2014 Season Predictions: Week 1 (ReMix/Final)

[TomCat88]

I think it's pure folly to try to pick every game for the season, so I'll go through these weekly and make amendments, as needed.

I'm changing my MSU over Arkansas State pick. There are some similarities between 2006 and this year, but ASU is a solid squad. ASU 34, MSU 21. Also changed the Poly upset of NMSU. I'm not bothering to change scores unless I change who I think who wins, so the rest are the same.

Thought I'd start a series of week-by-week predictions. I'll do a week every 4-5 days. Feel free to make your own picks, or insult mine (like you need permission) and maybe we can pass the time of these long two months before practice starts on Aug. 4.

WEEK ONE
Portland State at Oregon State: Another upset in Corvallis? Probably not, but PSU showed some flashes last season and could be improved in 2014. OSU 49, PSU 24.

Sam Houston at EWU: A lot of the parts are missing at SHSU, but I bet they still have some talent in reserve. Not enough to beat EWU though. EWU 41, SHSU 28.

WSU at Arizona State: Not gonna happen. ASU 55, WSU 7.

Idaho State at Utah: Kramer's teams tend to show up for play up games. They make a game of it. Utah 38, ISU 27.

North Dakota at San Jose State: SJSU has silently been building a decent program. Tough day for UND. SJSU 48, UND 17.

Incarnate Word at Sacramento State: A win for the Big Sky and pick-me-up for SSU after losing its coach, but not a surprise. SSU 38, Word 17.

Montana at Wyoming: Will Wyoming have enough talent to offset the overhaul in offensive philosphy? Even if they don't their defense should give them the edge. Wyoming 20, Montana 13.

Montana State at Arkansas State: ASU is 28-11 the past three years, but this just reminds me too much of 2006. Montana State 19, Arkansas State 10. (Changed to ASU 34, MSU 21).
UC Davis at Stanford: Wouldn't this be a shocker? Not gonna be a shocker. Stanford 58, UC Davis 3.

Northern Arizona at San Diego State: Life without Bauman begins...poorly. SDSU 38, NAU 10.

Cal Poly at New Mexico State: Possibly the easiest FCS over FBS game to pick. Cal Poly 28, NMSU 14. (Changed to NMSU 24, Poly 14)

Southern Utah at Nevada: Gonna be closer than ya think. Nevada 27, Southern Utah 24.

UM-Western at Eastern Washington: Mick Delaney's old team in a what-were-they thinking matchup that won't go well. EWU 59, UM-Western 0.

[Montanabob]

just a few problems.....
EWU over Dillon - 58-14
NMSU doesn't score.
UC Davis scores 21.
Wyoming loses by less than 3. sorry.
MSU does win.

[basincat]

just a few problems.....
EWU over Dillon - 58-14
NMSU doesn't score.
UC Davis scores 21.
Wyoming loses by less than 3. sorry.
MSU does win.

EWU plays Sam Houston the first game of the whole year.

[catbooster]

EWU plays twice?

[luckyirishguy25]

Thought I'd start a series of week-by-week predictions. I'll do a week every 4-5 days. Feel free to make your own picks, or insult mine (like you need permission) and maybe we can pass the time of these long two months before practice starts on Aug. 4.

WEEK ONE
Portland State at Oregon State: Another upset in Corvallis? Probably not, but PSU showed some flashes last season and could be improved in 2014. OSU 49, PSU 24.

Sam Houston at EWU: A lot of the parts are missing at SHSU, but I bet they still have some talent in reserve. Not enough to beat EWU though. EWU 41, SHSU 28.

WSU at Arizona State: Not gonna happen. ASU 55, WSU 7.

Idaho State at Utah: Kramer's teams tend to show up for play up games. They make a game of it. Utah 38, ISU 27.

North Dakota at San Jose State: SJSU has silently been building a decent program. Tough day for UND. SJSU 48, UND 17.

Incarnate Word at Sacramento State: A win for the Big Sky and pick-me-up for SSU after losing its coach, but not a surprise. SSU 38, Word 17.

Montana at Wyoming: Will Wyoming have enough talent to offset the overhaul in offensive philosphy? Even if they don't their defense should give them the edge. Wyoming 20, Montana 13.

Montana State at Arkansas State: ASU is 28-11 the past three years, but this just reminds me too much of 2006. Montana State 19, Arkansas State 10.

UC Davis at Stanford: Wouldn't this be a shocker? Not gonna be a shocker. Stanford 58, UC Davis 3.

Northern Arizona at San Diego State: Life without Bauman begins...poorly. SDSU 38, NAU 10.

Cal Poly at New Mexico State: Possibly the easiest FCS over FBS game to pick. Cal Poly 28, NMSU 14.

Southern Utah at Nevada: Gonna be closer than ya think. Nevada 27, Southern Utah 24.

UM-Western at Eastern Washington: Mick Delaney's old team in a what-were-they thinking matchup that won't go well. EWU 59, UM-Western 0.

Someone must be bored! I argee with all picks, but I don't think SUU keeps it close with Nevada more like 35-17; and the Griz only get 7 whole Bohl pounds outs 28 on the ground.

[gtapp]

Utah wins by 24

Wyoming must score at least 30 to win

MSU feels the growing pains of a new QB and inexperienced WR's: ASU 38 MSU 17

[TomCat88]

EWU plays twice?

