Week 1 P5 Scalps On The Line

[APPdiesel]

Hawaii (MWC) already beat Arizona in week 0...here's other opportunities for G5's to knock off the big boys. Pick your top 5 confidence G5>P5 wins.

UCLA @ Cincinnati
Texas State @ Texas A&M
Kent State @ Airzona State
Utah @ BYU
Tulsa @ Michigan State
Wisconsin @ South Florida
UMass @ Rutgers
Utah St @ Wake
Purdue @ Nevada
Colorado St @ Colorado
Florida Atlantic @ Ohio State
South Alabama @ Nebraska
Akron @ Illinois
Indiana @ Ball State
Indiana State @ Kansas
Toledo @ Kentucky
Ole Miss @ Memphis
Mississippi State @ Louisiana
ECU @ NC State
Georgia State @ Tennessee
Syracuse @ Liberty
UC Davis @ Cal
Boise State vs Florida State ("neutral site" - Jacksonville)
Georgia Southern @ LSU
Middle Tennessee @ Michigan
Miami (OH) @ Iowa
Missouri @ Wyoming
Louisiana Tech @ Texas
New Mexico St @ Washington State
Fresno State @ Southern Cal
Houston @ Oklahoma

[appst89]

Cincinnati
Memphis
UMass
Boise St.
South Florida
Indiana State
Fresno St.

[AppSt94]

I only see three.
UMass
Utah St
Fresno St

[EastHallApp]

Utah St. seems like a decent pick at Wake. Also have to think BYU-Utah and ECU-State are the kind of games where anything can happen.

[Rekdiver]

Cincy
Memphis
Akron
Liberty
Wyoming

[Appstate88]

Utah State
Memphis
Cincy
USF
Fresno State

[WASU 93]

Utah St.
Memphis

as bad as Rutgers is, I don't see them losing to UMASS.

[ericsaid]

1. Cincinnati
2. BYU
3. Toledo (not sure if Candle will have Toledo back)
4. ECU (doubtful)
5. Boise St.
6. Louisiana Tech (Herman teams tend to play down to their competition)
7. Utah State

[ericsaid]

I only see three.
UMass
Utah St
Fresno St

No Boise State? Taggart teams haven't been good since he was at Oregon. Beginning to thing what happened there last season isn't a one off but a trend.

[AppfaninCAALand]

Cincinnati
UMass?
Utah St
Nevada?
Memphis
Louisiana?
Liberty?
Boise State
Fresno State
Toledo?

Indiana State?

Possible FCS wins not listed above
South Dakota State over Minnesota
JMU over West Virginia

[EastHallApp]

Memphis actually favored by 5.5 - I don’t know anything about Ole Miss this year, but that surprised me.

[AppSt94]

I only see three.
UMass
Utah St
Fresno St

No Boise State? Taggart teams haven't been good since he was at Oregon. Beginning to thing what happened there last season isn't a one off but a trend.

Nope. Boise is breaking in a new QB and RB. Flying cross country to play in what looks to be a rainy, soggy field. Taggert wasn’t at Oregon long enough to make any changes. He inherited a bunch of bad seeds when he got to Tallahassee and had to clean house. I went to the FSU s-ring game and they looked much improved.

[Black Saturday]

Memphis
Indiana State
Boise State
Cincinnati

James Madison?

[Black Saturday]

I only see three.
UMass
Utah St
Fresno St

No Boise State? Taggart teams haven't been good since he was at Oregon. Beginning to thing what happened there last season isn't a one off but a trend.

Nope. Boise is breaking in a new QB and RB. Flying cross country to play in what looks to be a rainy, soggy field. Taggert wasn’t at Oregon long enough to make any changes. He inherited a bunch of bad seeds when he got to Tallahassee and had to clean house. I went to the FSU s-ring game and they looked much improved.

From what I gather from listening to football talk shows that cover Florida schools, Taggert is the problem, and FSUs hands are financially tied to do anything about it, but we'll see how that plays out.

[AppSt94]

I only see three.
UMass
Utah St
Fresno St

No Boise State? Taggart teams haven't been good since he was at Oregon. Beginning to thing what happened there last season isn't a one off but a trend.

Nope. Boise is breaking in a new QB and RB. Flying cross country to play in what looks to be a rainy, soggy field. Taggert wasn’t at Oregon long enough to make any changes. He inherited a bunch of bad seeds when he got to Tallahassee and had to clean house. I went to the FSU s-ring game and they looked much improved.

