Fully in Conference Play Now

One variable that’s difficult to account for is the switch from non-conference play into conference play. Talent, or lack there of, should still determine winners and losers and by how much more than anything else, but anyone who follows a team very closely should be able to recognize a difference. It hasn’t always been a stubborn problem for the system to navigate, but even the best years have losing weeks, and since I have struggled to get off to a fast start ever since Covid hit, maybe I’m prone to overreact to my worst week yet this season, 8-11. That’s not an awful worst week, still much better than the Covid seasons, and one great week would erase all the heartache, but man, I’d sure like to see it pretty soon. Here are this week’s games:

Friday

San Jose State -7 at home vs UNLV

Saturday

Michigan -22.5 at Indiana

Mississippi State -9 at home vs Arkansas

Cincinnati -27.5 at home vs South Florida

Northwestern +10 at home vs Wisconsin

Navy +6.5 at home vs Tulsa

Ball State +7.5 at Central Michigan

Northern Illinois +5.5 at home vs Toledo

Miami (OH) +5.5 at home vs Kent State

Texas State +19 at home vs Appalachian State

Boston College +21 at home vs Clemson

Wake Forest -17 at home vs Army

North Carolina State -3 at home vs Florida State

Stanford +7 at home vs Oregon State

Gameday, anyone? Destination: Lawrence, Kansas. How about that?