Southland Conference Pickem: Week 2

[BEAR]

Here's the results from last week:

UCA 56 HBU 13
NWST 7 Baylor 55
Texas A&M Kingsville 31 UIW 22
Coastal Carolina 38 Lamar 14
ACU 21 Air Force 37
SLU 7 Ok State 61
Tarleton St. 3 McNeese 33
OK Panhandle St. 21 SHSU 59
SFA 17 Texas Tech 69


Here's this week's games:

UIW at NWST
Lamar at Houston
Northern Colorado at ACU
Samford at UCA
Texas Southern at HBU
Nicholls at Georgia
McNeese at UL-Lafayette
West Alabama at SFA
SLU at Southern Utah

Make your picks and even pick a point spread if you want.

Last week we really couldn't tell much about the top 3 SLC teams as they played down. SHSU is off this week. UCA plays a tougher Samford team but it's in Conway. McNeese plays the most hated ULL team.

Here's my picks:

UIW at NWST-
Lamar at Houston - How much does Houston want to score?
Northern Colorado at ACU
Samford at UCA - No idea.
Texas Southern at HBU - No offense and no defense = L for HBU.
Nicholls at Georgia - How much does Georgia want to score?
McNeese at UL-Lafayette - Would this be an upset?
West Alabama at SFA - SFA has fun.
SLU at Southern Utah

[Daytripper]

UIW at NWST - NWST by 6
Lamar at Houston - Houston by 80
Northern Colorado at ACU - ACU by 9
Samford at UCA - Samford by 3
Texas Southern at HBU - Can you have two losing teams? HBU by 1
Nicholls at Georgia - Oh, my. Georgia by 90
McNeese at UL-Lafayette - McNeese by 1 (Upset special)
West Alabama at SFA - SFA by 13
SLU at Southern Utah - Southern Utah by 14

[Katfan]

UIW at NWST - NWST by 14
Lamar at Houston - Houston by 81
Northern Colorado at ACU - ACU by 7
Samford at UCA - UCA by 3
Texas Southern at HBU Texas Southern by 3
Nicholls at Georgia - Georgia by 77
McNeese at UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette by 10
West Alabama at SFA - SFA by 14
SLU at Southern Utah - Southern Utah by 24

[Katfan]

Here's the results from last week:

UCA 56 HBU 13
NWST 7 Baylor 55
Texas A&M Kingsville 31 UIW 22
Coastal Carolina 38 Lamar 14
ACU 21 Air Force 37
SLU 7 Ok State 61
Tarleton St. 3 McNeese 33
OK Panhandle St. 21 SHSU 59
SFA 12 Texas Tech 69


Here's this week's games:

UIW at NWST
Lamar at Houston
Northern Colorado at ACU
Samford at UCA
Texas Southern at HBU
Nicholls at Georgia
McNeese at UL-Lafayette
West Alabama at SFA
SLU at Southern Utah

Make your picks and even pick a point spread if you want.

Last week we really couldn't tell much about the top 3 SLC teams as they played down. SHSU is off this week. UCA plays a tougher Samford team but it's in Conway. McNeese plays the most hated ULL team.

Here's my picks:

UIW at NWST
Lamar at Houston
Northern Colorado at ACU
Samford at UCA
Texas Southern at HBU
Nicholls at Georgia
McNeese at UL-Lafayette
West Alabama at SFA
SLU at Southern Utah
Did you want to pick West Alabama?

[BEAR]

Did you want to pick West Alabama?

xlolx No not really. I do know West Alabama from about 10 years ago or so in the old Gulfsouth Conference and they weren't bad. Its hard not to find talent in a state like Alabama. But I guess I didnt highlight SFA...well I thought I did but I posted that moments before I left the house so I didnt proofread it closely. But yes SFA is my pick. I'll correct that now.

[TheRevSFA]

Your SFA score is wrong - we scored 17. Don't try to take away because you miss conque




Here's this week's games:

UIW at NWST - UIW by 6
Lamar at Houston - Houston by 69
Northern Colorado at ACU - ACU by 14
Samford at UCA - Samford by 9
Texas Southern at HBU - TSU by 7
Nicholls at Georgia - Georgia by 127
McNeese at UL-Lafayette - McNeese by 17
West Alabama at SFA - SFA by 21
SLU at Southern Utah - SUU by 6

[BEAR]

Your SFA score is wrong - we scored 17.



