Week 9 in the FCS (5 to go)

s--k · Oct 20, 2024

Friday, October 25

Matchup	Time (ET)	TV/Mobile
Yale at Penn	7:00pm	ESPNU

Saturday, October 26

Matchup	Time (ET)	TV/Mobile
Valparaiso at Marist	12:00pm	ESPN+
Cornell at Brown	12:00pm	NESN/ESPN+
Mercyhurst at Sacred Heart	12:00pm	SNY
Morehead State at Dayton	12:00pm	Facebook Live
CCSU at LIU	12:00pm	ESPN+ / YES / SN Pitt / NESN 360
Richmond at Bryant	12:00pm	FloFootball
Fordham at Lehigh	12:00pm	ESPN+
San Diego at St. Thomas	1:00pm	MidcoSports+
Southern Illinois at Indiana State	1:00pm	ESPN+
Presbyterian at Stetson	1:00pm	ESPN+
Butler at Davidson	1:00pm	ESPN+
Duquesne at Stonehill	1:00pm	NEC Front Row
Colgate at Merrimack	1:00pm	ESPN+
Maine at Rhode Island	1:00pm	FloFootball
Towson at Monmouth	1:00pm	FloFootball
Holy Cross at Lafayette	1:30pm	LSN
Dartmouth at Columbia	1:30pm	ESPN+
Southern Utah at West Georgia	2:00pm	ESPN+
Bucknell at Georgetown	2:00pm	ESPN+
Samford at The Citadel	2:00pm	ESPN+
Saint Francis U. at Robert Morris	2:00pm	NEC Front Row
Howard at Norfolk State	2:00pm	ESPNU or ESPN+
Elon at Hampton	2:00pm	FloFootball
ETSU at Wofford	2:00pm	ESPN+
North Dakota State at Murray State	2:00pm	ABC ND/ESPN+
Charleston So. at Tennessee Tech	2:30pm	ESPN+
Utah Tech at Eastern Kentucky	3:00pm	ESPN+
Lamar at Northwestern State	3:00pm	ESPN+
A&M-Commerce at Prairie View A&M	3:00pm	ESPN+
UAlbany at Delaware	3:00pm	FloFootball
MVSU at UAPB	3:00pm	SWAC DN
Eastern Illinois at UT Martin	3:00pm	ESPN+
Western Illinois at Lindenwood	3:00pm	ESPN+
Gardner-Webb at Southeast Missouri	3:00pm	ESPN+
Jackson State at Bethune-Cookman	3:00pm	HBCU GO
Princeton at Harvard	3:00pm	ESPN+
Montana at Northern Colorado	3:00pm	MTN/ESPN+
Western Carolina at Mercer	3:30pm	ESPN+
New Hampshire at Villanova	3:30pm	FloFootball
William & Mary at Stony Brook	3:30pm	FloFootball
Morgan State at NC Central	3:30pm	ESPNU or ESPN+
Wagner at UMass	3:30pm	ESPN+
Delaware State at SC State	3:30pm	ESPNU or ESPN+
Alabama State vs Alabama A&M (in Birmingham, AL)	3:30pm	ESPNU
McNeese at Nicholls	4:00pm	ESPN+
North Carolina A&T at Campbell	4:00pm	FloFootball
VMI at Chattanooga	4:00pm	ESPN+
Tarleton State at Austin Peay	4:00pm	ESPN+
Missouri State at Northern Iowa	5:00pm	PSN TV / Marquee / ESPN+
North Alabama at Central Arkansas	5:00pm	ESPN+
Sacramento State at Idaho State	6:00pm	ESPN+
North Dakota at Youngstown State	6:00pm	ESPN+
Grambling State at Texas Southern	7:00pm	SWAC DN
Southern at Florida A&M	7:00pm	ESPN network
HCU at Stephen F. Austin	7:00pm	ESPN+
UIW at Southeastern La.	7:00pm	ESPN+
South Dakota at South Dakota State	7:30pm	ESPNU
Eastern Washington at Idaho	9:00pm	SWX/ESPN+

Be mindful of a potential time change or two

s--k · Oct 20, 2024

Big Sky

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/19/2024	Montana State 44	Portland State 14	Final	Hillsboro, OR (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/19/2024	Cal Poly 29	Idaho 34	Final	Moscow, ID (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/19/2024	Idaho State 26	Northern Arizona 30	Final	Flagstaff, AZ (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/19/2024	UC Davis 48	Eastern Washington 38	Final	Cheney, Wash. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/19/2024	Weber State 48	Sacramento State 51	Final (2ot)	Sacramento, CA (Conf.)	Box Score

Big South / OVC

In Saturday's action Southeast Missouri remained undefeated in league play in first place with a victory at Charleston Southern. Gardner-Webb got back in the win column with a Homecoming victory over Lindenwood while Western Illinois won on Hall of Fame weekend, topping Tennessee Tech. In non-conference action, Tennessee State improved to 6-2 for the second-straight season, equaling its best start since 2013, with a win at Howard.

SCORES
@Gardner-Webb 42, Lindenwood 35
@Western Illinois 37, Tennessee Tech 21
#8/8 Southeast Missouri, 26 @Charleston Southern 13
Tennessee State 27, @Howard 14

GARDNER-WEBB 42, LINDENWOOD 35 | BOX SCORE
The Gardner-Webb University football team used a potent offense to pick up its first Big South/OVC conference win of the season after taking down visiting Lindenwood by the final of 42-35 on Saturday afternoon inside Spangler Stadium. For the second time on the year, the Runnin' Bulldogs had two players rush for more than 100 yards each. Senior Quasean Holmes led the way with 26 carries and 156 yards while pushing one score across the goal line. Graduate Edward Saydee also crossed the century mark with 119 yards on 16 carries and one score. Redshirt quarterback Tyler Riddell completed 16-of-21 passes for 185 yards and a career-high four touchdowns. His favorite target being senior Jordan Bly, who hauled in four passes and two touchdowns.

WESTERN ILLINOIS 37, TENNESSEE TECH 21 | BOX SCORE
The Western Illinois University football team scored a convincing home victory on Saturday, topping Tennessee Tech 37-21 in Macomb. The offense had 446 total yards, the defense forced three turnovers, had five sacks, and held the Golden Eagles offense in check most of the day improving the Leathernecks to 3-4 overall and 2-1 in the Big South-Ohio Valley Conference Football Association. Western Illinois' defense set the tone early, forcing a fumble on TTU's first possession that was recovered by Brian Bruce (three tackles, one sack, one fumble recovery) after being forced by Mayo Bola (one forced fumble, one sack).

#8/8 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 26, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 13 | BOX SCORE
DC Pippin scored a career-high 14 points on four field goals and two extra points to lead #8 Southeast Missouri (7-1, 4-0) to a 26-13 win over Charleston Southern (1-6, 0-4) Saturday at Buccaneer Field. SEMO recorded its sixth win in a row and claimed its fourth winning season under Head Coach Tom Matukewicz. The Redhawks now have seven winning seasons in their NCAA Division I era. Offensively, the Redhawks, who lead the Big South-OVC in passing offense, finished with 335 passing yards on 32-of-55 attempts. SEMO put those numbers up against the Buccaneers, who came into the game with the league's top pass defense. Paxton DeLaurent threw his Big South-OVC high 21st touchdown pass of the season and completed passes to nine different receivers.

TENNESSEE STATE 27, HOWARD 14 | BOX SCORE
Tennessee State's improved its record to 6-2 on the season (for the second-straight season) with a road win at Howard. Draylen Ellis led Tennessee State's passing attack with 289 yards through the air. The signal caller also added 28 yards and one touchdown on the ground. Jaden McGill led all Tigers rushers with 43 yards and one touchdown in the contest. Ellis also added 28 yards and one touchdown on the ground. The Tigers won the turnover battle in Saturday's game, forcing two turnovers while avoiding any giveways, with Tennessee State turning those takeaways into six points.

CAA

Maine 35, Villanova 7
Box Score

Maine’s defense forced four turnovers and made seven sacks as the Black Bears (4-3, 2-2) beat #5 Villanova (5-2, 2-1 CAA), 35-7. It was the highest ranked team that Maine has defeated since 2018.

Maine took a quick 8-0 advantage on a 55-yard TD pass from Carter Peevy to Joe Gillette. Following a VU fumble on the ensuing kickoff, Peevy hit Molayo Irefin with an 18-yard scoring strike. The Black Bears expanded their first-quarter lead to 21-0 after Devin Vaught returned a John Costanza blocked field goal 70 yards for a score. Later in the period, a Vaught interception set up a Brian Fis-Santana TD run to make it 28-0 at the half. Peevy finished 16-of-18 passing for 173 yards and 3 TD’s, including a 5-yarder to Montigo Moss in the 3rd period. Maine’s defense, which held VU to 214 yards, got seven tackles and two sacks from Izaiah Henderson and six tackles, 1.5 sacks and a fumble recovery from Xavier Holmes. Ethan Potter tallied 10 tackles for the VU defense.

Rhode Island 26, New Hampshire 9
Box Score

Rhode Island (6-1, 3-0 CAA) used big plays on defense and special teams to defeat New Hampshire (4-3, 2-1 CAA), 26-9, and earn its first victory in Durham, N.H. since 1995. The Rams’ defense recorded four sacks, forced two turnovers and held UNH to 231 total yards, while the special teams contributed a touchdown and safety.

UNH held a 3-2 halftime lead after a 45-yard Nick Mazzie field goal and a Rams safety that came on a Moses Meus’ blocked punt. URI went ahead on a 20-yard Ty Groff field goal and extended the advantage when Freddie Camp recovered a muffed punt in the end zone. URI’s offense put the game away with a 57-yard TD catch by Marquis Buchanan and a 3-yard run by Tommy Smith with 4:02 to play. Rhody’s Malik Grant ran for 127 yards on 25 carries, while Devin Hightower had eight tackles and 3.0 TFL’s. For UNH, Logan Tomlinson made eight catches for 57 yards and TD.

Stony Brook 52, Towson 24
Box Score

Tyler Knoop completed 34-of-40 passes for a career-high 387 yards and a program-record six touchdowns as Stony Brook (5-2, 2-1 CAA) rolled to a 52-24 road win at Towson (3-4, 1-2 CAA).

Towson jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead as Devin Matthews broke loose for a 75-yard TD run on the first offensive play of the game, but SBU responded with scoring receptions of 10 and 19 yards by Jasiah Williams. The Tigers went back on top, 17-14, on a 1-yard TD run by Tyrell Greene, Jr. early in the second quarter, but Knopp threw TD passes to Cal Redman (7 yards) and Jayce Freeman (21 yards) to go up 28-17 at the half. The Seawolves extended their margin on a 22-yard TD grab by Freeman and Knoop connected with Williams for the third time on a 20-yard TD early in the fourth quarter to put the game away. Williams finished with 9 catches for 93 yards and 3 TD’s, while Roland Dempster ran for 103 yards. For Towson, Greene rushed for 115 yards on 16 carries.

Monmouth 55, Bryant 17
Box Score

Monmouth (4-3, 2-1) piled up 584 yards of offense, including 328 on the ground, as the Hawks downed Bryant (2-5, 0-3 CAA), 55-17. Sone Ntoh had four rushing TD’s while TJ Speight caught two TD passes and ran for a score.

