Week 8 in the FCS

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Thursday, October 19

Matchup	Time (ET)	TV/Mobile
NC Central at Morgan State	7:30pm	ESPNU

Saturday, October 21

Matchup	Time (ET)	TV/Mobile
Penn at Yale	12:00pm	ESPN+
Norfolk State at Howard	12:00pm	ESPNU
SC State at Delaware State	12:00pm	ESPN network
CCSU at Wagner	12:00pm	NEC Front Row
Merrimack at LIU	12:00pm	NEC Front Row
Lafayette at Holy Cross	1:00pm	ESPN+
Butler at Dayton	1:00pm	Facebook
Marist at Presbyterian	1:00pm	ESPN+
Saint Francis U. at Duquesne	1:00pm	NEC Front Row
Brown at Cornell	1:00pm	ESPN+
St. Thomas at Stetson	1:00pm	ESPN+
Valparaiso at Davidson	1:00pm	TV TBA
Harvard at Princeton	1:00pm	ESPN+/SNY/NBCS Phil.
ETSU at Chattanooga	1:00pm	Nexstar/ESPN+
South Dakota at Indiana State	1:00pm	ESPN+
Richmond at North Carolina A&T	1:00pm	FloSports
Lehigh at Bucknell	1:00pm	ESPN+
Sacred Heart at Stonehill	1:00pm	NEC Front Row
Samford at VMI	1:30pm	ESPN+
Columbia at Dartmouth	1:30pm	ESPN+/NESN
Delaware at Hampton	2:00pm	FloSports
Illinois State at Youngstown State	2:00pm	ESPN+
Monmouth at Elon	2:00pm	FloSports/WMYV My48
Southeast Missouri at Tennessee Tech	2:30pm	ESPN+
Furman at Western Carolina	2:30pm	ESPN+
Lincoln (CA) at Tennessee State	3:00pm	ESPN+
Southeastern La. at Northwestern State	3:00pm	ESPN+
Jackson State at MVSU	3:00pm	ESPN+
Alcorn State at UAPB	3:00pm	HBCU GO
Charleston Sou. at UT Martin	3:00pm	ESPN+
South Dakota State at Southern Illinois	3:00pm	ESPN+
Colgate at Georgetown	3:00pm	ESPN+
Bryant at Eastern Illinois	3:00pm	ESPN+
Murray State at Missouri State	3:00pm	ESPN+/MC22
New Hampshire at Stony Brook	3:30pm	FloSports
Rhode Island at UAlbany	3:30pm	FloSports
Towson at William & Mary	3:30pm	FloSports
Western Illinois at North Dakota State	3:30pm	ESPN+/ABC ND
Wofford at Mercer	4:00pm	ESPN+
Southern at Bethune-Cookman	4:00pm	TV TBA
Maine at Campbell	4:00pm	FloSports
Idaho State at Portland State	4:00pm	ESPN+
Nicholls at Texas A&M-Commerce	4:30pm	ESPN+
Abilene Christian at Stephen F. Austin	5:00pm	ESPN+
North Dakota at Northern Iowa	5:00pm	ESPN3
Drake at San Diego	5:00pm	ESPN+
Eastern Kentucky at Gardner-Webb	6:00pm	ESPN+
Utah Tech at North Alabama	7:00pm	ESPN+
Weber State at Eastern Washington	7:00pm	ESPN+/SWX
Morehead State at Tarleton State	7:00pm	ESPN+
Austin Peay at Southern Utah	8:00pm	ESPN+
Northern Colorado at Cal Poly	8:00pm	ESPN+
UIW at McNeese	8:00pm	ESPN+
Florida A&M at Texas Southern	8:00pm	ESPN+
Montana State at Sacramento State	10:30pm	ESPN2

 

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BIG SKY

FARMINGTON, Utah (Oct. 15, 2023) — No. 16 Montana won a wild game over No. 3 Idaho on ESPN2, as the nationally-televised contest highlighted an exciting Week 7 in Big Sky football.

In front of a sold-out crowd at the Kibbie Dome, the Montana Grizzlies held off a furious comeback by Vandals to win 23-21 and return the Little Brown Stein to Missoula.

Montana's defense forced three turnovers in the game, none bigger than the forced fumble by Kale Edwards that was recovered by Levi Janacaro to put the game on ice.

The win was Montana's first against a top three team since its Brawl of the Wild victory against Montana State in 2021. It's also the first time since 2000 that Montana has won back-to-back road games against ranked opponents.

One comeback that did succeed; however, was Idaho State's 27-point turnaround to upset No. 21 Eastern Washington on Saturday and earn its first win over the Eagles since 2005.

Down 41-14 with 1:48 to play in third quarter, the Bengals scored 28 unanswered, including an onside kick that set up the go-ahead score with 52 seconds remaining in the game.

UC Davis and Portland State bounced back with road victories to return to the win column, as the Aggies downed No. 22 Weber State in a tight 17-16 decision and Portland State rolled NAU 45-21 behind Dante Chachere's six touchdown performance.

No. 2 Montana State extended its 24-game home winning streak with a 59-19 decision against Cal Poly, while No. 4 Sacramento State staved off Northern Colorado with a 21-13 victory to set up a massive showdown between the Bobcats and Hornets on ESPN2 next Saturday.
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Big Sky Football Week 7 Scores
Saturday, Oct. 14
FCS Rankings: Stats Perform/AFCA

#4/5 Sacramento State 21, Northern Colorado 13
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Portland State 45, #RV/RV Northern Arizona 21
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Idaho State 42, #21/RV Eastern Washington 41
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#2/2 Montana State 59, Cal Poly 19
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#RV/RV UC Davis 17, #22/23 Weber State 16
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#16/10 Montana 23, #3/3 Idaho 21
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BIG SOUTH / OVC

Southeast Missouri moved to 2-0 in Association games with its 35-28 win over Eastern Illinois, while Bryant and Charleston Southern won their respective conference openers on Saturday. Tennessee Tech and Tennessee State picked up non-league wins as well.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 35, EASTERN ILLINOIS 28 | BOX SCORE
Geno Hess ran for 129 yards and one touchdown, had 53 receiving yards and broke his program's career all-purpose yardage record as Southeast Missouri (2-4, 2-0) hung on for a dramatic 35-28 win over Eastern Illinois (4-3, 0-2) Saturday. SEMO, which ended a three-game losing skid (three losses by a combined nine points), outlasted EIU in front of a Homecoming crowd of 7,263. Tied, 21-21, the Redhawks scored 14 fourth-quarter points and made it a two-touchdown game when Keveon Robbins plunged into the end zone for his second career touchdown extending SEMO's lead to 35-21 with 8:06 left to play.

BRYANT 43, ROBERT MORRIS 24 | BOX SCORE
The Bryant University football team defeated Robert Morris at home 43-26 during homecoming in the conference opener. The defense forced four turnovers, and Zevi Eckhaus threw for 283 yards (22-36) and three TDs, while running for 86 yards and a rushing TD. Simi Bakare ran for two TDs, while Jalen Powell, Javin Dames, and Gary Cooper all caught TDs. Ben Silver had two sacks and a forced fumble on the defensive side. Kenny Dyson Jr. and Michael Otty had a sack, while Lake Ellis recorded an interception.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 24, LINDENWOOD 10 | BOX SCORE
Charleston Southern football earned its third win in just four tries this season at Buccaneer Field, as a convincing 24-10 victory over visiting Lindenwood opened Big South-OVC play in front of a homecoming crowd. CSU freshman quarterback Zolten Osborne continues to have good showings under center, with Saturday's performance against Lindenwood being the best to date. The Bucs came into the contest without a passing score all season, but Osborne changed that quickly, tossing one to Landon Sauers on the opening drive to open the scoring. Osborne would then toss his second of the game in the closing seconds of the first stanza as Will Kakavitsas was the beneficiary of the second.

TENNESSEE TECH 28, SOUTH CAROLINA STATE 7 | BOX SCORE
South Carolina State scored 14 seconds into the game and it looked like the Bulldogs were going to set the pace with that early score. However, that wasn't the case at all. Tennessee Tech scored 28 unanswered points as the host Bulldogs never saw the end zone again as the Golden Eagles got a boost from true freshman quarterback Jordyn Potts and the rushing attack from Justin Pegues and Marcus Knight as Tech prevailed 28-7. Knight rushed for 86 yards on 16 carries, averaging 5.4 yards per tote, as he had three touchdowns in the contest. He is the first Golden Eagle to rush for three scores in a game since Bailey Fisher against Western Illinois in 2019.

TENNESSEE STATE 24, NORFOLK STATE 17 | BOX SCORE
Tennessee State put together a nine-play, 75-yard drive, culminating in an 18-yard rushing touchdown from Draylen Ellis with 5:13 left in the ballgame to give the Tigers a 24-17 win over Norfolk State on Saturday night at Nissan Stadium. The win improved Tennessee State's record to 4-2 on the season while the Spartans fell to 2-4. Jordan Gant totaled 84 yards to lead the Tigers' ground attack in the game, picking up 4 yards per carry along the way. Jalen Rouse also tacked on 68 yards on the ground, picking up 4 yards per carry. Ellis chipped in with 57 yards and one touchdown as well, picking up 7.1 yards per carry. Gerand Turner pulled in one catch for 34 yards and one score. Bryce Phillips led the Tennessee State defensive effort, totaling five tackles, 1.0 TFL, and one interception. Terrell Allen added seven tackles, 4.0 TFL, and two sacks and Lathun Snipes had 1.0 TFL and one sack in the win.

AUSTIN PEAY 41, GARDNER-WEBB 14 | BOX SCORE
Austin Peay outscored Gardner-Webb, 28-7, in the second half to pull away for a 41-14 victory on Saturday, Oct. 14. Austin Peay took an early lead with a 13-play, 79-yard drive to open the game, punctuated by a three-yard touchdown run by Jevon Jackson. Gardner-Webb answered on fourth down on their next drive, as Jaylen King rushed 56 yards to the endzone, tying the game at seven at the end of the opening stanza. APSU went ahead, 10-7, and later found its way down to the GWU goal line. Brice Bass and Charlie Jackson came up with a big sack, and forced another Austin Peay field goal, keeping the deficit down to 13-7 with 7:19 left in the 2nd quarter. Gardner-Webb put together a 16 play, 71-yard drive to end the first half, but the Runnin' Bulldogs missed a field goal attempt in the red zone, and went into the half down 13-7 at the break.

CAA

Delaware is the lone remaining unbeaten team in CAA Football after a Saturday that provided plenty of big plays offensively and several strong defensive performances.

Villanova 21, Elon 0
Box Score

Villanova (5-2, 3-1 CAA) used a powerful rushing attack and a suffocating defense to earn a 21-0 victory over Elon (3-4, 3-1 CAA). The Wildcats ran for 440 yards, while their defense held the Phoenix to 99 total yards and five first downs. Freshman Isaiah Ragland tallied a career-high 126 yards on the ground for VU and quarterback Connor Watkins added 125 yards on 13 carries as VU had two players with 125+ rushing yards for the first time since 1977. Brendan Bell paced the defense with seven tackles and Shane Hartzell picked up five stops and a sack.

Villanova jumped on top 14-0 in the first quarter on scoring runs of 1 and 50 yards from TD Ayo-Durojaiye. The Wildcats extended their margin on their opening possession of the second half, driving 81 yards capped by another Ayo-Durojaiye 1-yard TD run. Elon’s defense was led by Brandon Tyson, who made a game-high 14 tackles and 2.0 TFL’s.

Richmond 24, Rhode Island 17
Box Score

Richmond’s defense recorded six sacks and forced three turnovers as the Spiders (4-3, 3-1 CAA) battled past Rhode Island (4-3, 2-2 CAA), 24-17, on the road. Jeremiah Grant led the UR defense with six tackles and three sacks. Offensively, freshman quarterback Cam Coleman threw for 194 yards and 2 TD’s, both of which went to Nick DeGennaro, who made six catches for a career-high 132 yards.

A 12-yard TD catch by DeGennaro put the Spiders on top early, but URI answered with a 32-yard scoring pass on fourth down from Kasim Hill to John Erby. The Rams went up 10-7 before a 69-yard TD grab by DeGennaro made it 14-10 at the break. The Spiders pushed their lead to 24-10 with 4:47 to go on a 7-yard Kyle Wickersham run before the Rams answered with a 2-yard TD run from Hill to close within seven with 1:54 left. URI drove to midfield when the clock ran out. Hill finished 29-of-50 passing for 367 yards to lead the Rams’ offense. A.J. Pena had eight tackles, 2.0 TFL’s, a sack and a forced fumble defensively.

