With all of these mid-week games it's hard to say anymore which week we are on now, so here is this week's mid-week games. Currently I stand at 66-20 (77%).

Lots of very good games this week highlighted by CMU/Toledo & BG/Western. Overall I see all of these games this week being very close and in fact, this may be one of those whacky MAC weeks where several "favorites" fall.


Kent St 20 - Ohio 16
This is a game the Bobcats should win but for some reason they are in a real funk right now. Kent is an offensively challenged team that just may put it all together for one night to get the win. This is more of a gut feeling than a lock.

Toledo 30 - Central 24
This is a really big game...basically a "play out game" as the loser of this contest will be out of the MAC West race. Because of what's on the line I see this as a real dog fight going down to the wire. Central's coach should be the coach of the year if I had a vote as he and that staff have done a wonderful job this season. Toledo is a real mystery as this team has not played to it's talent level in many games this year including last week's loss to NIU. I'll give the nod to the Rockets believing that their QB cannot possibly play that bad two weeks in a row but don't be surprised if Cooper Rush & Co win this game.

NIU 28 - Buffalo 20
If the Huskies feel they have a breather now that they won at Toledo they are in for a surprise; this UB team is better than advertised and very well coached with their new staff. Joe Licata is quietly one of the better QBs in the MAC. Look for another contest to go down to the wire and I'll give the nod to the defending MAC Champs.

Western 41 - BG 38
BG has the leagues best offense...Western is playing their best football season right now. This could be part I of a two part series as these two teams could very well meet in the MACC. My predicted score may be a little low, I would not be surprised to see a 55-52 game either. I'm giving the nod to the team from the west.

Akron 21 - Miami 14
The Zips still can finish if they win out...so that motivation of playing for something should take them over the hump to victory. This Miami team is starting to play much better and should be more of a force next season.

UMass 45 - Eastern 28
The Minutemen need this win to salvage any credibility to an already putrid season. The Eagles/Hurons seemed to have packed it in after their drubbing against Akron last month.