Maine traveled more than halfway across the continent on Friday night and upset the #2 seed Weber State, 23-18. If not for a last second score, the final would have been 23-12. The Black Bears defense ...
The Jackrabbits treated Duquesne like a team that didn’t belong in the playoffs. That may be debatable, but they didn’t belong on the same field as SDSU in the Second Round. The scariest thing, ...
Without any major upsets, the bowl projections have not changed too much since last week. With Virginia Tech’s win, there are now four six-win teams who will not make a bowl. Joining Louisiana-Monroe, Wyoming, Miami (OH) on that unfortunate projected list is Southern Miss. All six win teams in mid-major conferences need to worry. More interesting are the teams at the other end of the spectrum. Alabama, Clemson and Notre Dame are clearly in the playoffs. The fourth team will ...
There will not be any 5-7 teams reaching a bowl this season. And having too many bowl eligible teams also makes for nervous waiting for some 6-6 teams in the lower level conferences. At the moment we are projecting Wyoming, Miami (OH) and Louisiana-Monroe to miss out. But of course the individual bowls may have drastically different ideas. The teams without conference affiliation also have reason for concern. Army is currently 9-2, but could miss out due to secondary bowl ...