O5 Week 3 mixed bag

#MWC: #Rypien may get into gear this week and find C.Wilson in the end zone a few times leading #boise to a 30-20 win over #Newmexico, who needs to turn up its rushing attack.
#Sunbelt : #NMST beat #newmexico in week 1 and has a some potent offensive players  , Rogers (QB), Rose (RB), etc, that may wreak havoc in its goodbye Sunbelt  tour . #troy is looking for more O. NMST 26  Troy 17
#cusa : Two teams . #latech and #wku, that  usually battle for the CUSA title, need this one badly. Battle of QBs as Smith leads LA Tech to a narrow road win over White and the Hilltoppers.
#mac vs #aac: Ohio flavor as Ragland will  throw a few TDs keeping Miami (OH)  close in narrow loss to #cincy who will finally get Boone untracked.
Sept 15 review: Boise  took it's time in   a 28-14 over UNM win and not sure why Rypien didn't play.
Sept 16 review: Rogers (NMST) threw for 336 yards but it wasn't enough to over come #Silvers passing and running. Troy 27 NMST 24.
Ragland's pick 6 to Cincy was among a few Miami O errors that allowed the Bearcats to roar back for a 21-17 win.
Called the narrow La Tech win giving me a 2-2 record for the weekend

O5 moves into conference play weekend 0f 9/9/17

AAC: Memphis hurries to UCF to beat Hurricane Irma  and will need another monster game from Henderson to hold off Milton and the potent Knights' O. Mem  31 UCF 30
CUSA: #Rice @ #utep  . Maybe Stewart gets in gear for the Owls after the Stanford loss, but I think the deeper #utep squad bounces back from the OU loss. Watch Dove ran wild. UTEP 27 Rice 19
MAC: No conference matchup: #Buffalo @ #Army (independent) should be a close matchup of New York schools. #tyreejackson will toss a lot of passes in a narrow Buffalo win  20-19 over the rushing attack of Army .
MWC/Sunbelt: I 'll go intrastate with #newmexico edging #newmexicost (SunBelt). Rogers will be tossing the ball a ton for NMST  while the Lobos will let #lamarjordan toss a few more passes than usual. NM 30 NMST 27
UCF/Mem cancelled so here's another #AAC pick  Navy's QB #abey legs  vs #tulane Banks arm. Navy 33 Tul 29

Sept 10 review: 

Abey's running and passing helped #navy edge #tulane ,who relied mostly on rushing,  23-21 .
Well, I blew the #cusa game. Owls rushed for 306 yards and right over #utep 31-14
#bradshaw rushed for 147 yards, but it was #woofolk, Army FB who scored two late TDs   in the 21-17 victory over #buffalo.
I nearly got the score correct but blew the call on the winner. Tyler Rogers  #NMSU QB's statline says it all: 34-57, 401 YDS, 4 TD

O5 quick snaps Labor Day weekend 2017

I'll try to stick to conference matchups but may not find many so I'll go  for possible close games.
1) #FIU (CUSA) visits #UCF (AAC):  Butch Davis' squad will stay in this one for  three quarters but UCF will prevail 30-17 behind QB #miltonmckenzie
2) #marshall (CUSA)  D won't contain   #miamiohio QB Ragland's aerial show. Miami O 31 MU 19
3) #coloradost (MWC) crushed Oregon St of the Pac 12 last week but Colorado is a  tougher team.
Plenty of Hype over the QBs, Montez  of the Buffaloes, and Stevens of CSU, so watch the rushing game be the key. Colorado 27 CSU 25
4) #coastalcarolina (sunbelt)  faces #umass who lost a tough one to Hawaii last week. #CCU will have a tough time slowing down the Ford to Breneman connection. UMass 33 Ccu 26
September 1: Well #FIU lasted a quarter and a half before Mckenzie and crew rolled them. Nice game for FIU #ThomasOwens  5 REC, 99 YDS, 1 TD. UCF 61 FIU 17
Sept 2 : I was correct about the Buffaloes but definitely thought there would be more O. Col 17 
CSU 3. I didn't foresee the  shaky offensive pass interference calls.
Sept 3: Ragland put up decent stats,, but the #herd got 3TDs from for the special teams and D:  Keion Davis returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and Chris Jackson added a pick6 . #marshall 31 MIami O 26. Cheers to #coastalcarolina RB #Abercrombie had 17 carries for 149 yards and two touchdowns in #CCU 38-28 win over Umass.

O5 in kind of week 1 2017 kickoff.