Southland.org has 12 and I went with that. I watched most of the game. I thought for sure SFA would have done better. I did turn it off in the fourth when Mahommes was pulled though so I didnt see the final score. I will correct my original post for you. Go ahead and contact the conference website to correct the incorrect score they posted.xlolx

[MR. CHICKEN]

NW STATE
HOUSTON
N COLORADO
SAMFORD
TEXAS SO.
GEORGIA
MCNEESE STATE
SF AUSTIN
S. UTAH

[SFA 93]

West Alabama is built with division one transfers; JUCOs, and Stillman College players (Stillman dropped football program and UWA took many of them in.)

They have a big offensive line.

They did though lose their first game of the season in the last 1:40 of the game 23-24 to North Greenville. QB Austin Grammer threw for 266 yards and 2TDs and ran for another. Running back Lakenderic Thomas ran for 124 yards while WR Donta Armstrong had 137 yards.

WR:#2 Rashad Cunningham 6-4; 222 (Sr.) Transfer from Kentucky
QB:#1 Austin Grammer 6-2; 205 (Sr.) Transfer from Middle Tennessee State
DB:#8 Dee Virgin 5-10; 205 (Sr.) Transfer from Chattanooga
QB:#10 Trent Thompson 6-3; 215 (Sr.) Transfer from Tennessee Tech
DB:#38 Felix Woods 5-11; 200 (Sr.) Transfer from Weber State
OL:#59 Marquele Benjamin 6-4; 300 (R/Fr.) Transfer from Alabama State
OL:#64 Isaiah Webster 6-5; 345 (Jr.) Transfer from Southern
OL:#77 Xavier Hemingway 6-4; 275 (Jr.) Transfer from UCONN
TE:#86 Dakota Rushing 6-6; 245 (So.) Transfer from Tennessee Tech

[TheRevSFA]

West Alabama is built with division one transfers; JUCOs, and Stillman College players (Stillman dropped football program and UWA took many of them in.)

They have a big offensive line.

They did though lose their first game of the season in the last 1:40 of the game 23-24 to North Greenville. QB Austin Grammer threw for 266 yards and 2TDs and ran for another. Running back Lakenderic Thomas ran for 124 yards while WR Donta Armstrong had 137 yards.

WR:#2 Rashad Cunningham 6-4; 222 (Sr.) Transfer from Kentucky
QB:#1 Austin Grammer 6-2; 205 (Sr.) Transfer from Middle Tennessee State
DB:#8 Dee Virgin 5-10; 205 (Sr.) Transfer from Chattanooga
QB:#10 Trent Thompson 6-3; 215 (Sr.) Transfer from Tennessee Tech
DB:#38 Felix Woods 5-11; 200 (Sr.) Transfer from Weber State
OL:#59 Marquele Benjamin 6-4; 300 (R/Fr.) Transfer from Alabama State
OL:#64 Isaiah Webster 6-5; 345 (Jr.) Transfer from Southern
OL:#77 Xavier Hemingway 6-4; 275 (Jr.) Transfer from UCONN
TE:#86 Dakota Rushing 6-6; 245 (So.) Transfer from Tennessee Tech

So they're the D2 equivalent of Sam or SLU

[Catatonic]

NWST over UIW
Houston hammers Lamar
ACU beats Northern Colorado by 21. Time to make a statement.
Samford edges UCA
HBU picks up a W.
Georgia over Nicholls to underscore the need for a mercy rule in college football.
McNeese exposes the lying sandbaggers by blasting ULL
SFA recovers from its Lubnock hangover by beating up West Alabama
SLU is better than last week's score would indicate. Give the Lions a W.

[Daytripper]

So they're the D2 equivalent of Sam or SLU

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[Nickels]

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Losing 5 in row to your rivals while they make noise in the playoffs every year has to be tough.

[TheRevSFA]

Losing 5 in row to your rivals while they make noise in the playoffs every year has to be tough.

That's fine. We keep our double digit streak in basketball going against you and get more press for it.

To each his own.

[Daytripper]

Losing 5 in row to your rivals while they make noise in the playoffs every year has to be tough.

That game with the round ball and wooden floors will begin soon. By that point their football dreams will have been completely crushed.

[Nickels]

That's fine. We keep our double digit streak in basketball going against you and get more press for it.

