the National Park Service.

So much information is not on the internet because it hasn't been entered into any data system.

I'll keep having fun.

Nov 17, 2025

Marty Marion, the Cards SS won 1944 NL MVP the award for the St. Louis Cardinals for mostly his  defense. He hit .267  with 6 HR , 63 rbi.

He played  his minor league baseball in Huntington, WV of the Middle Atlantic League, then a few seasons in the International League for Rochester,NY, before moving up to the Cards.

Nov 27, 2025

OKC Indians had purchased a pitcher named Collins for the 1927 season, but he was playing as FayThomas  for NY Giants(NL). Commish Landis punished him with fines and an MLB ban . He didn't return to the MLB until 1931.

Dec 20, 2025

I noticed Earl Weaver, a 2B, had some decent stats for  Omaha, the Cardinals A team in the Western League, and wondered why he never got a shot to play in the MLB. At that time A ball was the highest minor league level. The levels were A, B, C, & D. 

I did some research  and  the Cardinals new manager, Eddie Stanky, chose himself over Weaver for the final roster spot on the 1952 opening day roster.

Jan 7, 2026

Spades Wood was a left-handed pitcher for Wichita, Tulsa, and St Joseph in the Western League in the 1930s . I wonder if his nickname came from playing cards.

Older blog disturbing july5

Week 12 Mackin early

 In 2026 the NIU football team will join the MWC, while all other sports will move to the Horizon League.  They 're going out on a weak note , but perhaps they can get their second MAC win of the season at UMass(0-9, 0-5). NIU's only win is vs Ball St.

 Chavon Wright and Telly Johnson Jr. combo will do enough rushing the ball to give NIU a road W tomorrow night at UMass. 

NIU 19 UMass 13. other four picks later in the week.

Nov 13, 2025

Correct on NIU,but UMass barely showed up. Late FG saved them from being shutout.  NIU 45 UMass 3

AAC: Houser has tossed  for 2469 yards and14 TD passes . I smell a home upset for ECU. ECU 28 MEM 27

CUSA: Odom avoids tossing INTs and leads KENN to road win over Jax St . KENN 24 JaxSt 20

MWC: Rebs eke out a 23-20 win over Utah St

SBC: CCU escapes with a 31 -27 win @ Georgia Southern. Collier ,once again , is the man for the Chanticleers.

Nov 16, 2025

L. Montgomery rushed for 102 yards and 2 TDs in ECU's upset of MEM

KENN lost 35-26 to Jax St

UNLV needed OT to defeat USU

GASO prevailed over CCU.

Wrong on KENN  & CCU. Correct on UNLV & ECU 3-2 for the weekend.

TXST  got its first conference win of the season in a 41-14 rout over USM.  B. Jackson  tossed for 192 YDS, 3 TDs for the Bobcats. 

Week 11 MAC Tuesday etc

 It's crowded atop the MAC. Two (5-3) teams, MOH & Ohio, meet tonight in Athens, OH. I'll go with Bangura having a good game running the ball for the Bobcats. Ohio 27 MOH 21.

Other 4 picks later in the week.

Nov 5, 2025

Ohio 24 MOH 20: Bongura rushed for 102 yards and a TD for the Bobcats.  1 for 1 this week. 

Nov 7, 2025

AAC: Retzlaff will put up good numbers  again, but it won't be enough at MEM. MEM 34 TUL 28

CUSA: LA Tech 24 DEL 20  Thevenin  gets 100 yards rushing for  the Bulldogs in a road win.

MWC: Aztecs slow down Alejado, the Hawaii QB , and win a road game. SDSU 21 HAW 16

SBC: USM goes on the road and wins a close one at Ark St. Another solid game for Braxtion, the Eagles QB. USM 31 Ark St 30

Nov 8, 2025

Wrong on Memphis. My gut  was screaming Tulane , but I didn't think Retzlaff was enough. He was. 4TDs, 3 passing. TUL 38 Memphis 32. 1 -1 for the week.

