I like 2 teams very much
Southern Miss Under 7 6 Units
There is no way this squad wins 8 games and very unlikely they win 7.....Their 4 year starting QB Nick Mullens is gone and thats a big loss..Mullens was very effective averaging over 300 YDS, throwing 63 TDS / 24 INTS and over 63% the last 2 seasons.....Looks like Keon Howard will replace him who in 3 games threw 1 TD / 4 INTS at a 44% clip.....That with losing 3 starters on O-line and all of their backups will prove to be huge losses....They will struggle putting up points.....On D they lost 2 out of 3 of their best players, Poole and Bradley.....To me nothing points to this team being as good as last years team who just won 6..They will not be able to put points on the board like they did last season......They need to replace 4 of their top 6 tacklers. Wont be nearly as good as they were last year and will be a middle of the pack CONF USA team at best.........This year 5 out of their last 7 games are on road..
Sept. 2 - KENTUCKY L
Sept. 9 - SOUTHERN W
Sept. 16 - at ULM W
Sept. 23 - Bye
Sept. 30 - NORTH TEXAS* W
Oct. 7 - at UTSA* L
Oct. 14 - UTEP* W
Oct. 21 - at Louisiana Tech* L
Oct. 28 - UAB* W
Nov. 4 - at Tennessee L
Nov. 11 - at Rice* ?
Nov. 18 - CHARLOTTE* W
Nov. 25 - at Marshall* L
I gave them wins VS Charlotte and North Texas which is generous considering they lost to both last year with a better team than they have
this year.
Marshall over 5 wins 6 Units
Really like Marshall to make huge improvements this season....Their defense was bad last season but with 6 of their 8 top tacklers returning plus 2 transfer LB's coming in from Miami, FL and Bama this "D" should be greatly improved....On offense their running game will be much better with a more EXP. O-Line......Their QB Chase Litton is top 3 in their CONF and he has 2 transfer WR's coming in from Miami, FL and UCLA and should make this a very dangerous passing unit which will only help improve the run.....There is no reason this team cannot win 6+ games and be the most improved team in their CONF. and one of the most improved in the country.
Miami, OH ?
@ NC ST L
Kent ST W
@ Cincy ?
@ Charlotte W
Old DOM W
@ Mid Tenn L
FIU W
@ FL ATL ?
WKU L
@ UTSA ?
South MISS W
I see 5 probable wins and just need 1 of the 4 ? games
Also 2 Units on LSU UNDER 9 Wins & 2 Units TExas OVER 7.5