The Hawks sprinted out to a 21-0 first-quarter lead on a pair of Ntoh TD runs (5, 1) and a 64-yarder by Speight. Bryant got on the board on an 86-yard kickoff return by Keylijah Williams, but MU responded with a 16-yard TD grab by Tre Neal to go up 27-10 at halftime. MU pulled away in the second half as Ntoh added scoring runs of 5 and 2 yards and Speight added TD catches of 7 and 10 yards. MU quarterback Derek Robertson passed for 237 yards and 2 TD’s with Rodney Nelson running for 101 yards on 16 carries. For Bryant, Landon Ruggieri made five receptions for 95 yards and Fabrice Mukendi ran for 77 yards.

Hampton 59, North Carolina A&T 17
Box Score

Hampton (4-3, 1-2 CAA) overcame an early 14-point deficit to earn a convincing 59-17 victory at North Carolina A&T (1-6, 0-3 CAA).

The Aggies turned a pair of Pirates’ turnovers in the first four minutes into touchdowns as Cameren Dalrymple found the end zone from five yards out and Justin Fomby hit Daniel Coles with a 17-yard strike. Hampton rebounded with 21 second-quarter points as JaQuan Snipes had an 18-yard TD run, followed by scoring grabs of 40 yards by Dorrian Moultrie and 58 yards by Brennan Ridley. Up 31-17 entering the fourth quarter, Hampton tallied 28 points in less than six minutes. Donovan Shepard (29 yards) and Tymere Robinson (8 yards) had TD runs and the Pirates added scores on a Joseph Henry fumble recovery on a kickoff and Tre Everett III pick six. Snipes ran for 71 yards and 2 TD’s and Ridley had six catches for 98 yards. For A&T, Ger-Cari Caldwell made five catches for 98 yards.

Richmond 28, Delaware 9
Box Score

Quarterback Camden Coleman passed for 194 yards and two touchdowns and ran for a team-high 79 yards and a TD as Richmond (5-2, 3-0 CAA) extended its winning streak to five with a 28-9 triumph over Delaware (6-1, 3-1 CAA). The Spiders’ defense made four sacks, forced two turnovers and held the Blue Hens to 36 yards rushing.

After falling behind 3-0, UR reeled off 21 unanswered points. Coleman capped a 75-yard drive with a 1-yard TD run and then connected with Nick DeGennaro on a 23-yard scoring pass. A 1-yard TD run by Zach Palmer-Smith increased the Spiders’ advantage to 21-3 with 11:14 to go in the second quarter. The Blue Hens trimmed the deficit as Phil Lutz caught a TD pass for a 7th straight game on a 12-yarder from Zach Marker, but a 6-yard TD grab by the Spiders’ Matt Robbert made 28-9 at the half. Neither team was able to score in the second half. Carter Glassmyer had a team-best eight tackles for UR and Quantraill Morris-Walker picked off a pass. Marker finished with 251 yards passing for the Delaware offense and Ty Davis made eight tackles and 2.0 TFL’s for the defense.

William & Mary 35, Campbell 28
Box Score

William & Mary (5-2, 2-1 CAA) rushed for 355 yards and held off Campbell (2-5, 0-3 CAA), 35-28. Leading the ground attack for the Tribe was Bronson Yoder with 131 yards and a TD and Malachi Imoh with 122 yards and a TD.

W&M went out to a 14-0 advantage on scoring runs from Imoh (33 yards) and Darius Wilson (1 yard), but Campbell answered later in the period on a 21-yard TD reception by VJ Wilkins. An 11-yard TD catch by JT Mayo put W&M ahead by 14, but the Camels pulled even at 21-21 midway through the third quarter following TD grabs of two yards by Wilkins and 19 yards by JJ Cowan. W&M regained the lead when Yoder’s 6-yard run capped a 98-yard drive early in the fourth quarter and a 6-yard TD grab by Hollis Mathis made it 35-21 with 7:39 to go. Campbell rallied as Chad Mascoe, who finished 30-of-39 passing for 320 yards and 4 TD’s, hit Sincere Brown with an 11-yard scoring strike with 1:56 left, but W&M recovered the ensuing onside kick. Jalen Brooks made 19 tackles, 3.0 TFL’s and a sack for the CU defense, while Quinn Osborne had eight stops for W&M.

Elon 30, UAlbany 14
Box Score

Chandler Brayboy returned two kickoffs for touchdowns to lead Elon (2-5, 1-2 CAA) past UAlbany (3-4, 1-2 CAA), 30-14. Brayboy’s 94-yard return in the first quarter tied the game at 7-7 and he put the Phoenix in control with a 93-yarder in the third period.

UA jumped on top on Jojo Uga’s 2-yard TD run before Brayboy answered with his first return. The Phoenix moved ahead 14-7 on a 1-yard TD catch by Cody Hardy on the final play of the first quarter. Elon expanded its advantage to 24-7 on an 8-yard scoring run by TJ Thomas on the opening drive of the second half, but UAlbany was able to climb back on an 9-yard TD reception by Caden Burti. Brayboy’s second return accounted for the game’s final points. Thomas finished with 138 yards and a TD on the ground. For UAlbany, Myles Burkett was 18-of-35 passing for 214 yards and a TD.

s--k · Oct 20, 2024

Ivy

PRINCETON, N.J. – Princeton earned an important Friday night win and Columbia moved to 2-0 in league play with a pivotal conference victory in Philadelphia on Saturday afternoon.

In non-conference action, Ivies went 4-0 with wins from Cornell (at Bucknell), No. 22 Dartmouth (vs. Central Connecticut State), Harvard (vs. Holy Cross) and Yale (vs. Lehigh).

FRIDAY, OCT. 18
PRINCETON 29, BROWN 17
7 p.m. // Princeton, N.J. // Powers Field at Princeton Stadium

Princeton (2-3, 1-1) caused five turnovers in its 29-17 win over Brown (2-3, 1-1).
Tigers running back John Volker had a pair touchdown runs. Quarterback Blaine Hipa had both a passing and a rushing touchdown. The Tigers had three interceptions and two forced fumbles. Defensive back Tahj Owens came up with both recoveries.
Brown quarterback Jake Willcox threw for 271 yards on 32-for-50 passing. The Bears ran 93 plays and 443 yards of total offense.

SATURDAY, OCT. 19
HARVARD 35, HOLY CROSS 34
12 p.m. // Cambridge, Mass. // Harvard Stadium

Harvard moved to 4-1 with a dramatic 35-34 win over in-state rival Holy Cross.
Cooper Barkate scored the go-ahead touchdown on an 18-yard reception with 45 seconds. After the Crusaders responded with a touchdown as time expired, the Crimson held on a Holy Cross two-point conversion to come away with the win.
Jaden Craig was 20-for-25 with 257 passing and three touchdowns for the victorious Crimson.
Harvard finishes its non-conference slate 3-0 for the 2024 season.

YALE 38, LEHIGH 23
12 p.m. // New Haven, Conn. // Yale Bowl

After a Lehigh field goal to open the scoring, Yale responded with 31 out of the next 38 points to secure a 31-10 lead midway through the third quarter.
Tre Peterson had 12 carries for 98 yards and a touchdown for the Bulldogs.
The Yale defense forced four Lehigh turnovers.
The Bulldogs return to Ivy League play next Friday with a road date at Penn. The game will be televised on ESPNU.

COLUMBIA 23, PENN 17
1 p.m. // Philadelphia, Pa. // Franklin Field

Columbia defeated Penn at Franklin Field for the first time since 1996 as the Lions grabbed a critical 23-17 win.
Chase Goodwin threw for 334 yards and two touchdowns in the victory for the Lions.
Bryson Canty had 137 yards receiving for Columbia on eight catches. He also had a touchdown reception to put the Lions up 14-0 in the second quarter.
Columbia, now 2-0 in league play and 4-1 overall, faces 5-0 Columbia next Saturday in New York City.

#22 DARTMOUTH 20, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE 16
1 p.m. // Hanover, N.H. // Buddy Teevens Stadium at Memorial Field

No. 22 Dartmouth finished off its perfect non-conference slate with a 20-16 win over Central Connecticut State, moving to 5-0 on the season.
Grayson Saunier had two touchdowns for the Big Green, including the go-ahead score with just over five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
Dartmouth now turns its attention to a battle of 2-0 in Ivy League play teams next weekend when the Big Green travel to Columbia on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. on ESPN+.

CORNELL 34, BUCKNELL 21
1 p.m. // Lewisburg, Pa. // Christy Mathewson-Memorial Stadium

Cornell cruised to a 21-0 first quarter lead and never looked back en route to a 34-21 non-conference win over Bucknell.
The Big Red were led by Jameson Wang's three touchdown passes and 465. yards of total offense.
Cornell forced Bucknell into four turnovers, including a pick-six from Big Red linebacker Luke Banbury in the first quarter.
Cornell travels to Brown next Saturday for a 12 p.m. kickoff in Providence.

MEAC

South Carolina State def. Fort Valley State (SIAC) 30-3

ORANGEBURG, SC – The Bulldogs defeated the Wildcats of Fort Valley State, 30-3, on Saturday afternoon in Orangeburg, SC.

More to come.

BOX SCORE | RECAP

Tennessee State (Big South/OVC) def. Howard – 27-14

WASHINGTON, DC – The Howard University football team fell behind early and rallied twice to get to within one score, but a kick return TD proved to be a momentum changer and the difference as the Bison fell, 27-14, to Tennessee State University (TSU) before an overflow crowd of nearly 10,000 at William H. Greene Stadium.

Hunter led all rushers with 102 yards on 15 carries and a TD.

Defensively, the Bison sacked TSU's quarterbacks twice and stopped runners behind the line of scrimmage eight times.

Graduate defensive back Kenny Gallop Jr. (6 total tackles, 2.5 TFLs and a sack) and his brother Kaleb Gallop (career-high seven total tackles) both had outstanding games, along with Derrick Brown Jr. (6 total tackles), Terrance Hollon (6 total tackles, a sack and a TFL) and Robert Jones III (5 solo tackles).

BOX SCORE | RECAP

MVFC

Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/19/2024	Northern Iowa 7	North Dakota 31	Final	Grand Forks, N.D. (Conf.)	Box Score Recap
Saturday 10/19/2024	Illinois State 40	Murray State 32	Final	Roy Stewart Stadium (Conf.)	Box Score Recap
Saturday 10/19/2024	Indiana State 21	Missouri State 46	Final	Springfield (Conf.)	Box Score Recap
Saturday 10/19/2024	South Dakota 27	Youngstown State 17	Final	Youngstown, Ohio (Conf.)	Box Score Recap
Saturday 10/19/2024	South Dakota State 9	North Dakota State 13	Final	Fargo, N.D. (Conf.)	Box Score Recap

NEC

Click HERE for Results & Statistics

WAGNER 14, SAINT FRANCIS U 0
A stifling defensive performance led Wagner its second consecutive NEC victory on Saturday by way of a 14-0 win over visiting Saint Francis U. The Seahawks delivered eight sacks — the fifth-most by an FCS squad in a game this season — to earn their first shutout against a conference foe since defeating UAlbany by a 30-0 final on Nov. 3, 2012.

ROBERT MORRIS 45, LIU 31
Robert Morris used two late scores — including an 86-yard touchdown catch by graduate student Shawn Charles with 2:10 left to play — to put away a lingering LIU squad and improve to 2-0 in NEC play with a 45-31 win inside Joe Walton Stadium on Saturday. Redshirt senior Anthony Chiccitt had one of his finest outings of the season, throwing for 351 yards and three touchdowns after completing 19-of-25 passes.