Nov 9, 2025

Wrong on La Tech, Wrong on SDSU, I thought Hawaii would give them a tough game and lose , but the Rainbows blew out the Aztecs 38-6, wow. Hawaii QB :M. Alejado 22/34, 256 YDS, 3 TD. MWC regular season title is wide open

Right on USM, but Ark St gave them a scare late.

2-3 for the week

November peek at non-power hoops 2025/26

Gonzaga: Graham Ike, 23, is the highest-ranked non power conference player. Zags are in their final season in the WCC  . Tough  November: Creighton, OK,  MD, and Bama.  Next season they play in the PAC12

Dayton of the A10 faces Cincy and Marquette this month. Flyers will need Nate Santos to score more than 14 points a game

Memphis is counting on 7'1  Aaron Bradshaw.  @ Ole Miss on Nov 11

NTX is counting on  Cahmal Crosby.  @ St Marys on Nov 14

St Marys will rely heavily on Paulius Murauskas . Gaels are in their last WCC season before joining the PAC12.

More to come

Nov 3, 2025

Ok, HC Billy G  can your Tarleton team start with an upset @ SMU(ACC). Is Chris Mpaka  progressing?

Nov 4, 2025

Tarleton(WAC) got crushed 96-76 by SMU. D. Johnson scored 23 for the losers.

UNO (Southland)Privateers upset Big12 member TCU, 78-74 

Nov 5, 2025

Only bad WCC loss so far is Wazoo losing to Idaho 

UNLV(MWC) lost to to UT Martin last night.

Nov 6, 2025

USC Upstate(Big South) upset FRES(MWC) 67-66. KGregory led the Spartans with 15 points. USCU lost its opener to Cal Baptist(WAC)

USCU is in South Carolina.

Nov 10, 2025

Close game MEM (AAC) 76 SF(WCC) 70 . M. Cook was solid for the Dons. Zags edged OK(SEC)

Boise St(MWC) blew out UVU on its road to recovery from  its loss to Howard Payne 

J Speer and the Herd outscored TOL 55 to 33 for an 85- 73 W in an SBC/MAC matchup.

Nov 12, 2025 

Wow, rough OT loss for UAB. Alabama St (SWAC) 77 UAB 73(AAC)  A.Anderson  20 pts 7 ast for the Hornets.

Nov 14, 2025

Olsen scored 21  for USA(SBC) in a 66-64  nail-biter over CMU(MAC). Wichita St(AAC) had no problem with LOYCH(A10).

Nov 17, 2025

UNLV handled MEM. Fleming (25 pts, 12 reb) for the Rebels.

D. Gillespie (26 pts, 17reb) for Kent St(MAC) in an OT win over Wright St(HOR)

Nov 21, 2025

Memphis hung close to Purdue but lost 80-71.

In the Trojan battle Troy(SBC) hung with USC but fell in OT-107-106. C. Campbell(32, 12,8) for Troy

Nov 25, 2025

Tulane(AAC) edged BC(ACC) C Williams scored 32 for TUL

USU(MWC) crushed DAV(A10) M Colins scored 40 for the Ags.

Nov 27, 2025

WCC yesterday. Zags were blown out by 40 by Michigan. WSU lost to Seton Hall. PEPP was rolled by Fresno(MWC)

SMC beat Wichita St(AAC). T. George(19pts, 6 reb) led Portland to a 93-73 win over LBSU(Big West)

Dec 1, 2025

MWC : L Walker (28pts) and the Cowboys gave TT quite a scare.  TT 76 WYO 72 .  D. Smith(30pts) led CSB(Big West )over Fresno St

USA routed UTSA 82-58. Jags are off to a 7-1 start. Only loss was to UAB

Week 10 Tuesday SBC etc

 TX St has stumbled  through a rough season with plenty of O and less D. Brad Jackson , the QB, (1,786 YDS 9 TD 2 INT) is capable of big games. I'm going to go with TXSt beating the odds and pulling out a squeaker at home .  TXST 31- JMU 30.

