There's no way I'd have believed FAU would beat us, and I was equally sure we'd beat New Mexico at home. FIU has looked pretty good the last couple weeks, and so let's just say I'm bracing for a roller coaster ride down the stretch because I really don't know what to expect anymore from our team at this point in the season.

Middle Tennessee @ Marshall: Marshall is on a roll and do not see them slowing down any time soon..
Rice @ Army: Toss up but think Rice can still be a good team
North Texas @ UAB: UAB plays better on the road seems like
FIU @ UTSA: Should be a close game, but UTSA has the home field advantage.
Old Dominion @ UTEP: UTEP in a shootout...

Future Conference Member
Charlotte @ The Citadel: Just because.

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Middle Tennessee @ Marshall - Probably no one who can stop the Herd this year.
Rice @ Army
North Texas @ UAB
FIU @ UTSA - If FIU causes 2+ turnovers, they win.
Old Dominion @ UTEP

Charlotte @ The Citadel

(10-05-2014 11:50 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  There's no way I'd have believed FAU would beat us, and I was equally sure we'd beat New Mexico at home. FIU has looked pretty good the last couple weeks, and so let's just say I'm bracing for a roller coaster ride down the stretch because I really don't know what to expect anymore from our team at this point in the season.

join the party of fans that have no idea what to expect from their team...5 games in, and i have no idea how bad or good north texas is...uab will finally decide this, i believe...

Middle Tennessee @ Marshall - Marshall by 20 even though MT is a good team.

Rice @ Army - Rice defense mixed with some balance on offense gets the win.

North Texas @ UAB - UAB marching towards a bowl game.

FIU @ UTSA - UTSA takes a low scoring game.

Old Dominion @ UTEP - hate picking against the Miners but no passing game to speak of means ODU can crowd the box and stop the run. ODU gets the road win.

Marshall 40
Middle Tennessee 19

Rice 34
Army 16

UAB 38
North Texas 20

UTSA 20
FIU 6

UTEP 42
Old Dominion 21

The Citadel 30
Charlotte 21

Middle Tennessee @ Marshall: I really like MT this year but playing in WV is no easy chore.

Rice @ Army: Rice has this

North Texas @ UAB: I think UAB is the better team and they are at home

FIU @ UTSA: Offensive play calling and not playing best players will spoil the Runner's homecoming. So sad. I penciled this one as an easy win but credit to FIU for playing great ball

Old Dominion @ UTEP: I like UTEP to squeak out a win at home. Long road game for ODU

Future Conference Member
Charlotte @ The Citadel:

Marshall -12.5 over MT
Rice Even @ Army
UAB -4 over UNT
UTSA -13.5 over FIU
UTEP -3.5 over ODU

Taken from:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/lines

How the heck is UTSA basically a 2 TD favorite over FIU???

(10-06-2014 07:38 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  North Texas @ UAB: UAB plays better on the road seems like

UAB is 2-1 at home and 1-1 on the road.

(10-06-2014 05:54 PM)Fish Wrote:  Marshall -12.5 over MT
Rice Even @ Army
UAB -4 over UNT
UTSA -13.5 over FIU
UTEP -3.5 over ODU

Taken from:

http://espn.go.com/college-football/lines

How the heck is UTSA basically a 2 TD favorite over FIU???

You aren't the only one wondering that. We are too!

Marshall 49
Middle Tennessee 31 MTSU makes a game of it early but Marshall pulls away

Rice 30
Army 22

UAB 38
North Texas 20

UTSA 24
FIU 27

UTEP 41
Old Dominion 33

The Citadel 35
Charlotte 21

(10-06-2014 05:56 PM)BamaScorpio69 Wrote:  

(10-06-2014 07:38 AM)WKUFan518 Wrote:  North Texas @ UAB: UAB plays better on the road seems like

UAB is 2-1 at home and 1-1 on the road.

Oh sorry thought you lost to FIU at home....You played Miss. ST. well on the road....TRoy and A&M I did not include for play......Your players acted like they won the Super Bowl Sat. night so maybe I should say expect a letdown from UAB this week, sorry..

Middle Tennessee 20
Marshall 49

Rice 28
Army 26

North Texas 27
UAB 34

FIU 23
UTSA 26

Old Dominion 31
UTEP 42

(10-06-2014 05:54 PM)Fish Wrote:  How the heck is UTSA basically a 2 TD favorite over FIU???

More people have bet on UTSA than on FIU.

I'm only doing one game this week. You may have already seen the pick.

What can I say? Marshall fans have converted me. I can simply refute the truth no more. They are in a different league than the rest of us. On their way to the playoff... Marshall will score TD's on their first 11 possessions before putting in the scout team who ruins the shutout for them...

Raiders 3
Herd 77

(10-05-2014 11:50 PM)Volkmar Wrote:  There's no way I'd have believed FAU would beat us, and I was equally sure we'd beat New Mexico at home. FIU has looked pretty good the last couple weeks, and so let's just say I'm bracing for a roller coaster ride down the stretch because I really don't know what to expect anymore from our team at this point in the season.

UTSA reminds of the 2012 FIU team. Loaded with seniors (30) and bloated with confidence we thought we were going to shock people (the only things shocked were our egos). All the pre-season magazines had us winning the Belt. The expectations were through the roof. Needless to say the season was a complete disappointment and our Coach (the same guy that was either considered for or offered some prime jobs the year before) got fired.

This year we had people saying we would go winless. Most of our fans (me included) thought we were in for an improved but awful year. And here we are with our offense slowly improving and our defense playing well. We played Pitt and Louisville tough and are 2-0 in C-USA.

The lesson learned for me is an old but wise one: You never know what's going to happen until you actually play the games. It's too early for you guys to give up yet. Similarly, it is too early for FIU to think that we are good or even mediocre yet. Too much football to be played. Good luck the following week after you have played and hopefully lost to FIU.

(10-07-2014 11:22 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  I'm only doing one game this week. You may have already seen the pick.

What can I say? Marshall fans have converted me. I can simply refute the truth no more. They are in a different league than the rest of us. On their way to the playoff... Marshall will score TD's on their first 11 possessions before putting in the scout team who ruins the shutout for them...

Raiders 3
Herd 77

Neat.

Middle Tennessee @ Marshall
North Texas @ UAB
FIU @ UTSA
Old Dominion @ UTEP

Charlotte @ The Citadel

Middle Tennessee @ Marshall - The Herd pull away 42 - 31
North Texas @ UAB - UAB has the better offense 35 - 20
FIU @ UTSA - FIU continues to surprise 21 - 17
Old Dominion @ UTEP - ODU pulls one out 36 - 28

Charlotte @ The Citadel - home team win 31 - 24

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(10-07-2014 11:22 AM)ThreeifbyLightning Wrote:  I'm only doing one game this week. You may have already seen the pick.

What can I say? Marshall fans have converted me. I can simply refute the truth no more. They are in a different league than the rest of us. On their way to the playoff... Marshall will score TD's on their first 11 possessions before putting in the scout team who ruins the shutout for them...

Raiders 3
Herd 77

Prolly.