(09-13-2019 08:19 AM)BlueRaiderBoy Wrote:  Thru my CUSA/Blue tinted glasses:
1. FAU
2. UTSA
3. Western
4. UNT
5. La Tech
6. Southern Miss
7. Marshall
8. Middle Tennessee
9. FIU
10. "TicksAss" (Sorry Rice. I may be a little bit PollyAnna but an upset here would be a BIG Stretch. Good Luck anyway)

There's 11 games this week. You missed picking one.

FAU
Army
UL
Cal
La Tech
Charlotte
Troy
Marshall
Duke
FIU
Texas

Why do we schedule MAC schools? Outside of Marshall and maybe Western, nobody in this conference even remotely benefits from playing these games. We did H/H's a few years back with Ball State and Ohio and I could never figure out why. We don't recruit there and they don't sell tickets or travel here. Shoot, they don't even sell tickets to their own games.

FAU over Ball State- The MAC sucks.
Army over UTSA- Army will probably have a massive home field advantage in the Alamodome.
Louisville over Western
North Texas over CAL- I'm pretty sure CAL will score 70 on our hopeless secondary and crush us, but I wont pick against us on principle.
Tech over Bowling Green- The MAC sucks.
Charlotte over UMASS- UMASS sucks tremendously.
Troy over Southern Miss- Probably will be the best game of the day.
Marshall over Ohio- The MAC sucks.
Duke over Middle
FIU over New Hampshire- FIU better win.
Texas over Rice- By a lot.

FAU

Army

Louisville

Cal

LA Tech

Charlotte

Southern Miss

Marshall

Duke

Florida Int’l

Texas

FAU

Army

Louisville

Cal

LA Tech

Charlotte

Southern Miss

Marshall

Duke

Florida Int’l

Texas

(09-13-2019 08:28 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(09-13-2019 08:19 AM)BlueRaiderBoy Wrote:  Thru my CUSA/Blue tinted glasses:
1. FAU
2. UTSA
3. Western
4. UNT
5. La Tech
6. Southern Miss
7. Marshall
8. Middle Tennessee
9. FIU
10. "TicksAss" (Sorry Rice. I may be a little bit PollyAnna but an upset here would be a BIG Stretch. Good Luck anyway)

There's 11 games this week. You missed picking one.

A thousand Pardons, Sir. Charlotte definitely wins!!!! How did I overlook this juggernaut?

FAU
Army
Louisville
CAL
La Tech
Charlotte
Troy
Marshall
Middle Tennessee
FIU
Texas

FAU
Army
Louisville
California
La Tech
Charlotte
Troy
Marshall
Duke
FIU
Texas

In the last ten years, Army is 10-2 against teams from Texas. Their only 2 losses during that time were to UNT, in 2016 and 2017. So hats off to the Mean Green. Hopefully we won't lay another egg today.

Saturday, September 14, 2019

2:00PM FAU (0-2) @ Ball State (1-1) FAU -2.5

3:30PM Army (1-1) @ UTSA (1-1) ARMY -17.0

4:00PM Louisville (1-1) @ Western Kentucky (1-1) LOU -10.0

4:15PM North Texas (1-1) @ Cal (2-0) CAL -13.5

5:00PM LA Tech (1-1) @ Bowling Green (1-1) LT -10.5

6:00PM UMASS (0-2) @ Charlotte (1-1) CHAR -18.5

6:00PM Southern Miss (1-1) @ Troy (1-0) TROY-2.5

6:00PM Ohio (1-1)@ Marshall (1-1) MAR -5.5 GOTW[/b]

7:00PM Duke (1-1) @ Middle Tennessee (1-1) DUKE -6.5

7:00PM UNH (0-1) @ Florida Int’l (0-2) FIU -9.5

8:00PM #12 Texas (1-1) @ Rice (0-2) TEX -31.5

(09-14-2019 06:59 AM)Volkmar Wrote:  In the last ten years, Army is 10-2 against teams from Texas. Their only 2 losses during that time were to UNT, in 2016 and 2017. So hats off to the Mean Green. Hopefully we won't lay another egg today.

Army is a tough out. They tend to block low, so your player and are forced to risk injuries if they want to stop their attack, or just let them have their 3 yards. By the way, the game looks good on the NFL Network.

(09-12-2019 12:43 AM)PirateTreasureNC Wrote:  ESPN 411:
https://www.espn.com/college-football/sc...e/2/week/3

USAToday 411:
https://www.usatoday.com/sports/odds/

(09-10-2019 08:56 PM)THUNDERStruck73 Wrote:  Week 3 is upon us. Week 2 results will be posted tomorrow. Good luck. The Battle for the Bell is the GOTW. For those that don’t know, that would be Ohio at Marshall.