Other four guesses will be made later in the week.

Oct 29, 2025

When TXST closed to 28-20 to end the first half, I thought I had a shot, but JMU blanked them in the second half. JMU 52 TXST 20. Zero for 1

Oct 30, 2025

AAC: Memphis 28 Rice 24.  Owls will give the Tigers a scare  with Quentin Jackson rushing for 100 yards.

CUSA:  LIB 23 DEL 20. Flames have re-grouped after a shaky September.

MAC: Only two  games on the schedule. Tossup so I'll go with WMU the home team WMU 20 CMU 17

MWC:  UNLV gets back on track after the spanking by Boise St. J Glover , UNLV RB, is worth watching. UNLV 31 UNM 27

Nov 1

Correct on Memphis but wrong on Rice making it close.  QJack only rushed for 22 yards for the Owls.

Nov 2, 2025

1-1 going into yesterday.

Wrong on ULNV who lost to UNM 40-35. Both QBs tossed 3 TD passes. Lobos are hot ,but the Aztecs are hotter in the MWC.

Correct on LIB  & WMU. 3-2 for the week. 

E. Dickens ,22 CAR 217 YDS, 4 TD, for the Flames

Week 9 Tuesday O5 time and picks

 Ok I"m not going to ignore the CUSA this week.

Kennesaw St has been surprising and will  win at FIU. Dexter Williams will toss two TD passes for KENN  in a 27 to 20 win.

Other four O5 conferences will be picked on Thursday.

Oct 22, 2025

KENN couldn't stop Owens but  the Odom/William QB tag team were too much. for FIU D. 

KENN 45 FIU  26.  1 for 1, so far

Oct 23, 2025

Memphis is coming off a bad  loss to UAB. USF has been rolling since they lost to Miami(FLA). Another good game for B. Brown and the Bulls this week. USF 35 MEM 24

UMass has struggled , as expected in in the MAC, but showed some improvement in a 28-21 loss to BUFF last week.  CMU is 2-1 in conference play with a loss to Akron. CMU 20 UMass 17

SDSU is right there with BSU in the MWC standings. LUcky Sutton will have another solid rushing game for the Aztecs. SDSU 24 FRES 17

Troy is tied with USM in the SBCW.  Kilcrease will toss two TD passes for the Trojans. Troy 31 ULL 20

Oct 26, 2025

wrong  on  USF. MEM outscored USF 17-0 in the 4Q for a 34-31 W

right on CMU who handled UMass

right on SDSU who blanked Fresno

right on Troy. Kilcrease didn't toss any TD passes, but J Lovett led the Trojans in rushing:21 CAR 113 YDS, 2 TD in a 35-23 W over ULL

4 of 5 for the weekend

Oct 27, 2025

Blake Horvath, the Navy QB, makes the Campbell Trophy list and gets a little  Heisman chatter.

Week 8 already in the O5

 AAC: Temple is showing improvement . E. Simon has tossed 13 TD passes.  TEMP 24 @ CHAR 17

CUSA: Four games are over, rest of the league is on bye.

MAC: MOH is in the thick of  the conference race with BUFF and WMU and will edge EMU 20-19 at home this weekend.

MWC: I'll pick two games to make up for no CUSA pick.

Colandrea(UNLV) and Madsen(Boise St) should have a QB duel. Rebs win on the roadd. UNLV 35 BSU 34.

M Davis will  rush for 100 again this week for the Ags at home USU 27 SJSU 23.

SBC: CDRW is playing well for the Herd. TXST keeps falling short. Burrell rushed for 136 yards last week for the Bobcats. I smell a road upset TXST 34 MU 31.