#22 Dartmouth 20, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 16
Central Connecticut dropped another heartbreaker to an Ivy League squad on Saturday, as the Blue Devils fell to No. 22 Dartmouth, 20-16, in the Green Mountain State. The Blue Devils led three times and held a 16-13 edge with 12:34 left to play, but the Big Green put the game-winning score on the board with a one-yard scamper into the end zone with 5:13 remaining.

Merrimack 48, STONEHILL 28
Stonehill bounced back from a scoreless first half and put four touchdowns on the scoreboard in the second, but it wasn’t enough to overcome a 27-point deficit at Merrimack on Saturday. Three different running backs registered a score for the Skyhawks in the 48-28 defeat.

Patriot

Colgate records League victory; Lafayette bounces back with win over Sacred Heart

AT LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (4-3, 1-1 PL) 31, SACRED HEART PIONEERS (3-5, FCS INDEPENDENT) 17
Fisher Stadium/Easton, Pa. 12:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
EASTON, Pa. – Junior running back Jamar Curtis rushed for 157 yards and two touchdowns on 27 carries to lead Lafayette to a 31-17 victory over Sacred Heart.
*Curtis also added a team-high 42 receiving yards on five receptions.
*The Patriot League Preseason Offensive Player of the Year scored on the Leopards’ first drive of the game, then found the end zone again early in the second quarter to lead a Lafayette ground attack that totaled 297 rushing yards.
*Sophomore running back Troy Bruce added 83 rushing yards and a touchdown on 14 carries.
*Junior quarterback Dean DeNobile completed 9-of-15 passes for 84 yards and rushed for 10 yards on five carries, including a fourth-quarter rushing touchdown.
*Senior safety Saiku White recorded a team-high seven tackles and a pass breakup. Junior linebacker Bryson Bright added four tackles and one sack.
RECAP: LAFAYETTE

AT YALE BULLDOGS (3-2, 0-2 IVY) 38, LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS (3-3, 0-1 PL) 23
Yale Bowl, Class of 1954 Field/New Haven, Conn. Noon (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Sophomore running back Luke Yoder rushed for 143 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries, but it was not enough in a 38-23 loss at Yale.
*Yoder struck with a 38-yard touchdown run at the 14:13 mark in the second quarter to help pull the Mountain Hawks within four points.
*First-year running back Jaden Green scored on a nine-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter, but Yale had already built an insurmountable lead. Green finished with 60 yards on 10 carries.
*First-year quarterback Hayden Johnson added a six-yard touchdown run with less than two minutes remaining in the fourth quarter. He completed 8-of-16 passes for 74 yards and an interception.
*Lehigh junior receiver Geoffrey Jamiel caught seven passes for 54 yards, and sophomore receiver Mason Humphrey added 52 yards on four receptions.
*Mountain Hawks’ junior linebacker Jackson Dowd posted a team-high 10 tackles. Sophomore defensive back Aidan Singleton added two tackles and an interception.
RECAP: LEHIGH

AT HARVARD CRIMSON (4-1, 1-1 IVY) 35, HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (3-5, 2-0 PL) 34
Harvard Stadium/Cambridge, Mass. Noon (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Senior quarterback Joe Pesansky connected with senior tight end Jacob Petersen for a touchdown as time expired, but Holy Cross could not convert the two-point attempt to fall, 35-34, at Harvard.
*Pesansky completed 21-of-35 for 277 yards and three touchdown passes, while junior wide receiver Max Mosey caught six passes for a career-high 149 yards and two touchdowns, including an 84-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter that was the first of three straight touchdowns for the Crusaders.
*Crusaders’ sophomore running back Jayden Clerveaux rushed for a career-high 165 yards, and two fourth-quarter touchdowns on 27 carries
*Senior safety Jake Jarmolowich and sophomore linebacker Drew Spinogatti led Holy Cross’ defense with eight tackles apiece.
*Holy Cross senior defensive lineman Kevin Gillis posted three tackles and two sacks.
RECAP: HOLY CROSS

AT COLGATE RAIDERS (2-5, 1-1 PL) 38, GEORGETOWN HOYAS (4-3, 1-1 PL) 28
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium/Hamilton, N.Y. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Four different Colgate players rushed for touchdowns to lead the Raiders to a 38-28 victory over Georgetown in their first League victory of the season.
*Junior running back Marco Maldonado rushed for a career-high 112 yards on 14 carries, including a 25-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to give Colgate a two-touchdown lead.
*Raiders’ sophomore running back Chris Gee rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown to help Colgate total 272 yards on the ground.
*First-year quarterback Aleks Sitkowski and senior quarterback Brendan Cassamajor also rushed for touchdowns in the Raiders’ win.
*Sophomore quarterback Jake Stearney completed 14-of-23 passes for 195 yards and a touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Brady Hutchison.
*Hutchison finished with 66 yards on three receptions and junior wide receiver Treyvhon Saunders caught seven passes for 68 yards.
*Junior linebacker Cole Kozlowski led the Raiders’ defense with 13 tackles and sophomore defensive back Tymir Wynn added four tackles and two interceptions.
*Georgetown junior quarterback Danny Lauter completed 22-of-36 passes for 272 yards, four touchdowns and two interceptions.
*Hoyas’ junior wide receiver Jimmy Kibble caught five passes for 128 yards and two touchdowns, while senior wide receiver Cam Pygatt finished with 61 receiving yards and a touchdown on six catches.
*Sophomore linebacker GianCarlo Rufo and sophomore safety Zeraun Daniel registered 13 and 10 tackles, respectively.
RECAPS: GEORGETOWN | COLGATE

CORNELL BIG RED (2-3, 1-1 IVY) 34, AT BUCKNELL BISON (3-4, 1-0 PL) 21
Franklin Field/Lewisburg, Pa. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
LEWISBURG, Pa. – Bucknell fell behind 21-0 in the first quarter and could not climb back in the game in a 34-21 loss on Homecoming Weekend in Lewisburg.
*Bison senior quarterback Michael Hardyway completed 21-of-39 passes for 214 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
*Sophomore wide receiver TJ Cadden finished with seven catches for a team-high 84 yards, including a 12-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter.
*Freshman running back Tariq Thomas rushed for 94 yards on nine carries, and freshman running back Logan Bush rushed for a three-yard touchdown in the second quarter for his first collegiate score.
*Hardyway also threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Sam Milligan early in the fourth quarter for Bucknell’s final score of the game.
*Sophomore linebacker Gavin Willis posted a career-high 19 tackles and 1.0 TFL to lead the Bison defense.
*Junior cornerback Terian Williams II recorded 10 tackles, and junior cornerback Aaron Davis intercepted his Patriot League-leading fourth pass of the season. Junior cornerback Roman Pearson also had an interception.
RECAP: BUCKNELL

Pioneer

PFL Scoreboard: Week 8

Saturday, Oct. 19
Dayton 21, Butler 14
Drake 19, Presbyterian 16 (OT)
Davidson 70, Stetson 48
St. Thomas 42, Valparaiso 14
San Diego 34, Marist 6

Dayton 21, Butler 14

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Drew VanVleet and Luke Brenner connected for a 33-yard touchdown with 11 seconds remaining, lifting Dayton to a 21-14 victory against Butler on Saturday at the Sellick Bowl. Butler rallied to tie the game 14-14 with 5:38 remaining as Reagan Andrew capped a 12-play, 81-yar drive with an eight-yard touchdown run. On the ensuing Dayton drive, the Flyers faced a 4th-and-1 on the Butler 34-yard line, which Mason Hackett converted to set up the game-winning toss on the next play. VanVleet completed 11-of-14 passes for 137 yards and three touchdowns. Andrew led Butler with 137 total offensive yards, passing for 50 yards on 10 completions and adding 87 rushing yards and a touchdown.

Drake 19, Presbyterian 16 (OT)

CLINTON, S.C. – Tyler Radocha blocked a potential game-winning field goal at the end of regulation, and Davion Cherwin helped Drake capitalize on the extra period with an 11-yard game-winning touchdown to seal a 19-16 overtime victory against Presbyterian on Saturday at Bailey Memorial Stadium. Drake amassed 435 offensive yards but was hampered by four turnovers, but the Bulldogs defense stood its ground and forced a three-and-out three times, and Presbyterian missed a field goal on the other. Drake rallied to tie the game in the fourth quarter, capping a 10-play, 71-yard drive with Shane Dunning’s 37-yard field goal with 4:17 left. Presbyterian responded by driving 61 yards in 12 plays but saw a 22-yard field goal attempt blocked by Radocha. The Blue Hose would convert a 42-yard field goal in overtime, but Drake scored on its third play to win. Drake quarterback Luke Bailey completed 30-of-41 passes for 375 yards and Radocha caught nine for 125 yards. Presbyterian’s Collin Hurst completed 26-of-35 passes for 201 yards and a touchdown.

Davidson 70, Stetson 48

DAVIDSON, N.C. – Mari Adams ran for 135 yards and three touchdowns, leading a Davidson offense that amassed 411 rushing yards in a 70-48 victory against Stetson on Saturday at Davidson College Stadium. Davidson jumped out to a 21-0 lead on touchdown runs by Adams (16 yards), quarterback Luke Durkin (17 yards), and Sam Valor (five yards). Stetson would battle back with three touchdowns in the first half, but surrendered two more Davidson touchdowns and the host Wildcats took a 35-21 lead into halftime. Stetson would close back within seven points with a touchdown on its first drive of the third quarter, but Davidson exploded for five third-quarter touchdowns to break the game open. Stetson saw quarterbacks Brady Meitz and Trip Maxwell throw for three touchdowns each while combining to complete 23-of-44 passes for 436 yards.

St. Thomas 42, Valparaiso 14

VALPARAISO, Ind. – St. Thomas used a three-touchdown second quarter to push past Valparaiso 42-14 on Saturday at Brown Field. With the game tied 7-7, St. Thomas running back ran for a one-yard touchdown to give the Tommies the lead for good. St. Thomas tacked on two more touchdowns in the second after its defense forced and recovered fumbles. Tak Tateoka converted the first turnover with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Jacob Wildermuth. Gabriel Abel converted the second with a one-yard run, giving the Tommies a 28-7 lead they took into halftime. Tateoka completed 12-of-21 passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns, while Adebayo ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns on 14 carries. Valparaiso was held to 244 offensive yards, with running back Ryan Mann rushing for 69 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.

San Diego 34, Marist 6

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Eric Haney’s 47-yard pick-six on the game’s opening possession set the tone for San Diego as it secured a 34-6 victory against Marist on Saturday at Torero Stadium. Entering the game leading all FCS squads with three pick-sixes this season, San Diego tacked on its fourth with Haney’s return. Grant Sergent added three touchdown throws on a 202-yard passing day that saw him complete 11-of-22 passes – one each in the first, third, and fourth quarters to extend the Toreros lead. Marist broke through in the third quarter when Sonny Mannino found Mohamed Diwara for a 21-yard touchdown pass, but that only trimmed the deficit to 17-6.

s--k · Oct 20, 2024

SoCon

Saturday's Football Roundup

Artopoeus powers Chattanooga to victory over Wofford

Chattanooga collected a resounding victory over Wofford on Saturday afternoon, taking the win by a final score of 37-5.