New Hampshire 38, UAlbany 31
Box Score

Max Brosmer threw for 348 yards and three touchdowns, including a 6-yard TD toss to Colby Ramshaw with 7:08 to play, as New Hampshire (3-3, 1-2 CAA) edged UAlbany (4-3, 2-1 CAA), 38-31. Along with Brosmer’s big day, Logan Tomlinson set career-highs with nine receptions for 144 yards and 2 TD’s. UAlbany got a strong performance from quarterback Reese Poffenbarger, who passed for 373 yards and four touchdowns. Julian Hicks made four receptions for 162 yards and 2 TD’s, while Brevin Easton had four grabs for 106 yards and 2 TD’s.

In a back-and-forth contest, UAlbany built a 17-14 halftime advantage following TD passes of 50 yards to Easton and 75 yards to Hicks before extending it to 24-14 early in the third quarter after a 38-yard Easton scoring catch. However, New Hampshire responded with 17 points in less than five minutes as Dylan Laube ran in from five yards out and Tomlinson had a 53-yard TD grab that put the Wildcats on top 31-24. A 32-yard strike to Hicks early in the fourth quarter tied the game at 31-31, before Brosmer’s game-winning toss to Ramshaw. UAlbany drove into UNH territory in the final minute, but an interception by Brendan Tighe sealed the victory. Josiah Silver recorded three sacks to lead the UNH defense, while Dylan Kelly made 11 tackles for the Great Danes.

Monmouth 61, Hampton 10
Box Score

Jaden Shirden rushed for 276 yards and a career-high four touchdowns as Monmouth (3-3, 2-1 CAA) rolled over Hampton (3-3, 1-2 CAA), 61-10. The Hawks ran for 352 yards and a school-record 7 TD’s, and also got a school-record 98-yard kickoff return for a TD by TJ Speight.

Hampton led 3-0 early before Monmouth reeled off 41 unanswered points. Shirden had TD runs of 9 and 63 yards in the first half and the Hawks closed the period with a 31-yard TD catch by Ashanti Caviness, Jr. Speight’s TD return on the opening kickoff of the second half made it 41-3, but the Pirates cut into the deficit on a 2-yard TD run by Chris Zellous. Shirden broke loose for TD runs of 25 and 72 yards in the third period to extend the lead. Darran Butts had a team-high 85 rushing yards for the Pirates. Thomas Joe-Kamara had seven tackles and 1.5 TFL’s for the MU defense.

Delaware 21, North Carolina A&T 6
Box Score

Kyron Cumby ran for 144 yards and 2 TD’s and Marcus Yarns added 126 yards on the ground as Delaware (5-1, 3-0 CAA) took over sole possession of first place in the CAA with a 21-6 victory over North Carolina A&T (1-5, 0-3 CAA). The Blue Hens’ defense limited the Aggies to 196 yards and forced three turnovers.

The Blue Hens scored on their opening drive of the game as Cumby reached the end zone from 25 yards out and Cumby’s 3-yard TD run midway through the second period made it 14-3. UD took control after forcing a turnover on A&T’s first drive in the third quarter and cashing it in on a 2-yard TD pass from Ryan O’Connor to Jourdan Townsend. A&T’s points came on field goals of 43 and 23 yards by Owen Daffer. Jackson Taylor tallied 15 tackles and 4.0 TFL’s for Delaware defensively. The Aggies got 83 rushing yards from Wesley Graves and seven tackles and a TFL from BJ Turner.

Maine 24, LIU 13
Box Score

Maine (2-5, 1-3 CAA) scored 17 second-half points and rallied for a 24-13 win over LIU. Derek Robertson completed 20-of-32 passes for 235 yards and fired TD passes to three different receivers. Joe Gillette had another big game with eight catches for 102 yards.

Montigo Moss caught a 13-yard TD in the first quarter, but Maine trailed 10-7 at the half. The Black Bears put together a 14-play, 85-yard drive to open the second half and went ahead 14-10 on a 2-yard TD catch by Jamie Lamson. LIU closed with 14-13, but Robertson connected on a 51-yard scoring strike to Trevin Ewing early in the fourth quarter and Cody Williams added a 30-yard field goal. Maine forced three turnovers, with Abdul Stewart and Buggs Brown picking off passes.

Fordham 26, Stony Brook 7
Box Score

Stony Brook (0-6, 0-4 CAA) held a 7-6 lead until the final play of the third quarter but fell 26-7 to Fordham. After surrendering a pair of first-quarter field goals, the Seawolves moved ahead on a 29-yard TD pass from Casey Case to Anthony Johnson. The Rams regained the lead on a 6-yard TD run on the final play of the third quarter and then took advantage of a pair of SBU turnovers to add two more scores.

Case was 21-of-34 passing for 243 yards and a TD, with Johnson making six receptions for 87 yards. Aidan Kaler had a team-high 12 tackles for the SBU defense.

IVY

PRINCETON, N.J. – The trend of close league games continued in Week 5 of the Ivy League football season.

Brown used a two fourth quarter touchdowns to force overtime against Princeton, where the Bears topped the Tigers, 28-27, in the first league game of the afternoon. Penn also used two fourth quarter scores to beat Columbia, 20-17. Of the eight league games that have been played this season, seven have been decided by a single possession. Six have been determined by a field goal or less.

Ivies went 2-2 against out-of-conference foes with Harvard and Yale picking up dominant wins. The league wrapped up non-conference play with an overall record of 15-9, which marks the 11th time in the last 13 seasons that it has finished with a winning percentage of .500 or better. Since 2017, Ivies are 103-41 (.715).

Heading into the back half of the season, the race for the Ivy title is open. No. 18 Harvard sits atop the standings at 2-0, while six teams are tied at 1-1.

YALE 31, SACRED HEART 3
12 p.m. // New Haven, Conn. // Yale Bowl

• Yale (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) topped in-state foe Sacred Heart (1-6, 1-3 NEC) by a score of 31-3 to pick up its third consecutive win.
• Wide receiver Mason Tipton found the end zone twice, with rushing and receiving touchdowns, to improve his season total to seven. The Akron, Ohio, native has a receiving touchdown in all five games this season.
• Linebacker Joseph Vaughn had interception that he returned 85 yards and posted six tackles

BROWN 28, PRINCETON 27 (OT)
12 p.m. // Providence, R.I. // Richard Gouse Field at Brown Stadium

• Brown (3-2, 1-1 Ivy) use two fourth quarter touchdown drives to force overtime, where it eventually topped Princeton (2-3, 1-1 Ivy), 28-27.
• Brown quarterback Jake Willcox, the FCS leader in passing yards per game, threw for 370 yards and three touchdowns. Wide receiver Mark Mahoney reeled in the 50-yard touchdown pass with 53 seconds left, as part of an eight-catch 146-yard day. Defensive back Isaiah Reed recorded his first interception of the season.
• Reigning Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year Liam Johnson posted a game-high 13 tackles for Princeton and came up with an interception. Tigers receiver AJ Barber had eight receptions for 142 yards and a touchdown.

COLGATE 27, DARTMOUTH 24 (OT)
1 p.m. // Hamilton, N.Y. // Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium

• Dartmouth (2-3, 1-1 Ivy) scored twice in the fourth quarter against Colgate (2-4, 0-1 Patriot) to send the contest to overtime, but fell 27-24.
• Wide receiver Paxton Scott reeled in 10 catches for a career-best 185 yards. Quarterback Jackson Proctor was 21-for-25 through the air for 278 yards.
• Linebacker Mackin Ayers was second on the team in tackles with 11 and snagged his first career interception.

#18 HARVARD 48, HOWARD 7
1 p.m. // Cambridge, Mass. // Harvard Stadium

• No. 18 Harvard (5-0, 2-0 Ivy) used a strong ground game to power past Howard (2-4, 0-0 MEAC), 48-7. One of two unbeaten teams in the FCS, the Crimson have scored at least 34 points in all of its games this season.
• Led by running back Isaiah Abbey’s 120 yards and three touchdowns, the Crimson amassed 341 yards on the ground and averaged 7.3 yards per carry. Reigning FedEx Ground FCS National Offensive Player of the Week Charles DePrima threw for a pair of touchdowns.
• Linebacker Eric Little had four tackles and an interception. Saftey Ty Bartrum posted a team-high 10 tackles.

BUCKNELL 21, CORNELL 13
1 p.m. // Ithaca, N.Y. // Schoellkopf Field

• Cornell (2-3, 1-1 Ivy) fell to Bucknell (2-4, 0-2 Patriot) by a score of 21-13.
• Quarterback Jameson Wang was 15-for-26 through the air for 200 yards and added 40 rushing yards and a touchdown. Receiver Nicholas Laboy had four catches for 89 yards.
• Linebacker Connor Henderson recorded a game-high 10 tackles, including two for a loss.

PENN 20, COLUMBIA 17
1:30 p.m. // New York, N.Y. // Robert K. Kraft Field at Lawrence A. Wien Stadium

• Penn (4-1, 1-1 Ivy) used two scores in the fourth quarter to top Columbia (2-3, 0-2 Ivy), 20-17.
• Penn quarterback Aidan Sayin was 30-for-44 through the air for 286 yards and a touchdown. Receiver Bisi Owens had six grabs for 63 and a touchdown. Linebacker Kadari Machen had eight tackles, including one for a loss.
• Columbia linebacker Anthony Roussos had 12 stops, including 1.5 tackles for a loss.

 

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MEAC

No. 19 Harvard 48, Howard 7

The No. 19 Harvard Crimson took control of the game early with a touchdown in the first quarter and never looked back defeating the Howard Bison 48-7.

Harvard continued to roll in the second quarter scoring 21 unanswered points to lead 28-0 at the halftime break. The Crimson came out of the break to score another 10 points to lead 38-0 at the end of the third and 10 more points in the fourth before giving up a scoring play to the Bison.

Box Score

Tennessee Tech 28, South Carolina State 7

The Bulldogs of South Carolina State opened the game by scoring the lone touchdown of the first quarter to lead 7-0 heading into the second 15 minute period. Tennessee Tech countered the South Carolina `State touchdown with one of their own in the second quarter putting score at seven all heading into the break.

The Golden Eagles took over from there, scoring 21 unanswered points in the second half to win the game 28-7. SCSU graduate quarterback Corey Fields, Jr. threw for a game-high 224-yards connecting 17-of-34-1 and a touchdown.

Box Score

Tennessee State 24, Norfolk State 17

The Tigers of Tennessee State dominated the first quarter scoring 17 points while holding the Spartans of Norfolk State off the scoreboard on Homecoming Night. NSU cut into the TSU lead in the second quarter scoring a touchdown putting the score at 17-6 heading into the halftime break.

The Spartans added a field goal in the third quarter to pull within eight points, 17-9, and even knotted the score at 17 all with 10:16 remaining on the clock in the fourth quarter. Norfolk State scored on a one yard rushing touchdown from Otto Kuhns and successfully completed the two-point conversion. The Tigers managed to reclaim the lead just before the five-minute mark as they scored a touchdown off an 18-yard pass and connected on the extra point to claim the 24-17 victory.

Kuhns passed for 129 yards completing 10 of 27 passes with one interception. He ran for 36 yards on 12 attempts scoring two touchdowns for the Spartans.

Box Score

MVFC

Saturday, October 14, 2023Football

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/14/2023	North Dakota State 24	North Dakota 49	Final	Grand Forks, N.D. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Youngstown State 31	South Dakota 34	Final	Vermillion, SD (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Southern Illinois 27	Murray State 6	Final	Murray, KY (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Northern Iowa 6	South Dakota State 41	Final	Brookings, S.D. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Indiana State 7	Illinois State 44	Final	Normal, Ill. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Missouri State 48	Western Illinois 7	Final	Macomb, IL (Conf.)	Box Score

NEC

Week 7 kicked off early, and in historic fashion, as Saint Francis U and Wagner duked it out in Northeast Conference (NEC) play under the lights of DeGol Field on CBS Sports Network, marking the conference's first-ever conference football game to appear on national television. The defending league champion Red Flash handed the Seahawks their first NEC loss of the season in the Prime Time matchup to improve to 2-1 in league play. Duquesne rounded out conference play on Saturday with a convincing 44-20 win over visiting CCSU, while Sacred Heart and LIU fell in road non-conference games at Yale and Maine, respectively.

