A better than expected performance against Marshall moves us out of FCS territory to where we were last week.
Vegas opened us a 2.5 point early favorite. That is down to 1 to 1.5 already.
Man I wish I knew what Vegas is thinking. LOL
Probably not as much as we would think though. Yesterday was that QB's first start of the season, which he earned with his performance against BYU. That didn't carry over to yesterdays game. He was 16 for 31, 155 yards and a TD, he did run for 47 yards on 10 carries. Not horrible, but nothing like what he did against BYU. Those stats are not much different from the other QB.
A side note Army was playing without their 1st and 2nd QB and rotated their 3rd and 4th QB.
I don't agree with that. Great option QBs make a huge difference over just good option QBs. Yeah, an aspect of making them great is the capacity to throw the ball "well enough." But it's really their own running ability and, most importantly, their ball-handling skills and reading defenses. Like a great PG in hoops. They seem to have eyes in the back of their heads and almost a 6th-sense for outguessing defenders. It's often a razor-thin thing. Option QB "guesses" right and executes the right option on a play and it pops wide open. How many times have you seen a fullback pop thru a hole and go for a big gainer? It's not luck, it's the QB seeing right at the snap the defense is vacating the middle.
I've not yet accounted for the fact that ULM will most likely chicken(hawk) out.