Week 8 O5 top matchups

AAC: Post-Fuente #Memphis led by QB Ferguson have been better than expected but the improving #Navy squad will survive at home.
CUSA: Erratic #fiu has a better conference record than #louisianatech. , but La Tech will win on the road behind  Higgins arm.
MAC: #wmu should handle #emu on it's way to a possible #accessbowl invitation. Eastern Michigan QB Porter may toss a TD or two to keep them in a game  with Fleck's Broncos.
MWC: #joshallen will toss for 300+ yards on the road and #wyoming will outlast #nevada
SunBelt: #MattLinehan  #IDAHO (132-227, 1589 YDS, 8 TD) vs #appst Jalin Moore  (124 CAR, 660 YDS, 5 TD). I haven't lost my football  mind but can't deny that the Vandals of Idaho are 2-1 in conference play and will take Appalachian st to the brink before losing 24-23.

Oct 22 2016

Pushing #Pumphrey for the Heisman Donnel Pumphrey  #SDSU (24 CAR, 135 YDS, 2 TD) in last night's win over #SJST. 2016 season stats: rushing (1246 yards  , 13 tds)  receiving : 20 receptions for 145 yards.
Oct 23, 2016 Five for five on my picks.
AAC:  Navy 42 Memphis 28 Clawless Tigers D gave up 42. Big game for Navy RB Will Worth
(31 CAR, 201 YDS, 3 TD)
CUSA: LT 44 FIU 24. Higgins to Taylor show was great again , and L Tech played some D.
MAC: #wmu 45 #emu 31. Terrell to Thomphson  aerial show was too much. but Coach Fleck has to be concerned about giving up 31 points, and allowing Roback to toss for 311yards.
MWC-   It was Nevada QB Gangi who tossed for 300 + but the Cowboys found a rushing attack and won 42-34.
SunBelt: Another solid game from  Moore in #appst 37-19 win over Idaho. AppSt is 3-0 in the Sunbelt.

Week 7 O5 conference matchups

Five more hunches:
AAC: UConn's win over Cincy will give  them "mo" but  #USF QB Q #flowers will lead the Bulls to a 27-17 home win
CUSA: #MTSU (Stocksill to James)  will eke out a home win over #WKU (White to Taylor). Who knows maybe one of these squads finds some  D. MTSU 34 WKU 33
MAC : #zachterrell, will lead #WMU, to a big win on the road at Akron which keep them in line for #accessbowl. 29-28.  Woodson will keep it close for the Zips.
MWC: After a brutal non-conference start, Hawaii is now 2-0 in conference and   hosts #unlv. Diocemy Saint Juste will rush the  Warriors to a 27-17 victory over the visitng #Rebels.
SunBelt: Manning (GAS) /Silvers(Troy) shootout  or does Chunn (Troy) run wild at home? Troy 20 #georgiast 17


Cancellations: 
AAC news: The impending crest of the #TarRiver is expected to impact Greenvilleand has caused the cancellation of the ECU/NAVY. #Nov19. #navy @ #ecu makeup day
SunBelt news: #southalabama except 1.5 million to cancel it's Nov 19 game at LSU, which leaves them with an 11 game schedule for now. BTW, USA has upset #mississippist and #sandiegost this season.

October 15 #MWC news
#Pumphrey for the Heisman. He  run for 220 yards and two Tds in #sandiegost win over Fresno St last night.  1111 yards and 11 tds this season

Oct 17 review

AAC: #usf 42 #uconn 27. Coach Taggart continues to dismiss his naysayers. I was spot on about Flowers(16 CAR, 157 YDS, 3 TD)  herding  the #usf  Bulls to victory. #Shireffs threw for 306 yards and two TD for UConn.
CUSA: I was correct on a one point victory but picked the wrong team #mtsu. Brent Stockstill  MTSU(42-54, 434 YDS, 3 TD) had a great game, but #wku rushing game led by Anthony Wales  
(27 CAR, 158 YDS, 3 TD) won out 44-43 thanks to a blocked PAT in OT
MAC: #wmu 41 #akron 0 I was correct on #wmu but  didn't foresee Akron's lack of zip. #JarvionFranklin  WMU (33 CAR, 281 YDS, 1 TD)
MWC: #UNLV had a solid final five minutes with Lexington Thomas scoring on a 34-yard TD run and Pantels kicking the go-ahead field goal . #unlv 41  #hawaii 38. Hawaii QB #drubrown was solid in a losing effort. My one incorrect pick this week.
SunBelt: Manning to Boyd GAS connection was great but  Silvers, the Troy QB,  tossed two fourth quarter TDS for a Troy 31  GAS  21 victory.

week 6 five O5 conference matchups.

AAC- Tulane 21 @ UCF 23 Coach Frost appears to have the UCF Black Knights competitive again.. Milton to Smith connection will help UCF get by the Green Wave who will get a solid rusihing game from Hilliard.
CUSA -I rarely pick La Tech but the home field will help them eke out a 24 -23 win over WKU who will  need  Higgins  to find Taylor often.
MAC- Time to give Eastern Michigan a slight nod, and they'll continue their surpise season with a 19 16 home win over Toledo. Porter to Kilby EMU connection will get two TDs, and their D will slow down Toledo'sKareem Hunt.
MWC- Boise St travels to Lobo-land to avenge a 2015 upset loss.. Maybe New Mexico finds some D, but Gipson's running won't be enough. Rypien will will toss for near 300 yards as Boise will outlast UNM 26 -24.
Sunbelt- Ark St finally gets to play a conference game  but even home field won't save them. Upshaw will lead a decent rushing Georgia Southern rushing attack to a 20-10 win.

Oct 6

Sunbelt pick wrong: Ark St 27 Georgia Southern 26
#kevinellison rushed for for 203 yards and 1 TD for GSU, but that wasn't enough as #arkansasst QB Hansen tossed a game winnning TD to Bayless with nine seconds to go.

Oct 7, 2016

CUSA pick correct. Battle of star wide receivers. #taywantalylor caught two TD for #WKU, but #carloshenderson caught three for #louisianatech . Holtz' crew survived at home: LA Tech 55 WKU 52

Oct 8, 2016

#boisest qb #brettRypien shredded the Lobos for 391 yards and five tds in a 49-21 win over #newmexico.. I was correcft but thought the Lobos had a little more fight in them.

Oct 9, 2016

 #toledo 35 emu 20 wrong on #easternmichigan who  hung in there  but #Toledo QB  #woodside threw four tds . I was 2-2 for the weekend.
Odds and ends: Props to #westernmichigan  who beat #NIU to go 2-0 in MAC play and 6-0 overall. Keeping my eyes on #jalenrhodes who rushed for 165 yards in the #utsa upset of of #usm. How about #navy holding off #houston  and #uconn beating #cincy in @AAC play

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.
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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.
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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.