From what I gather from listening to football talk shows that cover Florida schools, Taggert is the problem, and FSUs hands are financially tied to do anything about it, but we'll see how that plays out.

Not sure who you are listening too so I can’t comment on that. But football is king dick down here and they are pissed to not be bowl eligible lat year. He inherited a mess of a culture. Now I am not a FSU apologist, but anyone pointing to Taggert as the problem is looking for a scapegoat. We will see how he does after this season.

[t4pizza]

UMass over Rutgers
Nevada over Purdue
Fresno over USC
Maybe BYU over Utah and Colorado St over Colorado bc both are rivalries and you never know what can happen in those games.

Only ones I really see right now, but I admittedly haven't paid too much attention to the rest of college football this off season. What really gets my attention are how many P5s are playing at G5 schools (I count 7).

[ericsaid]

I only see three.
UMass
Utah St
Fresno St

No Boise State? Taggart teams haven't been good since he was at Oregon. Beginning to thing what happened there last season isn't a one off but a trend.

Nope. Boise is breaking in a new QB and RB. Flying cross country to play in what looks to be a rainy, soggy field. Taggert wasn’t at Oregon long enough to make any changes. He inherited a bunch of bad seeds when he got to Tallahassee and had to clean house. I went to the FSU s-ring game and they looked much improved.

So are you take FSU and the points? Seems like a small spread to be a game that is heavily favored in FSU's way. I'm also at the point where picking against Boise State is almost always the wrong decision. This goes back to the Fiesta Bowl, through playing Oregon with Blount, then their Las Vegas bowl win over Oregon again, a couple more BCS Bowls.

Boise may be breaking in a few new players but Florida State may still be looking for their rhythm. Maybe they find it early in the season, maybe they wait until Week 7, like App in Satt's second full season? Maybe a game to stay away from betting on in general.

[Black Saturday]

I only see three.
UMass
Utah St
Fresno St

No Boise State? Taggart teams haven't been good since he was at Oregon. Beginning to thing what happened there last season isn't a one off but a trend.

Nope. Boise is breaking in a new QB and RB. Flying cross country to play in what looks to be a rainy, soggy field. Taggert wasn’t at Oregon long enough to make any changes. He inherited a bunch of bad seeds when he got to Tallahassee and had to clean house. I went to the FSU s-ring game and they looked much improved.

From what I gather from listening to football talk shows that cover Florida schools, Taggert is the problem, and FSUs hands are financially tied to do anything about it, but we'll see how that plays out.

Not sure who you are listening too so I can’t comment on that. But football is king dick down here and they are pissed to not be bowl eligible lat year. He inherited a mess of a culture. Now I am not a FSU apologist, but anyone pointing to Taggert as the problem is looking for a scapegoat. We will see how he does after this season.

[Black Saturday]

I only see three.
UMass
Utah St
Fresno St

Sent you a PM

[AppSt94]

I only see three.
UMass
Utah St
Fresno St

No Boise State? Taggart teams haven't been good since he was at Oregon. Beginning to thing what happened there last season isn't a one off but a trend.

Nope. Boise is breaking in a new QB and RB. Flying cross country to play in what looks to be a rainy, soggy field. Taggert wasn’t at Oregon long enough to make any changes. He inherited a bunch of bad seeds when he got to Tallahassee and had to clean house. I went to the FSU s-ring game and they looked much improved.

So are you take FSU and the points? Seems like a small spread to be a game that is heavily favored in FSU's way. I'm also at the point where picking against Boise State is almost always the wrong decision. This goes back to the Fiesta Bowl, through playing Oregon with Blount, then their Las Vegas bowl win over Oregon again, a couple more BCS Bowls.

Boise may be breaking in a few new players but Florida State may still be looking for their rhythm. Maybe they find it early in the season, maybe they wait until Week 7, like App in Satt's second full season? Maybe a game to stay away from betting on in general.

I would not put money on this game. There are better options. A good rule of thumb is, if you can make a case for the underdog to win the game, then you take the points. I can’t do that with Boise. New QB making his first start against the fastest and best defense that he is going to face all year. Plus it is cross country in bad weather. FSU has a solid running game and a good QB.

Update: The game is now in Tallahassee.