Week 12 MAC on Tuesday, then more O5

 MAC: BGSU and WMU, two of the four teams tied for 1st place, play tonight. I'll go with the Bazelak to Fannin connection for the W.  BGSU 28 WMU 20.

Other four O5 picks  by Thursday.

Nov 13, 2024

Fannin Jr (10 REC 137YDS 2TD) for BGSU in 31-13 win over CMU. One correct.

How about that game in Buffalo? BUFF 51  Ball St 48

Nov 14, 2024

Ok, time for the other four picks:

AAC: Hughes has rushed for 1200 yards for Tulane, a hot team. TUL 31 Navy 21

CUSA: La Tech has been making strides, but they won't stop the WKU aerial show  led by Veltkamp. WKU 41 La Tech 30

MWC:  Cowboys O has showed signs of life,  and they 'll give  the Rams a scare but won't upset them. CSU 27 WYO 24

SBC:  ODU is a roller coaster ride, but this is an intrastate matchup with JMU. Barnett tosses two TDs for the Dukes. JMU 28 ODU 24.

Nov 16, 2024

CSU didn't have too much difficulty with Wyoming in a 24-10 win . J.Marshall rushed for 104 yards for the Rams.  Two for two, so far.

Nov 18, 2024

So wrong on WKU. LA Tech outkicks WKU 12-7

Tulane blanked Navy 35-0 and will face Army in the AAC title game.

JMU survived ODU 35-32. 

4-1 for the weekend

UNM over Wazoo and LIberty narrowly escaping  UMass  caught my attention.

Mendenhall has done a decent job with the Lobos.

ULL lost to USA. Jags were outscored 16-0 in the 4th but held on for 24-22 win

Temple fired Drayton after a win over FAU. You could see it coming after three bad seasons but it's still strange timing.

Nov 19, 2024

Associate HC Tim Brewster will serve as IC after  Biff Poggi was canned at Charlotte.His last HC  Job was Minnesota Gophers 2007–2010

Week 11 MAC on Tuesday

 I'm going to roll  with Fannin Jr., the TE for BGSU(66REC 947YDS 6TD), to catch two TD passes on the road. BGSU 28 CMU 24. 

Rest of the picks later in the week.

Nov 7, 2024

Fanin didn't find the end zone, but BGSU beat CMU so I nailed that one. BGSU 23 CMU 13

In other MAC news Ohio blanked Kent St 41-0.

Now to the other four picks:

AAC: AFA held Army to 20 points  and NTX can  score plenty of points. I'll go with Morris tossing a few TD passes. NTX 35 Army 31.

CUSA:  Cooley & Salter do enough for the Flames. LIB 24 MTSU 16

MWC: UNLV stayed close in a loss to Boise. Hawaii edged Fresno. Rebs will slow down Schager's aerial show enough for a 24-21 win.

SBC:  Interstate battle. CCU is coming off a bad loss to Troy and Appy looks like they've made some repairs. Aguilar  will toss two TD passes for Appy. APP 28 CCU 20

Nov 8, 2024

Wrong on Appy. CCU came out hot and rolled to a 38-24 win with Bennett rushing for 3 TDs.

Nov 10, 2024

Wrong on Army losing and the game being a high scoring one . Army 14 NTX 3

Correct on the Flames. Another big game for Cooley 14 CAR 138 yards, 1TD LIB 37 MTSU 17

Correct on Boise. More of the usual from Jeanty. I was damn close on the final score -28-21.

2-3 for the weekend.

 MWC: UNM beat  the slumping SDSU Aztecs. 

AAC: Tulane crushed Temple and is 6-0 in conference play.

SBC conference  ULL remains undefeated at 5-0 in the West. Marshall and GASO are tied at 4-1 in the East. Herd crushed USM and GASO was idle.

Nov 11, 2024

Four MAC teams tied at 4-1  Miami O, WMU, BGSU, and Ohio

WKU and Jax St tied at 5-0 in the CUSA. Is Rich Rod back?