To each his own.
This is Texas. Football is king. Basketball is a winter distraction. Your golden boy is gone anyway. Back to mediocrity in a sport few give a **** about it in the SLC.

[TheRevSFA]

This is Texas. Football is king. Basketball is a winter distraction. Your golden boy is gone anyway. Back to mediocrity in a sport few give a **** about it in the SLC.

Except we actually got a good coach, unlike you, who replaced a great coach with someone who should be cooking fries at whataburger

btw nice ESPN deal. Wonder what school drove that to happen in our conference and what sport pushed it.....

[Daytripper]

Except we actually got a good coach, unlike you, who replaced a great coach with someone who should be cooking fries at whataburger

btw nice ESPN deal. Wonder what school drove that to happen in our conference and what sport pushed it.....

Okay. Unfortunately, this is true.

[TheRevSFA]

Okay. Unfortunately, this is true.

It's sad when something that sounds hyperbolic really isn't.

Unrelated note, hope to run into you at BOTPW

[Daytripper]

It's sad when something that sounds hyperbolic really isn't.

Unrelated note, hope to run into you at BOTPW

Cool. I will be there with wife and daughter.

[McNeese75]

UIW at NWST -10
Lamar at Houston -48
Northern Colorado at ACU -3
Samford -3 at UCA
Texas Southern at HBU -3
Nicholls at Georgia -45
McNeese -7 at UL-Lafayette
West Alabama at SFA -14
SLU at Southern Utah -17

[Sammy94]

UIW at NWST - NWST by 17
Lamar at Houston - Houston by 40
Northern Colorado at ACU - ACU by 13
Samford at UCA - Samford by 10
Texas Southern at HBU - TSU 6
Nicholls at Georgia - Georgia by 38
McNeese at UL-Lafayette - ULL by 6
West Alabama at SFA - SFA by 17
SLU at Southern Utah - Southern Utah by 10

[Sammy94]

This is Texas. Football is king. Basketball is a winter distraction.

Just look how much enrollment has increased at Sam over the past 5 years. Enjoy your national presence in basketball, football is king in Texas and locally it has been a huge positive at Sam.

[BEAR]

Any more predictions? Any injuries on your team or another SLC team that you've heard of that might make a difference in the game?

No injuries for UCA. Going in full. Just young.

Don't forget the first game is TOMORROW!



9/8/2016
6 PM
*
UIW

Northwestern State

Natchitoches, La




The rest are Saturday.

[Catatonic]

For ACU. DE Devondric Meadows is doubtful And RB DEAndre Brown is day to day. Neither should effect the outcome of our game with Northern Colorado. Like UCA, we are very young. Only 10 seniors on our travel roster

[BEAR]

ACU should be proud of their game this past weekend. ACU has been a positive addition to the SLC. I see you guys getting better and better. xthumbsupx

[Catatonic]

Thanks,UCA. A 16 point loss seemed like a win against 40 point favorite Air Force. We will have a better idea about where we are after this week. Northern Colorado and ACU are both fighting for respect in their respective conferences.

[McNeese75]

For ACU. DE Devondric Meadows is doubtful And RB DEAndre Brown is day to day. Neither should effect the outcome of our game with Northern Colorado. Like UCA, we are very young. Only 10 seniors on our travel roster

McNeese only has 11 Seniors on the roster xnodx

[TheRevSFA]

Like it or hate it....

http://thefcswedge.com/slc/slc-week-2-preview/

[BEAR]

You done good Rev. Nothing new on the field that Bear fans haven't heard before. Yet it remains a tough place to play. Love it.

[Daytripper]

McNeese only has 11 Seniors on the roster xnodx

SHSU has 8 seniors listed as starters and 14 total seniors on the week 1 two-deep roster. Next year should be fun, as well, in the Southland. All of our skill positions starters are underclassmen.

[Daytripper]

Like it or hate it....

http://thefcswedge.com/slc/slc-week-2-preview/

Good job, Rev. I see you hedging on your own Lumberjacks. No FCS team should ever lose to a DII sch..... oh, wait. Never mind...xbawlingx

[McNeese72]

SHSU has 8 seniors listed as starters and 14 total seniors on the week 1 two-deep roster. Next year should be fun, as well, in the Southland. All of our skill positions starters are underclassmen.