10/18/25

M. Davis only rushed for 50yards, but USU beat SJSU. 1-0 , so far.

10/19/25

Temple romped over CHAR 49-14. Simon  threw 4 TD passes.

MOH  44 EMU. Brunson rushed for 122 yards and a TD for the Red

BSU kicked it into gear and rolled over UNLV

TX St is not looking good as it makes it way to the Pac12. MU 40 TXST 37

CDRW provided most of the O for the Herd.

3-2 Correct on TEMP, MOH, and USU. Wrong on UNLV & TXST

!0/20/25

Herd are 4-3, nearly bowl eligible. Never saw that coming. Barbie 2TDs in the OTs.

Doug Martin, ex NFLer and BSU RB, dead at 36 while in Oakland CA police custody Some reports claim there was a struggle.

Week 7 O5 picks

 I unaware two two CUSA games were being played until after they started.

CUSA: I'll go with SHSU, the home team , over Jax St tonight. SHSU 24  Jax St 23

AAC: NTX is home , but I think Bynum Brown leads USF to the W.  USF 27 NTX 24

MAC: Ball St is coming off a  solid win over Ohio. Lowry to Williams is a nice connection for WMU . I'll take the home team WMU 20 Ball St 17.

MWC: I haven't paid much attention to the Aztecs who will win on the road at Nevada. SDSU 21 Nev 17

SBC: JMU won a low scoring game last week vs GAST.  ULL survived the Herd. Dukes will survive at home JMU 24 ULL 20

Oct 10, 2025

Wrong on SHSU who couldn't hold the 21-17 lead in the 4Q in a 29-27 loss to Jax St.

C. Cook rushed for 218 yards for the Gamecocks.

Oct 11, 2025

Correct on USF. Tied at halftime then Bynum B and the Bulls stomped to a 63-36 win.

Oct 12, 2025

3-3 for to finish 4-1. JMUgot by ULL .  WMU, but I didn't foresee them blanking Ball St 42-0.  

Also correct on the Aztecs but surprised they whooped NEV 42-10

Herd handled ODU easily. 

UTSA 61 Rice 13-WTH

AFA found some O but fell in OT to UNLV 51-48. Starka, the AFA QB, tossed a TD pass and also rushed for 136 yards and 2 TDs

Digging the name  and the pick 6 . Boogie Trotter , Herd DB had a pick 6 in the win over ODU.

Oct 15, 2025

Haven't started  week 8 picks but I would've been wrong on picking  Liberty and FIU and correct on Ark St nwho out scored  USA 12-0 in the 4Q for a 15-14 W

Week 6 picks of O5

 CUSA: Friday night in Delaware. DEL gets a big game from rushing game from Silver . DEL 28 WKU 27

AAC: Roadrunners speed into Philly. Owls slow down Henry Jr. TEMP 24 UTSA 20

MAC: Home field gives BUFF the edge . BUFF 19 EMU 16

MWC: Lobos are on a bit of a roll and will win on the road. with a good rushing game from Humphrey UNM 28 SJSU 19

SBC: TXST only loss is to Arizona St. Pare has solid game for the Bobcats in a road in at Ark St. TXST 31 ARK ST 24.

Oct 4, 2025

Wrong on DEL. WKU scored 17 unanswered points, including a pick6, in the 3Q to go up 27-17. WKU 27 DEL 24. Neither team ran the ball well.

Oct  5 2025

Buff, TEMP-correct. wrong on UNM and TX St. 2 of 5 for the weekend.

Robertson threw 3 TD passes for Buffalo.

In other news : That kid Colton Joseph, the ODU QB, in a blowout of CCU.

YDS 315 TD 4 passing

YDS 66 TD 1 rushing

Week 5 in the O5

 AAC:  Tulane recovers from the Ol Miss thrashing, and Tulso doesn't get a bump from beating OK St. TUL 30 Tulsa 20.