Non P6 hoops- stumbling into 2024/25

 GCU never made it to the WCC, took the off ramp to MWC, maybe as soon as 2025. No Zags, no Antelopes will hurt the WCC. Plus WAC is stung.

Chicago St starts life in the NEC but has a rough game this month against TX(SEC)

USF(AAC) lost Coach Rahim , who died at he age of 43 due to a complication during surgery.Fletcher takes over. 

Lot of hype for St Louis(A10) , with former Indiana St HC Josh Shertz and a few of his player joining the team.

Coach Kampe(Oakland) stayed put  after beating Kentucky in 2024 Dance so the Golden Grizzlies will be a team to watch in the Horizon League.

Nov 9, 2024

Caught my attention: VCU(A10) blew out BC. CoC(CAA) beat USF(AAC). Brzovic 34 points  for the Cougars coached by Chris Mack.

South Dakota St (Summit) survived a late rally by LBSU(Big West) for a 79-73 win.

Nov 15, 2024

GCU(WAC) stayed with  Ariz St in the first half, but  went cold in the second half of a 76-87 loss. However, JaKobe Coles didn't miss a shot for the Lopes while scoring 17 points in the game.

Nov 18, 2024

St Mary's(WCC) beat Nebraska. 

William & Mary(CAA) scored 102 in a win over GASO(SBC). Where did that come from? Noah Collier scored 19 for the Tribe.

Boise St(MWC) beat Clemson.

Nov 23, 2024

Dorn (24pts) leads Elon(CAA) to an upset over Notre Dame (ACC)

Christmas  scored 15 points for Longwood(Big South) in an upset of UAB(AAC)

BTW, the late Jerome Kersey, ex NBAer, played for Longwood(1980-84).

Nov 26, 2024

Tyrese Hunter(AAC) scored 26 for Memphis in an upset of UConn.

KSt brings Longwood back to reality.

Chicago St (NEC)continues to struggle in a 63-48 loss to Radford(BigSouth)

Nov 27, 2024

Davis(18PTS9REB)(MWC) leads the Aztecs past Creighton (Big East). Memphis(AAC) keeps rolling with a win over Sparty. GCU(WAC) gives Stanford its first loss.

Dec 4, 2024

Maybe UTA hoops stays in the WAC this time. They were in the WAC (2012/13) then SBC (2013-22), then back to the WAC(2022-)

Mavs have been up and down this season and Ware(17 pts, 9reb) led them to an 84-70 win over ULM(SBC) last night

Dec 6, 2024

Dons top Billikens 78-61. Some  Sycamores fled Indiana St for SLU(A10) , but it ain't showing  positive results yet. Malik Thomas scored 22 for San Fran(WCC).

Drake(8-01-0 MVC) beat Valp. Stirtz scored 29 for the Bulldogs.

Dec 11, 2024

Nice 71-68 win for NDSU(Summit) over Butler(Big East) . J White (27pts) was a sharp-shooter for the Bison. 

COFC(CAA) 78 JOES(A10) 75  Good win for Coach Mack

Dec 16, 2024

Navy (Patriot) gave VTech a battle before losing 80-72

SF(WCC)  rides a big second half(52 points) to a 76-66 win over LOYCH(A10)

Todd scored 31 for Ark St(SBC) in a 98-89 OT win over UAB(AAC)

Chicago St  remains winless, and it's going to be a rough season when they get into  the NEC schedule. N. Crawford scored 20 in a loss to Mercer(Southern). Grand Canyon is the next game.

Dec 17, 2024

UTEP(AAC) 67 TARL(WAC) 62. Spirited comeback attempt by Gillispie's kids.

Weston scored 30 for MTSU(CUSA) in a win over  Cal Baptist(WAC)

Dec 20, 2024

G Crawford (17 P, 5 R , 3 A) for UNTD(North Texas -Dallas) in  a 69-68 upset of Rice (AAC). Ok, now I know NTX has as a Dallas campus.

