Mid-Week Football Preview

Got ourselves a few weeknight football games to check out, lets see

(19) Louisville vs. Cincinnati

The stakes here are pretty moderate (second place finish in Confrence USA V2.0) and positioning for a mid-level bowl game. This will be Louisville's last game in this conference before moving on to the ACC. For Cincinnati, its a chance to send their rivals out on a bitter note and maybe sneak into the Top 25 for what its worth. Bridgewater closes out the regular season with a strong showing I think.

Louisville 49 Cincinnati 21

Bowling Green vs. (16) Northern Illinois

At stake here is the MAC Championship. For Bowling Green, its a chance to dash the hopes of Northern Illinois playing in a high level bowl game and a chance to assess how legitimate their 9-3 record is. Bowling Green has been very dominant over the last four games but those performances have come against the bottom feeders of the MAC. Its safe to say that the major networks are likely rooting for Bowling Green so they can give out the at large bid to an under achieving Goliath. Personally, i'm rooting for Northern Illinois to get themselves back into a high level bowl game. Yes, the lost 31-10 to Florida State in the Orange Bowl last year but that is not even close to the most embarrassing performance a team has put up in a bowl game.

Northern Illinois 38 Bowling Green 31

Texans vs. Jaguars

In the beginning of the season, it seemed likely that Jacksonville would be out of it but not the Texans. Somehow both of these teams are mathematically alive for the playoff picture but that will change for both teams if Baltimore or Miami wins on Sunday and for Houston if they lose tomorrow night.

The Texans have gone past the point of being a train wreck, their season is downright painful but they have the inner track on being able to replace Schaub/Keenum in the draft.

The Jaguars while still terrible have shown lots of fight. A team that seemed destined to be the second 0-16 team about a month ago has shown that they have a backbone and possibly some hope somewhere down the road. Who knows, maybe Gus Bradley will turn them into winners before anyone expects them to.

Jaguars 24 Texans 10