Saturday, September 14, 2019

2:00PM FAU (0-2) @ Ball State (1-1) FAU -2.5
MY LINE: Ball State 27-24 Should be a tight game.
REALITY SAID: FAU 41-31 More O than I thought... not as tight as I thought... FAU is a bird of prey
0-1

3:30PM Army (1-1) @ UTSA (1-1) ARMY -17.0
MY LINE: Army 31-17 UTSA hasn't shown me enough to think they can get by Army.
REALITY SAID: Army 31-13 Not too far off on this one.
1-1

4:00PM Louisville (1-1) @ Western Kentucky (1-1) LOU -10.0
MY LINE: Louisville 35-17 Louisville looks like the stronger team.
REALITY SAID: Louisville 38-21 In the wheelhouse again.
2-1

4:15PM North Texas (1-1) @ Cal (2-0) CAL -13.5
MY LINE: Cal 31-21 Cal looks a little stronger than UNT as of right now.
REALITY SAID: Cal 23-17 About what I thought...
3-1

5:00PM LA Tech (1-1) @ Bowling Green (1-1) LT -10.5
MY LINE: La Tech 37-18 La Tech should be able to get this one.
REALITY SAID: La Tech 35-7 BG did better on offense than I thought.
4-1

6:00PM UMASS (0-2) @ Charlotte (1-1) CHAR -18.5
MY LINE: Charlotte 37-24 Charlotte has been looking somewhat decent so far.
REALITY SAID: Charlotte 52-17 OWNAGE. I guess Charlotte is turning the corner.
5-1

6:00PM Southern Miss (1-1) @ Troy (1-0) TROY-2.5
MY LINE: USM 27-20 USM, to me looks like the better choice, Troy's lone game isn't against someone I could say inspires me with confidence for them to beat USM.
REALITY SAID: USM 47-42 Wow...way off on the offense being generated from this game. But, a tight game like I figured.
6-1

6:00PM Ohio (1-1)@ Marshall (1-1) MAR -5.5 GOTW
MY LINE: Marshall 27-21 Marshall should be able to win this game, I just hope that BSU loss doesn't mess them up mentally.
REALITY SAID: Marshall 33-31 A tight game like I thought.
7-1

7:00PM Duke (1-1) @ Middle Tennessee (1-1) DUKE -6.5
MY LINE: MTSU 31-21 MTSU has looked good enough to me for them to take down a travelling Duke team.
REALITY SAID: Duke 41-18 Kind of surprised Duke had it in them to beat down MTSU--they hadn't looked that good so far.
7-2

7:00PM UNH (0-1) @ Florida Int’l (0-2) FIU -9.5
MY LINE: FIU 27-23 FIU has been less that confidence inspiring so far but I think they should be able to pull this one off.
REALITY SAID: FIU 30-17 So FIU can blow out a subpar team.
8-2

8:00PM #12 Texas (1-1) @ Rice (0-2) TEX -31.5
MY LINE: Texas 51-18 This will be a bloodbath.
REALITY SAID: Texas 48-13 Yup...
9-2

Well, that's my take anyway.

9-2 still isn't too bad I think.

(09-11-2019 05:44 AM)HeadsetGuy Wrote:  FAU (0-2) @ Ball State (1-1) Cardinals peck the eyes out of the Owls by 13

Army (1-1) @ UTSA (1-1) ARMY by 14 in a game that lasts 2 hours of real time

Louisville (1-1) @ Western Kentucky (1-1) Louisville in a squeaker by 3

North Texas (1-1) @ Cal (2-0) CAL big time 25+

LA Tech (1-1) @ Bowling Green (1-1) LT loses a let down 28-24

UMASS (0-2) @ Charlotte (1-1) CHAR in a laugher 31-10

Southern Miss (1-1) @ Troy (1-0) TROY wins in a game I hope I'm wrong about 28-27

Ohio (1-1)@ Marshall (1-1) Ohio has just a little more offense, wins 31-28

Duke (1-1) @ Middle Tennessee (1-1) DUKE wins in a shootout 41-36

UNH (0-1) @ Florida Int’l (0-2) FIU These Panthers scare me, don't cover but win 17-14

#12 Texas (1-1) @ Rice (0-2) Rice the Jobbers to the Stars fall to the 'Horns 51-20

(09-11-2019 07:53 AM)SICemDAWGS! Wrote:  Fighting Joey Saltwaters
Black Knights
Cards
UT-Denton
The Tech
Niners
Mustard Buzzards
Herd
Dukies
Golden Panthers
UT-A

Helping out Thunder today with standings, and I have to say - the two above are examples of how you should NOT do this. Holy hell. Thunder's job of counting all these beans is tedious and long as it is, please keep it simple for my guy!

(09-14-2019 06:59 AM)Volkmar Wrote:  In the last ten years, Army is 10-2 against teams from Texas. Their only 2 losses during that time were to UNT, in 2016 and 2017. So hats off to the Mean Green. Hopefully we won't lay another egg today.

This is not correct. Rice beat Army twice in the last ten years:
2014 Rice 41 Army 21
2016 Rice 38 Army 31