Mocs quarterback Chase Artopoeus threw for one touchdown and rushed for another two. Without standout receiver Sam Phillips, Chattanooga got a lift from Chris Domercant, who collected six receptions for 101 yards as Artopoeus' favorite target on the afternoon. Extra possessions were a big factor in the Mocs' success as they won the turnover battle 4-1.

Cherry leads The Citadel to victory over VMI

The Citadel snuck past VMI, 13-10, on Saturday afternoon.

Tyler Cherry had three catches for 78 yards and the game-winning touchdown to lead The Citadel. The team committed to the ground game early and often, rushing for 57 1st quarter yards en route to 107 rushing yards on the afternoon.

Hunter Rice starred in the ground game for VMI, rushing for one touchdown.

Gonzales leads Western Carolina to victory over Furman

Western Carolina was overpowering on Saturday afternoon, collecting a lopsided 52-20 victory over Furman.

Cole Gonzales led the way for Western Carolina, throwing for a SoCon record 620 yards and five touchdowns. As a team, the Catamounts' offense generated a conference-record 801 yards.

Unbeaten no more: Samford dispatches Mercer

It was all about the passing game for Samford on Saturday afternoon as the Bulldogs claimed a 55-35 victory over Mercer, giving the Bears their first loss of the season.

Quincy Crittendon led the way for Samford, throwing for 378 yards and four touchdowns in this one. On the ground, running back Damonta Witherspoon had 47 yards and two touchdowns.

Wofford	Chattanooga	WOF 5 , CHAT 37	Chattanooga, TN	Box Score
The Citadel	VMI	CIT 13 , VMI 10	Lexington, VA	Box Score
Western Carolina	Furman	WCU 52 , FUR 20	Greenville, SC	Box Score
Mercer	Samford	MER 35 , SAM 55	Birmingham, AL	Box Score

SWAC

Please click the links to access final game statistics.

Mississippi Valley State 10, Bethune-Cookman 20

Jackson State 35, Florida A&M 21

Arkansas-Pine Bluff 21, Grambling State 31

Southern 24, Alcorn State 14

Southland

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/19/2024	Northwestern State 0	Nicholls 20	Final	Thibodaux, LA (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/19/2024	Lamar 29	Texas A&M-Commerce 20	Final	Commerce (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/19/2024	SFA 23	Southeastern 24	Final	Hammond, LA (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/19/2024	McNeese 17	UIW 30	Final	San Antonio, TX (Conf.)	Box Score

UAC

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/19/2024	Shorter 13	West Georgia 41	Final	Carrollton, Ga.	Box Score
Saturday 10/19/2024	Austin Peay 13	Utah Tech 7	Final	St. George, Utah (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/19/2024	Eastern Kentucky 20	Abilene Christian 34	Final	Abilene, Texas (Conf.)	Box Score

carolinablue · Oct 21, 2024

I’m looking forward to getting back into the madness this week!

steponaduck · Oct 21, 2024

lets get it this week

looking at the following this week:
Alabama State -3.5
South Dakota +14
Central Conn. St. ML
Princeton +14 (check RB injury situation, stud RB went out early vs. brown)
Lamar -14?? (Massey)
UT Chat -27.5
E. Wash +7.5/ over 58.5 vs. Idaho
Howard/Norfolk under 52.5
Butler -2
Sac State/ Idaho State over 59.5
North Dakota State/ Murray State over 53.5
Monmouth -8.5
Central Arkansas -14.5
Arkansas Pine Bluff -7.5
E. Illinois/ UTM under 54.5
Hampton/Elon under 52.5
SE Mo. St. -12.5

s--k · Oct 22, 2024

Hopefully I'll be done looking backwards tonight and can look towards this week's games.

On the Princeton RB, was it Volker who got hurt? He is I think a 5th year, very experienced and reliable RB. However, Clark is the one who ran for 100y on Mercer 2 weeks ago. My opinion would be as long as they have one of those guys they should be fine.

carolinablue · Oct 22, 2024

Here are the ones currently on my short list, dependent on lines of course..

CCSU if dog or ML fav < 125 (expecting closer to 7)
Duquesne if fav 16.5 or <
Howard if dog +3.5 or >
N Dakota State game over 54 or <
Robert Morris ML fav <140 (expecting closer to 7)
SEMO if fav 9.5 or <
Jackson State if fav 16.5 or < (expecting closer to 21)
Lehigh if fav 13.5 or <
Pine Bluff if fav 6.5 or < (expecting closer to 21)
Butler/Davidson o65 or <
Lamar if fav 20.5 or <
SC State if fav 16.5 or < (expecting closer to 21)
Campbell if fav 9.5 or < (expecting closer to 14)
Chatt if fav 27.5 or < (expecting closer to 34)
EWU/Idaho game over 58.5 or <
Sac State/Idaho St game over 58.5 or <
S Dakota if dog 10.5 or > (expecting closer to 7)
UMass if fav 33.5 or < (don't think it will be this high but would play up to this number)
EKU if fav -16.5 or < (expecting closer to 21)

carolinablue · Oct 22, 2024

I was asked if those were my projected lines and the answer is no, just what I would consider playing. I added some notes regarding what I think the lines will open at for some of the games.

s--k · Oct 22, 2024

I just got done running down the schedule and comparing some PR lines.

Where would a Harvard -14 (Princeton +14) line originate?

s--k · Wednesday at 9:49 AM

Yale at Penn - Yale offense operating well the last couple games, got up by 23 on Dartmouth (blew lead) and by 21 on Lehigh (mostly maintained lead). Can pass it well with Grant at QB (412y 68% completions vs Dartmouth) or can rely on their rushing game (258y 6.5 ypc vs Lehigh). Avg 5.7 ypp the last 3 games while scoring 37 in regulation vs Dartmouth and 38 vs Lehigh. 17 pts off 4 Lehigh TOs created a yardage deficit of 365-372 for Yale in that one. The 532 on Dartmouth is a high water mark on the year, in their other 4 games they avg just 350 ypg. Yale D has not been a good 4Q unit - they allowed Lehigh to rush for 6.8 ypc and convert 54% 3rd down and CCSU converted 50% on them as well. On the season they are giving up 435 ypg. By most measures Yale is the worst statistical D in the league and where they are not last, they are just second or third from the bottom. Yale has gone Over in 4 of 5 (avg total 50.5). Penn has been a disappointment, 0-2 in the Ivy straight up and just 1-3-1 ATS overall. The Penn D has been bad enough to give up yards ( 430 ypg the last 3), but good enough to limit scoring (allowing just 21.3 ppg in the last 3 Dartmouth, Bucknell and Columbia). Their offense is severly underperforming, surprising with a trio of talented playmakers in QB Sayin, RB Hosley and WR Richardson who were both 1st TM Ivy last year. Last year Penn led the Ivy in ttl O 401 ypg, this year they are second to last 40 ypg off pace while scoring just 22 ppg. Penn appeared to be one of the top contenders for the league title this year, they have not looked like it. Based on the kind of D that Yale is playing, I might think that Penn's O has a chance to produce similarly to how they did vs Bucknell two games ago (31 pts and 394y 7.0 ypp). I am less confident the Penn D can step up to limit the Yale O. They have proved they can bend but not break which is reflected in their totals which have all been Under except for a push once (avg total 49.5). Yale D bad, Yale O good. Penn O should be good, has underperformed, Penn D kind of bad but not really bad. Tough call. This game played 2 weeks ago I would've really liked Penn, now the way their O has played has me doubting. Both these teams are 0-2 in Ivy play so both need it bad. Penn has won two straight vs Yale; last year 27-17 with a 452-245 yard edge and 2022 20-13 with a 397-292 yard edge. And Yale was Ivy Champs the last two years so that is impressive for Penn. If I can get Penn as a home dog here I will go that way. Massey and Sagarin do show Yale as a very small road fav. Perhaps that gets bet up. I had Penn Overs the last two weeks and missed out on both by a combined 5 pts. Think I sit the total out here.

s--k · Wednesday at 3:16 PM

Valpo at Marist – Has to be one of the worst games of the year. Valpo has lost 10 straight road games…their last road win was 2022 at Marist! That was Valpo’s first ever win at Marist! Two of the three PR lines show Valpo favored. They do have two wins on the year, both were close vs NAIA teams I think. 2-5. Marist is 0-7. Appel returned last week, but was knocked out with a probable concussion. Tyler came in and did nothing. It ended up being one of Valpo’s worst home losses in years. The program is in a very low state. Marist has shown some offense in a few games, last week was not one of them – just 6 pts and 226 yards at San Diego. I see nothing good here.

Cornell at Brown – Cornell snapped a 2 game losing streak last week at Bucknell. They had one of their rare good defensive games, notably they were taking on a Bucknell O who’s QB was making his first career start – Cornell got a pick-six off of him and 10 other pts off TOs with minimal offense from short fields. Cornell’s other win on year also came against backup QBs as Yale’s #1 Grant Jordan DNP and as such the Yale O had their worst game of the year. Big Red O has been really up and down this year, while the D has been mostly down (Albany and Harvard nearly gained 500y each and 6.8 ypp). As far as I know Brown will not be starting a backup QB so that is bad for the Cornell D. Brown on a 3 game losing streak. Moving the ball not generally a problem for Brown, turnovers are. 5 last week and ended the URI game with 2 on their last possessions and the Bryant game ended with a Brown fumble as they were in position to try and tie potentially. Both offenses should be able to move it as Brown’s D is also pretty bad. Slight lean Brown to win at home, but always cautious of laying pts with Brown. As favorites 1-1 ATS this year, lost 1 straight up. 1-1 ATS last year, lost one straight up. 2023 Brown was a 6 pt road fav when their O was completely shut down at Cornell. Cornell posted a season high 36 pts (pick-six and 13 pts total off TOs). Brown often has trouble with turnovers. The dog has won the last 3 outright in the series. Turnovers aside I do think Brown is a little more stable and should win, but can’t lay points with them. Line projected between 3.5-5. Would think Over mid 50s should be good. The last two years have gone Under between them though and they are pretty much the same teams they always have been. 2021 was the last Over.

Mercyhurst at Sacred Heart – Lined all over the place, Massey 14.5, Sagarin 8.5 and Reddit 5. Mercyhurst is pretty bad. At 14.5 that would match the CCSU line and they had to score a 58y TD in the final minute to cover that. CCSU has played well vs FCS all year, so hard to justify Sacred Heart being lined the same as them. SHU has only scored more than 21 pts once in 7 games this year. Their O is typically held below 300y and offensive pts in the teens. Maybe they can do well this week given who they are playing, but suppose I’d rather take the pts against them. But actually have no interest in being on this game.

Morehead St at Dayton – Dayton is one of three unbeaten Pioneer teams and just beat two of their tougher opponents in Butler and Davidson in low scoring games. 4 of 5 lined games have gone Under with the Over being at Marist as Flyers exploded for 47 pts. Avg just 17 ppg in their other 4 lined games. They are fairly solid all around though. Morehead’s Pioneer games have all 3 gone Under because they don’t score and they’ve played some uneven offenses. The best team they played, Butler won that game was 40-6. Butler was 14.5 pt home fav and outgained them 482-258 (7.8-5.5). Dayton just beat Butler in what was a fairly even game, some key TOs and RZ FGs were the difference. Morehead did upset them last year as a 4 pt home dog with a 385-322 yard edge (Dayton lost 5 TOs). Dayton was not good at all last year as that game came in the middle of a 6 game losing streak. Different team this year. Would like a Dayton line under 2 TDs if possible, otherwise probably pass (Sagarin 12.5, Massey 14.5). The total is looking like it could be really low 36-42.5. Not sure how many Morehead is capable of scoring.