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SAINT FRANCIS U 31, WAGNER 7
In a historic night under the lights of DeGol Field in Loretto, PA, Saint Francis U handed Wagner its first loss in conference play after coming out on top in a 31-7 decision in the first-ever NEC game on CBS Sports Network. Redshirt junior Cole Doyle threw a season-best three touchdowns while Deondre Scott scored twice to lead the Red Flash, who played in front of a record-breaking crowd of 2,878 fans.

DUQUESNE 44, CCSU 20
Duquesne racked up a season-high 513 total yards of offense to improve to 2-0 in NEC play with a 44-20 home win against Central Connecticut on Saturday. Catching one of Darius Perrantes’ three touchdown passes, redshirt sophomore Taj Butts rushed for 118 yards and two scores to pace the Dukes, who are averaging 37.5 points in their two league victories.

Maine 24, LIU 13
Redshirt freshman Ethan Greenwood threw for 193 yards and a touchdown and tacked on 69 rushing yards in his first career start at quarterback, but it wasn’t enough for LIU as the Sharks dropped a 24-13 decision at Maine in their non-conference finale. Holding a 10-7 lead at the half, LIU trailed by one with 3:40 left in the third but was held off the scoreboard in the final quarter.

Yale 31, SACRED HEART 3
Yale used a strong defensive effort to score a 31-3 win over Sacred Heart in non-conference action on Saturday in the first-ever meeting between the two Nutmeg State teams. Entering the game ranked first in the FCS in passing yards allowed per game, the Pios defense limited the Bulldogs to 123 yards in the air, a mark that is nearly 100 yards below their season average of 219.5 yards per game.

 

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PATRIOT

GEORGETOWN HOYAS (4-3, 2-0 PL) 17, AT LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (1-6, 0-2 PL) 7
Goodman Stadium/Bethlehem, Pa. Noon (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Graduate student running back Joshua Stakely rushed for a four-yard touchdown with less than four minutes remaining in the game to seal Georgetown’s 17-7 victory over Lehigh at Goodman Stadium.
*Graduate student quarterback Tyler Knoop completed a 26-yard pass to junior wide receiver Brock Biestek on a fourth down to set up the Hoyas’ score that clinched the program’s first win at Goodman Stadium.
*Knoop completed 26-of-32 passes for 332 yards and a 37-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Jimmy Kibble in the first quarter.
*Georgetown sophomore receiver Nicholas Dunneman made a game-high 10 receptions for 109 yards.
*Freshman defensive back Zeraun Daniel and junior defensive back Kolubah Pewee Jr. both recorded interceptions while junior defensive back Rashon Adams Jr. had five tackles to lead GU’s defense.
*Lehigh sophomore quarterback Brayten Silbor finished with 205 yards passing, one touchdown and two interceptions on 11-of-34 passing, with first-year receiver Mason Humphrey catching three passes for a team-high 70 yards.
*First-year running back Luke Yoder finished with 81 rushing yards on 15 carries and caught one pass for eight yards.
*Mountain Hawks’ sophomore safety Nick Peltekian finished with a game-high 13 tackles and 3.0 tackles for loss (TFLs).
*Senior linebacker Mike DeNucci and sophomore linebacker Brycen Edwards recorded seven tackles apiece, while DeNucci added a half TFL for Lehigh.
RECAPS: GEORGETOWN | LEHIGH

BUCKNELL BISON (2-4, 0-2 PL) 21, AT CORNELL BIG RED (2-3, Ivy) 13
Schoellkopf Field/Ithaca, N.Y. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
ITHACA, N.Y. – Junior running back Rushawn Baker and senior wide receiver Damian Harris scored second-half touchdowns to lead Bucknell to a 21-13 victory at Cornell.
*Senior running back Coleman Bennett recorded his second consecutive 100-yard rushing game, carrying 29 times for a career-high 157 yards to lead the Bison offense. Bennett’s 157 rushing yards are the most by a Bison since 2017.
*Junior quarterback Ralph Rucker put Bucknell on the scoreboard at the 10:58 mark in the second quarter, plunging in from one yard out to give the Bison a 7-3 lead.
*The Big Red scored the next 10 points, but Bucknell answered late in the second quarter, as Baker capped an 11-play, 73-yard scoring drive with a one-yard touchdown run to put the Bison back in front 14-13.
*Bison senior quarterback Nick Semptimphelter led a long fourth-quarter scoring drive, completing a six-yard touchdown pass to Harris to give Bucknell a 21-13 lead.
*Senior defensive lineman Tyler Alston registered eight tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a half sack, while classmate Connor Carretta added five tackles, 1.5 TFLs and a half sack.
*Junior defensive lineman Cade Rooney recorded his first collegiate interception and made two tackles.
RECAP: BUCKNELL

AT COLGATE RAIDERS (2-4, 0-1 PL) 27, DARTMOUTH BIG GREEN (2-2, Ivy) 24 OT
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium/Hamilton, N.Y. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Colgate senior placekicker Jacob Jaworski connected on a 20-yard field goal in overtime before fifth-year defensive lineman Zack Pelland blocked a Dartmouth field-goal attempt to secure the Raiders’ 27-24 victory over the Big Green.
*Jaworski was 2-for-2 on field-goal tries and 3-for-3 on PATs to help Colgate to its second-consecutive victory over an Ivy League opponent.
*Sophomore quarterback Zach Osborne completed 27-of-38 passes for 264 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. He also rushed for 31 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries to lead Colgate’s offense.
*Sophomore wide receiver Treyvhon Saunders caught eight passes for 118 yards, while sophomore receiver Brady Hutchison had five catches for 48 yards and a 23-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.
*Senior running back Max Hurleman caught a 19-yard touchdown pass from Osborne in the third quarter to give the Raiders a 24-10 lead.
*Colgate senior defensive back Owen Goss posted a team-high 11 tackles and 1.0 TFL, while sophomore linebacker Cole Kozlowski and senior linebacker Drew Frankel had seven tackles apiece.
RECAP: COLGATE

rv/rv FORDHAM RAMS (5-2, 1-1 PL) 26, AT STONY BROOK SEAWOLVES (0-6, CAA) 7
Kenneth P. LaValle Athletic Stadium/Stony Brook, N.Y. 3:30 p.m. (FloSports)
BOX SCORE
STONY BROOK, N.Y. – Junior running back Julius Loughridge rushed for 154 yards and two second-half touchdowns to lead Fordham to a 26-7 victory over Stony Brook.
*Loughridge put the Rams in front, 12-7, with a 6-yard touchdown run as time expired in the third quarter and added a two-yard touchdown run at the 9:53 mark in the fourth to help Fordham pull away.
*Junior defensive lineman Matt Jaworski forced a fumble that sophomore defensive lineman Sam Buerkle recovered less than two minutes later in the fourth quarter.
*Freshman running back Jamell James scored a 19-yard rushing touchdown on the Rams’ next play from scrimmage to take a 26-7 lead.
*Jaworski finished with three tackles, 2.0 sacks, two forced fumbles and a pass breakup. Junior linebacker James Conway registered a team-high 12 tackles and 1.5 TFLs.
*Senior defensive back Nahil Perkins added six tackles, one forced fumble and an interception.
*Senior placekicker Brandon Peskin connected on a pair of first-quarter field goals to put the Rams in front 6-0. He was also 2-for-2 on PATs.
RECAP: FORDHAM

PIONEER

Marist 30, San Diego 16

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – Marist’s defense forced six turnovers and scored a safety, and the Red Foxes claimed their first-ever victory against San Diego, 30-16, in PFL action Saturday at Tenney Stadium. After a scoreless first quarter, San Diego scored the game’s first touchdown on Re-al Mitchell’s 49-yard run. However, Marist scored on its ensuing drive on Brock Bagozzi’s 17-yard completion to Trevor Sterry. The Red Foxes' defense closed the half by forcing a fumble on San Diego’s final three drives – Marist turning two of those giveaways into touchdowns to take a 21-7 halftime lead. On the other side of halftime, Nick Vecchiarelli picked off a pass and returned it 97 yards for a touchdown and a 28-7 lead. San Diego would score a touchdown in the third and fourth quarters but could not close the gap further. Bagozzi completed 10-of-20 passes for 91 yards as Marist needed only 182 offensive yards in the win. San Diego's Isaiah Smith ran for 109 yards, and Mitchell added 94 yards and a touchdown.

Presbyterian 20, Dayton 17

DAYTON, Ohio – In overtime, Mack Mikko’s 34-yard field goal pushed Presbyterian to a 20-17 PFL victory against Dayton Saturday at Welcome Stadium for the Blue Hose’s first-ever PFL win. Presbyterian raced out to a 17-0 lead with JB Seay’s three-yard run with 1:59 left in the third quarter capping the Blue Hose’s scoring in regulation. Dayton charged back with a 17-point fourth quarter. Michael Neel and Cole Dow each ran for touchdowns in the frame, Dow scoring with 13 seconds remaining to force overtime. Dayton saw its 38-yard field goal attempt fail to find the mark in the extra period. Presbyterian also could not move the ball in overtime, but Mikko hit his 34-yarder to win the game. Presbyterian’s Tyler Wesley completed 16-of-25 passes for 166 yards and a touchdown. Dow ran for 85 yards and a score on eight carries to pace Dayton’s 193 rushing yard day.

Davidson 35, Butler 33

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Davidson led 35-24 going into the fourth quarter but had to survive a potential game-winning 58-yard field goal attempt in a 35-33 PFL victory against Butler Saturday at the Sellick Bowl. Davidson built a 28-14 halftime lead and saw Butler close within four points on Luka Zurak’s 40-yard field goal with 2:41 left in the third quarter. The Wildcats extended their lead as the third quarter ended as Mari Adams scored an eight-yard touchdown. Butler charged back in the fourth quarter with Zurak’s 29-yard field goal and a Jyran Mitchell four-yard touchdown run. Butler got a turnover on downs with 18 seconds left, and Bushka hit a 27-yard completion and a six-yard completion to set up a 58-yard field goal attempt, but the field goal missed, and Davidson escaped with the win. Adams rushed for three touchdowns and 171 yards to lead Davidson’s offense. Mitchell ran for 123 yards and a touchdown to pace Butler.

Drake 52, St. Thomas 21

DES MOINES, Iowa – Luke Bailey threw five touchdowns, including three in the third quarter, as Drake downed St. Thomas 52-21 in PFL action Saturday at Drake Stadium. St. Thomas took a 21-14 lead with 4:30 left in the first half when Lucas Torgerson returned a blocked punt 17 yards for a touchdown. Drake tied the game with M. January’s 68-yard pick-six and took a 24-21 lead into halftime with Shane Dunning’s 19-yard field goal. After the break, Bailey threw three touchdowns in a 3:57 span – finding Eli Stewart once and Parker Olthoff twice to extend the Drake lead to 45-21. Meanwhile, Drake’s defense held St. Thomas to 49 second-half yards without an offensive touchdown over the final 40:27 to secure the win. Bailey completed 24-of-32 passes for 411 yards and five touchdowns, January catching nine of those passes for 169 yards and two touchdowns. Tat Tateoka completed 7-of-15 passes for 83 yards for St. Thomas.

Morehead State 24, Valparaiso 21

VALPARAISO, Ind. – Nathan Hazlett hit a walk-off 28-yard field goal as Morehead State scored 17 fourth-quarter points to claim a 24-21 PFL victory against Valparaiso Saturday at Brown Field. Valparaiso took a 14-7 lead into halftime after Ryan Mann’s 23-yard touchdown run – his second of the day – with 8:41 left in the half. Neither team scored in the third quarter and in the fourth quarter until Carter Cravens found Ryan Upp for a 46-yard touchdown pass with 6:03 left in the fourth quarter. Valparaiso regained the lead on Jake Jeffers's six-yard touchdown pass to Jeffrey Jackson at 2:31. Morehead State struck back quickly, with Cravens and Upp connecting again for an 80-yard touchdown on the ensuing drive. The Eagles defense forced a quick three-and-out, and the offense gained possession with 51 seconds left. Cravens opened the next drive with a 64-yard completion to Trevon Kleint. Hazlett lined up for a 39-yard field goal but missed the try; however, the Beacons were called for a penalty to extend the game. Hazlett did not miss his second try from 28 yards, giving Morehead State the win. Cravens completed 23-of-38 passes for 396 yards and two touchdowns while rushing for 31 yards and a touchdown. Jeffrey Jackson completed 18-of-29 passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns for Valparaiso.