CUSA: Kennesaw St may be a factor in CUSA race. MTSU won't contain Odom,  the Owls QB. KENN 31 MTSU 28

MAC: Navarro, the Bobcats QB, does enough for a W. Ohio 24 Bowling Green 21

MWC: Only one conference matchup so I'll roll the dice. AFA has found some O recently so I'lll take them winning a squeaker at home. AFA 20 HAW 19.

SBC: CDRW  is leading the Herd at QB  MU 34 ULL 31

Sept 28, 2025

wrong on Marshall, AFA

correct on Tulane, KENN, Ohio,

Gordon rushed for 3 TD for TUL in win over Tulsa

Odom tossed two TD passes for KENN in win over MTSU

M. Alejado 35/47, 457 YDS, 3 TD for HAW over AFA

Bangura rushed for 115 yards in Bobcats win over BG

RIO-Wilson  threw 3TDpasses for the Herd but Winfield tossed two TD passes and ran for 3 for ULL in a 54-51 OT win over MU.

Noticed Colorado St(1-3) lost to Wazoo, Liberty(1-4) lost to ODU

ULM has licked has their wounds from the 73-0 loss to Bama with wins over UTEP and  Ark St.

Week 4 along 29S etc

 Nearly neighbors JMU visits LIB in Lynchbirg. Vashko , the JMU QB, will be the difference for JMU in a 21-19 nail-biter W

UTSA steals won 24-23 at CSU led by R.Henry(480yds 6TDs rushing).

Raynor, the Ark St  QB, does enough for a 24-17 win at Kenn St.

Undefeated UNLV  travels to MOH. Colandrea tosses 2 TD passes  for the Rebs in a 27-20 win.

Delaware surprised UConn but won't defeat Kejon Jones(322 rushing yards and 4 TDs )and FIU. FIU 28 DEL 21.

Sept 21, 2025

So-so week in picks.  Correct on JMU, UNLV, UTSA

Wrong on Ark St, FIU

UTSA survived 17-16. Another great week for R.Henry  21 CAR 144 YDS, 2 TD, 2 REC 76 YDS, 2 TD

Can't deny that the AAC is having solid season> MEM upset ARK(SEC),Tulsa knocked off OK St(Big12), and  UTSA  survived CSU(MWC) who failed on a 2pt conversion in the final minute of the game.

The Herd scored 42 on MTSU in a W.

Gotta admit I didn't foresee KENN St and DEL getting off to decent starts in the CUSA

Sept 22, 2025

APPY  was off this weekend after the spanking from USM  and  plays @ Boise St

Sept 23, 2025 

Golesh (USF) or Silverfield (Memphis)  would UCLA be a step up? Not at this moment.

Mixws bag week 3 O5 picks

 MEM 20 Troy 19 : Troy gave Clemson a scare, but Memphis has enough O to survive.

Appy 27 USM 23:  Swann outduels Braxton

BUFF 28 Kent St 19: Roberson tosses 2 TD passes for the Bulls

USU 23 AFA 17: Barner , USU QB, has a solid game for the Ags.

FIU 16 FAU 13:  Tough guess at Pitbull. FIU ekes it out at home

Sept 14, 2025

Memphis 28- Troy 7:  SSmith 113yds , 2TDs rushing for the Tigers in the W.

USM 38 APPY 22:- Only wrong pick Braxton tossed two TDs for USM.

BUFF 31 Kent St 28 : Nip and tuck the entire

USU 49 AFA 30: B. Barnes passed for 17/22, 287 YDS, 2 TD for the Ags

FIU 38 FAU 28: Owens 19 CAR 173 YDS, 2 TD for FIU

Big surprises: The size of NTX blowout  of Wazoo and UNM blowout of UCLA.

Slightly surprised that DEL(CUSA) edged UConn.

Sept 15, 2025

Random  MAC thoughts. Toledo  has a decent D. Ohio beat West Virginia, BGSU is getting most of the hype as MAC conference play starts this weekend