All the schedule shuffles makes it difficult to find games that matter inside conferences but here I go.
Tulsa(5-0 AAC) trails Cincy, who they faces next week, by a half a game in the AAC . They may have to rely on back QB Brin Collins to eke out a win at Navy team and remain undefeated. Tulsa 25 Navy 22
Marshall(7-0, 4-0 CUSA) the so-so Rice Owls and should take care business with Knox rushing for over 100 yards. #herd 30 Rice 17
Western Michigan (4-0 MAC) should handle EMU and keep pace with Buffalo(5-0 MAC) . The E & E , Eleby and Eskridge, show will lead the way to 29 -22 WMU win.
Nevada suffered its first MAC loss to Hawaii last week while Fresno St has been on a roll. Jalen Cropper is a hot receiver for Fresno so I'll gamble he gets two TDs in a win Fresno St 36 Nevada 33
The national media is high on ULL, but I suspect App St isn't too happy after a tough loss to CCU. Zac Thomas roars back and throws two TD passes for APPY in a 31-30 win over ULL in Sunbelt action.
Dec 5
ULL 's snapper tried to give Appy the game, but the Cajuns hung for a 24-21 win and gave me an incorrect pick. Mountaineers' Chandler Staton missed a 30-yard FG with 2 seconds left that would've sent the game to OT.
Dec 6
I was certainly wrong on Marshall who got blanked 20-0 by Rice
yesterday. The Owls D was stellar with five INTs, one of which was a
pick6.
And lets keep rolling on my poor day yesterday. Eleby threw 4 TD passes for WMU, but EMU got three TD passes from P. Hutchinson and a great rushing performance from Daruis Boone (148 yards, 1TD) in a 53-43 win yesterday.
Carson Strong threw 5 TD passes for Nevada in a 37-26 over Fresno and its D kept.Jalen Cropper out of the end zone.
My sole correct pick was Tulsa who got a key 3rd quarter 66-yard touchdown pass from Zach Smith to Josh Johnson to earn a 19-6 victory.
dec 7 2020
An addendum due to a Sunday night CUSA game . #wku (5-6) has improved a great deal while Charlotte (2-4) has had a bouncy pandemic ride. Pagrome and Gaej Walker had solid games in the Hilltoppers' victory. wku 37 CHAR 19.
Nice 20-3 win for G Southern over an FAU team that usually scores a lot of points.
aug 7 2024
RIP Coach Kragthorpe(59) died from Parkinsons. He went to three bowl games in four years with Tulsa when they were in the CUSA
Ge also was the HC at Louisville and an assistant with the Buffalo Bills.
