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Back for it's 14th season...

For the most part I see chalk winning this weekend. I do see two nice MAC non-conference wins though; read and comment below.

http://www.vandelaysports.com/football/m...picks.html
Thanks Nick! Love your analysis and picks every year. This year I plan on BANKING. Go MAC!
Thanks NIU05 and I hope your Huskies prove me wrong.

I do like OU & Western carrying the MAC flag to victory this weekend, hope there are more.
Great analysis Nick, I did my own breakdown of the UMass game but we ultimately reached the same conclusion (though everyone is on board with that conclusion). Should be interesting to see how far along the Minutmen are with Charley Molnar's playbook this early in the season.
(08-29-2012 06:22 AM)Nick in Cleveland Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks NIU05 and I hope your Huskies prove me wrong.

I do like OU & Western carrying the MAC flag to victory this weekend, hope there are more.

God i hope you're right about our game! 04-rock
(08-29-2012 10:03 AM)bobcat_backer Wrote: [ -> ]
(08-29-2012 06:22 AM)Nick in Cleveland Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks NIU05 and I hope your Huskies prove me wrong.

I do like OU & Western carrying the MAC flag to victory this weekend, hope there are more.

God i hope you're right about our game! 04-rock

Bad weather may help out Ohio ( as PSU is installing a pass friendly offense) but is bad for WMU, imo.
I'll never cheer so hard for WMU as I will when they beat the Illness and the Goofers this year. In fact, I am joining the Bronco faithful at TCF Stadium so we can all laugh our way to another MAC W vs Minnesota.
a lot of experts are picking Ohio vs. Penn State. It wouldn't be the first time a MAC team went into happy valley and came out with a win 02-13-banana

Good luck to all MAC teams competing vs. BCS schools. I really hope we don't drop an FCS game week 1. Kent State take care of business... Townson is good.
(08-29-2012 11:12 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote: [ -> ]a lot of experts are picking Ohio vs. Penn State. It wouldn't be the first time a MAC team went into happy valley and came out with a win 02-13-banana

Good luck to all MAC teams competing vs. BCS schools. I really hope we don't drop an FCS game week 1. Kent State take care of business... Townson is good.

That's the thing....a lot of experts are picking Ohio.

Scares the crap out of me.

It's kind of like a trendy upset pick in March Madness. You get a few experts picking Ohio because of the season they had last year and the fact that Tettleton is back...and all of a sudden everyone forgets that PSU still has a ton of talent on the field AND will be emotionally amped up.

I'm rooting for Ohio...but I don't see it happening.
(08-29-2012 11:27 AM)EA3 Wrote: [ -> ]
(08-29-2012 11:12 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote: [ -> ]a lot of experts are picking Ohio vs. Penn State. It wouldn't be the first time a MAC team went into happy valley and came out with a win 02-13-banana

Good luck to all MAC teams competing vs. BCS schools. I really hope we don't drop an FCS game week 1. Kent State take care of business... Townson is good.

That's the thing....a lot of experts are picking Ohio.

Scares the crap out of me.

It's kind of like a trendy upset pick in March Madness. You get a few experts picking Ohio because of the season they had last year and the fact that Tettleton is back...and all of a sudden everyone forgets that PSU still has a ton of talent on the field AND will be emotionally amped up.

I'm rooting for Ohio...but I don't see it happening.


I agree - a real sucker bet.

PSU will have problems on offense but still the PSU defense will carry the day...

I'm not sure what the real upset special will be (other than EMU over BSU 02-13-banana).
Emu over ball state is only like a 6 point spread. Not a huge upset if EMU wins. That is a game they need if they wanna be 6-6 or better though.
(08-29-2012 11:27 AM)EA3 Wrote: [ -> ]
(08-29-2012 11:12 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote: [ -> ]a lot of experts are picking Ohio vs. Penn State. It wouldn't be the first time a MAC team went into happy valley and came out with a win 02-13-banana

Good luck to all MAC teams competing vs. BCS schools. I really hope we don't drop an FCS game week 1. Kent State take care of business... Townson is good.

That's the thing....a lot of experts are picking Ohio.

Scares the crap out of me.

It's kind of like a trendy upset pick in March Madness. You get a few experts picking Ohio because of the season they had last year and the fact that Tettleton is back...and all of a sudden everyone forgets that PSU still has a ton of talent on the field AND will be emotionally amped up.