Sort of. They play Aug. 23, which is a week before everyone else. I didn't want to just have one game for Week 1, but I didn't want to leave out that game, so I just bunched it into Week 1 with all the others. EWU plays again on Aug. 30, which is why they're listed twice.

BSC Standings
EWU 2-0
Cal Poly 1-0
MSU 1-0
SSU 1-0
UNC 0-0
ISU 0-1
UM 0-1
NAU 0-1
UND 0-1
PSU 0-1
SUU 0-1
WSU 0-1
UCD 0-1

[[cat_bracket]]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

[allcat]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

So Prukup has been annointed?

[[cat_bracket]]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

So Prukup has been annointed?

If someone is better than Prukop I haven't seen it yet. If so, then we're even better at QB than I thought.

[basincat]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

So Prukup has been annointed?

If someone is better than Prukop I haven't seen it yet. If so, then we're even better at QB than I thought.

You haven't seen anything yet, because you haven't seen him on the field on Saturdays.

[[cat_bracket]]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

So Prukup has been annointed?

If someone is better than Prukop I haven't seen it yet. If so, then we're even better at QB than I thought.

You haven't seen anything yet, because you haven't seen him on the field on Saturdays.

? Yes I have.

[Counter Assault]

I have too. If it's not Prukop, I think its a surprise.

[catdaddy7]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

These were my thoughts.I see our offense being faster, better than last year. The other key element no one has mentioned yet
is that our O-line is going to be pretty formidable next year.

[catatac]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

These were my thoughts.I see our offense being faster, better than last year. The other key element no one has mentioned yet
is that our O-line is going to be pretty formidable next year.

Ya... I think our O Line could possibly be one of those flat out dominant units (Like UM a few years ago and NDSU lately). That paired with a deep stable of talented and diverse RB's, and a mobile QB, let's just say I'm excited about the possibility.

[TomCat88]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

These were my thoughts.I see our offense being faster, better than last year. The other key element no one has mentioned yet
is that our O-line is going to be pretty formidable next year.

Ya... I think our O Line could possibly be one of those flat out dominant units (Like UM a few years ago and NDSU lately). That paired with a deep stable of talented and diverse RB's, and a mobile QB, let's just say I'm excited about the possibility.

I've been saying since before the 2013 season that the MSU run game would be one to watch out for in 2014. I guess we'll see if I'm right.

[SacHornetFan]

Not to nitpick, but we play at Incarnate Word in week one. Also, we are not SSU (that's Sonoma State). We use the SAC three-letter acronym as well.

[codecat]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

These were my thoughts.I see our offense being faster, better than last year. The other key element no one has mentioned yet
is that our O-line is going to be pretty formidable next year.

Ya... I think our O Line could possibly be one of those flat out dominant units (Like UM a few years ago and NDSU lately). That paired with a deep stable of talented and diverse RB's, and a mobile QB, let's just say I'm excited about the possibility.

I've been saying since before the 2013 season that the MSU run game would be one to watch out for in 2014. I guess we'll see if I'm right.

I'm thinking that our OL will be one of our stronger units this year and with the backs we have, it will buy some time for a new QB to get acclimated. If fact, if whoever winds up being QB can make his throws to keep the offense balances, it could be a most productive year. Why I tend to favor that the OL will be improved over last year is that I'm betting that the game will slow down for a couple more of these guys up front (which often happens when they are about juniors). I think through last season it had slowed down early in the year for Catalano(as a Junior) and that is about it.

[TomCat88]

We're going to surprise a lot of people early on. The expected drop off at QB, RB, and on defense isn't there. All three units are actually better than 2014. McGhee was hurt most of the season and Prukop brings a whole different skill set and the offense is going to look much different. No more, "hey! We're going to hand it to Cody now! Come and get him!" The OL will be better and the backs are much faster. On defense only one position has a drop off and its slight. Most have improvement and a few are the same.

These were my thoughts.I see our offense being faster, better than last year. The other key element no one has mentioned yet
is that our O-line is going to be pretty formidable next year.

Ya... I think our O Line could possibly be one of those flat out dominant units (Like UM a few years ago and NDSU lately). That paired with a deep stable of talented and diverse RB's, and a mobile QB, let's just say I'm excited about the possibility.

I've been saying since before the 2013 season that the MSU run game would be one to watch out for in 2014. I guess we'll see if I'm right.

I'm thinking that our OL will be one of our stronger units this year and with the backs we have, it will buy some time for a new QB to get acclimated. If fact, if whoever winds up being QB can make his throws to keep the offense balances, it could be a most productive year. Why I tend to favor that the OL will be improved over last year is that I'm betting that the game will slow down for a couple more of these guys up front (which often happens when they are about juniors). I think through last season it had slowed down early in the year for Catalano(as a Junior) and that is about it.

From what I've heard it'll big the biggest and strongest line we've had. Quite a bit bigger than 2011 and 2012 at just under 300 on average with Catalano at center. Over 300 with Horn at center. I've heard from several people that Flynn is very strong. Also heard Catalano and Weidenaar haves gained a ton of strength over the past year-and-a-half. I haven't heard on Godecke, Eekhoff, and Horn, but I wouldn't take that to mean that they're soft.

[Hawks86]

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