SOCON

Furman 27, Samford 21
VMI 17, The Citadel 13
ETSU 41, Wofford 10
Chattanooga 22, Mercer 10

SWAC

Saturday, October 14, 2023Football

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/14/2023	Arkansas-Pine Bluff 17	Mississippi Valley State 42	Final	Itta Bena, Mississippi (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Texas Southern 34	Bethune-Cookman 31	Final	Daytona Beach, Fla. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Alabama State 24	Jackson State 19	Final	Jackson, Miss. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Alabama A&M 45	Grambling State 24	Final	Grambling, LA (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Lincoln University CA 18	Southern 45	Final Homecoming 2023	Baton Rouge, LA	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Prairie View A&M 0	Houston Christian 30	Final	Houston, Texas	Box Score

 

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SOUTHLAND

Saturday, October 14, 2023Football

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/14/2023	Northwestern State	Nicholls	Final Canceled	Thibodaux, LA (Conf.)
Saturday 10/14/2023	Lamar 30	Southeastern 24	Final	Hammond, LA (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Texas A&M-Commerce 11	UIW 28	Final	San Antonio, TX (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Prairie View A&M 0	HCU 30	Final	Houston, TX	Box Score

UAC

Saturday, October 14, 2023Football

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/14/2023	Gardner-Webb 14	Austin Peay 41	Final	Clarksville, Tenn.	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Tarleton State 35	Eastern Kentucky 41	Final (2OT)	Richmond, Ky. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	North Alabama 13	Abilene Christian 30	Final	Abilene, Texas (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/14/2023	Stephen F. Austin 21	Central Arkansas 24	Final	Conway, Ark.	Box Score

 

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I did this tonight because I don't think I'll be posting Monday. Should have some time Tuesday-Thursday, but maybe not as much as usual.

 

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10/19 07:30 pm

309021 309022

NC Central Morgan State

-7½ 52½

This is going to be a tough week for me, but naturally I am going to be trying to think about these games as much as possible as always. Just don't know how much I can post.

Just this one up so far on Maddux showing 5dimes number. High total.

Morgan just has zero offense. High water mark on the year is 21 pts at Akron, but two of those scoring drives were set up off of INTs and one was 2p 31y and the other 2p 13y. Morgan averages 13.6 ppg and their O really needs help getting there. Not just vs Akron, but week 1 at Richmond, they had a 1p 10y drive after a fumble recovery. Their only TD vs Towson was a blk'd FG return for score. Vs Albany they recovered a fumble on the 28 yard line while Albany was running out the clock that allowed them to kick the game tying FG and then they scored their second TD on the day in OT. Morgan is a team that can absolutely not drive the ball with any consistency or regularity to score - they avg just 225 ypg on O.

For how poor Morgan is on O, they certainly make up for it on D. Now the collection of offenses faced is not strong. Richmond week 1 (who was lost on O early ssn). Akron, Towson (pretty good O when it clicks), Albany (this was a very bad weather game) and Yale, who Yale's O has been off this year. Early Morgan kept them down, but an unexpected and bad turnover right before HT when Morgan should've just went to the lockroom down 3-10 allowed Yale tack a late one on and the flood gates opened on them in the 2H. They were allowing just 284 ypg and 19.25 ppg before Yale finished with 521y and 45pts on them. Morgan St has had three different players earn MEAC D POW honors over the first 4 weeks of the year (LB Hunter, DB Toles, and DL Williams).

Morgan totals went 3-0 Under to start the year (avg total 44.8) until their last two games have gone Over 35.5 (scored 40 because of OT, game shouldn't have gone to OT if Albany doesn't fumble) and last time vs Yale Over 39 when it was 45-3. The Over 39 was in a windy and rainy game, but for a Yale game, a total that low speaks some expected good D and struggling O.

So Morgan can't score, has little to no O (avg 3.3 ypp) and normally, generally, has a good D (allowed 4.23 ypp before Yale, Yale hit them for 7.2).

North Carolina Central definitely has an O led by QB Darius Richard. Their schedule is a little weird with a Dll, UCLA and Miss Valley - so to get somewhat comparable opponents I'll just use the NC A&T, Campbell and Elon games. NCCU avg 37.6 ppg in those 3. The closest comparison to what Morgan has is NC A&T who is also a poor offensive team, but can occasionally play some solid D. That game was 17-16 HT with NC A&T ripping some long runs, but Final was 30-16. A&T is a better O than Morgan. A&T had a KO ret TD, and those runs I mentioned, two of them gained 82 yards, their other 44 plays gained just 125y! Now, maybe that is more of an A&T thing than a NCCU D thing. What really impressed me was NCCU's game vs Elon. Elon is an average O, good run O, NCCU limited them to 23 pts and 364y. And NCCU had 8 sacks with 14 TFLs in that one! That was a wow! NCCU gave up a lot of yards and pts vs Campbell, but Campbell is almost always a tough O to slow or stop - the Campbell O is no comparison at all for what Morgan is like. NCCU held A&T to 207 TY (4.5) and Elon to 364 (4.9). Morgan will probably fall somewhere in between I might guess.

NCCU games have gone Over 4 of 5 this year. The A&T game stayed Under 56 (46 combined pts) and I think that game is most comparable to what we see Thursday. Their Overs were UCLA (Bruins scored 59 alone), MVSU (NCCU scored 45 alone vs one of the worst teams around), the Campbell game (42-42 end of regulation) and vs Elon they combined for 57 on a 52 pt total.

NCCU has potential to score in this one, but I still believe this Morgan D is good and better than their last game which was vs Yale. That will be nearly 3 weeks ago now because they cancled their homecoming game due to a campus shooting and had a bye last week.

Last year's game was 59-20, so there is that. Two years ago was 28-17 and 2019 was 27-17. Richard was QB in all those games for Central, even though he's obviously a much better QB now than 2019.

If things go as they have most of this season, NCCU almost certainly should win, should cover and game should go Under assuming Morgan D more resembles weeks 1-4 rather than week 5.

 

[carolinablue]

I was hoping to get 6 with Central as I am not a fan of the 7.5 as Morgan has the D to hang around and I could see something like 20-13 or 17-10, but I agree on the surface that Central should win and cover, just not a lot of value in my view if it comes out at 7.5. Best of luck this week!

 

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10/21 12:00 pm	309023 309024	Central Conn. Wagner			49½ -1½
10/21 12:00 pm	309025 309026	Merrimack Long Island			41½ -3½
10/21 12:00 pm	309027 309028	So Carolina St Delaware St			6 50½
10/21 12:00 pm	309029 309030	Pennsylvania Yale			50½ 7
10/21 12:00 pm	309031 309032	Norfolk St Howard			52½ 10
10/21 01:00 pm	309033 309034	Lafayette Holy Cross			52½ -14½
10/21 01:00 pm	309035 309036	Harvard Princeton			-7½ 43½
10/21 01:00 pm	309037 309038	Marist Presbyterian			-1½ 51½
10/21 01:00 pm	309039 309040	St. Francis (PA) Duquesne			57½ -3½
10/21 01:00 pm	309041 309042	South Dakota Indiana State			-24½ 45½
10/21 01:00 pm	309043 309044	Lehigh Bucknell			47½ -3½
10/21 01:00 pm	309045 309046	Brown Cornell			-3½ 54½
10/21 01:00 pm	309047 309048	Richmond N. Carolina A & T			6 40½
10/21 01:00 pm	309049 309050	Valparaiso Davidson			58½ -14½
10/21 01:00 pm	309051 309052	Butler Dayton			-6½ 47½
10/21 01:00 pm	309053 309054	St Thomas Stetson			7 51½
10/21 01:00 pm	309055 309056	East Tennessee State Chattanooga			56½ -18½
10/21 01:00 pm	309057 309058	Sacred Heart Stonehill			1 41½
10/21 01:30 pm	309059 309060	Columbia Dartmouth			35½ 3
10/21 01:30 pm	309061 309062	Samford VMI			-11½ 45½
10/21 02:00 pm	309063 309064	Monmouth Elon			-2½ 51½
10/21 02:00 pm	309065 309066	Illinois St Youngstown State			54½ 10
10/21 02:00 pm	309067 309068	Delaware Hampton			-13½ 51½
10/21 02:30 pm	309069 309070	SE Missouri St Tennessee Tech			-21½ 47½
10/21 02:30 pm	309071 309072	Furman Western Carolina			63½ 4
10/21 03:00 pm	309073 309074	Murray St Missouri St			53½ -20½
10/21 03:00 pm	309075 309076	SE Louisiana Northwestern State			-8½ 53½
10/21 03:00 pm	309077 309078	Charleston Sou Tennessee Martin			53½ -20½
10/21 03:00 pm	309079 309080	Bryant Eastern Illinois			49½ 4
10/21 03:00 pm	309081 309082	Alcorn St Arkansas Pine Bluff			-10½ 41½
10/21 03:00 pm	309083 309084	Colgate Georgetown			50½ -4½
10/21 03:00 pm	309085 309086	South Dakota State So Illinois			14 47½
10/21 03:00 pm	309087 309088	Jackson St Miss. Valley St			-18½ 49½
10/21 03:30 pm	309089 309090	Western Illinois North Dakota State			61½ -37½
10/21 03:30 pm	309091 309092	Towson William & Mary			41½ 13
10/21 03:30 pm	309093 309094	Rhode Island Albany			50½ -7½
10/21 03:30 pm	309095 309096	New Hampshire Stony Brook			20 61½
10/21 04:00 pm	309097 309098	Wofford Mercer			41½ -19½
10/21 04:00 pm	309099 309100	Idaho State Portland State			67½ -14½
10/21 04:00 pm	309101 309102	Southern Bethune Cookman			6 42½
10/21 04:00 pm	309103 309104	Maine Campbell			60½ 13
10/21 04:30 pm	309105 309106	Nicholls State Texas A&M Commerce			7 48½
10/21 05:00 pm	309107 309108	Drake San Diego			3 48½
10/21 05:00 pm	309109 309110	North Dakota Northern Iowa			-7½ 59½
10/21 05:00 pm	309111 309112	Abilene Christian Stephen F.Austin			58½ -9½
10/21 06:00 pm	309113 309114	Eastern Kentucky Gardner Webb			-3½ 60½
10/21 07:00 pm	309115 309116	Weber State Eastern Washington			56½ -3½
10/21 07:00 pm	309117 309118	Utah Tech North Alabama			63½ -2½
10/21 07:00 pm	309119 309120	Morehead St Tarleton State			58½ -21½
10/21 08:00 pm	309121 309122	Florida A&M Texas Southern			19 55½
10/21 08:00 pm	309123 309124	Austin Peay Southern Utah			-9½ 54½
10/21 08:00 pm	309125 309126	Incarnate Word McNeese St			18 58½
10/21 08:02 pm	309127 309128	Northern Colorado Cal Poly			-1½ 55½
10/21 10:30 pm	309129 309130	Montana State CS Sacramento			-7½ 58½
10/21 10:00 pm	309131 309132

 

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Early leans at first glance are HBCU heavy with Jackson state, southern and FAMU potentially under consideration

 

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I like to start early to late kickoffs and work through all the games, will be a challenge to hit all of them this week.

Hard to like much in the CCSU – Wagner game. CCSU can have some O and score whereas Wagner typically doesn’t. Wagner was 2-0 in NEC with both their wins coming as DD dogs before SFU beat them 31-7 last Thursday. Even with allowing 52 to Rutgers and 46 to Fordham, Wagner scoring D more than 10 pts better per game than last year while allowing about 90y less per game as well (1ypp better). O is roughly the same, but they are getting a little better QB play with Krajewski this year. Sacks allowed is a lot better so far, allowing 3.4 per game 2022 and this year is just 11 total in 6 games. They play every year and CCSU has won the last 5, last year won by 27. CCSU has started 3 QBs this year. Their O is better this year than last, the D is worse. Suppose I would pick Wagner if I had to.