I'm rooting for Ohio...but I don't see it happening.

I agree. I remember that in 2003, the Rockets were getting a lot of national talk and they were set up to have a great season based on their schedule. Minnesota and Marion Barber and some sort of unknown running back named Lawrence Maroney and it seems like quite a few people were picking the Rockets to beat Minnesota (UT beat them like 35-7 or something like that two years earlier I think). I knew that Toledo was going to win that game and they should be able to beat Kansas too.

Not so though. All the Gophers and Jayhawks did was pound the Rockets 63-7 and 63-14 in those first two weeks respectively. I didn't even want to get out of bed the next morning after the Gopher game.
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(08-29-2012 02:06 PM)UofToledoFans Wrote: [ -> ]Emu over ball state is only like a 6 point spread. Not a huge upset if EMU wins. That is a game they need if they wanna be 6-6 or better though.

You can put this one in the book... EMU by 14
(08-29-2012 06:22 AM)Nick in Cleveland Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks NIU05 and I hope your Huskies prove me wrong.

I do like OU & Western carrying the MAC flag to victory this weekend, hope there are more.

You can add Lou Holtz and Mark May to those who have picked Ohio to beat Penn State tomorrow. they just said that on the halftime show on ESPN. 04-cheers
(08-29-2012 06:22 AM)Nick in Cleveland Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks NIU05 and I hope your Huskies prove me wrong.

I do like OU & Western carrying the MAC flag to victory this weekend, hope there are more.

90% chance of T-storms in Urbana-Champaign for tomorrow. It may be ugly for us......we are not known for our running game. :grumpy:
(08-30-2012 02:43 PM)NUPudge Wrote: [ -> ]
(08-29-2012 02:06 PM)UofToledoFans Wrote: [ -> ]Emu over ball state is only like a 6 point spread. Not a huge upset if EMU wins. That is a game they need if they wanna be 6-6 or better though.

You can put this one in the book... EMU by 14

Yeah.......... About that.......... LOL
(08-29-2012 11:27 AM)EA3 Wrote: [ -> ]
(08-29-2012 11:12 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote: [ -> ]a lot of experts are picking Ohio vs. Penn State. It wouldn't be the first time a MAC team went into happy valley and came out with a win 02-13-banana

Good luck to all MAC teams competing vs. BCS schools. I really hope we don't drop an FCS game week 1. Kent State take care of business... Townson is good.

That's the thing....a lot of experts are picking Ohio.

Scares the crap out of me.

It's kind of like a trendy upset pick in March Madness. You get a few experts picking Ohio because of the season they had last year and the fact that Tettleton is back...and all of a sudden everyone forgets that PSU still has a ton of talent on the field AND will be emotionally amped up.

I'm rooting for Ohio...but I don't see it happening.

good point, it does feel a lot like March when the bobcats became the trendy upset pick over the supposedly much more talented team from the B1G.

I forget, how did that turn out? 03-thumbsup

[Image: UMBB_Michigan_Ohio_Smotrycz_Reaction-thu...106303.jpg]
(08-31-2012 11:01 PM)perimeterpost Wrote: [ -> ]
(08-29-2012 11:27 AM)EA3 Wrote: [ -> ]
(08-29-2012 11:12 AM)UofToledoFans Wrote: [ -> ]a lot of experts are picking Ohio vs. Penn State. It wouldn't be the first time a MAC team went into happy valley and came out with a win 02-13-banana

Good luck to all MAC teams competing vs. BCS schools. I really hope we don't drop an FCS game week 1. Kent State take care of business... Townson is good.

That's the thing....a lot of experts are picking Ohio.

Scares the crap out of me.

It's kind of like a trendy upset pick in March Madness. You get a few experts picking Ohio because of the season they had last year and the fact that Tettleton is back...and all of a sudden everyone forgets that PSU still has a ton of talent on the field AND will be emotionally amped up.

I'm rooting for Ohio...but I don't see it happening.

good point, it does feel a lot like March when the bobcats became the trendy upset pick over the supposedly much more talented team from the B1G.

I forget, how did that turn out? 03-thumbsup

[Image: UMBB_Michigan_Ohio_Smotrycz_Reaction-thu...106303.jpg]

i LOVE this photo!!!!! 03-lmfao 03-nutkick 03-cloud9
It's been really fun for Ohio fans lately. Props to the Bobcats.
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