Pretty light Big Ten slate in the midafternoon. Let's take a look at MNW's DWT;WT for some fun midday games! MNW, what do you have for us?
MNWildcat
One More War Crime, as a Treat
Penn State Nittany Lions at Michigan Wolverines
3:30pm | CBS | Michigan -6.5 | O/U 42.5
NIU Huskies at Wyoming Cowboys
3:30pm | The CW | Wyo -7.5 | O/U 40.5
West Texas A&M Buffaloes at Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds
5pm | FloCollege | BATTLE FOR THE WAGON WHEEL | also 1-5 at 0-6
OK, three more war crimes.
The first two of these games are just...wow. Penn State and Michigan are disappointing for their own reasons, while the collapses of NIU and Wyoming football are just ugly. This season, with Jay Sawvel circling the drain, the Pokes have put up 13, 21 (against an FCS team), 10, 27, 0, and 16 – and they're somehow 3-3 (2-1 MWC). Northern, on the other hand, is 0-5 (0-1) and flagrantly non-competitive: they've been blown out not just by Iowa and Arizona, but by Georgia State and Air Force, as well as taken a home L to Illinois State, 28-24. Last week, in a 28-7 drubbing, Air Force attempted one pass. For their first season in the Mountain West, the Huskies' head coach, Rob Harley, is on a full-season interim appointment after Thomas Hammock NOPE'd outta there for the Seattle Seahawks RB gig. The DeKalb student newspaper has concluded "there is no light at the end of the tunnel."
Jesus.
I cannot wait to watch this slop on The CW.
That's only because I'm not shelling out money for FloCollege, which is where I'd be if I could for a couple games:
- #1 Ferris State at #13 Grand Valley State: the ANCHOR-BONE CLASSIC – one of the biggest and best in D-II, and
- West Texas A&M at Eastern New Mexico: the BATTLE FOR THE WAGON WHEEL!
The latter...[/chefkiss]. The Buffs have lost a pair of close games the last two weeks, to the Javelinas of TAMU-Kingsville and #23 UT-Permian Basin. The Hounds, on the other hand, appear to play as little defense as possible, allowing 35, 42, 56, 56, 56, and 61(!) en route to, shockingly, an 0-6 start. That includes, though, two one-score losses. On paper, the Buffaloes should walk out winners. But when the WAGON WHEEL is on the line, you THROW OUT THE RECORD BOOKS."