CCSU at Long Island – Just CCSU’s second NEC game that counts for the standings and they are 1-0. They have covered an unbelievable 6 straight! 5 easy ones as dogs and one narrow one as a favorite. Their 3 losses to Dartmouth, Yale and UMass are by a combined 9 pts total. Their O did struggle vs the UMass and Dartmouth D, but vs lesser D they put up 458 yards (6.1) on Yale and 425 (6.6) on Mercyhurst. They generally produce a good number of sacks and a lot TFLs on D while not allowing that many on O. CCSU benefitted from large TO margins in wins vs Mercyhurst, SFU and Fordham, but even without those they have shown they can be competitive in their FBS loss and two Ivy defeats. Long Island just played two of the best NEC offenses and the Shark D was shredded to the tune of 479y (8.9) vs RM and 467y (6.6) vs Duquesne. But their O was alive last week vs RM rushing for 268 (5.8) and gaining 515 total (7.0) behind QB Greenwood who now has been the primary QB the last two games. They also ran for 353 (5.9) on Stonehill the week prior. I worry a little about the CCSU run D, they haven’t faced many running QBs except for Yale and the Yale game was their worst in terms of rush D. So the running QB for LIU might present some issues. Otherwise I would think that CCSU has to have confidence with the way they’ve played this year and have legitimate dreams of winning the NEC. LIU is just 1-7 overall and can play close a couple key plays or turnovers away from winning those games. As long as CCSU isn’t favored by many or dogged, they are probably the play.

Richmond at Bryant – Richmond off impressive upset win vs Delaware. Spider O was on fire 1H. They previously had trouble scoring TDs in the RZ but went 3 of 4 last week. One concern was in the 2H they only had one good drive. The good news is the D kept Delaware from doing anything. Richmond D held Hens to just 9 pts when they normally were getting 40 on everyone. And that D has been doing a number on most everyone. It hasn’t been quite as good on the road as DSU gained 375 (6.9) scoring 24 and Elon gained 382 (6.3) but just 17 pts. It’s a great 3rd down D and they are usually good for creating some turnovers. They had 0 vs DSU so that might be why Hornets had more success than other teams find. Bryant O has been in a rough stretch of late. Just 299y (5.1) on Albany and just 303 (4.7) vs Monmouth. O avg only 17 ppg – one of the TDs last week was a KO ret. QB Guest was pretty decent at times, but he left last week with concussion and neck injury. He’s probably out this week. They were down 10-34 when he went out last week vs Monmouth, the backup Myer might have some upside he went 7-12-105-1-2 to close the game out. He’s just young. Monmouth is a beast offensively and that was Bryant’s worst defensive game. Defense isn’t Bryant’s strength anyway. Bryant has been DD dogs 5x and only covered the Brown game. That is Brown. Richmond should be ok here to win by a couple TDs assuming no hangover from the Delaware win. I’d assume vs a QB making his first start the Spider D will get some TOs and should keep the Bryant O down like others have.

Fordham at Lehigh – Fordham is one of six winless FCS teams. Bye last week. Their play vs Lafayette and Holy Cross has been pretty tough the last two games. Were big dogs and covered both easily losing by just 5 and 3 and that was against two of the best teams in the league. Capaldi has started the last 4 for injured Montes. I don’t know the nature or status of his injury or if the bye week helps him return. He was pretty bad to start the season, as was the entire team. They haven’t passed for over 200y since week 1. The O has sucked all year, but in Patriot league play the D has stepped up, or the competition has gotten easier. Allowing just 292ypg and 23.5ppg last 2 weeks. In the 3 games before that they were giving up 477ypg and 45ppg (one of those games was vs Monmouth). Lehigh has a bit of an identity crisis at QB, they have a 5th year Sr in Perri, but they are also playing a younger Johnson who is their QB of the future. Turnovers have killed them vs Bucknell and Yale as they have lost 7 (-5 ratio) in the last two weeks. Turnovers directly lost them the game vs Bucknell and while didn’t lose them the Yale game did contribute to the lopsided score. Otherwise they aren’t a bad team. They had been good at creating negative plays on D but that stopped vs Yale. This figures to be a tough game. Fordham has been awful in September, but off a bye and competitive their last 2 vs good league teams. Lehigh’s season seemed to peak 5 weeks ago as they’ve gone 0-2 since (two bye weeks). Massey has Lehigh just 1.5 at home. Tough call. Lehigh has more to play for and I've liked them this year. If the O stays bad and the D stays tough for Fordham could be an Under. Lehigh has gone Over 3 straight, but their O isn't awesome or anything. The only two games that Fordham has gone Over this year is when an opponent is blowing them out.

San Diego at St Thomas – San Diego last 3 games; blew Marist out, could’ve lost to Presbyterian as a 18 pt home fav. Opened favored at Drake, they got down big but came back to lead that one late before losing on last second FG. Looks like they could open favored this week at St Thomas which seems a little odd. I just don’t think of SD as a road fav vs similar teams. SD has been below 50% pass completions the last 2 games. The O really struggled vs Presbyterian. Vs Marist they were fine on yardage. SD got another pick-six which they have 4 on the year in 3 different games. St Thomas likes to have their D set them up also. 21 pts off TOs last week for them. They led Marist two weeks ago 15-0 off just 15y of O. We remember the two blk’d punt game+pick-six. In that one they had 28-0 lead with just 27y of O. St Thomas has only been dogged at home twice in their FCS existence, lost to Northern Iowa 10-17 (+28.5) this year and 2022 beat Davidson 27-16 (+6.5). So it is weird that San Diego would be favored there. Massey says 3.5. These two play close games. Last year St Thomas was favored by 6 and won by 6 in OT, 2022 St Thomas won by 7 as 3.5 pt fav and 2021 SD won by 3 as 2.5 pt fav.

Southern Illinois at Indiana State – SIU hasn’t played a truly weak team since week 2 at Austin Peay. A once promising season at 2-1 after beating UIW has turned to 2-5 with star QB lost and his backup also lost. Starting a tr Fr QB vs NDSU, there was no O to be found. Everything should get easier vs Indiana State, but can you lay pts with SIU? Indiana St was pesky against Missouri St losing by 25. They were however outgained by 218y. 2 of Indiana State’s TDs were on short fields following TOs. Ind St was also held below 300y vs YSU who typically doesn’t play the best D (Ind St shutout 1H of that one). Vs another bad team, Ind St O did produce vs Murray. Ind St run D can be a little tough and SIU is not a good running team anyway. It’s SIU trying to salvage something on the year as they evaluate some of their best freshman in spots. Indiana St is 2-0-1 ATS as a dog this year. With a healthy #1 QB SIU was 2-0 ATS as a fav, since they went 0-2 in that role losing both straight up. I would think this is an Under but would want it in the 50s just in case and it looks like it is mid/upper 40s.

Presbyterian at Stetson – Was a lot of talk about Stetson last week. When you score 48 pts and gain 490y you think you should be good to cover a 2 TD dog line! Davidson gained 667 (9.3) on them, before that St Thomas only moved it on them for 3.2 ypp. One consistency the last 3 games with Stetson, they are very very poor on 3rd down and go for a lot of 4th downs which they do convert well (7 of 12 last 3 weeks). Presbyterian is so up and down. They never trailed San Diego until OT and lose that one. Follow it up with a loss at Morehead then had the winning FG in regulation vs Drake blk’d and they lost in OT again. Who knows what happens here.

Butler at Davidson – Once 5-0 Butler has lost their last 2 vs Drake by 10 and Dayton by 7. Now they play another Pioneer contender. Turnovers have been costly, 2 INTs at Drake one at the D15 and the other set up Drake for a short field TD. Butler had narrow 333-314 (4.7-5.3) yard edge. Last week Butler muffed a punt at their own 10 leading to a Dayton TD and had two other TOs in Dayton territory. Butler was outgained 260-320 (5.3-5.2). Davidson also lost Dayton largely because of 3 blk’d FGs and a blk’d punt. Davidson was just 5 of 16 passing in that one. I don’ t know how these teams matchup, but I do find it odd that 2 of the 3 PR lines I am looking at have Butler favored by 2.5-4. Sagarin has Dave-2.4. I would think Davidson should be favored at home with the slide Butler is on and the fact that Davidson is scoring bunches at home. Will take them if dogged just on principle.

Duquesne at Stonehill – Duquesne off bye. SH off an ugly loss to Merrimack. After being shutout in the 1H (44 total yards), SH did score 28 in the 2H (287 yards) which is nearly more points than they had in 4 of their complete games combined (30 total vs LIU, Wag, UNH and SB). So they finally gained over 300y of O after being held below 200y the prior two games. SH run D has been really bad, giving up 330 ypg on the ground and 445 overall. They had kept the pts allowed reasonable until Merrimack put 48 on them. Dukes have beat their NEC competition by 26 and 31. Somewhat concerned though because their last game at SFU they scored 38, but two of those TDs were on D and the O only managed 311y (4.7) without a great ypc rush 3.5 or good passing day (50% for 185y). Two games ago they got up big 33-7 HT and played even the 2H. So laying something like 16-18 on the road, Duquesne vastly superior but if the O doesn’t click right or if they do get up and kind of put it in cruise control might worry about the number. Dukes were 0-2 ATS last year as DD favs. Stonehill was a better team last year, Duquesne probably about the same – SH beat them as a 13 pt road dog. Duquesne I’m sure remembers.

Colgate at Merrimack – Nice win by Colgate last week, home after a bye, they beat Georgetown. Did have a 467-415 (7.4-6.4) yard edge, Colgate rarely has had such offensive success this year. Their only other comparable game was vs Cornell. They ran 40x for 272, another similarity to the Cornell game (43-270). Colgate D really no better, on avg allowing 438 over their last 3. Merrimack has been able to limit opponents on the ground, just 3.26 vs FCS. And Merrimack themselves prefers to run as they have only attempted more than 15 passes in one FCS game. Colgate’s opponents have been more balanced, so they haven’t faced a run heavy team, but are allowing 5.4 ypc their last 3 games (Penn, HC and Georgetown). Both these teams are pretty weak, suppose I would lean Merrimack, but if the run game does get bottled up, Colgate has the better passing game. Probably skipping this.

