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Wildcat Ryan wrote:It's that time of the year again. College football is back and so are the weekly Big Sky predictions. Starting with Week one.

Thursday Sept 1st

North Dakota Hawks @ Stony Brook Seawolves- Game is gonna be a close one. Both teams are gonna be good defensively. This will be a good test for the Hawks, I think they are gonna win, but don't sleep on Stony Brook.

23-18 North Dakota.

Southern Utah Thunderbirds @ Utah Utes- The hunt to defend their Big Sky crown starts as SUU heads up I-15 to take on instate foe and perennial Pac 12 Power Utah. SUU put a scare into Utah State last season, but now a larger hurdle looms. SUU lost a lot of talent and a head coach, and Utah is being predicted to win the PAC 12 south.

48-14 Utah.

Weber State Wildcats @ Utah State Aggies- These two teams went in two different directions last season. USU had high expectations and ended the season with 5 losses in their last 7. Weber State on the other hand was given no expectations, picked to finish in the cellar of the conference. The Wildcats posted the #1 overall defense in the Big Sky and came a missed field goal away from a possible playoff berth. Can the Cats get over that hump this year and erase the embarrassing beat down Weber got last time in Logan.

31-20 Utah State.

Montana State Bobcats @ Idaho Vandals- A new era of Bobcat football begins in Moscow Idaho as the Bobcats take on past and future Big Sky foe Idaho. Idaho football has been anything but good since they moved to the FBS, but being at home (not saying much) and so many ?'s for the Bobcats will help Idaho lift to a win and Idaho fans can claim just how much better they are than the Big Sky.

24-17 Idaho.

Friday Sept 2nd

Cal Poly Mustangs @ Nevada Wolf Pack- The Mustangs bring back experience and the dreaded triple option. Cal Poly can make some noise this year, but they still might be a year away from BSC title contention talk.

32-16 Nevada

Saturday Sept 3rd

Rocky Mountain Bears @ Northern Colorado Bears- The Northern Colorado version of the Bears should roll. Honestly I don't know much about Rocky Mountain.

55-10 Northern Colorado

Simon Fraser Clan @ Idaho State Bengals- At least the Bengals can get a win before their murderous schedule starts.

61-10 Idaho State

UC Davis Aggies @ Oregon Ducks- R.I.P Aggies. Lets just hope the Aggs can leave Eugene without many bad injuries.

66-0 Oregon

Central Washington Wildcats @ Portland State Vikings- The Wildcats of CWU are good team at their level, and will prove to be a good test for the Vikings. Barney Ball is Back in Portland, can the Vikings build upon their breakout season they had last year?

41-20 Portland State

Eastern Washington Eagles at Washington State Cougars- The Eagles will score, but Washington State's defense will stop the Eagles more than Eastern will be able to stop the Cougars, unless Eastern can miraculously pull a defense from out of nowhere.

51-28 Washington State

St. Francis Red Flash @ Montana Grizzlies- The Griz are one of the Preseason favorites to win the Big Sky crown. That journey starts at home vs the Red Flash of St. Francis. Not losing games at home is a great start.

31-13 Montana

Western Oregon Wolves @ Sacramento State Hornets- Hornets had a disappointing season last year and hope to rinse that horrible taste from their mouths. The Question is can Sears lead Sacramento out from the gutters? I'm not so sure.

33-14 Sacramento State

Northern Arizona Lumberjacks @ Arizona State Sun Devils- NAU has arguably the best QB in the Big Sky. Can NAU get over the hump and win that elusive BSC title and get back to the playoffs? To start they face off against instate foe Arizona State in Sun Devil Stadium. Hopefully NAU doesn't fall victim to the injury bug in this game.

44-17 Arizona State

JALMOND wrote: NAU 48, Arizona State 45---Cookus and Butler shreds ASU's suspect pass defense (as long as Cookus can avoid the rush).

Mvemjsunpx wrote: EWU 24-48 Wazzu — I can't imagine the Cougs will overlook a Big Sky team again[/i}

GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:Griz fans better throw up any koolaid they have drank this year.,,,,,,That was a terrible win.

Vidav wrote:

GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:Griz fans better throw up any koolaid they have drank this year.,,,,,,That was a terrible win.

Special teams and turnovers are what kept the score close. Fix those things and we might be alright.

GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:Griz fans better throw up any koolaid they have drank this year.,,,,,,That was a terrible win.

EWURanger wrote:

Mvemjsunpx wrote: EWU 24-48 Wazzu — I can't imagine the Cougs will overlook a Big Sky team again[/i}

I don't think they did. They just got flat beaten by a better team.

Just saw that score. Pac-12 teams are gonna stop scheduling Big Sky teams eventually, right?

NAU is giving Arizona St. a scare in a surprisingly low-scoring game, and Davis didn't get slaughtered by Oregon as bad as I thought they would. Let's just not talk about Sac State…

GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:

Vidav wrote:
Special teams and turnovers are what kept the score close. Fix those things and we might be alright.

Our offense and terrible tackling didn't help either.

Mvemjsunpx wrote:

GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:Griz fans better throw up any koolaid they have drank this year.,,,,,,That was a terrible win.

You're underestimating SFPA. I thought they were the best team in the NEC coming in and I'm more convinced of that now. They probably aren't a top-25 team, but they certainly aren't a Central Washington or Fort Lewis either.

GrizFanStuckInUtah wrote:

Mvemjsunpx wrote:
You're underestimating SFPA. I thought they were the best team in the NEC coming in and I'm more convinced of that now. They probably aren't a top-25 team, but they certainly aren't a Central Washington or Fort Lewis either.

Maybe so.

My worry is that we still can't have any consistency on offense. We had a few big plays that kept us in the game IMHO. Brady had a bad game if you ask me, you can't turn it over like that and expect to start every week. We will know more after next Saturday.