Blitz Picks - Week 15
WEEK 1: 33-47, 70.2%
WEEK 2: 39-61, 63.9%
WEEK 3: 52-64, 81.3%
WEEK 4: 43-56, 76.8%
WEEK 5: 50-64, 78.2%
WEEK 6: 33-41, 80.5%
WEEK 7: 47-56, 83.9%
WEEK 8: 49-54, 90.7%
WEEK 9: 47-55, 85.5%
WEEK 10: 46-53, 86.8%
WEEK 11: 48-55, 87.3%
WEEK 12: 45-53, 84.9%
WEEK 13: 18-27, 66.7%
WEEK 14: 10-15, 66.7%
OVERALL: 512-648, 79%
Round four is here: the state semifinals for six-man teams and the regional finals, or quarterfinals, for 11-man teams.
The Big Country Blitz main coverage area is down to three teams: Stamford, Gordon, and Jayton, and all three are favored to advance.
Several more teams from the extended area play this week, hoping to live to play another day.
*The spread is from PigskinPrep.com for 11-man games and Pigskin Prep and sixmanfootball.com for six-man games.
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First meeting in series
The Spread: Stephenville by 17
The Pick: Stephenville
Graham leads series 1-0
Last meeting: Graham 38, Brock 0 on Nov. 1
The Spread: Graham by 11
The Pick: Graham
Canadian leads series 2-0
Last meeting: Canadian 31, Wall 12 in 2023
The Spread: Wall by 9
The Pick: Wall
Post leads series 3-2
Last meeting: Stamford 49, Post 34 in 2017
The Spread: Stamford by 17
The Pick: Stamford
Hamilton leads series 1-0
Last meeting: Hamilton 35, Axtell 21 in 2022 playoffs
The Spread: Hamilton by 2
The Pick: Hamilton
First meeting in series
The Spread Pigskin Prep: Whiteface by 6
The Spread 6MFB: Whiteface by 30
The Pick: Whiteface
Gordon leads series 7-6
Last meeting: Gordon 64, Abbott 16 in 2023 playoffs
The Spread Pigskin Prep: Pick ‘em
The Spread 6MFB: Gordon by 29
The Pick: Gordon
Jayton leads series 10-0
Last meeting: Jayton 50, Klondike 0 on Sept. 6
The Spread Pigskin Prep: Jayton by 8
The Spread 6MFB: Jayton by 44
The Pick: Jayton
COLLEGE
First meeting in series
The Wildcats get set for one of their toughest challenges of the season as they head to the Fargodome at North Dakota State in the second round of the FCS playoffs Saturday.
ACU shut out Northern Arizona 24-0 to advance last week, while the Bison had a bye and waited on the winner. It was the first shutout for the Wildcats since 2021.
North Dakota State has two losses this season, one in the opener at Colorado and the second 29-28 in their last outing at South Dakota.
NDSU lost in the semifinals to Montana last season, and the last of their nine FCS titles came in 2021.
The Wildcats hope to get starting quarterback Maverick McIvor back after he sat out the NAU game.
The winner of this game faces the winner of Saturday’s Mercer/Rhode Island contest in the FCS quarterfinals.
THE PICK: NORTH DAKOTA STATE