Maine at Rhode Island – Last week Maine led 21-0 early thanks to a blk’d FG ret for TD and Nova fumbled a KO which set Maine up on the 10 yard line. Nova opened that game 3-out-punt twice then fumbled KO - blk’d FG - fumbled own 9 – INT – punt – INT. Can’t get any worse. Maine O did operate well, but a lot of things were set up well for them. Really Maine’s game vs Delaware was much closer than the 23 pt loss, Maine trailed by just 2 in the 4Q before Delaware scored 3 TDs to close it out. Maine actually led at HT 14-13. Beat Albany 3 games back. So they have won 3 of their last 4 and the one they lost was close for 3Q+. Rhode Island had previously only played in close games before the UNH win. Never led Brown by more than 7 until the final few minutes. Beat Hampton by 2 in OT (should’ve lost that game in regulation). Had some good fortune to beat LIU by 7. The UNH game was the first game all year URI had a + TO ratio. Just 12 first downs for URI O last week in that UNH win. A blk’d punt for safety and a fum ret TD then later got a short field TD after UNH was SOD at the NH25. So the O didn’t do much, only had one drive longer than 50 yards all game. The D 12 TFLs with 4 sacks was big. The way the UNH O had been playing not all that surprising. UNH O had just 151y on Elon two games back where the Elon D had 12 TFLs also. So it seems the UHN O is kind of lost right now and URI did what some other teams have done vs them. Starting in the 2H vs Harvard, the UNH O has been off. So it might be more of a continuation there than anything great URI did. Still they had to do it. Maine had won 11 in a row in the series, but URI won the last 2. Several have been close. 3 of the last 5 have been 4 pts or less. Maine 2-1 ATS as dogs their last 3 and the one loss was close for most of the game. Looks like a 5 pt line. I would like more before committing to the Black Bears though.

Towson at Monmouth – Both these teams have grown this year over last, Towson just has zero consistency. Beat William & Mary thanks to the help from TOs, had a pretty ugly win vs Norfolk and then just got their doors blown off by Stony Brook last week. Towson led 17-14 then allowed 38 unanswered! Towson started the 2H down 11 and then had INT-FUM-FUM to start the 3Q. They still gained 405 yards (7.5) just the TOs kept their yards from turning into pts. Only had 54 plays after avg 71 the prior two games. That Towson D though, allowed SB 512y (6.4). The game before they allowed a Norfolk team who struggled offensively vs NCCU and SHU, they put up 361y (5.8) on Towson. Norfolk went a combined 3 of 26 on 3rd down in their previous two games, then vs Towson with a new QB making first start stayed on the field much better than expected. So both these offenses are capable, Monmouth very much so, 35 pts is pretty much their floor every week and obviously they can and often do score much more than that. Towson usually pretty good offense, just not reliable weekly. Line looks to be 8.5-11.5. Monmouth is 2-0 ATS when favored by DD this year – that was against Bryant who is a first year CAA team (more like an NEC team rosterwise) and the other was against Fordham who was really struggling at that point in the season. Monmouth can certainly win by two scores vs just about anyone from the middle on down in the league. Last year Monmouth beat them by 19 as a 3.5 pt road favorite and they look better this year with Robertson at QB. Just always some concern about the Monmouth D. Going back to Delaware, every one of their drives ended in scoring position. Towson is not Delaware, the comparison is though that vs limited offenses Monmouth D does ok. Vs better ones they might not. Just can’t know which Towson O shows up. Total is going to be high. They get higher each week for Monmouth (68 last week the score combined for 72). Anything mid 60s has to be Over (Massey 66.5).

That's up til 2:00. Not much that I really like in there. Dayton, but line might be too high. Richmond if under 2 TDs. Lehigh ML perhaps if low. St Thomas if dogged 3 or more (2 of 3 PR show them as dogs). SIU/Ind St Under if in 50s. Davidson if dogged (2 of 3 PR implies they could be). Duquesne maybe. Maine but need 6 or 7. Towson/Monmouth Over if mid60s.

Won't be able to get to any others the rest of the day or tonight.

carolinablue · Wednesday at 5:46 PM

Out of the batch above, I have CCSU, Lehigh and Duquesne as potential sides and I always have to consider overs with anything less than 70 involving Davidson or Monmouth

s--k · Thursday at 1:38 PM

Here are a few more I got during lunch today going in order of time. Probably more tonight.

Holy Cross at Lafayette – Holy Cross’ 4 FCS losses this year have each been by 7 pts or less. They come in here 2-0 in league play vs last year’s champ Lafayette who is currently 1-1. HC O has been good lately, however only 19 pts and 344 yards (4.4) hosting Fordham 2 weeks ago is odd. They punted their first 5 poss, they woke up in the 2H but didn’t get their first lead until 6min left. Fordham has been struggling. That game is sandwiched around the Colgate and Harvard games when HC excelled all around offensively – 75% 3rd downs on Harvard last week and 90% completions for 310y on Colgate. Throw in 246y rushing (5.3) on the Crimson D and 8.1 ypp on Colgate – this is an offense that can do a lot of things well. I guess Fordham was just an off game? Defensively HC isn’t great, they’ve given up 5.8 ypp or worse 6x this year including a season worst 6.3 last week to Harvard. HC really hurt themselves with some TOs in that game, but Harvard built a 27-7 lead before HC came storming back in a game that had a lot of momentum swings and lead changes in the final minutes. Patriot league on the line so I wouldn’t think HC will be hungover from last week, but possible off that tough 1 pt loss (scored TD with :00 left after time put back on clock then failed 2pt conv). Lafayette also struggled with Fordham 3 weeks ago, then they were shut out the following game home vs Georgetown – both teams were held below 4 ypp in that one. Laf passing game has really been off the mark lately and even vs SHU last week, RB Curtis was the leading receiver with 5 and nobody else caught more than 2. Best WR Steward DNP last week and he did get injured in some way the week prior. Worried about this Lafayette O, but Leopards can still play good D. HC doesn’t play good D, but they have the better O. Laf won 38-35 as a 16 pt road dog last year, HC could not stop Curtis as he ran wild 229 on 30att. Cleveaux has been really good this year after Fuller went down. Some good RBs going head-to-head here. I don’t know about this game. Massey is showing HC 6.5 pt fav and at that number Lafayette at home is a little tempting. Patriot League is pretty wide open right now, but have to assume this is a key game in determining how it ends up. Lafayette drops to 2 losses they would likely be out of it. So big game all around.

Dartmouth at Columbia – Dartmouth is just one of two undefeated FCS teams. Not exactly dominant though. Got a little lucky last week as CCSU was offside on a late 4Q play where Dartmouth lost a fumble, but the penalty negated it and Dart took the lead next play. Two games ago Dartmouth made a 23 pt comeback and won in OT at Yale. Their best game was 20-17 vs Penn in a game they actually did dominate (+228 ttl yards) but the score didn’t show it. And then, they needed a last second FG to beat Merrimack! So plenty of games in there that they could’ve lost if one play or two goes a different way. As such the dog on the closing line is 4-1 ATS in Dartmouth games (only exception week 1 Dart-9 won by 32 vs Fordham). Not sure where this line comes out at. Massey has Dartmouth -2.5 and Sagarin shows Columbia -.3. Columbia has appeared to be one of the best all around Ivy teams this year. The only game they lost was when their #1 QB was out vs Georgetown (back up threw 3 INTs). Columbia has outgained every opponent this year except for Wagner (a game they led 24-0 then didn’t score 2H). They have had some really good games rushing like 269y (6.0) on Princeton and also had some great passing games like 334y 70% last week at Penn. Nobody has scored more than 20 on their D. This would be the first game I feel strongly on a game so far. Columbia’s new coaching staff and new QB has this team transformed. Dartmouth has won the last 2, however last year it was 20-9 and Dartmouth was outgained 215-303 (3.7-4.1). Columbia was really rough last year, that was the only Ivy game Columbia outgained an opponent, kind of a bad look. In 2022 Columbia had a 208-99 1H yard edge but trailed by 5 and Dartmouth won 27-24. So some weird things the last 2 years in those Dartmouth wins and Columbia is significantly better this year.

Southern Utah at West Georgia – Not sure I want to trust SUU as DD road fav even vs a team like West Georgia. Last road game Austin Peay ran for 274 (5.7) on them and game at Idaho State, the Bengals ran for 262 (7.9). Not to mention Tarleton (224 5.0) but Tarleton not a fair comparison as they are pretty elite at RB. WG is better through the air, but they have had some decent games on the ground. Wydner is hurt. He didn’t play last week. Casey did lead the comeback at UCA so he’s shown to be capable. They put up 562 yards (5.9) on UCA and 464 (6.2) on Austin Peay in their last two lined games. Would seem I’d rather have West Georgia, but I just rather pass.

Bucknell at Georgetown – These teams are both alive for the Patriot, Bucknell 1-0 and GT 1-1. Rucker may be back at QB for Bucknell. Not sure the line ever reflected the fact he was out last week. Cornell did open a small fav and it never moved much if any. Books probably don’t know or care about a Bucknell QB’s injury status. Rucker has the league’s best completion % with an 11-4 ratio. This week Sagarin has GT -7.7 and Massey 4.5. Bucknell D is awful, the only reason they compete in some games is because of their O. Who knows with Georgetown. A week after shutting out Lafayette 17-0, they come up with a 10 pt loss at Colgate. Ttl yardage has been close in each of the last 4 games for GT. A key INT from the C02 played a role last week and the fact that GT D couldn’t stop the run, ‘Gate ran for 272 (6.8) a week after they held Laf to 69 (2.9). GT has shown to be one of the more unpredictable teams. As bad as the Bucknell D is, GT O should find a lot of success. Last week Rucker was not listed on the official 2 deep before the Cornell game. This week he is listed with an ‘or’. There is a Bucknell message board but only like 3 people post so I don’t know how informative it might be. I would tend to think he plays and that makes Bucknell if getting a TD like Sagarin has a potential play. GT has been favored 3x this year and lost 2 of the 3 straight up, their last win as a fav was week 1. That was also their last home fav spot. Bucknell as a dog with Rucker at QB is 3-0 ATS with 1 outright upset (Lehigh in OT thanks to 2 non-offensive TDs). This could be a good Over game. Sagarin is showing 49.5. Bucknell hasn’t gone Over since the first two weeks of the year, but all their other totals have been in the 50s and up. GT likewise, 2 of their first 3 went Over and they were on a 3-0 Under streak vs some defensively geared teams (Columbia and Lafayette) until last week at Colgate which went Over 49. I would think both offenses can do something similar to the GT-Colgate game (56 pts 882 combined yards) as long as Rucker is going for Bucknell.

