O5 week 5 conference matchups

Conference play starts to pick up  in week 5 and here are my hunches for a games of the week.
AAC: USF is steadily improving and Cincy continues to confuse everyone. Cincy won't contain Q. Flowers, USF multi-purpose QB,  USF 22 Cincy 21
CUSA: Stocksill will lead MTSU to a 36 to 26 road win at North Texas, who beat Rice last week,   but that doesn't mean much this season.
MAC: Miami (OH) gave Cincy a scare last week and will need a lot of passing yard if they 're going to upset a solid Ohio squad. Ohio 24 Miami (OH) 16
MWC: Josh Allen is off to a slow start for Wyoming  who will lose a close one at Colorado St  20-19. Maybe  Coach Bobo (CSU) find some answers on O this week?
SUNBELT: App St 27  GA St 22. Jalin Moore, who ran for 257 yards in the App St win over Akron last week will be a workhorse against GSU who nearly upset Wisconsin two weeks ago.
________
Oct 1 MAC note: BYU 55 Toledo 53 in regulation. #kareemhunt 's 146 yds and 1TD rushing wasn't enough for as Toledo lost a last second BYU FG.
____
Oct 2
AAC: USF 45 Cincy 20  Flowers and Mack had two rushing TDs each for #USF
CUSA: MTSU 30 NT 13 Stocksill did enough and the #MTSU D was solid.
MAC:  #OHIO 17 MIAMI(OH) 7. Bobcats did enough to get the W.
MWC:  Big time wrong on this one .Props to Cowboys RB #BrianHill (166 yards 1 TD) in #Wyoming 's  38-17 win over Colorado St
SunBelt: #Appst 17 GA ST 3 It toook quite awhile for either team to score.
Special mention for #southalabama in a big  win over #sandiegost  (MWC) 42-24. #ColeGarvin, a transfer from #Marshall,   came off the bench and threw for three  TDs and 245 yards

week four O5 conference matchups

Lean picking for conference games.
SunBelt: Rogers to Caldwell connection will keep #newmexicost in the game, but Chunn will churn out the rushing yards for a #troy home win.
MW: Meyers passing and Mays running will help #utahstate eke out a home win over #airforce
MAC: No MAC matchup so I'll take the improved Army (independent), once a MAC member, to beat a the waning #buffalo team in an intrastategame
CUSA: Two of the better CUSA squads, MTSU /LaTech will faceoff @ MTSU. Stocksill willput on aerial show in a ten point win over LT.
AAC: No AAC matchup so I'll go with a one-time Big East matchup. #cuse (ACC) visits UConn. Feel like flipping a coin, but  Dungy will  tame  the home Huskies in an Orangemen win 21-20.

Sept 23,2016

Interesting inter-conference matchup: #Western Michigan(MAC) has beaten two Big 10 teams this season and should handle #Georgia Southern(Sunbelt) @ home before starting MAC play. #jamauriBogan will  rush for 150 over a GAS team with a decent D.

Sept 25, 2016 review

SUNBELT- TROY 52 NMST 6 Correct but the NMST didn't get close. Nailed this one WMU 49 GAS 31.
MW-  AFA 27 UTAH ST 20  Wrong on Utah St. AFA rushed for 213 yards.
MAC- Picked the wrong military academy this week. BUFF 23 ARMY 20  in an overtime game.
CUSA- MTSU 38 LA TECH 34. Stocksill threw for less yards  (356 yatds , 2t ds) than Higgins (504 yards , 3 tds) but led MTSU in 20 point comeback win .
AAC SYR 31 UCONN 24 Dungy threw for over 400 yards.

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.

O5 slaps the Power 5

Group of 5 or what I call the Other 5 rocked the Power 5 which should but won't be a lesson to the NCAA to stop subdividing the 1A into two  levels.

AAC- Houston stunned the  Oklahoma Sooners(Big12) and staked a claim for a shot the pigskin final 4.
CUSA- Louisiana Tech took Arkansas (SEC) to the bitter end before falling 20-14. Southern Miss roared back to beat Kentucky(SEC) 44-35
MAC- Western Michigan hung on for dear life and eked out a win at Northwestern 22-21
SunBelt: beware of the glare that must've stunned the kickers. App St kicker, Michael Rubino, missed an extra point and a field goal allowing Tennessee (SEC) to escape with an OT win. South Alabama escaped with a win at Miss St(SEC) when their kicker. Westin Graves, missed a cheap shot in the final seconds.
C'mon NCAA let the boys play and slow down on creating four or five super conferences. You can't control everything.

Visit us https://plus.google.com/communities/104643398353248786505

May 25 2017

Memo to the Big 12: If the # Sunbelt can do it why can't you? In 2018 , the Sunbelt  with ten teams will have a conference championship game
East: Appalachian State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Troy
West: Arkansas State, Louisiana, UL-Monroe, South Alabama, Texas State

Oops Big 12 is playing a championship game in Dallas in 2017.my apologies

CUSA football 2016

CUSA is  the most discussed conference at the Other  5 community. USM is getting a lot of hype this 2016 pre-season, but I'm not jumping that train. Instead I'll get on the Rice Owls limb.
EAST
1) Marshall- All signs point to a great Herd  D led by Durant. Can Litton continue to light up the O?
2) FIU: QB McGough will step up in his sophomore season.
3) W. Kentucky: Replacing Doughty will slow down the Hilltoppers in Septemebr
4) FAU: Trey Hendrickson, Owls DE, will get his fair share of sacks.
5) M. Tenn. St. Injury bug has hit the WR corps.
6) Old Dominion: Looks for some strong play from Monarchs LB, T.J. Ricks.
7) Charlotte:Kevin Olsen may be the QB answer

WEST
1) Rice- Stehling will play well enough at QB and the Owls develop a rushing game and surprise in the West.
2) Southern Miss- Coach Monkton's exit will hurt , but QB Mullens will keep them in contention.
3) Louisiana Tech: Trent Taylor and Carlos Henderson. are a nice WR/TE tandem, but QB situation is shaky
4) North Texas :  Alec Morris, Bama QB transfer,  could provide some sparks.
5) UTEP : Shaky QB situation
6) UTSA-Post Coker era starts, Cavill, a transfer WR should be fun to watch.

9/2/16

My Rice  limb cracked quickly -WKU crushed them last night. FIU collapsed after the first half in a loss to Indiana/

MAC football 2016

East
1) Akron looks better. The addition of transfers of Natson and Ball on offense should keep the Zips in contention.
2) Bowling Green:  Darrion Landry, a JUCO transfer, will be an asset as Knapke tries to replace Matt Johnson at QB
3) Ohio- Maybe Wyndham does enough to keep the Bobcats in the middle of the pack.
4) Miami (Ohio)- Maybe Bahl makes a huge leap at QB
5) Kent St- Flashes are young and not looking golden .
6) Buffalo will miss Licata

WEST
1) W. Michigan: Terrell to Davis connection will help Fleck's  Broncos eke out the division title
2) Northern Illinois is solid in three phases of the game, particulary with lurry in the secondary.
3) Toledo has Kareem Hunt running  behind a talented OL.
4) Ball St.- Jury is out on QB Riley Neal
5) C. Michigan: Cooper Rush is an improving QB but is that enough.
6) E. Michigan:  Maybe  a win or two but not ready to escape the cellar