Well, to say I was wrong about the Azusa Pacific-Humboldt State contest would be an understatement. Given the rest of the slate of games in the GNAC this weekend, I'm confident I'll have the winners picked better this time around.

Western Oregon (0-0 GNAC, 2-3 overall) vs. Dixie State (0-1, 0-5)
Six games into the season and Western Oregon finally gets to play a GNAC counter.

This contest is going to feature a ton of passing. It isn't a stretch to predict both teams going under 75 yards rushing...combined. Neither team likes to run the ball and when they do, they don't do it well that often. Dixie State rushed for - wait for it - 8 yards against Simon Fraser last week. Western Oregon averages a league-worst 46.2 yards per game.

We're going with the Wolves at home, 31-17

South Dakota Mines (0-1, 1-4) vs. Central Washington (1-1, 2-3)
Similar to the WOU/Dixie game, fans will see the ball in the air quite often, but both teams are better at the run that WOU/Dixie. Offense is one thing. Defensively, both teams need work in run defense, whereas Central Washington is far superior in pass defense to South Dakota Mines. This will be the difference in the game.

SD Mines doesn't defend well. At all. They are trounced for 545 yards a game. As you can tell from the Hardrockers' 1-4 record, that doesn't equate to many wins.

And it won't again this week. Central Washington 45, SD Mines 20.

Simon Fraser (1-4) at Idaho State (2-3)
Let's cut to the chase here. Idaho State has been the door mat in the Big Sky and FCS for many years now. They are much improved this year - taking FCS #2 Eastern Washington to the brink, 56-53 last week - and are 2-3 on the season with a win over Big Sky counterpart Sacramento State.

Simon Fraser is last in the league in total offense (303 yards a game) and toward the bottom in total defense (424 yards per game). Idaho State puts yards on the board (510 yards per game), but is a wet paper bag on defense (499 yards per game). ISU has played a mix of FBS, FCS and D2 games (this being it second game against a D2 opponent, beating Chadron State in September), so it's difficult to compare apples to oranges here.

The fact remains that as sub-par as Idaho State appears to be at the FCS level, we're still talking an incredible amount of scholarship athletes compared to Simon Fraser's relative few. Idaho State wins at home, 50-20.