Topic: Hoof Beats: Predictions show a Herd Victory

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Jeff Nathan was the sports editor of  The Parthenon and perished in the 1970 plane crash. The following is his last column, originally published Nov. 13, 1970.


Once again it’s time for the Feerless Fosdick of the pigskin prognosticating field to stick out his neck in predicting this week’s college football games.

Last week, Feerless broke a streak of three consecutive .677 percentage weeks, by picking six of eight games correctly for a .750 percentage.

Correct guesses included Marshall’s 20-17 win over Kent, Toledo’s 45-7 romp over Northern Illinois, Miami’s 17-0 win over Dayton, Western Michigan’s shutout win over North Texas State, and West Virginia’s surprisingly tough win over this week’s Marshall opponent, East Carolina.

Also, Feerless, fearlessly and correctly predicted the Upset of the week, as Louisville bumped Memphis State 40-27.

This week, the crystal ball sees these scores:
MARSHALL 22-EAST CAROLINA 14-Rick Tolley’s gang continues on their way to three season ending wins as they make the Pirates walk the plank.

SYRACUSE 30-WEST VIRGINIA 20-Mountain State native Ben Schwartzwalder has lost twice in a row to his Eastern rival. He won’t lost this year.

TOLEDO 21-DAYTON 12-On the way to another undefeated season.

WESTERN MICHIGAN 30-NORTHERN ILLINOIS 10-Ever since playing Marshall, the Broncos have been unstoppable.

PENN STATE 35-OHIO 6-This is a mismatch.

MIAMI 24-KENT STATE 21-Miami’s a slim pick, but watch for a possible upset.

MOREHEAD 20-KENTUCKY STATE-16-Two weeks in a row, the Eagles have thrown me for a curve, but this week there should be no way for them to lose.

WEST TEXAS STATE 24-BOWLING GREEN 17-The Texans avenge last week’s loss to MAC opponent Western Michigan by beating MAC member Bowling Green.

LOUISVILLE 20-CINCINNATI 19-Upset of the Week. For  the second week in a row, the Cardinals pull an upset. This time at the expense of defensive minded Cincinnati.

THUNDERING THUMB THUMPERS
First we take a prognosticative stab at the game most fortune tellers are afraid to even talk about. The famous Praying Colonels of Centre College should have quite an inspired battle with Hanover. It’ll be a classic 7 to 2 win for Centre.

    Let it be known that Ohio Sate (them Buckeyes) has never defeated the Nittany Lions from Penn State. Ohio’s Big Green has never defeated Penn State either.  But help is on the way for our Ohio bretheren. OU’s Bill Gary (eighth in the nation in total rushing yardage) will help the Bobcats to their second win in a row. They win two then lose two--so this week take OU by 1 24-23.

    The Mountaineers (a Southern Pennsylvania team from Morgantown) did battle with East Carolina last week. WVU took it but not as easy as most predictions. The Pirates will try to corral the Thundering Herd but they’ll find that scoring touchdowns against MU’s improved defense is like finding pieces of eight or fans in the always ewmpty seats of 30,000 capacity of Ficklen Stadium. Give it to Marshall 35-7.

http://www.marshallparthenon.com/hoof-beats-predictions-show-a-herd-victory-1.2846939#.UoT9AHCsigx

Don't know if this has ever been posted here but I've never seen it before today.

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Interesting to read that he calls WVU a Southern Pennsylvania team...