Merrimack and Long Island have been more run heavy the last 3-4 games compared to weeks 1-2. Merrimack gave Holy Cross a game for 2+ quarters, then faded and fell completely off the tracks afterwards losing 3 straight lined games as favorite. They got back in the winning column before their bye beating Stonehill. Merrimack is likely better than their record. Long Island has played fairly well at times, losing much closer than expected vs FBS and covered games vs Bryant +13.5 losing by 11 (+3 ttl yards) and +3.5 vs Duquesen losing by 3 (-38 ttl yards). Last week a hot Maine O only outgained them by just 18 yards in the 11 pt game. LIU couldn’t score in the RZ just 1-of-3 with 0 TDs there. Maine’s O was about 130y below their previous 2 week average. May’ve just been a off game for them out of conference following two CAA games. Last year Merrimack won by just 1 as a 13 pt fav. Hard to know with both these teams, I’m passing on this one.

South Carolina St a road favorite? Man. Delaware St is about as bad as they come. Last week SC St reverted to their normal offensively challenged selves following two offensive outburst vs The Citadel and VA Lynchburg. Tenn Tech is a poor offense themselves and the surprising thing was they went for 400 yards vs them (110y more than their ssn avg). Tenn Tech avg under 10ppg through the first 5 (were shut out once), but scored 28 on SC State (although the last TD almost could’ve been kneel downs instead of punching it in). That is a bad look for SC State D! Each team beat up on VA Lynchburg with nearly identical results, so that doesn’t tell us much. SC State has gone Under every game this year but one which went Over by just .5 pt (avg total 44.3). Delaware St is just the opposite. They have gone Over in every game this year with the only Under coming by just 1 pt (avg total 47). Delaware St is off two strong offensive games in a row (VA Lynch and CCSU). This is only their third home game of the ssn, off a bye week. Last year was 27-24 Delaware St in OT. Prior to that SC State had won the last 5. Hard to say if SC State bounces back better on D this week or if Delaware St actually found some momentum on O. Still, I'd take the +6 with the home team probably.

Penn was Yale’s only Ivy loss last year. Penn scored with under :30 left to break a 13-13 tie. Yale had not yet hit their strong late ssn run, they actually entered the game vs Penn on a 0-3 ATS streak (after the Penn game Yale finished year on a 4-0 ATS run). Penn was a 4.5 pt home fav in that one and Penn outgained them by 105 ttl yards. 20-13, that went Under the 45.5 pt total. Surprising to me that Penn has gone Over 4 out of 5 games this year. Penn has had some very low totals, avg total of 39.2. Both these Ds were pretty much top 3 in the league last year. Penn is there again, Yale is lagging a little behind so far. Penn has held all their opposing offenses to just 231.5 ypg except for the Georgetown game who gained 421 on them and scored 39 losing in OT. Penn was up by 16 twice in the 2H so it was a rather improbable comeback that their D allowed to happen. Penn is the Ivy’s #2 pass O, Yale is a better run team and a mid-pack pass O. Penn can’t run at all. Yale surprisingly has actually been outgained in 3 of their last 4 by SHU, Dart, Corn by an avg of 78 ypg and the Yale O only avg 283 in those 3 games. Their best game was the Morgan St game and their O was better off the bat vs Holy Cross but could not sustain. Something seems a little off with the Yale O this year looking at those 3 games they are most comparable to. Penn D should be every bit as good as Dartmouth and the Yale O really struggled in that one (1.3 ypc rush O and just 20% 3rd downs). The last two games Yale has converted a total of just 4-of-21 of their 3rd downs. 7 seems like a lot. Sure Yale will want to avenge their only loss in league play from last year, but it is a very big adjustment off last year’s line and I don’t necessarily think Yale is better right now. Penn should have the O and the D to hang in this game.

 

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I was trying to watch for opens this morning or whenever early afternoon and missed them. BM still has nothing but it’s moved a lot. Best I could get was Under 50.5 at BOL about 30 minutes ago and had to pass on the NCCU lines of 13-14.

 

[carolinablue]

Yeah, just now seeing the BM numbers...actually slightly different than BOL but not enough to make it a play for me. BM has 13.5 while BOL has 14.5

 

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10/19 08:00 pm

309131 309132

SE Louisiana Northwestern State

-10½-15 50½u15

-10½-16

10 49½

-10½-15 50½u15

 

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Moved this to Thursday, heard the services for the Northwestern St player who was shot are this weekend I think. Tough circumstances to play a game. PR still making you pay for SELU if you want them. - 4 TOs last week did them in vs Lamar. Outgained them 453-359. SELU has outgained each of their last 3 opponents, but lost all 3, by 1, by 7 and by 6. Favored in each

 

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Recent Phil Steele FCS logs. The more you look, the more errors you will find, but still a good quick reference, just may want double check what you see.

 

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Last week there was some live betting available for the stand alone FCS game. Maybe tonight we get a couple options. I'm not in a legal online betting state right now. I know DK had the Wag-SFU game last week as did Bovada. Can't use DK, so hopefully one of the offshores I use has something for me tonight. I messaged both BOL and BM last week about offering more FCS live options and got a generic type reply.

 

[carolinablue]

If ever SELA was gonna cover it would be tonight against hapless NW State right? Not gonna touch em though as again wouldn’t be shocked if they lost SU.

 

[carolinablue]

BM has -11.5 113 while BOL has -10.5 118. Curious if it crosses 14…

 

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Spent last 45 minutes trying to appeal BM, BOL and Bovada to offer live FCS. WTF!?

 

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Thankfully friendly local letting me do 1H and 2H again! Screw these offshores. NCCU 2H -9

 

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That's about fitting for this stuff. Pretty much a perfect 2H and Morgan gets their only TD of the game on a deep pass with :33 left to jake the 9. At least is was a push and not a loss. Happy to not have gotten in on any open that was out there. That's the way this stuff goes.

One of the surprising results last week was Howard getting blown out at Harvard. What isn’t surprising looking at everything, Howard has been a very poor 1H team when underdogs. Trailed EMich 9-30, but cut it to a 7 pt game in the 2H. Trailed Northwestern by 16 twice but only lost by 3. Vs Harvard, they got behind like their other tough games, but never came back in that one. Their 1H possessions started and finished with a 3-and-outs. Between that they fumbled at the Harvard 29, threw INT on next possession then were SOD at the Harvard 32. Then similar in the 2H, SOD at the Harvard 14 and INT next possession. Just got taken behind the woodshed really, first game they were noncompete start to finish all year. Makes me wonder how Harvard would play vs EMich and Northwestern, probably well. In Howard’s games they were favored vs weaker or equal opponents, Hampton, Robert Morris and Morehouse, they did not fall behind early in those games, the exact opposite, they led all 3 at HT by atleast a TD. Norfolk on the other hand has had some surprising upset wins this year like beating Hampton as a 13.5 pt dog and beating Towson as a 17.5 pt dog. They put up 443y of O vs Towson which is their best on the year. But then the last two weeks…NC A&T led 28-12 in the 4Q before some garbage Norfolk scores made it 28-26. And last game, Tenn State jumped on them 17-0; that game got tied at 17 with TSU scoring a late go-ahead TD. Norfolk is a weak passing team, they like to run and their QB runs a lot and Howard can be run on. Good rush teams like Hampton hit them for 258 (7.6) and Harvard went for 341 (7.3). Norfolk isn’t near the level of those rush Os, but it gives them hope they can have success. A little too unpredictable this one is, can't lay it or take 'em.

Lafayette and Holy Cross – Yes! Lafayette has been nothing short of awesome this year, 6-0 ATS with 4 outright upset wins. In hindsight, SHU and Columbia are struggling, so not really a surprise Laf beat them. The last three games - the Monmouth upset is impressive I think, then they dominated Bucknell and follow that up with a win vs Princeton who has their own issues, but defensively still makes teams earn it on them. Princeton did outgain them 313-265 (5.1-4.3) and essentially that game was won due to a missed Princeton xpt and a safety late for Lafayette. Offensively they can run it well vs weak or suspect run Ds. They can pass it well short and high %, but don’t push it or make many big plays in the passing game. The passing ypg is exactly the same as last season 136.64 vs 136.83. But they passed for 9 TDs all of last year and have 8 already this season. The completion % is much better this year as well. It’s Dean DeNobile who has taken over at QB after not playing last year. He’s been good, but the OL and running game is the biggest improvement, cutting the sacks per game nearly in half while almost doubling the rush ypc. And they stay on the field with a really good 3rd down rate of 48% (was 27.6% last year). Improved O, but in some ways the D leads the way which has been outstanding vs some weaker offenses. They get a lot of sacks and TFLs (#1 and #2 per game in the country!). Playing Holy Cross, that Lafayette D is going to get put to the ultimate test. Some seemed to think they played better vs Duke than the 42-7 score indicated (they were outgained by 302y though). Otherwise, Monmouth is the only other respectable O they have faced and Lafayette held them 170y below their ssn avg, most of which was in the run game which they completely shut down and the negative plays of 11 TFLs contributes to those figures. Holy Cross is a different animal with Sulka running. They have yet to face a running QB like him as Leonard didn’t run much when they played Duke. Monmouth is a strong rush O, but the QB run is just something Lafayette hasn’t had to go up against yet this year. Looking back to last year, they actually did a good job on Sluka. HC was avg 461y of O and 38 ppg entering the Lafayette game last year as a 24.5 pt favorite. The Leopards held them to just 181y of total O and 24 pts! 7 first downs to Lafayette’s 21! Lafayette led 21-17 late 4Q before HC got a TD to go ahead with 4min left! HC did have the showdown vs Fordham on deck so maybe they were looking ahead? No way there is any possible look-ahead now as Lafayette is a threat to win the Patriot League and last year’s game will have HC’s full attention on them. Can’t see HC O being totally shut down this year like last year. Yard and pts generally haven’t been a problem for HC this year, turnovers have. One very costly fumble at BC and 5 turnovers lost vs Harvard. They don’t have a turnover problem in the other games. Lafayette only gets about one TO per game, so it isn’t like they have been feasting on them for their success. This is a tough game. Lafayette hasn’t played anyone on Holy Cross’ level, except for last year and they had a strong game vs them. But did HC not take them as seriously as they should’ve last year given the situation? Both teams off a bye. Holy Cross D isn’t the best, see Bucknell gaining 400y (5.6) and scoring 27 pts on them, that may be somewhat of an outlier game as it was off the Harvard loss (hungover?); still it was just a little higher than HC’s D ssn avg allowed which was mid-300s yardage and 24 ppg entering that game. Really, HC is a few turnovers away (or a couple inches down the sideline on that Sluka run vs BC) from being 6-0 SU. But that's part of it. 4-2 and now some of the luster is gone - still a really strong HC team. The line here makes you pay if you want them as -14.5 vs the way that this Lafayette team has played is steep. Plus Lafayette was tough vs them last year too. I think I may just have to put a little something on Lafayette at that line out of respect for their play this year and last. However, I’m not overly confident in it. I worry that if HC gets up on them that Lafayette is not the kind of O that can come back if they get off to a slow start.

Harvard is playing so well this year and Princeton is not. A little caveat with Brown who was fairly even in yards and played one of their best recent game vs Harvard in a 3 pt game (Harvard could’ve won by 10 if they hadn’t slid down at the 3 on a breakaway run before kneel downs). Brown just may be that much improved this year - they came back to beat Princeton. +5 Turnovers fueled the Harvard win vs HC as HC gained 468y, 7.5ypp! After those two games Harvard’s D rounded into form as they restricted the Cornell and Howard Os. Cornell scored late to make it look closer and Howard was nearly a shutout. Princeton’s O should not be hard for Harvard D to deal with, it’s bottom two in the league scoring, total O and third down conv, RZ O, FG %. Princeton has a bad OL and Harvard’s best asset on D is their DL. Princeton is probably off their best offensive game of the year vs a weak Brown D (gained 324y and 4.4ypp) although that still just resulted in 21 pts before OT. Not sure what stat rankings say, but this would seem like best D Princeton has played and similar Ds like Columbia and Lafayette have been a big problem for the Tigers. The Princeton D is till pretty tough and likewise, this will be the best D Harvard has faced. Harvard’s O has been really strong. Harvard has not had an O like this with a running QB and Princeton hasn’t defended vs that this year either. Probably the only way Princeton is in this game is if their D gives them a chance and turnovers are involved. DePrima has gotten better in both limiting his INTs (only 2 so far both were games 1 and 2) while improving his completion % (46% games 1-3, 59% last two games). First time Princeton has been a dog since 2019 and who knows when the last time they were a home dog. The product on the field is what it is though. Think it basically comes down to how well Princeton’s D is able to play and if they give them a chance, can’t expect much out of their O.

