JALMOND
September 15th, 2011, 12:51 AM
Well now I'm at 13-4, not a great start to the year. What makes it even tough to swallow is that the only road teams to win a Big Sky represented game this year are Sac State (at Oregon State) and NAIA's Lindenwood (at Northern Colorado). Smart money evidently is on the home team. What about this week? Here are my predictions for this week's Big Sky games. Hoping for perfection.
EWU at UM---The Eagles good fortune of almost beating Washington was replaced with confusion by losing at South Dakota. The Grizzlies took care of Cal Poly at their big stadium after losing at Tennessee. One of the more surprising stories of the early season is the lack of any type of running game for the Eagles. The Grizzlies don't seem to have that problem...UM 21, EWU 17.
Minot State at MSU---Everyone else is playing in conference while the Bobcats are the odd man out. After playing the FBS and FCS, the Bobcats step down and play DII Minot State, who is making the transition to DII from NAIA. Will the Bobcats have any problem with the DII team, who has been having a difficult time scoring against the DII?..MSU 58, Minot State 7.
NAU at PSU---The two teams in the conference that still have a lot of questions surrounding them. The Lumberjacks were blown out by the Pac-12 and blew out the DII. The Vikings are more of an unknown, having only played one game, that against the NAIA? This should be interesting in that both should show exactly what they are made of...PSU 31, NAU 28.
UNC at ISU---One could always find these two teams near the bottom of the conference standings, which makes the outcome rather comical as one of these two will be 1-0 in conference at the end of the day. The Bengals fell to the FBS and beat their DII. The Bears lost to the FBS, but also lost to the NAIA...ISU 24, UNC 10.
Sac State at WSU---Good fortune of the Hornets after upsetting Oregon State, yet that all went out the window with the loss to Southern Utah. Surprising Wildcats have looked good, albeit in losses, to the FBS (other than the second half against Utah State). No one pictured the Wildcats having that much success against the FBS, much like no one saw the Hornets having that much success against the FBS either. What does it mean?...WSU 28, Sac State 27.
Smart money says, take the home team.
EWU at UM---The Eagles good fortune of almost beating Washington was replaced with confusion by losing at South Dakota. The Grizzlies took care of Cal Poly at their big stadium after losing at Tennessee. One of the more surprising stories of the early season is the lack of any type of running game for the Eagles. The Grizzlies don't seem to have that problem...UM 21, EWU 17.
Minot State at MSU---Everyone else is playing in conference while the Bobcats are the odd man out. After playing the FBS and FCS, the Bobcats step down and play DII Minot State, who is making the transition to DII from NAIA. Will the Bobcats have any problem with the DII team, who has been having a difficult time scoring against the DII?..MSU 58, Minot State 7.
NAU at PSU---The two teams in the conference that still have a lot of questions surrounding them. The Lumberjacks were blown out by the Pac-12 and blew out the DII. The Vikings are more of an unknown, having only played one game, that against the NAIA? This should be interesting in that both should show exactly what they are made of...PSU 31, NAU 28.
UNC at ISU---One could always find these two teams near the bottom of the conference standings, which makes the outcome rather comical as one of these two will be 1-0 in conference at the end of the day. The Bengals fell to the FBS and beat their DII. The Bears lost to the FBS, but also lost to the NAIA...ISU 24, UNC 10.
Sac State at WSU---Good fortune of the Hornets after upsetting Oregon State, yet that all went out the window with the loss to Southern Utah. Surprising Wildcats have looked good, albeit in losses, to the FBS (other than the second half against Utah State). No one pictured the Wildcats having that much success against the FBS, much like no one saw the Hornets having that much success against the FBS either. What does it mean?...WSU 28, Sac State 27.
Smart money says, take the home team.