greetings fellow college football bottom feeders to the 2002 inaugural edition of bad football game of the week, the only free service on the net that regularly encourages followers to bet their hard earned cash on the very worst teams that division 1 football has to offer. our motto: anyone can bet on really good teams, but it takes cahones the size of cantelopes to bet on teams that suck. but enough of such tripe, grab a bottle of maalox and let's get on with it.
today's bfgotw heads south down louisiana way for a sunbelt conference matchup of two real bowsers - the impending tribal war between the arkansas state indians and the ul-monroe indians. we must assume that both of these teams sport the indian moniker as of late both teams have fared about as well as the real indians did against the u s government. both of these teams have a grand total of three wins each over the last two full seasons. arkansas state has dropped fourteen consecutive road games, their last win away from home came in 1999 at perennial power north texas. ul-monroe has managed to drop 22 of their last 25 contests. well then, you say, on which of these stinkers should we actually wager? hold your nose and follow along with ol' loophole.
things have been brewing down in cajun country the last week. this past saturday, ul-monroe dropped their home opener to 1-aa mcnesse by a score of 24-19. not bad against the top-ranked 1-aa team in country, you say? not so fast, as a closer look tells us that the poor indians were actually whupped fairly soundly. indians were solidly dominated in the stats department and would not have been in the game if not for a 3-1 turnover edge. offensively, monroe scorched mcneese for 25 yards rushing on 23 carries and completed 13 of 31 passes. indian coach keasler obviously knew such such a thrasing by his former team called for decisive action, so on tuesday he announced that true freshman qb steven tyler would start today's conference opener, and on wednesday followed that stunner by announcing that he quit. with such a showing of true backbone in the face of adversity, surely the players will gain inspiration from this vote of coaching confidence - not. the timing of his promotion gave interim head coach mike collins a grand total of three days lead time for today's game. coach collins stated the obvious this week when he opined that little could could be done to shake things up for this weekend, but did note that monroe has a bye next week and he would be able to put some imprint on the team with a couple of weeks lead time. tranlation - there ain't sh*t i can do about this saturday but maybe we'll be better in a couple of weeks.
down arkansas state way, a small sliver of daylight may be creeping through the clouds. a win over mightly tulsa has given the arkie indians half of last year's win total. the offense has produced over three hundred yards in all three games and the defense has recorded 10 sacks thus far after notching a total of eight all of last season. ark state now catches a field goal from a bad team that has had a week of heavy distraction on a line that has stayed put even after the coach's resignation as an indication of the apathy betting public has towards this game. and worry not about home field advantage as you contemplate how much fan support a team with three wins in two seasons plus can possibly muster. to boot, arkansas state meets the loophole criterium of a dog with superior rushing offense and rushing defense.
with all said and done, ol' loophole says let your stomach settle and place a unit on arkansas state +3, but whatever you do, do not watch this game, as bad football is like sausage and the law - no matter how much you love it, you should never watch it being made.
back in a bit with the rest of today's plays.
today's bfgotw heads south down louisiana way for a sunbelt conference matchup of two real bowsers - the impending tribal war between the arkansas state indians and the ul-monroe indians. we must assume that both of these teams sport the indian moniker as of late both teams have fared about as well as the real indians did against the u s government. both of these teams have a grand total of three wins each over the last two full seasons. arkansas state has dropped fourteen consecutive road games, their last win away from home came in 1999 at perennial power north texas. ul-monroe has managed to drop 22 of their last 25 contests. well then, you say, on which of these stinkers should we actually wager? hold your nose and follow along with ol' loophole.
things have been brewing down in cajun country the last week. this past saturday, ul-monroe dropped their home opener to 1-aa mcnesse by a score of 24-19. not bad against the top-ranked 1-aa team in country, you say? not so fast, as a closer look tells us that the poor indians were actually whupped fairly soundly. indians were solidly dominated in the stats department and would not have been in the game if not for a 3-1 turnover edge. offensively, monroe scorched mcneese for 25 yards rushing on 23 carries and completed 13 of 31 passes. indian coach keasler obviously knew such such a thrasing by his former team called for decisive action, so on tuesday he announced that true freshman qb steven tyler would start today's conference opener, and on wednesday followed that stunner by announcing that he quit. with such a showing of true backbone in the face of adversity, surely the players will gain inspiration from this vote of coaching confidence - not. the timing of his promotion gave interim head coach mike collins a grand total of three days lead time for today's game. coach collins stated the obvious this week when he opined that little could could be done to shake things up for this weekend, but did note that monroe has a bye next week and he would be able to put some imprint on the team with a couple of weeks lead time. tranlation - there ain't sh*t i can do about this saturday but maybe we'll be better in a couple of weeks.
down arkansas state way, a small sliver of daylight may be creeping through the clouds. a win over mightly tulsa has given the arkie indians half of last year's win total. the offense has produced over three hundred yards in all three games and the defense has recorded 10 sacks thus far after notching a total of eight all of last season. ark state now catches a field goal from a bad team that has had a week of heavy distraction on a line that has stayed put even after the coach's resignation as an indication of the apathy betting public has towards this game. and worry not about home field advantage as you contemplate how much fan support a team with three wins in two seasons plus can possibly muster. to boot, arkansas state meets the loophole criterium of a dog with superior rushing offense and rushing defense.
with all said and done, ol' loophole says let your stomach settle and place a unit on arkansas state +3, but whatever you do, do not watch this game, as bad football is like sausage and the law - no matter how much you love it, you should never watch it being made.
back in a bit with the rest of today's plays.
