Week 5 non-power

I'll pick a few games this weekend, but for now I'll get a pick in for Thursday night

AAC: Tulsa opened the season with a loss to ARK then won three straight including an upset of OK ST

NTX has been a roller coaster which includes rolling over UNLV 44-6

My hunch : Tulsa 31 NTX 24  Golden Hurricanes score a DST touchdown.

QB shootout in Delaware on Friday night.  I''ll take  Purdie to outgun Minicucci. LIB 31 DEL 28

Oct 2, 2026

Wrong on Tulsa, what a shootout. NTX 45 Tulsa 44 OT. T. Jackson tossed 4TD passes for the winners.

Oct 3, 2026

K.Davis rushed for 147yds and 2 TDs for the Flames in a 30-24 win over DEL

Navy is winless   and is at AFA today. I'll take the Falcons. AFA 20 Navy 19

Oct 4 , 2026

Liam Szarka, AFA QB, rushed for two TDs in a 14-9 win over Navy.

2 for 3 in my picks

NDSU shutout WYO to and is 2-0 in MWC play 

Week 3 OOC games

 Herd wins a  24- 23 squeaker at MOSU C. Del Rio-Wilson has a big game

SDSU wins  over visiting JMU by a score of 21-17. L. Sutton rushes for close to 100 yards

Unsure why I think ECU upsets  ODU  by a score of 28-24 on the road. Perhaps Ashton Gray  has a solid rushing game for the Pirates.

Blue Hens hold on at home 27-24 over CCU.  Minicucci QB, tosses a few TD passes.

Sept 20, 2026

3-1: wrong on the Aztecs, correct on DEL, ECU, & the Herd
Coleman tossed 2 TD passes in JMU win over SDSU. Herd D blanked the Bears in the 4Q for a 30-24 win.

Wow on TXST(Pac12) win (49-35) over NTX

Sept 21, 2026

MOH gave Cincy (Big12) a tough game before falling 35-31. MOH will face UConn , who defeated USM(SBC), this Saturday before MAC play starts.

Cole Tabb rushes for a 53 yard touchdown in the final two minutes for the Bearcats win.

Sept 22, 2026

 It was the first JMU/SDSU met on the gridiron. It was arranged as a stand-alone matchup after Virginia Tech canceled the JMU game to get to 9 ACC games.

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

Feb 6, 2026

Last night 's CAA scores reminded me of  trips to Hampton, VA over the years.  W&M is in Williamsburg, not too far from Hampton.

J. Gaines-Wyatt scored 23 for Hampton in an OT W over Elon. 

R. Miller scored 23 for William & Mary in a W over UNCW

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.

Week 13 in the O5

 AAC: How about UTSA (8-3 7-0AAC)  @ Tulane (10-1 7-0AAC).  Green Wave D will slow down Frank Harris. TUL 24 UTSA 17.

SMU is also 7-0 in conference play and has too much O for the improving Midshipmen D. SMU 27 Navy 13

CUSA: Two experienced head coaches: Kill's Kids win at home over  Rich Rod's Gamecocks. NMSU 24 Jax St 19

MAC: Little Miami owns the tiebreaker over Ohio and will face Toledo in the title game next week. Their rushing attack will do the job Saturday Miami(OH) 20 Ball St 13.

MWC: San José State (6-5 5-2 MWC) @ UNLV (9-2 6-1 MWC). Rebs will make sure they are in the title game. UNLV 28 SJST 23.  I'm just tossing a coin on their opponent next week.  Boise St /AFA, each 5-2,  play Friday.

Sunbelt: Troy is in the title game. CCU hosts JMU and needs a W to get to the title game. I don't see the Chants sealing the deal. JMU 31 CCU 24. McCloud, the JMU QB, will have a big game.

Nov 25, 2023

Good start for my picks: Tulane 29 UTSA 16. Green Wave D slowed down: F. Harris QB - UTSA 198YDS 1TD 2INT. 

I called this one a coin toss.  Boise 27 AFA 19. Boise gets into the MWC title game if UNLV beats SJST.  

Nov 26, 2023

SMU crushed Navy. Little Mami blocked a FG attempt to hold off Ball St 17-15.

JMU crushed CCU. McCloud threw 5 TD passes. Appy, not JMU(ineligible). plays Troy in SBC title game.

San Jose State beats UNLV 37-31; MWC ends in 3-way tie for first. Computer is sorting out which two teams land in the title game.

NMSU edged .JX St 20-17 and plays Liberty in the CUSA title game.

Nov 27, 2023

Boise State, San Jose State, and UNLV finished the season tied at 6-2 in the MWC standings. None of the three teams appeared in the College Football Playoff Rankings, SJST lost out in the second tiebreaker an average of computer rankings from Anderson & Hester, Colley Matrix and Massey and Wolfe, several of the computers used for the old BCS system. 

Boise St will play at UNLV.

Delaware is moving up to 1A and joining the CUSA.  Blue Hens are about 75 minutes away from me by car. Joe Flacco left Pitt for DE and made it to the NFL.