Dec 22, 2024

Wichita St(AAC) fans are scratching their heads. After bad losses to DePaul and Kansas City(AKA- UMKC), X Bell scored 24 points to lead the Shockers to a 84-65 win over KST(Big12) 

Dec 26, 2024

Coach Chris Mack is having a nice early part of the season at CoC(CAA). After losing to Oregon St the Cougars beat LOYCH  and Charlotte. Brzovic  19.2 PPG this season

Chicago St is 0-14  this season. NEC play starts soon and I don't foresee a lot  of improvement.

Dec 31, 2024

End the year looking out west. WCC: Zags gets a tough game from Pepperdine and win 89-82. San Fran survives Santa Clara 97-94 in OT. 

Bent Leuchten (20 pts, 10 reb) for UCI(Big West) in a 71-63 win over Cal Baptist(WAC)

I was checking out the score of SFA(Southland) beating Abilene Christian(WAC) and noticed that UTRGV hoops left the WAC for the Southland. They paid a 2M exit fee. Biggest reason given was the cost of extensive travel and the need to maintain a footprint in TX and Louisiana.

Week 10 O5 it's Tuesday

 SHSU, with or w/o Hunter Watson , gets by La Tech . Bearkats will focus on stopping the Bulldogs' aerial show.  SHSU 20 LaTech 19

Oct 30, 2024

Score was lower than I thought. Not much O . Decker scored the only TD in the game. SHSU 9 LA Tech 3. Bearkats keep winning.

Oct 31, 2024

Rich Rod got a huge game from T Stewart 232 yards , 4 rushing TDs . Jax St 31 Liberty 14

Now to my picks:

AAC: Tulane is hot , 9ers gave Memphis a tough game last  week. Tulane wins a close one  at Charlotte 24-23.

MAC: Akron edged EMU last week and will win at home over BUFF by a score of 21-17.

MWC: Jeanty and the Broncos will be too tough at home. Boise St 28 SDSU 20.

SBC:  Herd rides A J  Turner to a home win over ULM. MU 27 ULM 20

Nov 1, 2024

Tulane woke up in the second half and rolled the 9ers.  TUL 34 CHA 3 Hughes rushed for 117 yards and 2 TDs

Nov 2, 2024

The Jeanty /Madsen show was way too much for the Aztecs.  BSU 56 SDSU 24

Nov 3, 2024

Marshall survived  Hardy rushing for 207 yards and beat ULM 28-23

Akron aborted their 4Q rally fumbling a punt return and lost despite Finley tossing 4TD passes.

4-1 for the weekend.Akron was the only incorrect pick

On games I didn't pick

AAC surprises: Kitna threw 6 TD passes leading UAB to its first conference win. UAB 59 Tulsa 21.

Rice beat Navy and I still think the Owls would be a nice addition to the Pac 12

Week 9 O5 Tuesday and more

 CUSA Tuesday time then the other 4 picks later this week.

SHSU stumbled against WKU, and FIU is having a rough season. Hunter Watson threw 2 TD passes in the loss to WKU but the rushing game was  weak.  Probably time to get McKinney 20 carries.  SHSU 24 FIU 16.

SHSU barely survived two missed FGs and being stuffed on 4th and goal at the end of the first half. SHSU 10 FIU 7. Bearkats need a healthy Watson back at QB ASAP.

Oct 24, 2024

Wow, Liberty loses to Kenn St. ODU blows out  GASO. SBC  is getting wild.

Ok on to the rest of my picks:

AAC: Navy has been sailing along nicely against team with weak defenses Notre Dame(Independent) will slow them down. ND 24 Navy 20

MAC: CMU has stumbled in  conference after beating  the Aztecs(MWC). Gabbert has put up some decent passing numbers for Miami(Ohio). MO 28 CMU 24.

MWC: Can the Rebels slow down Jeanty? Not enough to win! BSU 31 UNLV 27

SBC: SBC: South Bama got a much needed win over Troy last week ,but ULM will handle them. Hardy rushes for 100 yards ULM 34 USA 23

Oct 26, 2024

Got pretty close on the final score  guess . BSU missed a 2pt attempt after a Jeanty TD . BSU 29 UNLV 24

Jeanty rushed for a 128 yards.

