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Anybody care to predict how your team will do and/or the conference match ups outcome?

I predict UNI to beat CSU, INSb to beat Wyoming, SIU to beat Air Force, and WSU over UNLV. The other 4 games look to me like probable MVC losses, ending in a 4 to 4 tie. However, the Loyola at New Mexico game might be interesting, and perhaps the best hope for MVC to win the challenge, providing the other match ups go as I have predicted.
Too bad we wont get to see Evansville play Boise State, that could have been a good match up. I also don't like that there are only 8 games and not 9 or 10, but I assume that is because of scheduling problems for the first year of bringing back the challenge and we will have those missing games in coming years.

6 other match ups my friend. We all play. check it out

UE is @ Fresno St

...and, if all the chips fall, could actually also play Boise State, in The Wooden Classic

Obviously should have done my homework. Well, I'd have to give Evansville the nod over Fresno St., even at Fresno,but, even not knowing which team Bradley plays I'd not likely be able to go with Bradley, especially since it must be an away game for them.

Going to be tough for Loyola to win at New Mexico. If it happens, it could set up to be a really strong non-con start.

ahunte1 wrote:Going to be tough for Loyola to win at New Mexico. If it happens, it could set up to be a really strong non-con start.

Did we ever win one of these challenges? Seems like we might have tied one and had a couple of really bad results too.

Three of the 4 previous years the Challenge was done were reasonably close, but I think the MVC only tied once and lost the other 3. The overall record is MWC 22, MVC 13, but it was only really lopsided in 2010 when the MWC won 8 of the 9 match ups.
UNI and WSU have the best records for the Challenge in the MVC, both going 3 and 1 to-date.
It would seem the best the MVC can reasonably hope for is a tie this year. I now understand that Bradley plays at Boise State which is almost certainly a loss.
Really wish they would have done a little better job on the matchups this year.

Predictions for MVC/MWC Challenge?

I will take:

Fri., Nov. 13 - Illinois State at San Diego State (San Diego, Calif.)
Fri., Nov. 13 - Air Force at Southern Illinois ( Carbondale, Ill.)
Sat., Nov. 14 - Colorado State at UNI (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
Mon., Nov. 16 - Wyoming at Indiana State (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Wed., Nov. 18 - Loyola at New Mexico (Albuquerque, N.M.)
Tues., Dec. 1 - Utah State at Missouri State (Springfield, Mo.)
Wed., Dec. 2 - UNLV at Wichita State (Wichita, Kan.)
Sat., Dec. 12 - Drake at Nevada (Reno, Nev.)
Sun., Dec. 20 - Bradley at Boise State (Boise, Idaho)
Sun., Dec. 20 - Evansville at Fresno State (Fresno, Calif.)

Go Valley!

I'll set the # of MVC wins at o/u 3.