We only have 11 seniors on our whole roster and only 7 of those were on our two deep chart for the first game. 5 of those were starters.

Doc

[Daytripper]

We only have 11 seniors on our whole roster and only 7 of those were on our two deep chart for the first game. 5 of those were starters.

Doc

Wow. The future is bright.

[BEAR]

I see them a'stackin.
Cowboys points a'rackin.
A'rackin UP the tally
On the scoreboard on high.
When their lips a'smackin.
The sandbags are astackin'
Stack'in and a'smackin'
this they can't deny!

http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com/images/Evens-Sandbag-bunker.jpg

[Daytripper]

xthumbsupx
I see them a'stackin.
Cowboys points a'rackin.
A'rackin UP the tally
On the scoreboard on high.
When their lips a'smackin.
The sandbags are astackin'
Stack'in and a'smackin'
this they can't deny!

http://www.hq4thmarinescomm.com/images/Evens-Sandbag-bunker.jpg

[Sammy94]

Wow. The future is bright.

I think Sam had 7 true freshmen see action on Sat.

[TheRevSFA]

Good job, Rev. I see you hedging on your own Lumberjacks. No FCS team should ever lose to a DII sch..... oh, wait. Never mind...xbawlingx

I really don't know what to expect with our team and West Alabama has a lot of D1 talent.

I'll hopefully be doing this article weekly so I'll try to share. I appreciate any feedback.

[McNeese75]

I really don't know what to expect with our team and West Alabama has a lot of D1 talent.

I'll hopefully be doing this article weekly so I'll try to share. I appreciate any feedback.

Those frickin directional schools in Alabama can bushwack your ass if you are not careful.

McNeese had to drive the field and score with 46 seconds left to escape 44-42 in 2013 from the very same school you have coming to town. That team was exceptional and included this guy among others

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Butler_(American_football)

[VictoryViking]

UIW at NWST - NWST by 3
Lamar at Houston - Houston by 55
Northern Colorado at ACU - ACU by 7
Samford at UCA - Samford by 10
Texas Southern at HBU Texas Southern by 23
Nicholls at Georgia - Georgia by 60
McNeese at UL-Lafayette UL-Lafayette by 20
West Alabama at SFA - SFA by 19
SLU at Southern Utah - Southern Utah by 20

[LCPoke]

UIW at NWST - NWST by 8
Lamar at Houston - Houston by 30
Northern Colorado at ACU - ACU by 8
Samford at UCA - UCA by 6
Texas Southern at HBU - TSU by 10
Nicholls at Georgia - Georgia by 40
McNeese at UL-Lafayette - McNeese by 8 (UPSET)
West Alabama at SFA - SFA by 21
SLU at Southern Utah - SLU by 3

[Sandlapper Spike]

UIW at NWST
Lamar at Houston
Northern Colorado at ACU
Samford at UCA
Texas Southern at HBU
Nicholls at Georgia
McNeese at UL-Lafayette (very unsure about this pick)
West Alabama at SFA
SLU at Southern Utah

[SFA 93]

FEEL THE WEDGE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWQf2M5q3ac

[SFA 93]

https://twitter.com/SFA_Football/status/773598335877812224

[SFA 93]

West Alabama has been known to give their division I opponents fits

in 2014 35-45 at Jacksonville State
in 2013 42-44 at McNeese State
in 2012 16-22 at Abilene Christian
in 2011 10-20 at South Alabama

[TheRevSFA]

93, you joining us Saturday?

[jayhawkdaddy]

NWST
Houston
ACU
UCA
HBU
Georgia
UL-Lafayette
SFA
Southern Utah

[SFA 93]

Rev, I've got Northwestern State penciled in, only one I can make, my kids have everything else taken.

[Catatonic]

UIW 21 Northwestern State 18

I didn't see that one coming. Looks like I will have to wait till next week to get a 100% of my picks right. Congrats to the Cards.

[Katfan]

UIW 21 Northwestern State 18

I didn't see that one coming. Looks like I will have to wait till next week to get a 100% of my picks right. Congrats to the Cards.
Wow! Me too!

[SFA 93]

Coach Conque says that Loren Easly will play tomorrow.

[SFA 93]

Get used to it in Nac. 1 hour to kick off and we are in a down pour.

Game pushed back to 6:30 due to lightning

Bear can't wait.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CsBbOi8UMAAX_D5.jpg