Samford at The Citadel – Each team surprised last week. Samford knocked off one of the unbeatens in Mercer. They led 28-0! 3 of those Samford TDs were off of 71y of O following TOs and field position (Mercer had like a 17y punt from near their EZ). Then later in the game Samford scored 2 defensive TDs after Mercer kind of got back into the game. Could say that 35 of the Samford pts were from Mercer O or special teams screwing up. Had said I was treading lightly on Mercer and the fear was realized last week, their offense not pulling it’s weight and Samford capitalized on that. Samford did gain 446y with 16.2 yard per completion in the air. But how about the Samford 3rd down O? Last two weeks converted just 4 of 27! And they continue to allow several negative plays on O. 24 TFLs allowed the last 2 games. 30 allowed the last 3 games. The Citadel also surprised, they won by 3 but failed to cover as a small road fav in a game they really did not look good. Surprising in the fact that they had been playing pretty competitive football vs the rest of their schedule for large portions of games. They went 0 for 11 3rd down last week and failed to top 200 total yards of O! If these two would have played last week I would have liked Citadel and probably still do a little. Not sure how these teams follow up their unexpected results from last week. Can Samford build and get a stretch run going? If Citadel's confidence rattled after such a bad game vs lowly VMI? Citadel has been a good dog 5-1 ATS. Samford did win 27-3 vs VMI as a 18 pt fav last time they were chalk. Samford opened the year 0-2 ATS as a fav.

sleepy · Thursday at 9:43 PM

FD is waiting until the last minute

s--k · Thursday at 10:00 PM

St Francis at Robert Morris – According to Massey, PR is still too slow to adjust to 2024 St Francis football. SFU is 2-5 ATS and in my mind should always be 1-6, but they are 2-5 ATS overall as they continue to fall short of whatever point spread expectations are placed on them. Massey shows Robert Morris only -2.5. Sagarin is 9.7. In three NEC games SFU has been outgained by 150 last week to Wagner, 139 2 weeks ago vs Duquesne and by 49 yards all the way back in week 3 vs CCSU. And their scoring output has only gone down each game. 20 on CCSU (SFU had a KO ret TD and fell on fumble in EZ for 2 of their 3 TDs), scored just 7 on Duquesne and were shut out vs Wagner of all teams (was Wagner’s first shutout of conference foe in 12 years and SFU’s first shutout loss in 14 years). SFU is avg just 179.5 ypg their last two conference games. They’ve also been sacked 12 and only converted 2 of 27 3rd downs in those two games! The D isn’t as bad though, it tends to keep the scores low and somewhat keep SFU in games. Even the Duquesne O was limited by them, Dukes only had three drives of 40+ yards on their way to an FCS season low 311y (4.7). Duq had averaged 406 ypg (7.3) in their other two FCS games. So virtually no offense and a decent D is the reason every SFU game has gone Under this year. I’ve described Robert Morris as a lesser version of Duquesne – Dukes scored 38 vs SFU but 2 TDs were on D, so a pretty good Duquesne O produced just 24 pts. RM beat DSU 23-0 and outgained them by +198y. SFU beat DSU 28-17 in a misleading score and they did outgain them by +81y. RM beat Wagner 21-14 with a +69 yardage edge while SFU just lost to Wagner 0-14 and were outgained by -150y. Last week RM got up 23-10 and 30-17 on LIU before the Sharks took the lead 31-30! But RM responded to that adversity by pulling back ahead and winning 45-31 behind 351y passing (73%) and 8.9 ypp. There are some ways that the SFU D could complicate this game, but RM O is a good unit vs teams in their league and they should be able to overcome. Hopefully the Massey line -2.5 is the actual open.

Howard at Norfolkd State – Howard appears to be struggling. Didn’t cross midfield until their 6th possession vs Tenn State last week. TSU can play some D and they limited Howard to just 209 ttl yards (3.7) all while Howard D allowed 412 (6.1). 400+ yards of O is rare for TSU. The other teams TSU accomplished that against? Miss Valley and Ark Pine Bluff, add Howard to that list now. That is a bad list to be on. Bison did beat Sacred Heart the week before, but Howard didn’t lead that game until they broke a 14-14 tie late and one of their TDs was set up off a blk’d punt. Howard O only avg 258 ypg their last 3 and just 16 ppg. Norfolk also played SHU recently and SHU beat them 10-3! Norfolk did throw 2 RZ INTs and were SOD SH14 final drive. QB Daniels got hurt in that game. Norfolk is a highly unpredictable team this year. They played better than I expected vs Towson with a new QB tFr Berry starting for the injured Daniels. Towson had some chances to open that game up, but Norfolk played well enough to keep it close. A loss to SHU is never good and NCCU did blow their doors off 3 games ago. The week before that they beat a bad VMI team 32-10 with a +190 yard edge. Very up and down they are. This is homecoming and as I said, HBCU’s do take homecoming seriously. Last year almost 25,000 attended Norfolk’s homecoming. Daniels should be back this week and even though Norfolk has lost 3 straight, I thought they competed well enough vs Towson and have seen some good play out of them this year - it's just sporadic. Howard has been pretty bad and appears to be trending downward. Howard won the MEAC last year, but even then, only beat Norfolk 27-23 (Norfolk led 17-9 HT) and total yards were even although Howard had a strong 6.8-5.0 ypp advantage. This is just not the same Howard team. I will side with Norfolk off a bye on homecoming. Massey shows -2.5

Elon at Hampton – Elon returned TWO KOs for TD last week vs Albany which is good for them because the O has been struggling. Just 231y the week prior vs UNH (3.7) and 281 (4.8) on Albany but sub-50% completions as they rotate QBs. They got the running game going for 214 (4.9). The D has really led them the last 2 games. Albany only gained 234 (3.9) on them and UNH just 151 (2.6). 7 sacks and 20 TFLs in those 2 games. Could be a product of those two teams offensively right now because Richmond got Elon for 439 (7.1) 3 games back. Not really sure how to assess this Elon team. Hampton has strung two good games together since William & Mary smacked them around. Since then they had Rhode Island beat. Led by 14 twice 2H and blk’d a game tying xpt, but were offside. That xpt allowed the game to go to OT where Hampton lost on a failed 2pt attempt. Then off a bye with the enthusiasm of the interm tag being removed from coach Boykin they beat a bad NC A&T team. A&T actually led 14-0 off some Hampton TOs, but Pirates turned it up and won that 59-17. Hamton has been playing two QBs as well, but it is working out better for them than what Elon has come up with. The game vs W&M is kind of a red flag and to a point the URI game. ‘Real’ CAA teams, not ones like A&T – W&M outgained them 632-214 (9.0-3.6) and even though Hampton had leads and was in that URI game, Rhode outgained them 544-438 (7.5-5.5). Hampton’s O was strong vs URI, but the D was weak vs both. Elon being another ‘real’ CAA team I suspect that the Hampton D should again have issues – even though Elon hasn’t had much O to speak of for several weeks. Massey says Elon -7.5 on the road here. That feels high. URI was 7.5 and they have played better than Elon has. Sagarin has .5 which is closer. I’d guess Elon deserves to be just maybe a 1-2 pt fav. What actually happens I do not know.

ETSU at Wofford – One of the more misleading final scores last week was Chattanooga’s 37-5 win over Wofford. UTC led just 17-5, then Wofford threw INTs on FOUR straight possessions, one was returned 61y for TD and it all led to 20 pts being scored for UTC off TOs. Not like the Wofford O was good (257y 4.4), but that UTC’s O wasn’t necessarily fully responsible for producing those pts (just 321y 5.0 for them). Seeley threw 3 of them and Corriston off the bench threw the 4th as Odum remained out. Heard he was throwing some in practice last week and was going to participate more in practice this week and could “return soon”, but no direct statement for this game. Odum had a rough game before he got hurt vs Mercer, in the first 3 games however he was pretty good (4-0 ratio 194 ypg passing). Passing game has been down quite a bit without him. The Wofford D has been solid in most SoCon games – Mercer only put up 287y (4.3), UTC 321 (5.0), VMI 180 (3.0) – WCU did hit them for 475 (6.1). RZ D has been a strength for them as they’ve only yielded 8 TDs on 22 chances (notably Mercer was 0-4, WCU was 2-6). I have had a pretty high opinion of ETSU this year. I like their D and when they can run the ball the O has been good as well. The passing game is really inconsistent, it has potential when King can hit his guys. UTC beat both these teams with the ETSU D did a better job. ETSU was 1.5 pt home fav, Wofford was 15 pt road dog. Feels like the peak of the ETSU season was the NDSU – Elon games. Then the floods happened and they pulled away from Citadel late (were +191 ttl yards), struggled offensively vs UTC and the D let Samford get a 21-7 lead just a few minutes into the 2Q, but their D forced 9 punts and 5 3-out-punts after that. Off bye week should prep them for stretch SoCon race which they are 100% in. Wofford has been able to hang around in games and pulled some upsets early in the year, since they have dropped off especially offensively. Whether Odum returns or not, that will help, but they are somewhat limited to being scrappy never really equals to the other SoCon teams they've been dogged against. I see ETSU superior here and the line looks like 5.5 which I guess is ok. 3 would feel better. Total looks to be lined low/mid 40s and that feels right as both teams are better defensively. The difference is ETSU can do more on O.

North Dakota State at Murray State – NDSU off their superbowl win, first time in 5 years they have beaten the Jacks. If you have to play the week after, best to have it be vs a weak opponent rather than somebody who can make you pay for a B effort. Question is the line, 5 TDs? Murry has lost by 37 or more pts 3x this year (Missouri, UND, USD). The worst thing about Murray is the D. Yielding 555 ypg vs MVFC and everyone but Indiana State has atleast got 40 on them. Murry O did gain 447 (5.3) and score 35 on UND, but then was also held to 213 (3.9) and shut out vs USD. Then the last two weeks they have covered vs Indiana State and Illinois State. Bison are just 1-3 ATS as favorites of more than 20 this year. The one win 52-3 as 35.5 pt fav vs TSU (436-200 yard edge). Given the situation I think I have to pass on the side. An Over could be something if it is mid 50s as Massey suggests 55.5. Sagarin shows 64.5. Even a hungover NDSU should be able to top 40 and Murray could do some scoring later in the game.

Charleston Southern at Tennessee Tech – Every CSU game has gone Under, because they suck. They did gain 431y (6.6) on Western Ill but only scored 20 pts and lost. Vs Big South / OVC teams not named Western Illinois they are averaging just 253 ypg and 12 ppg! They are an easy team to be down on, but as dogs vs their league foes they are 2-1 ATS. Last week SEMO kicked FGs from the 8, 6, 16 and 9 yard lines. Plus SEMO missed from the 29. This allowed CSU to only lose by 13 despite being outgained 255-415. CSU failed to score an offensive TD vs Lindenwood. Interesting that Western Illinois beat both these teams within the last 3 weeks! W ILL won 37-21 vs Tennessee Tech last week with a 446-330 ttl yard edge (6.0-6.3). Laible returned at QB for TTU who is probably better than Potts but his early INT coupled fumble on their first play of the game set up W ILL on short fields and a 10-0 lead. This is very similar to CSU’s game where a 12y drive after INT and a pick-six had W ILL go up 14-0 in that game. Oddly neither TTU nor CSU ever led vs W ILL despite both being decent favorites! TTU is 1-2 ATS as a favorite and the losses have been straight up. The cover was via a pick-six with under 1min left. These are weak teams. Massey shows it as 9.5, Sagarin 6.9. Not easy to back CSU. Pass

s--k · Thursday at 10:02 PM

sleepy said:
FD is waiting until the last minute

Last week it was Friday. Two weeks ago it was Thursday. Earlier in the year they were Wednesday. Sometimes overnight, sometimes in the afternoon. I would be expecting to see some tomorrow afternoon. But always good to check first thing in the morning as well.

sleepy · Thursday at 10:12 PM

s--k said:
Last week it was Friday. Two weeks ago it was Thursday. Earlier in the year they were Wednesday. Sometimes overnight, sometimes in the afternoon. I would be expecting to see some tomorrow afternoon. But always good to check first thing in the morning as well.

