MAC Pick 'em Week 4

[jpfalcon09]

Standings after Week 3:

MarkL 222
Schadenfreude 221
jpfalcon09 221
edjwolfe 220
Falconian 219
Beaker 219
BGFalconfromCincy 218
kdog27 217
Critical Thinker 214
FalconRA 208
footballguy51 202
bgsufalcon24 143
cameron 140
Warthog 77

Week 4 Games:

Confidence 1-13

Central Michigan at 2 Michigan State
Bowling Green at Purdue
Northern Illinois at Boston College
Ohio at Minnesota
UMass at 6 Notre Dame
Marshall at Kent State
Miami OH at Western Kentucky
Nevada at Buffalo
Western Michigan at 1 Ohio State
Army at Eastern Michigan
Akron at Louisiana-Lafayette
Arkansas State at Toledo
Ball State at 17 Northwestern

Michigan State 13
Notre Dame 12
Ohio State 11
Northwestern 10
Western Kentucky 9
Marshall 8
Boston College 7
Nevada 6
ULL 5
Toledo 4
Bowling Green 3
Ohio 2
Eastern Michigan 1

[Critical Thinker]

Notre Dame 13
Michigan State 12
Ohio State 11
Western Kentucky 10
Marshall 9
Northwestern 8
ULL 7
Bowling Green 6
glorified commuter school 5
Nevada 4
Ohio 3
Army 2
Northern Illinois 1

[BGFalconfromCincy]

13. Michigan State
12. Notre Dame
11. Ohio State
10. Northwestern
9. Marshall
8. Western Kentucky
7. Buffalo
6. Toledo
5. Eastern Michigan
4. BGSU
3. NIU
2. Ohio
1. Akron

[MarkL]

These non-conference games against the lower teams are so hard to call this early in the season. I'll do my best.

13. MSU over CMU. I like what CMU's new coach is doing a lot, so much better than Enos aka most incompetent coach in the game. But no keeping up with MSU. I have MSU as the #1 team in the country followed by Ole Miss.
12. Notre Dame over UMass. UMass will score some and might make it interesting for a bit but this one's not happening.
11. Ohio State over Western Michigan. OSU is definitely not the best team in the country. I have to think at some point they'll wake up and play up to their potential and it might happen this week.
10. Northwestern over Ball State. Northwestern has looked good so far. Should continue until conference play.
9. Minnesota over Ohio. Minnesota could not score on Kent but they'll have a better effort this week.
8. WKU over MU. Too much firepower.
7. Marshall over Kent State. This one's hard calling. Kent's defense might be for real after learning from a shellacking at Illinois. Kent will make this a low scoring game but I don't think they move the ball enough to win.
6. Army over EMU. Tempting to pick EMU but the defense is young and I expect they'll be unprepared for the option. EMU will win some games this year.
5. Bowling Green over Purdue. Bowling Green gets an early lead and builds upon it with the quick strike offense. The "fire Hazell" chants are heard and "is it basketball season yet?" signs are seen throughout the quarter-filled stadium. I'm a Purdue alum so I can make those jokes.
4. Northern Illinois over Boston College. I'll take the upset here. OSU is definitely not the best team in the country, however NIU took them down to the wire and could have won it. Go Huskies!
3. Buffalo over Nevada. I haven't seen UB play yet so I don't know a ton about them but the results look encouraging. I love their new coach.
2. Arkansas State over UT. I'll take the upset here. Arkansas State is the best team UT has faced this year - Arkansas and Iowa State are pure trainwrecks. I'll take Arkansas State and their offense.
1. Akron over Louisiana-Lafayette. I'll take Akron and their defense. Hard call.

[Beaker]

MSU - 13
O$U - 12
NOTRE DAME - 11
TURDLEDO - 10
NORTHWESTERN - 9
MARSHALL - 8
WESTERN KENTUCKY - 7
LAFAYETTE - 6
MINNESOTA - 5
BOSTON COLLEGE - 4
BUFFALO - 3
BG - 2
ARMY -1

[footballguy51]

Michigan State - 13
Notre Dame - 12
Ohio State - 11
Bowling Green - 10
Toledo - 9
Army - 8
Buffalo - 7
Akron - 6
Ball State - 5
Western Kentucky - 4
Ohio - 3
Kent State - 2
Northern Illinois - 1

[FalconRA]

Michigan State 13
Bowling Green 3
Northern Illinois 4
Ohio 2
Notre Dame 11
Marshall 7
Western Kentucky 8
Buffalo 1
Ohio State 12
Army 6
Louisiana-Lafayette 5
Toledo 10
Northwestern 9

[kdog27]

OSU 13
MSU 12
ND 11
WKU 10
Northwestern 9
Minnesota 8
Toledo 7
Marshall 6
ULL 5
BG 4
BC 3
EMU 2
Buffalo 1

[Falconian]

Ohio State 13
Notre Dame 12
Michigan State 11
Northwestern 10
Western Kentucky 9
Minnesota 8
Louisiana-Lafayette 7
Toledo 6
Marshall 5
BGSU 4
Boston College 3
Eastern Michigan 2
Buffalo 1

[edjwolfe]

13. michigan state
12. notre dame
11.northwestern
10. western kentucky
9. ohio state
8. boston college
7. marshall
6. louisiana laff
5. minnesota
4. BG
3. eastern michigan
2. buffalo
1. toledo

[Schadenfreude]

13. Notre Dame over Massachusetts
12. Ohio State over Western Michigan
11. Michigan State over Central Michigan
10. Northwestern over Ball State
9. Bowling Green over Purdue
8. Toledo over Arkansas State
7. Western Kentucky over Miami
6. Marshall over Kent State
5. Louisiana-Lafayette over Akron
4. Boston College over Northern Illinois
3. Minnesota over Ohio
2. Buffalo over Nevada
1. Eastern Michigan over Army

[bgsufalcon24]

Typical me...not getting picks in for one of the OOC weeks. Bah.

This isn't an easy week of games either. There's going to be some carnage atop the leaderboard IMO.

Central Michigan at 2 Michigan State - Michigan State - 11
Bowling Green at Purdue - Bowling Green - 6
Northern Illinois at Boston College - Northern Illinois - 7
Ohio at Minnesota - Ohio - 2
UMass at 6 Notre Dame - Notre Dame - 13
Marshall at Kent State - Kent State - 1
Miami OH at Western Kentucky - Western Kentucky - 10
Nevada at Buffalo - Buffalo - 5
Western Michigan at 1 Ohio State - Ohio State - 12
Army at Eastern Michigan - Army - 3
Akron at Louisiana-Lafayette - Akron - 4
Arkansas State at Toledo - Toledo - 8
Ball State at 17 Northwestern - Northwestern - 9

[cameron]

13 - Bowling Green
12 - Toledo
11 - Ohio State
10 - Michigan State
9 - Notre Dame
8 - Northwestern
7 - Western Kentucky
6 - Ohio
5 - Army
4 - Northern Illinois
3 - Buffalo
2 - Kent State
1 - Akron