Marist has covered 4 straight and won 3 of 4 outright, all as dogs! Think I heard their win vs San Diego last week was their first ever vs the Toreros! But SD outgained them by almost 200y in that one, 376-182 (4.9-4.0)! Marist was +5 on the TO margin…SD finished with a 23-9 FD edge! Wow. Wrong team definitely won there. Other covers/wins were 0-16 +23 in bad weather at Columbia, 34-24 +3 vs Stetson and 36-30ot +8.5 vs Valpo. Presbyterian has covered 3 of their last 4 lined games and won 2 of 4 straight up including the 20-17 ot win at Dayton where they were 7pt dogs. I’m not betting this game, already spent too much time thinking about it.

St Francis at Duquesne, good game. Duquesne is the only undefeated team in the NEC and as bad as SFU started the year, 0-4 and outgained by a little to a lot in each - now they’ve won the last two and last year’s champs sit 2-1 in league play. SFU was a surprise poor start to the year, and their D lost a ton of guys from last year, that definitely showed the first 3 weeks. But also, last year was so much about turnover margin for them, +.75 per game ranked 11th in the country. This year, -.83 per game, 101st. Big change. Still have Doyle at QB. It is their run game that has really come alive the last 3 weeks. After avg just 26 rush att per game to start the year, their last three they’ve attempted on avg 40 per game resulting in 227ypg and 5.7ypc (just 88ypg and 3.13ypc first three). Doyle is off, even just in NEC play his ratio is 7-4. It’s their run game that has them pointed back in the right direction. On the other side, the D that lost all those guys, they are still finding their way. Had a good game vs Stonehill two weeks ago, but Wagner and especially SHU moved it on them. Wagner isn’t a good O so no surprise they stalled with no pts on 3 drives into medium SFU territory last week. SHU occasionally does have O and they didn’t stall, scored 37 pts and went for 423 (5.6) on this SFU D! Duquesne is having a nice bounce-back year. Normally they finish with a winning record, but last year were 4-7. Lost 14-51 to St Francis 2022! SFU D really shut them down last year and there were multiple TOs gained for SFU of course too. Duquesne has the O tuned up real well right now. Vs teams their own size in NEC play they are avg 37.5 ppg, 474.5 ypg, Perrantis has a 6-3 ratio and hitting 60% 260ypg passing, team rushing for 215ypg vs LIU and CCSU. Couple good RBs and WRs they have too. The Duquesne D? It’s not too good – it’s only a two game sample because you can’t really use the FBS or even Delaware games to measure them. Long Island ran for 8.4 ypc (finished with 8.1 ypp overall) on them while they shut down CCSU pretty good last week. Duquesne has gone Over in every game but one this year. Early on it was because the FBS opponents got the total themselves, lately it is a combination of good Duq O with a yielding D. Their only Over miss was by 1 pt in the Delaware game. St Francis has only gone Over twice this year. A couple lopsided games where one team didn’t contribute was the cause for two Unders and the other Under was the 15-10 Stonehill game that was played in weather I think. This game certainly looks like an Over and 57.5 is low so it will go up at open I’m sure. Not sure on the spread, I’d wait for it to move wherever it wants to go and then reassess.

South Dakota doesn’t blow you away, just kind of methodical. Last week vs YSU was 3-3 and then YSU didn’t cross midfield their final 3 poss of the 1H and next thing you know USD is up 24-3 on them. YSU came back. Either team could’ve won that one in the end, the way it played out USD got the W. They aren’t anything special, just very very solid and efficient at what they do and they force errors and capitalize on them like good teams should. YSU did put up 445y (7.3) on them, so they can be had at times. Indiana State I thought was playing better, took a shot on them vs Illinois St and got humbled. It was really as bad as they have looked at any point this season. Should be just a tough for them this week, but they are at home. USD has only had two road games all year, the NDSU upset win obviously and week 1 at Mizzou. First away favorite spot for them. NDSU outgained them, but USD made the Bison burn clock, allowed no big plays and really tightened up in the RZ. Scheduling fluke, the last 4 in the series have been in Vermillion, haven’t played in Terre Haute since 2016. I haven’t had much in the way on or against USD this year except for last week. I don’t want to go on USD here after thinking Indiana St had a shot last week and see Indiana St maybe cover and I don’t want to back Indiana St again either and fail on them back-to-back and feel dumb, just a personal thing, so I just want to stay off this one completely.

Lehigh has been an autofade for me this year, which should have gone better than it has. Got back on the winning side against them last week with Georgetown, wasn’t all that easy though, of course in the middle to lower part of the Patriot League and with or against Georgetown, things aren’t always easy. Bucknell I have played on a few times. They are proving to be improved even if just slightly and one of the reasons I had been on Bucknell so much was because their QB play with Rucker. Rucker got hurt 3Q last week. Not a lot of places to get Bucknell injury updates, heard ankle injury – which for a mobile type QB could be an issue. He’s listed as starting on the 2-deep if that means much. Back-up QB Semptimphelter came in and led the game clinching drive at Cornell, he started 5 games last year winning 3. Not as mobile. I would want Rucker if on Bucknell. Bucknell put up a pretty good (covered) fight vs HC and just beat Cornell. Two wins this year the Bucknell D has held VMI and Cornell below 300y of O. Lehigh has been held below 300y 4x this season, twice vs CAA and twice vs Ivy – one being Cornell who Bucknell just beat. Lehigh isn’t good, but deserving or not they have surprised me with covers at times this year - they just seem to find themselves closer on the scoreboard at one point or another whether they deserve to be or not - kind of a frustrating team.. In this one, Bucknell has some positive momentum while Lehigh is in year one of a rebuild and it’s been little up and mostly down…I’m not real sure, at a bit of a higher line I could be tempted to play Lehigh – the QB situation for Bucknell has me wondering. Line movement will mean nothing if their #1 QB is playing or not, there is always opposite line movement in FCS related to injuries as nobody knows what is going on in these games. Last year Bucknell won on a FG in the final seconds, 19-17 and Bucknell has won 3 of the last 4. I just know having bet against Lehigh so much this year, the only slam dunk that I was involved with was Monmouth who is pretty powerful most of the time vs inferior opponents. I will likely let the line move and decide how that suits me.

 

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I'm going to be way behind this week and haven't gone through some of my normal routines so I should be careful with what I play tomorrow.

Was a tough loss for Brown last year vs Cornell. They thought they had scored the game winning TD with :35 left, but replay ruled the player out at the C01. A 3y loss, a false start and then a sack fumble and they lost by 3 after having a FD at the 1 yard line in final minute. Brown had 9 drives into Cornell territory but only scored on 3 of them (2 SOD at C38 and C04, missed a long FG and fumble at C23 among the empty drives). Brown has been hot this year going 5-0 ATS including 1-0 ATS as a fav -13 vs CCSU. Brown has outgained their last 3 opponents CCSU, URI and Princeton by an avg of 97.6 ypg (3-0 ATS, 2-1 SU in those games). In their loss to Harvard, while the score was 34-31 for Harvard, it could’ve been more as Harvard took knees from the B05 – Brown was only outgained by -17y in that one vs a strong Harvard team. As in year’s past Brown does it by air, not often effective running it much, and that is fine for them it’s what they have been the last few years. One concern is 0 turnovers the first 3 games, but now have lost 5 over the last two games – and their D has not been forcing turnovers to even that margin out. Brown isn’t a team that is going to win with D, last week vs a limited Princeton O, their D did make some timely plays to get the ball back and enable the comeback OT win. So they can step up and maybe they are improved there a little, I have not compared the numbers. They hung in there vs URI and Harvard as big dogs so that says something. Cornell is going the opposite direction. After a good looking 2-0 start, they have lost 3 straight to Colgate, Harvard and Bucknell. They were not competitive with Harvard and the Colgate and Bucknell losses are pretty bad looking, outgained in each – Colgate had avg just 265ypg vs FCS entering the Cornell game and they put up 395 (5.4) on the Big Red D. Bucknell had been outgained by 229ypg their last 3 games, but were +47y in their 8 pt win vs Cornell last week. Cornell has yet to face a strong passing team like Brown fields. Harvard O is good, but it operates differently than the pass heavy Brown O (avg 51 att per game). One off game where Brown hit on just 55% of their passes, but in the other 4 games they are completing over 68%. If Cornell’s O holds true to form, they are a very steady 21.4 ppg scoring O and allowing 27.6. Brown avg is 32 with the D yielding 28. Brown has played the tougher schedule and performed pretty well vs them. Brown was a road fav once last year, -7 at CCSU and that was a very close win/push. That was their only road win last year. They did beat Cornell (+4) in Ithica in 2021 in a wild game and that was their only road win that season. So pretty rare for them to lay road pts, it seems appropriate right now though.

NC A&T has been non-competitive in the box score every week except for their win vs Norfolk. Massively outgained in CAA play by at least 183y every game. In 3 games vs CAA and then if we include NCCU, the A&T O is avg just 179.5 ypg and 9.75 ppg. That’s pretty bad. If they can’t run they have no hope. They do occasionally field a decent D, as they appeared to last week … which Delaware was in the RZ 6x but scored on just 2 of those trips! Teams sometimes have trouble not only scoring to complete drives vs A&T, but also sustaining drives with 3rd down conversions (Elon was 0-13 and Delaware was just 2-11). Richmond is like a new team with their Fr QB Coleman having played in 3 games now and 2 starts, both wins. The improved passing capability has also opened up their running game. They were outgained by -102 last week in the win at URI. I don’t trust the young QB on the road vs the A&T D however (he's thrown 5 INTs in 3 games). A&T’s performance on O means I can’t back them in this one either. I’d like to go Under, but 40 is tough – that’s low even for an A&T game (avg total last 4 weeks 45.38).

Valpo would appear like a good fade vs Davidson. Valpo has lost to Morehead, Drake and Marist while only beating two lower division teams by 1 and 2 pts! Win or lose, the avg margin in their last five games is just 3.6 pts. I would assume that changes here vs Davidson who is now officially on a roll vs everyone they have played who may be kinda good to really bad since the week 2 loss to Barton. Beat a decent Butler team last week by only 2, but outgained them by 161y. Prior to that beat San Diego by 22, St Andrews by 78 (whatever) and Marist by 28. One cautionary note, they have outgained those teams by a good clip; that is because their O, primarily their rushing O has been very strong – not because the D is keeping the wraps on the other team’s O (allowing 392.75 ypg vs FCS teams this year). These two have not played the last 3 years. Maybe the open pops a tad lower than 14.5 and can grab some of a better number before it shoots up. I’m not all that into laying big pts with Pioneer league teams. Lots of upsets and generally not good football played there.

Drake just outgained St Thomas 556-183! The St Thomas D was doing well before that vs Butler and Dayton where they only gave up 257ypg and 24 total pts in those two prior to last week. The St Thomas O has been lost pretty much all year, but that Drake yardage is a wow stat! Rare Pioneer loss for the Tommies and first time they have really been thumped, and we’ve known for some time now they aren’t the team they were last year or 2021. Their run heavy O should have more success this week vs Stetson. Marist and Butler each ran for 300+ on Stetson, as did Montana State, but they do that vs a lot of teams. Marist and Butler don’t do that often or like ever. I would want St Thomas here, but just doesn’t feel right the kind of year they are having. Maybe I still consider it, I don’t know.

ETSU is still bad I believe. Teams do get better and worse so I’ll concede they are better than earlier this year. They are now good enough to handle other bad teams like last week (41-10 over Wofford, +245 TY). But vs a pretty good D in Mercer just two weeks ago, ESTU was held to 126 total yards and 6 pts. Still bad. I was worried that Chattanooga was set up for a B game last week off the tough WCU loss and it mostly was. Their worst offensive game of the year, their previous worst game was also in a flat spot at Wofford. UTC grinded it out, kicking 5 FGs while only scoring one TD on 5 RZ trips and they just kind of slowly walked away from Mercer as the UTC D had a real strong game. UTC D should do very well this week as well vs this ETSU O and this time there is no look ahead with just VMI on deck. I admit I do this too often, but even off Mercer, it’s kind of a big game even though Mercer isn’t good, they’ve had some battles with Mercer so off the WCU game, off the Mercer game, again this may be a bit of a let down spot since they are playing an overmatched team they may take lightly and the line is high considering, if this line opens where 5dimes has it 18.5 that would be the highest ETSU has opened as a dog and of course when they opened dogged people quickly bet against them. They closed +20 week 1 at Jax St week 1 and closed +17.5 at Samford a few weeks ago, both opened much lower like 6-7 pts lower. So starting this high isn’t exactly value. UTC or nothing though.

