The Victor Predictor: Fresno St. Bulldogs (3-7, 2-3) @ Hawai‘i Warriors (5-5, 3-3)
It's Warrior Wednesday, which means it's time for some predictions.
WW: Hey, Vic! Thanks for stopping by to talk about Hawai‘i's upcoming game with Fresno State. This is the second Saturday in a row that we'll be in a dogfight.
VP: Yes.
WW: Sweet. I'd like to start off with an important question that's on everyone's mind — Team Jacob or Team Edward?
I guess the recent influx of mutts have got me thinking about Breaking Dawn and how much I don't want to see it but have to because my wife said so.
VP: Outlook hazy. Ask again later.
WW: All right, will do, though I don't blame you for dodging the last question ...
*awkward silence*
Alrighty then, I gotta say, I'm feeling pretty confident going into this week despite losing our starting QB for the season. Although, I think my confidence has to do with how surprisingly bad Fresno has been this year as opposed to how surprisingly good bad we've ... hmmmm.
VP: Outlook not so good.
WW: You're right. I thought San Jose State and UNLV were gonna be gimmes. I figured Utah State would be tougher than most people had given them credit for, although there was no way in hell that I thought that we'd lose the way that we did. The loss to the Aggies (III) was so balls that I made the decision to erase the memories from my long term memory by running my smartphone back and forth over my frontal lobes.
VP: It is decidedly so.
WW: But you gotta admit, Fresno is coming off a tough loss to New Mexico State, 48 - 45, the first time they've lost to them in like, forever, and they just fired their DC, Randy Stewart, and promoted their linebackers coach, Tim Skipper. We might actually be able to score points.
VP: Don't count on it.
WW: Yea. Now that I think about it, watching Hawai‘i's offense work against Fresno's defense is what I imagine it would be like to watch 2 and 3 year old boys terrorize each other at a daycare during playtime: lots of screaming, running around, bashing into each other, everybody doing their own thing and nothing really happening except ... chaos.
VP: Without a doubt.
WW: I guess it's kinda scary. Fresno really has nothing to lose and everything to gain, while the Warriors are still fighting for a bowl showdown against SMU, which by the way, is what everyone is hoping for because it would be fantastic. Heck, even June Jones has secretly wished aloud that he'd like to face the Warriors in the 2011 Hawai‘i Bowl, because he thinks it would be cool ... or because he thinks that ugly ol' us would get rolled over by his pretty new girlfriend team.
VP: Yes.
WW: Oh well. Prediction time. Do you think Hawai‘i will be hoisting up the Golden Sheldon Screwdriver Trophy? Will we bask in the glory of victory, despite a second string QB, a bunch of under-performing wide receivers, an O-line that's experienced at being inexperienced, an inconsistent (but improving) special teams, and a defense that has not quite lived up to the hype?
VP: Cannot predict now.
WW: Bleh. Well I'm saying we have a chance.
VP: Don't count on it.