Week 14 O5 title games

AAC- Temple 22 @ Navy 31.  Both teams have been playing well, but I don't see the Owls, who lost to Army's triple option earlier this season,  slowing down the Navy triple option.
CUSA: Western Kentucky 41 La Tech 23 Two good receivers named Taylor, but Taywan of #wku will be more of a factor than Trent of #louisianatech.
MAC- Western Michigan 34 Ohio 17. Terrell, Franklin, and  Davis  bring too much offense for Ohio to handle.
MWC: San Diego St 27 Wyoming 16. #pumphrey of #sdst will exploit a a banged up Cowboys D.
SunBelt: Troy 24 Georgia Southern 15  Chunn churns out big yards on the ground  in a tough win for Troy who ties @appst for the Sunbelt crown.

Dec 3

#wmu (13-0), the MAC champs,  should be be picked for the Cotton Bowl. Terrell to Davis was solid again for WMU, but they needed a last minute interception  of Ohio QB Windham, who had tossed three TDs, to survive 29-23.
Dec 4
AAC: Owls shut down Navy's rushing attack.. Props to Temple on the 34-10 win .
CUSA:Even less D than I expected as #wku defeated La Tech 58-44. Also more rushing as Anthony Wales (wku) rushed for 209 yards and four touchdowns.
MWC: Pumphrey & Penny led a strong SDST rusihing attack to a 27-24 win over Wyoming Jake Allen tossed 3 TDs in a losing efffort.
SunBelt: Kevin Ellison threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more in  Georgia Southern's win over Troy 28-24. Tro fell out of first as APPST and ark st ended the season tied  for first.
Three out of five for the week  #wmu  #sdst #wku

week 3 four O5 conference game previews

It's too late to highlight the Houston/Cincy #AAC  matchup so I'll go with Tulane, who has defeated Navy the last 4 times they've hosted them.  Battle of two ground attacks.Dontrell Hilliard will rush for nearly 100 yards today.  Tulane 15 Navy 13 
It's tough to find in conference matchups except for the AAC  so I'll  do CUSA OOC 2fer .Troy (SunBelt) coming off  nearly upsetting Clemson will put up a battle but Mullins and the USM Golden Eagles (CUSA) will soar at home 39 -27. Marshall (CUSA) will survive at home against the visiting Akron Zips (MAC) led by QB, Thomas Woodson.. Herd 22 Akron 19 

Was the New Mexico Lobos(MWC) bowl appearance last year an aberration? Coach Davie's high hopes were dimmed last week by the loss to in -state rival New Mexico St (SunBelt). Lobos running back Gipson will be carrying the rock often in a tough 23 20 loss @ Rutgers (B10)

9/18/16

Rutgers' was my only correct pick,  and  I was so wrong on the #Herd. Troy recovered from their tough loss to Clemson and beat USM and may be a force in the Sunbelt which is getting more difficult to gauge. South Bama lost to ULL and hasn't won since upsetting Miss.St. Ga St nearly tipped Wisky over. New Mexico St scored 42 on Kentucky in a loss.
Western Michigan(MAC) trounced Illinois.
#heisman for #Pumphrey of #sandiegost who rushed for 220 yard and 3 tds in a win over NIU

Week 2 quick jabs in the O5

MWC: Boise St and San Diego St outlasted ,respectively PAC12 opponents, Wash St and Cal. Speciap props to the #Aztecs #Pumphrey who rushed for 281 yards against Cal
MAC: I know USF is improving but NIU  looked ragged in defeat yesterday. CMU got the benenfit of  asleep at the "wheel" officiating to upset OK st (Big 12)
AAC: Big regional win for ECU  over NC St (ACC) in a topsy turvy game. Navy got the benefit of UConn's poor clock management. Cincy handled Purdue (Big 10) and is off to a solid start.
CUSA: Shaky week! No losses to 1AA schools but no wins against  1A OOC opponents. Stocksill threw for nearly 400 yards in the MTSU' loss to Vandy (SEC) .
SunBelt-  Troy threw a he!! of a scare into Clemson (ACC) in a tough 30-24 loss.How about those Aggies of New Mexico St defeating intrastate rival New Mexico (MWC) 32-31. Ags  are doing ok as they wait for Larry Rose III, their star RB, to return to the lineup. South Bama  upset Miss St last week but Georgia Southern  gave them a sunbelt slap 24-9.

9/14/16

A little off the field news: On Tuesday, #UNLV (MWC) announced that the Feritta family,who recently sold their stake in the UFC, has donated $10 million to help build the school a new indoor football practice facility.

4/26/17

Post season  follow up: Oklahoma State's #AlamoBowl championship rings count the week 2 loss to #cmu (MAC) in week 2 as a win . NCAA didn't reverse  the result. Central Michigan won the game.