The last month, Sacred Heart really hasn’t been playing that bad as a whole, they are doing some things ok, but not enough good enough and a couple things holding them back. Were in the RZ 4x last week vs Yale, but failed to score any TDs – Yale D can make it hard on an inferior team like SHU to do that. SHU outgained them by +71y in the 3-31 loss. SHU also outgained LIU by +71y in a 10 pt loss. -4 TOs cost them vs Merrimack (pick-six) losing by 10 total yardage even and a -2 TO margin vs Wagner also cost them in a 7 pt loss (pick-six) (+123 yards in that one). So I think PR still road favoring them is the right line. When it all goes right, which is rare, but when it does, they have a game like 37-34 beating SFU in week 4. Their problem just about all year has been QB play. Better QB and they win 3 or 4 of the 6 games they have lost. Last year’s QB transferred to and is starting at Monmouth now, so these were the backups and they aren’t good enough. So SHU is 1-6 while Stonehill is 2-4, could’ve maybe been 3-3 as they let SFU comeback on them late. But in terms of total yards per game, Stonehill has been outgained in every game this year, even their wins. So by that metric maybe they aren’t that much better really. CCSU was their best offensive game of the year, no surprise there. Vs other Patriot and NEC teams they avg just 298ypg and 16.7 ppg. They are off a 34 pt outburst vs Merrimack before their bye. Kind of like Sacred Heart, but laying pts on the road vs an equal-ish team….SHU got them 40-27 last year! Stonehill facing them this year at home, off a bye week, don’t really like the situation.

Dartmouth was a mess last year, only won two games in the Ivy, this was one of them. In this game last year, Columbia was more of a mess. Columbia outgained them 208-99 HT but trailed by 5! Dartmouth is proving to be a mess again this year 2-3 SU, 1-3-1 ATS while Columbia is just bad 2-3 SU, 1-4 ATS. Dartmouth has outgained UNH by a little, lost by 17, outgained Yale by 93, lost by 7 and outgained Colgate by 91, lost by 3 in OT. They were outgained by 143 vs Penn but won in OT. Go figure! Turnovers made the Lehigh game look closer than it was and turnovers absolutely killed them vs Yale. Last year Dartmouth was just a 3 Over / 7 Under team. This year their last 4 games have gone Over, just game #1 vs UNH went Under. The O is a little better, the D is a little bit worse. Columbia just had their first Over, which only went over by 2.5 pts, first 4 all Under. Columbia’s O is quite a bit worse and their D a little better than last year. I just don’t know where Columbia gets any O. Vs Lafayette, Princeton, Marist (weather) and Penn the Lion’s O avg just 201 ypg and 10.75 ppg. In their game vs Georgetown they gained 411y and 30 pts in their shutout win - total surprise. QB play is beyond bad, 41.6% completions in all games. They’ve only played Bell at QB so far, he has 1 TD pass…in 5 games! Columbia is 120ypg and 12ppg down from 2022’s weak offense! The play by Dartmouth this year is worrisome, but all-in-all I do think they are a better and more capable team. I might attribute the Colgate loss to being a little hungover and taking them for granted because of the really tough loss vs Yale where Dartmouth outplayed them, but lost. -3 at home I think is a cheap enough line to take a shot on them to win this one.

Samford has played fairly well the last 3 weeks. Put up a good fight vs Furman, handled bad Wofford and bad ETSU although failed to cover the closing number in that one. Their D was pretty bad vs ETSU as they were previously, but the last two weeks they appear to be playing at least a little better given the competition. I don’t think I’m ready to lay DDs with them on the road even vs another weak SoCon team vs VMI even though Samford has proved to have more than enough O vs the bad teams they’ve played. Samford could be a little flat this week and VMI could have a pep in their step off the Citadel win. Just don’t like the situation for Samford and can’t like VMI’s play enough to embrace the situation for them.

Monmouth beat Lehigh and Hampton the last two games by a combined score of 110-17 and outgained them by a total of +635 yards! They should’ve put it on Lehigh, how they dominated Hampton was a surprise to me. Monmouth is the #1 Total O in the CAA mostly thanks to their powerful run game. Getting pretty good QB play as well. The D, the last two weeks has been shut down, but previously they were up and down. Elon, I have been selling Elon all year. Villanova just trucked them to the tune of 476-99 total yards! NCCU beat them by DD. Wins week 3-5 vs A&T, Campbell and W&M were their high water marks. Now they are playing different QBs, their running game has gone away (just 2.1 and 1.9 ypc the last two weeks). Elon’s D was never that great and they aren’t good enough to steady the ship while the O struggles. So I like Monmouth better. Maybe afraid it looks too easy. The last time I felt this way Elon beat Campbell. Elon is off embarrassing game, back home with bye on deck, so I should be a little careful they sell out this week.

First time this year I don’t know what to do with YSU. Was worried last week their third straight tough MVFC game was going to be difficult for them, and it was. They were sluggish in the 1H at South Dakota. They got it going, and were actually in a position to win, but too often YSU has committed critical penalties at critical times and it has cost them. YSU’s O has shown to be way better than I or most people would’ve expected it to be this year. On the other side, the pass D and the play of their secondary has been pretty bad as UNI and USD just torched them through the air. They had great pass rush and pressure vs SIU, it was nonexistent vs USD and they really could’ve used it. 3-3 is a disappointing record for them as they sat at home last year's postseason with a 7-4 record. Last time they were here off the UNI loss I liked their chances to bounce back. This time, I’m afraid they could be hanging their heads and I don’t know where this line comes from on 5dimes…YSU -10? No way do I lay that. In a lot of ways, I think Illinois State is a mirror image of YSU….good QB, good passing game, good run game, DL and LBs are better than secondary. Both teams trying to have a break-through years. Think ILL St can be passed on like YSU can when they don’t get pressure on the QB. If YSU is in save the season mode, 'we’re better than this' focus and play, they can and should win. Just like YSU has been a different team away from home, so has Illinois State, they are 0-2 ATS away as I have the W ILL line 19 and they won by 16. Ill St only led W ILL 13-9 HT and their other road game was the 13-14 loss at EIU. YSU won last year on close to the last play of the game 19-17. Annexstad DNP was injured and Ill St wasn’t very good down the stretch last year. 10 is too many, I’d have to side with Illinois St at that number, but I do think YSU wins as long as their heads are right.

 

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Like 30 more games. Not enough time for me to get to them in this format. I'll have to do some work on those in the morning and get an overview for what I want at open and what I want to wait and see on.

 

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Not my best work, but it is cram-session. I skipped two games Merrimcack at Long Island and Morehead at Tarleton either intentionally or unintentionally.

Delaware, lots of soft teams – good success vs them. First noncover vs A&T, but maybe should’ve covered. Hampton off embarrassing loss at Monmouth. Hampton lost 3-35 last year in CAA debut. Think they give a good game off last week and considering how they performed vs Delaware last year. Need more pts to back them though.

Big road chalk for SEMO. SEMO hasn’t covered a favorite line since week 2 vs Lindenwood and is only 3-3 ATS, could be 2-4 depending on the UCA line. I see this as the weakest team that SEMO has played since week 2 and Lindenwood who is actually the only bad team they have played all year. Off best offensive game this year since week 2, but the D has been very bad vs some decent to good teams this year. This line is a lot to lay. Tenn Tech is off best offensive game of the year exceeding their ssn avg in both yards and pts (401y and 28 pts). Their D has been pretty good most of the year, schedule is light however. Would want SEMO here, but they’ve put the line too high for me.

I’ll continue to ride with Western Carolina all year. Questioned the type of Os Furman has played this year going into last week and thought a good O in Samford would challenge them. It is about to get a whole lot harder for them this week vs Western Carolina. The concern for WCU is the other side of the ball, Furman is going to be a challenge as well for that D. They definitely do not want to get in a track meet with WCU so Furman is going to try and control the game with their run. Could definitely be a close game, I might grab some -4 or less at open so I can keep with Western Carolina. The line likely goes to 7 or a little more.

Missouri State has pounded the two inferior teams they played this year (Utah Tech and W ILL). Murray St should qualify as well, but this line starts higher than those. Murray St hasn’t topped 300y the last 3 weeks although they played some good Ds in USD and SIU. O struggled vs In St though.

Tenn Martin fresh off bye and has had a really good O most all year – rush O at least, the D has been a little uneven. I’ve been a seller in Charleston Southern most of the year. They are off their best game of the season vs Lindenwood, but I think they struggle this week and would probably lay under 3 TD with UTM.

Eastern Illinois went from a really easy early ssn schedule to playing UTM and SEMO the last two weeks, lost in OT to one and lost by just 7 to the other. They competed better than I thought they would which illustrates their improvement. They actually outgained UTM and were even in yards with SEMO. Other than the McNeese game, EIU continues to be one-dimensional so it likely will be Holley’s shoulders again this week. Bryant is off one of, if not their best offensive game of the year, their D gave it up about on their avg vs Robert Morris. This could be an Over game as the total is low for a Bryant game (avg total 54). Unless EIU really tries to establish a run game, both QBs should be throwing it and I think are capable of putting up enough pts to crack a 50 pt barrier combined. Strange to see Bryant as a dog vs a fairly equal team.

Colgate off back-to-back wins vs Ivy, playing some good ball. Their starting QB going down first play vs Cornell has been unfortunate and fortunate for them because Zach Osborne has been much better. Georgetown been finding themselves in tight games lately as they couldn’t extend their margin vs Lehigh until very late in the game, were down by DD a couple times 2H vs Penn but came back to lose in OT. Played really tough vs Fordham in the upset win. I might look towards Colgate based on their recent play, but would need more pts.

Southern Illinois just doesn’t have the O to hang with SDSU. Surprising really how bad their O has been in spots throughout this season. Even when they gain yards (407 last week) they fail to maximize their pts (just 27, 2 TDs in 5 RZ trips). Their D might give them a chance to keep it close, low total at 47.5. Would kind of lean Under, but it might be too low for me to start at. SIU has gone Under the last 5, no Overs for SIU since week 1. Almost looks like a bit of a sucker line, SDSU only -14 … SIU has shown well at times this year, SDSU looks like a total different class though.

Think I can lay 18.5 with Jackson St vs Mississippi Valley St. I laid 27 with FAMU here, who failed to cover and didn’t play very well. Jackson St is a frustrating teams at time also not playing well, or as well as they should. Not sure where their heads are off the ASU loss. Jackson St is just 1-2 ATS their last 3 as 10-20 pt favorites and they nearly blew the cover on their only win. Jackson St run game should really go off here though, can’t see it any other way.

Big line for NDSU. Knew Western Illinois was bad, they are playing worse than I thought they were though. Lost by 42, 39, 20, 16 and 37 on the year. Don’t score much, avg just 14.6 in their 5 losses. Kind of have to lay it with the Bison I think.

William and Mary D has been really good vs FCS this season, even in the Elon loss. The O has been a big problem for them failing to score on most teams, even bad teams. Not surprised 5 straight Unders in W&M games. Towson played a good D in Albany last time out and had a chance late in that one. It might be a little different, but they played Morgan St D and everyone saw how good Morgan D is on Thursday. So Towson should be prepared to go against a tough D. Worry for them is their run D and that is the W&M bread-and-butter.

Like Rhode Island getting over a TD at Albany. Albany D is good and URI is one dimensional so that would be concern. URI is 4-3 and has missed playoffs the last two years at 7-4 so they should be in desperation mode this week to bounceback. They aren’t a good 3rd down O though. Richmond sacked them 6x last week and Albany gets after the QB as well as anyone in the country (no sacks in back-to-back weeks though). Avg 442.5 ypg in none weather impacted games like loss at Villanova. Think I may like Under a little as Albany is much better D team than on O. Feels like maybe a one-score game so +7.5 would have value.