Oct 27, 2024

Wrong on ULM who got 100 yards rushing from Hardy but were rolled by S.Bama 46-17.

Correct  on Navy losing to ND.

Correct on Miami (OH) winning. Mazee rushed for 120 of the Red Hawks 277 rushing yards in a 46-7 victory.

In other MAC news, Coleman Owen(WR- Ohio) ,Yds-Ru 22 TDRu 1

Yds-Rc 146 TD-Rc 2, has been putting up some numbers.  Ohio 47 Buff 16

Oct 28, 2024

You knew it was coming: Rice fires HC Mike Bloomgren after 2-6 start in his 7th season. Special teams coordinator Pete Alamar is the interim HC.

Week 8 in O5 conferences.

 WKU played well in 31-14 win over SHSU. Hunter Watson, SHSU QB, was hurt early in the game.

UTEP finally got a W with a win over FIU. CUSA is done for this week. Now to my picks.

AAC: Morris(NTX) has better stats  than Henigan(MEM) except in INTs.  NTX loses 28-24 @ Memphis.

MAC: Are the Buffalo Bulls back? I'm not sold. That 47-3 loss to UConn was bad.  WMU 30 BUFF 21

MWC: Both teams are hard to gauge. I'll go with S. Red rushing for over 100 yards for Nevada in a 31-30 win over Fresno. St.

SBC: Time to pay some attention to ULL, who beat Wake Forest and its only loss is to Tulane. Cajuns prevail at CCU 24-14.

Oct 19, 2024

Wrong on Nevada! S. Red rushed for 56 yards and a TD in the Wolf Pack's loss. FRES 24 NEV 21

In a game I didn't pick the Herd  stayed with Braxton at QB and got 177 yards rushing and 3 TDs from A.Turner in a 35-20 win over GA ST.

Oct 20, 2024

Wrong on NTX who lost a he!! of shootout to MEM. 

Right on WMU: Wolff  outduels Ogobanna  in another shootout. WMU 48-  Buff 41

Correct On ULL  who beat CCU34-24 and sit atop the SBCW.

2-2 this week.

Week 7 in O5 conferences

 CUSA: Veltkamp will toss 2TDs passes for WKU in a 28 to 20 win over UTEP. Hilltoppers need to keep pace with Liberty and Jax St who won this week. 

AAC: Coach Dilfer  needs a rapid improvement in his D. UAB will get a little better and stay close at Army. Army 24 UAB 19

MAC: Ohio loses a 17-16 nail-biter at CMU. 

MWC:  Both teams have  not impressed anyone this season. Cowboys win at home. WYO 20 SDSU 17.

SBC: Can the Herd contain French, the GASO QB?  Is Braxton, the Herd QB,  the answer . GASO 31 MU 27 in Statesboro, GA.

Oct 11, 2024

Veltkamp tossed 3TD passes for WKU in the 44-17 blowout. Jolly rushed for 119 yards for UTEP.

Oct 13, 2024

Army  rolled over UAB. Dilfer's program is not improving

MAC game was a nail biter, but I picked the wrong winner. CMU second  half comeback fell short  Ohio 27 CMU 25.

MWC: another close one that I predicted the wrong winner .Aztecs nipped the Cowboys 27-24

SBC: Dexter Williams came off the bench and sparked GASO to a 21-0 fourth quarter in a 24-23 win over the Herd. Two QB system backfired for MU. Earle's safety was costly. Braxton played well

3-2 this week.

Oct 14, 2024

They tossed an SBC game into the early week mix. Two struggling teams, Troy @ South Bama

Oct 16, 2024

Lopez , the USA QB, produced enough  O for South Bama(2-1 SBC) in a 25-9 win over Troy(0-3 SBC). MTSU beat  Kenn St 14-5 and NMSU survived La Tech 33-30 in CUSA action.