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.