New Hampshire hasn’t put it on anyone since week 1. Their D is such that the idea of covering a big line is shaky. Their O is such that makes it possible. They should be in the 40s for sure here, maybe more, question is just how many will UNH D allow? Could protect a UNH bet with a shade to the Over just in case, but this should be a pretty good matchup for UNH as Stony Brook is one of, maybe the weakest O they have played since early in the year and their D is bad.

Mercer -19.5 man … well, it’s Wofford so I get it, but this line is not for me.

Portland St played really well and made a statement last week at NAU. That is good. Idaho State made a statement too. I think I have to take them when they are this size dog vs the middle of the Big Sky. Idaho St played well at Montana a few weeks ago. Griz were kind of in a fog at that time. But think Idaho St can hang within 2 TDs, their run D is going to be a concern though.

Southern D is pretty good when they don’t play the best teams in the SWAC. Bethune gave it up in yards and pts vs Texas Southern last week who is bad. Southern -6, I’m kind of interested to lay that although they have only won by more than 6 twice in lined games all year (Al A&M and Akr PB), I’m pretty sure Bethune is as bad as those two.

Campbell as a DD fav vs anyone is a question. Maine was only +17 at W&M and now +13 at Campbell? Campbell does not have the kind of D to think covering a DD spread vs even a sometimes decent O. Campbell O makes is possible though, not sure.

Texas A&M Commerce off back-to-back covers, one vs a bad team and one vs the team who will end up winning this league. Just 213y vs UIW last week however. 470y the week prior vs McNeese. It has been a pretty tough schedule for both these teams really. Commerce at home as a 7 pt dog though, it’s not like Nicholls really blows you away, they are good when the other team is turning it over to them like McNeese and HCU both did with 4 turnovers each. Commerce did have a bit of a TO problem last week, but generally have not in their other games. Commerce may have some confidence from playing a tough game for 3+ quarters vs UIW and won on their home field last time out. Probably a live dog.

If whatever Drake did last week is real, then I can understand why they are 3 pt road fav at San Diego. They have been good in Pioneer League play, but not like last week. SD off outgaining Marist 376-182 but lost by 14 due to 6 TOs. SD not good though. I’m not betting this game.

North Dakota off really impressive win vs NDSU. Northern Iowa off really bad loss at SDSU. Should UND be road fav by more than a TD at UNI though? Maybe it is time to just stop believing in this UNI team, maybe it is time to stop pointing to what they have done in years past, even when they had off years. Problem is this UNI team has good players and has a good O, the D has been a problem more often that not this year. Still +7.5 at home is too much for me to pass up. UND hasn’t played as well on the road as they have at home this year, who they have played on the road has something to do with it. Big win to come off of to lay pts to a team that got embarrassed last week returning to play in front of home fans.

SFA gave it all they had last week at UCA but still came up short. Not really sure I know who this SFA team is, beat the bad teams, most of the time, pretty good, struggle to beat the good teams, but play them close. Abiline Christian was +5 TOs fueling the 30-13 win over North Alabama last week, they were outgained by 90y. ACU has actually been outgained in every game since week 1 this year though looking at the schedule that is kind of understandable in some of those games, not last week though. Even if they aren’t all that impressive, I think they hang in this game.

I don’t trust GW at this point after what happened last week. Would like EKU, but like every one of their games can go either way so laying road pts with them isn’t something I like.

Weber is a total mess, they almost lost at Northern Colorado – and that is their best game over the last 5. Last week was close, but the O is just so bad. Can’t run. Can’t pass. Can’t convert 3rd downs, can’t score. Maybe the E Wash D offers them a chance to play better and maybe the Weber D can offer some resistance to this EW O. I’m leaning to EW though.

North Alabama as a short HF I can get behind. It is turnovers, and maybe that is who they are at this point, just a turnover team. 5 last week, 4 the last game here, 2, 3, 5. 19 turnovers lost in their last 5 games! If not for those they are better than their record. Haven’t tasted success for a month now and likely hungry for a home win vs a beatable team. Utah Tech, you just never know with them…win as DD dog, or get blown out as DD dog – which they have done each of those things twice this year.

Can FAMU cover a line as a favorite? The dog in FAMU games is 5-0 ATS. Tx So is bad, but they only lost to Grambling by 12, that game probably shouldn’t have been that close however. FAMU outgaining every team they play, just not beating them by margin. The D is good, just need a little more production from the Rattler O.

Southern Utah is a scrappy bunch and getting over a TD at home even vs a good Austin Peay is going to appeal to me. SUU finds their way to weird results. The right team to win vs Tarleton even though it was strange how it happened. Undeserving cover vs UCA, but they battled in that one if nothing else hanging close. Probably didn’t deserve cover vs WILL but went on a late scoring run there. Close at Davis when Davis was healthy. Respectable at BYU and hung tough at ASU. So battle tested and have emerged 4-0 ATS as dogs. AP slowly got up on GW last week who was playing with one hand behind their back. AP dominates bad teams (or teams with issues like last week), but vs good teams it is much closer. They haven’t played many good teams of late, think SUU challenges here.

UIW would be a play on team here, I just don’t like how they are playing one bit. Had to score a couple late to make the win vs Commerce look better, 28-11. Only beat SELU 33-26. Won 27-20 in a tough game at ACU, that doesn’t bother me. Just their last two games, maybe they are due for a breakout big game. McNeese would be a good candidate to do it against as they are about as bad as they come. Commerce scored 41 on them. Nicholls scored 31 on them. Probably a UIW comfortable win and that should mean a cover. Unders 5-0 in UIW games which to me sounds very odd at this point.

UNC a road favorite! Both of these teams are playing better the last couple weeks than they were at the start of the season for sure. UNC has covered some big lines vs Sac St and Weber and played both of them fairly even. Looks like D is leading the way for them. Cal Poly’s worst game of the year was vs Portland St and UC Davis was not much better although the score looked better. The last two weeks vs Idaho and Montana State, they lost both big, but they really played better I thought than they did vs Portland St for sure. Total seems high for this Cal Poly O vs what is looking like an improved UNC D. Under is probably best way to play this one and maybe I think UNC can win, but I’m not going to rely on them to have to do so on the road.

Late game Montana State at Sac State. Montana St is a buzz saw. Sac St has been pretty inconsistent and their last two games vs weaker Big Sky teams haven’t been what one would expect out of them. They did play Idaho tough and of course beat Stanford. Those are their claims to fame. Maybe they just get up for the big games at this point and take the teams they are supposed to beat for granted? Not what you would like out of them, but maybe that is who they are. Everyone knows that Montana St is going to run it, run it a lot and probably be really good at it. Sac St still has a pretty good D and Bennett at QB might give them a chance to keep this interesting. Sac St just doesn’t lose Big Sky games very often. They did this year obviously, but they are a team that expects to win and at home here vs the #2 team in the country, probably get a really good game out of them. Bobcats been really good on the road this year in a tough close loss at SDSU and dominated Weber in their most impressive showing of the year. Last year though they though they only beat EW and NAU by 3 – both finished 3-8 so sometimes they put up a head scratcher.

 

[KJ]

Looking forward to the nationally televised late game. Not going out on a limb thinking the championship game will be Montana St/SDSU but do think the Cats are the team to beat this year. No way I could bet against them at this point, guessing since it's on an ESPN channel live betting will be available.

 

[s--k]

Looking forward to the nationally televised late game. Not going out on a limb thinking the championship game will be Montana St/SDSU but do think the Cats are the team to beat this year. No way I could bet against them at this point, guessing since it's on an ESPN channel live betting will be available.

There was no live that I saw for last week's ESPN2 FCS showdown. Maybe if enough of us keep pestering these books to open live FCS

 

[s--k]

I just looked at Massey lines for the first time this week. Some huge variations in many games. Makes it hard to know if Massey or a 5dimes represented line is closer to what the open will be in a lot of games.

I'll be trying to get good numbers on these

Penn (line could go up after open as Yale has been a play on team)
Lafayette (Massey had +19.5, 5 dimes +14.5)
SFU/Duq Over
Brown (can only lay 3 or less)
Rich/A&T Under (if it is the 47.5 on Massey, not the 40 on 5dimes)
Davidson (would like less than 2 TDs)
Chattanooga (saw a 16.5 on Massey, not the 18.5 on 5dimes)
Dartmouth (can only lay 3 or less, Massey had 6.5!)
VMI (could be in play, Massey showed 16.5, 5dimes was 11 - want over 17)
Monmouth (favored or dogged?)
Illinois State (5dimes showed +10, Massey +5.5)
Hampton (said I needed more than +13.5, Massey showed 20.5)
SEMO (if it pops at the Massey 19.5 line I could buy that, not the 21.5 line)
WCU (no way are they +1.5 at open? -4 is what 5dimes had)
UTM (5dimes -20.5, Massey -23.5 one is a go, one is a no go)
Bryant +
Jackson St (5dimes -18.5, Massey -24.5 big difference)
NDSU -
URI (+7.5 on 5dimes, only +2.5 on Massey big difference)
UNH (-13.5 on Massey, -20 on 5dimes)
Idaho State (+14.5 on 5dimes only +8.5 on Massey)
Southern -
A&M Commerce +
UNI (+7.5 on 5dimes, +1.5 on Massey)
ACU (only +7 or more)
E Wash (-3.5 on 5dimes, +2.5 on Massey)
North Ala (only lay 3 or less)
FAMU -
Southern Utah +
UNC/CP Under
Sac St if +7 or higher (Massey had +3.5)

 

[carolinablue]

Current leans are my previous HBCU mentions along with WCU if 6 or less and Duquesne over as I talked myself off of it last week but not gonna overthink it this week

 

[s--k]

Current leans are my previous HBCU mentions along with WCU if 6 or less and Duquesne over as I talked myself off of it last week but not gonna overthink it this week

Those are all targets for me as well. Always want best number possible, but really feel like I need a good one on Jackson St after some of their nonsense games this year and how FAMU failed to cover at MVSU earlier. Can't believe that Massey showed Furman-1.5, no way that will be the line.

 

[carolinablue]

Those are all targets for me as well. Always want best number possible, but really feel like I need a good one on Jackson St after some of their nonsense games this year and how FAMU failed to cover at MVSU earlier. Can't believe that Massey showed Furman-1.5, no way that will be the line.

I will be on the road in a bit so hoping I don’t miss the opens this week but we know how that goes

 

[carolinablue]

Howard 9.5
Sc state 6.5

 

[s--k]

20 mph winds in the NE today

I got 14.5 on Lafayette

 

[s--k]

BOL out pretty quick today too

 

[carolinablue]

Duquesne over 57.5

Actually went down to 57

 

[s--k]

yeah I got the 57.5 too then saw it drop

 

[carolinablue]

Duquesne -2.5 125 BOL

 

[carolinablue]

Wagner -1 126

 

[carolinablue]

Davidson too high for me at 14.5 but that line will probably go up

 

[s--k]

I paid a little for a small -14 bet on Davidson. Lines coming out quick today

 

[carolinablue]

Will be on Jackson and FAMU if both are reasonable as I expect both lines to jump quickly

 

[s--k]

Not getting a lot of exciting opens for what I'm after

 

[HUNT]

Go back to varsity, enough of this JV stuff we need you at varsity

 

[s--k]

New Saturday, same story for the northeast, lots of rain

 

[s--k]

Bet Rivers has a $29 limit on the Penn-Yale total. Get some fucking balls you pussies!

 

[s--k]

Bet Rivers has a $29 limit on the Penn-Yale total. Get some fucking balls you pussies!

They approved my $57 wager, hope that's not too much for you! How has a $29 limit on a total? This is the same book that wouldn't let me put $50 on a EIU ML last month. They did not approve that and stuck me with like $30-something. That is when I opened the MGM account. How can they not understand stupid low limits like that push business away?

 

[s--k]

Go back to varsity, enough of this JV stuff we need you at varsity

Sorry this is what I like right now. I wouldn't know what's up or down in FBS right now. I don't look at scores or lines

 

[HUNT]

Sorry this is what I like right now. I wouldn't know what's up or down in FBS right now. I don't look at scores or lines

Don't be sorry, you're great at this. We just miss you for FBS.

 

[s--k]

Pretty sure WCU opened -3? That was first I saw 10 minutes ago. Took a while, but just ticked to 3.5

 

[carolinablue]

Took -3.5 126 and it went down to 107….man not having much luck today