Let's hope sometime before the Yale/Penn game.

s--k · Friday at 10:11 AM

This came out at some point in the last hour or so

steponaduck · Friday at 10:16 AM

Penn ML

s--k · Friday at 10:24 AM

Utah Tech at Eastern Kentucky – Utah Tech has been a great fade team. They played another good fade team and weak favorite at home last week and while their O had a hard time, the D played significantly better than at any point this season. That was vs Austin Peay. That makes two home games they have played somewhere between ok (vs ACU offense) to well (vs AP Defense) – it’s not been the same on the road where their best effort is an 18 pt loss and being outgained by 194 yards at UC Davis. Eastern Kentucky is not strong, but are more capable than Austin Peay offensively so Utah Tech D figures to struggle once again. EKU lost by 14 last week. Critical moment, ACU led 31-20 4Q when EKU decided to go for a 4th down inside the 5 instead of kicking the FG and were stopped coming away empty there. ACU took that and added a FG. EKU D has given up 552 (7.9) and 482 (6.3) the last two weeks and their O has had halves or large parts of halves where it wasn’t there and they lost pace because the D has been so bad. I may be interested in EKU at some point selectively as a dog, but do not want to have to count on them as a fav even vs a poor team like Utah Tech and last week may be my one and only time I am playing on Utah Tech.

Lamar at Northwestern State – I have not been on the NW State fade train but may buy a ticket this week. Shame for Nicholls backers last week to not get a cover. Nicholls outgained them 393 – 46 (5.1-1.1). NW State only crossed midfield once (to the Nic43) while Nicholls was SOD at the NW29 and kicked FGs from the NW13 and NW22 while ending the game at the NW01. Nicholls played with their B game. That was just NW State’s second cover on the year, the other one was also vs a disinterested SEMO team who lacked execution to covert yards into points vs them. Lamar played a tight game with A&M Commerce last week, but did have a 388-269 (5.3-4.3) yard edge. They lost 2 weeks ago vs Steven F Austin. SFA got up on them by DDs a few times, the Lamar O moved it (456y 5.8) but they had an INT from the SF26, were SOD at the SF10 and ended the game at the SF21. Their O isn’t always strong, but like vs SFA or vs a weak team like Valley or Commerce Lamar’s O can move it. They just don’t score that much (22 on Commerce before final TD on D after game ending lateral play and only scored 28 on Valley). Looks like could open 13.5 if Massey is right. They were -11.5 at home vs Texas Southern and really should’ve lost that game, but won by 3. Not much evidence that Lamar can win games by margin. Only beat Valley 28-14 as 23 pt fav. Spread makes sense. Commerce was just -10 at NW State and Lamar was 3.5 pt fav over Commerce, so Lamar at NW State is 13.5. I think Lamar is better than Commerce in several ways and Commerce beat NW State by 21 with 439-330 (6.9-5.5) yard edge. NW State got 178y and 2 TDs of garbage yards in that one. I don’t think Nicholls was full focus last week or their coaches didn’t want to really put it on them. Lamar does have Southeastern Louisiana on deck who is currently 3-0 in league play. So look-ahead and back door is concern here. 13.5 is just too low of a price to pass up with a decent team vs the Demons.

Texas A&M Commerce at Prairie View – Since their bye, A&M Commerce played tough vs SLU trailing just 9-14 late 4Q before SLU added their final TD, outgained in that one 277-364 (4.2-5.3), beat a bad NW State team 42-21 with a 439-330 (6.9-5.5) yard edge and played a close game with Lamar losing by 9, but really lost by 3 since the other 6 was with :00 on the clock as the Lamar D picked up a lateral and ran it in the EZ. TAMC was outgained 269-388 in that one (4.3-5.3). Whether by score or yardage, TAMC has done better vs the weak teams like Grambling or NW State, but has yet to matchup with the better teams they play for 4Q. They can’t run the ball at all except for vs Grambling or NW State (avg 213, 4.4). Those are the only opponents TAMC has held a total yardage edge in also (+109y vs NW State and +172y vs Grambling). 6 TOs did them in as Grambling won in OT (Grambling 35y fum ret TD and 17y drive after INT, Grambling 80 return yards on the TOs). They only lost 2 TOs vs NW State, but here too it was costly as a muffed punt set up NW State at the 5 and handed them a TD. TAMC has turned it over atleast twice in every game. Prairie View A&M is off a bye and are pretty weak team. In fact the only team they have outgained in yardage this year is NW State. Losing to Pine Bluff is pretty bad. They did beat Gramling in OT making a 17 pt comeback after their QB switch to Johnson. Johnson is an upgrade at QB and he has started the last 2 weeks. The O has still struggled to score pts however, just 17 on PB and 21 on UIW (their other TD was a pick-six). Weak rushing team, better passing now, but not good. PV D did allow Pine Bluff to gain about 40 yards more than their total O FCS avg (365 6.0 vs 323 5.2), but kept their pts scored (21) inline with their avg (23). I’m not really sure what kind of team TAMC compares to on their schedule. Not UIW who blew out PV. PV did beat Grambling in OT while TAMC lost in OT. PV came back down 3 scores. Grambling did outgain PV by 83y while TAMC had the edge in yards over Grambling by 172y. TAMC was up 7 late 4Q, but couldn’t seal the game and Grambling forced OT with 1min left. I think this is a game that Commerce should be able to win. They are taking a step down from the Southland to play one of the weaker SWAC teams and they performed well vs Grambling earlier in the year if not for all the turnovers. The turnovers can’t be ignored it is part of their weekly DNA so that is going to hurt them in some fashion. Massey is showing TAMC as a 4.5 pt fav, certainly not interested in laying pts with them on the road. You barely want to lay pts with them at home vs a weak team. Will see what the line does. Sagarin has PV -1.1

Albanay at Delaware – Just when it looked like Albany had some things figured out, were on a 2 game win streak, they saw a struggling Elon team come in and beat them 30-14. 2 TDs allowed on KO returns, but still, Elon outgained them 281-234 (4.8-3.9). That is the third game this year Albany has been held to 260y or less total O and the opponents aren’t super great (vs LIU, Maine and now Elon). Albany only had 17 pts on Bryant until a SOD poss gave Albany the ball at the 6 leading to an easy Albany TD. Danes best recent game was vs Cornell when they nearly gained 500y and could’ve had more than the 31 they scored. That was vs Cornell who is typically a soft D. Delaware’s resume had mostly been built on weak opponents. When Hens played some better teams in Penn and Monmouth they were less impressive one way or another. A week after Maine gave them a much closer game than the final reflected, it came crashing down at Richmond. Just 9 points for Delaware on O, Marker was under 50% passing and Yarns only had 7 att for 31y rushing, two sub-par games in a row for him. I do not think either is 100%. O’Connor hasn’t played since Penn so Marker must be more healthy, but he has an injured leg or knee. They must think it is better to put him out there at less than full strength over Minicucci who is more of the runner and has also been injured earlier this year (SHU). He did see a few snaps at Richmond. The OL allowed a lot of pressure and that certainly wasn’t good for a hobbled Marker. The Delaware D was shredded in the 1H. The Richmond loss actually makes 3 games in a row where Delware did not have a lead at HT; 14-14 vs Monmouth, trailed by 1 to Maine and were down by 3 scores to Richmond. They are going to CUSA next year and I am not sure if they are redshirting players to save for their FBS season. I think there was some talk of an OL starter(s) redshirting as they were pretty deep and veteran there. But this has been a trending down Delaware team the last few weeks and it came to a head in Richmond. The D did play much better 2H (both teams were shut out 2H) and Albany has been pretty weak all season outside of the Cornell game. In 3 CAA games Albany is just avg 278 ypg with 19 ppg – and it isn’t like they have played the best the league has to offer. QB Burkett has led them in rushing a few times and I don’t think that is how their offense is supposed to work (Woodall has just 18 carries the last 3 weeks combined). The QB health of Delaware is concerning. Off a loss vs a struggling Albany team I would think Hens can win this game by 10 which is all that the Massey line of 9.5 would require. I’m seeing higher numbers from Sagarin (13.9) or Reddit (20.5).

s--k · Friday at 10:24 AM

steponaduck said:
Penn ML

I waited to see if it would go to 3 and it dropped to 1.5 instead

s--k · Friday at 11:50 AM

Took Richmond and ML. Thought they’d be a DD fav

s--k · Friday at 11:59 AM

s--k · Friday at 12:07 PM

dropped to 5.5 already, total to 49.5

s--k · Friday at 12:09 PM

carolinablue · Friday at 12:13 PM

Took CCSU and Butler over so far

s--k · Friday at 12:14 PM

Columbia flipped to -1.5 immediately after open.

s--k · Friday at 12:17 PM

carolinablue said:
Took CCSU and Butler over so far

Did you like Lehigh? I took them for a little at 6.5. I don’t want to count on them to win by much

s--k · Friday at 12:18 PM

No lines at Heritage yet except Friday’s ivy game

carolinablue · Friday at 12:20 PM

s--k said:
Did you like Lehigh? I took them for a little at 6.5. I don’t want to count on them to win by much

Yeah it was on my short list but got called into a work thing and when I came back it was at 7.5 which I dont like, so just hit the other 2 since those were static

carolinablue · Friday at 12:20 PM

The good thing about prep work is I have my cheat sheet sitting next to me so don't have to think, just enter and submit

carolinablue · Friday at 12:21 PM

Not seeing Duquesne in the 1pm list as now they are releasing 2pm games

s--k · Friday at 12:22 PM

carolinablue · Friday at 12:23 PM

Hampton now down to +6.5

s--k · Friday at 12:24 PM

carolinablue said:
Hampton now down to +6.5

Hard to really like Hampton especially defensively. But that was too high for Elon. Massey had 7.5

carolinablue · Friday at 12:25 PM

s--k said:
Hard to really like Hampton especially defensively. But that was too high for Elon. Massey had 7.5

I had no feel for that one but always interesting to see the ones that get hit immediately

s--k · Friday at 12:25 PM

Was hoping they’d follow Massey on HC. But didn’t and that moved 1 pt toward Laf

carolinablue · Friday at 12:26 PM

For 2pm games, waiting on Murray game over about 54 or less, Howard if I get a nice amt of points, RMorris if small fav/ML

s--k · Friday at 12:27 PM

Columbia biggest move. From +1.5 to -2.5

s--k · Friday at 12:27 PM

carolinablue said:
For 2pm games, waiting on Murray game over about 54 or less, Howard if I get a nice amt of points, RMorris if small fav/ML

Same. Except I lean Norfolk to win. No good guess in line

CPA-hole · Friday at 12:27 PM

MB hasn't even put up tonight's game yet.

carolinablue · Friday at 12:31 PM

s--k said:
Same. Except I lean Norfolk to win. No good guess in line

I think Norfolk wins but I am hoping the line gives Howard too many points given how they have fallen off a cliff it seems...Seems like forever since I had them vs Mercyhurst early on

carolinablue · Friday at 12:38 PM

Was hoping for 55 but still took the over in the N Dakota State game as they should be good for 45-50 so just need Murray to contribute a couple scores

s--k · Friday at 12:38 PM

s--k · Friday at 12:39 PM

57.5 is better than 59.5

carolinablue · Friday at 12:41 PM

Here's my 3pm watchlist - SEMO single digits, UAPB under 7, Jack St under 17, EKY same, Lamar same, SC State same. Not sure if I will lay 16.5 or less on all those if they open there so we'll see..

carolinablue · Friday at 12:42 PM

Hmmmm Howard is a fav...I am gonna pass on that one but I know you took Norfolk!

s--k · Friday at 12:43 PM

carolinablue said:
Hmmmm Howard is a fav...I am gonna pass on that one but I know you took Norfolk!

It happened again. I’m not seeing that game

carolinablue · Friday at 12:43 PM

s--k said:
57.5 is better than 59.5

Yeah I feel ok about my 56.5 as I would have probably played it up to 58.5 anyway (I could see 52-7)

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