Welcome to this week's installment of "Hindsight is 20/20!" This week's post will entertain the idea of a GNAC blogger who was blinded by a national poll-shaking upset win by Azusa Pacific in week one, which clouded his view on how good APU's week two counterpart, Humboldt State, actually is.

Full disclaimer here: I never doubted 2014 Humboldt State was significantly better than 2013 Humboldt State. I never doubted that Azusa's run-first, run-pretty-much-always concept would make the Cougars too one-dimensional. I just didn't figure it would bite them so convincingly in week two. The best way to get over a loss is the preparation for next week's game.

This is being posted on a Thursday, so let's skip the overview of last week - we've all read, devoured and debated last week by now - let's focus on this weekend.

Western Oregon (1-1) vs. Central Washington (1-1)
With a glance at the GNAC schedule, nothing pops out as "game of the week" material like the past two weeks have given us. However, while everyone is admittedly focusing on Humboldt State and Azusa Pacific, Central Washington and Western Oregon continue to be those teams that will challenge for the pinnacle of the GNAC and if not, will play spoiler down the road. Technically, this is a non-leaguer, with the counter coming in mid-October. I wouldn't call this a huge rivalry, but it's great for regional bragging rights.

Western Oregon is a pass-happy team. Ryan Bergman and Co., have averaged nearly 340 yards per game in the air in two contests. Central Washington has a highly acclaimed defensive backfield, led by D2football's pre-season All-American Isaiah Davis. This is the matchup of the day. Again, we're looking at two games of history for 2014, but CWU has held teams to an average of 139 yards in the air, with two picks. Western Oregon is pretty one-dimensional as well, relying on the air attack, while picking up just 82 yards on the ground. For the last couple of years, that's nothing new.

Western Oregon is a tough team. If Bergman and his receivers are on, the CWU defense will be tested. If the CWU defense prevails, WOU won't have much of an option with the run. CWU in a close one, 31-21.

Dixie State (0-2) vs. Humboldt State (2-0)
What will Humboldt State do for a second encore? First the Lumberjacks go on the road to knock off Texas A&M-Kingsville. Then, they knock off then-No. 17 Azusa Pacific. Both were convincing wins. Now they're back on the road for a trap game against a Dixie State team that has put less emphasis on the passing lanes with a renewed focus on the running attack.

Humboldt's Ja'Quan Gardner and Nick Ricciardulli average more than 250 yards per game combined. How do you stop that? It does take the pressure off of quarterback Robert Webber and sets up the Dixie defense to be caught off guard if they were to stack the box to prevent the run and all of a sudden it leaves them vulnerable to a post route or 10-yard completion across the middle.

I see Gardner and Ricciardulli getting their 200+ yards in this one. Humboldt 34-10.

Azusa Pacific (1-1) vs. Simon Fraser (0-2)
No disrepect to the Clan, but of all the teams you don't want to play, I wouldn't want to travel to play against an Azusa Pacific squad which followed up a huge with with a huge loss to a intra-state foe. But it's the reality SFU faces.

Simon Fraser puts up some productive offensive numbers - a shade less than 400 yards per game, whereas Azusa is last in the league averaging 262 a game. But Azusa is far more frightening with Terrell Watson. SFU hasn't played against a team like Azusa which, while limited to its running attack, is incredibly efficient on offense.

Azusa is at home. If the Cougars are serious about staying in the mix at the top of the GNAC and the regional rankings next month, they'll start strong and stay strong against the Clan. APU, 40-20.

South Dakota Mines (0-2) vs. D3 Wisconsin-River Falls (0-2)

This could be a turning point for South Dakota Mines. The Hardrockers host a Wisconsin-River Falls team that has been middle of the road at best for a handful of years. UWRF doesn't run the ball that well and are averaging 220 yards in the air, whereas Mines averages nearly 470 yards per game of offense, tops in the GNAC. Unfortunately, opponents put up nearly 600 yards against them.

That won't happen this weekend against the Hardrockers. River Falls doesn't have the offense that will mass produce points and yards, having scored just 14 points in two games.

Trent McKinney should have a stellar day with passing. The Hardrocker junior has thrown for 462 yards with a 71% completion rate. South Dakota gets win No. 1, 24-20.