Some interesting interconference games in this tiny slate leading up to the "real" week 1.
OREGON ST. @ COLORADO ST #mwc Can Stevens to Gallup get a home field win? Or will the visiting Beavers rushing attack prevail. #oregst 19 #csu 17

#Hawaii #mwc @  #Massachusetts- #minutemen shoot down the Warriors 16 -15 with #ford tossing to #bregman in a home field win


#SouthFlorida #aac @ San Jose State #mwc. #quintonflowers and the Bulls should romp over the Spartans who will hand off  #malikeroberson often to keep Flowrs on the pine. #Usf 27 #sjsu 9

Stanford vs Rice #cusa in Australia. #chryst and the Cards should be dealing the Owls out of the game quickly. Maybe #samstewart carries the rock and well for Rice and keeps the Cards O off the field. Stanford 40 Rice 19.
aug 29, 2017:Rice schedule @Pitt , @houston in OOC games

Sat, Sep 9	@	UTEP		8:00 PM
Sat, Sep 16	@	Houston		8:00 PM
Sat, Sep 23	vs	FIU		7:30 PM
Sat, Sep 30	@	Pittsburgh		TBD
Sat, Oct 7	vs	Army		6:30 PM
Sat, Oct 21	@	UTSA		7:00 PM
Sat, Oct 28	vs	LA Tech		3:30 PM
Sat, Nov 4	@	UAB		TBD
Sat, Nov 11	vs	Southern Miss		3:30 PM
Sat, Nov 18	@	Old Dominion		2:00 PM
Sat, Nov 25	vs	North Texas

2017 MAC football snap hunches

East
Miami (Ohio) -Look for Ragland's band to rock the East
Bowling Green- Morgan to Miller aerial show
Ohio- Solich has another solid squad.
Akron- No zip on D
Buffalo- Still re-building
Kent St- Not much gold on the Flash.

WEST
Toledo- Hard to go against Woodside's Rockets soaring in the West
W. Michigan- PJ rowed to Minnesota and some stars plaing on Sunday.
E. Michigan- Is Roback's arm enough totake them bowling again?
C. Michigan- Who starts at QB? Morris or Poljan?
N. Illinois-Will late 2016 rebound carry over?
Ball St  freshman LB, Brandon Martin will be busy.
Must see #MAC games: Oct 7 #EMU @ #toledo , #bowlinggreen  @#miami(OH) . Miami (OH) last played  #notredame  in 1909 in 46-0 loss and will travel to South Bend for a Sept 30 match up.

Aug 12: I wonder if this scheduling  pre-dates PJ stint @ #westermmichigan  .
Sept. 2 at #USC
Sept. 9 at #MichiganState

Aug 18: I missed this surprising tidbit : #Toledo has not appeared a MAC title game since 2004.

2017 MWC football snap hunches

MOUNTAIN

Wyoming- Josh Allen tosses the Cowboys to another division title.

Boise St.- Coach Harsin will need an instant upgrade on D

Colorado St.- Stevens to Gallop and pray for some D

Air Force- That ground attack keeps them competitive

New Mexico- Lobos went bowling last season and will need some D miracles to do it again

Utah St-Ags open with Wisky and may not recover..

WEST

San Diego St.- Coach Long's Aztecs D will power them to the division title.

UNLV- Armani to Keys suits the Rebs fine

Fresno St- Coach Tedford  wants to get back to the power 5- look for better Bulldogs' football

Hawaii-#drubrown and the O can score but Warriors secondary is porous.

Nevada- Look for Bama transfer #davidcornwell to do a decent job at QB

San Jose St.-Spartans OL is bad

Must see games: #sandiegost @ #unlv on Oct 7, #wyoming @ #boisest on Oct 21

Aug 14,2017

Three Aztecs football players have chickenpox. #sandiegost needs  to play contain .:wink:.

2017 Sunbelt football hunches

SUN BELT teams play alot of Power 5 conference matchup in the first three weeks.

App. St. doesn't have to face Troy and Ark St this season. Rushing duo of Upshaw/Moore is one of the keys.
Arkansas St: Ja’Von Rolland-Jones leads a strong D. Big conference  game @ Troy  and @south bama
Troy opens  If QB #justicehansen has good opener@ #BoiseST , then Sunbelt beware
South Alabama: Decent D and #dallasdavis at QB
Ga. Southern: More Statesboro blues
Georgia State hopes the rivalry game with GSU isn't a cellar-dweller battle.
La.-Monroe- look for QB #garrettsmith to rally the Warhawks
New Mexico St.: A healthy Larry Rose should help the Ags  stay in the middle of the pack.
Texas State: Lot of hype for #damianwillians
UL Lafayette- Need to replace a lot of starters
Coastal Carolina- Likely a rough Sunbelt delay- #austinwilson a QB transfer from Syracuse, has  a rough gig.
Idaho Vandals will slide out of 1A ball

Aug 22: Hey national media is paying attention to the O5:  SI.com ran a profile of #ArkSt DB  #BlaiseTaylor this week for his athletic and academic prowess.