THE LIGHTNING ROUND--WEEK 3 PREDICTIONS--PART 1

Last Week: 27-23 (.540)
This Season: 45-36 (.556)

Key: Featured games are listed in BOLD type.

Projected winners are marked in RED.

Other games of interest are listed in normal type. 

FCS

Schedule for the week of September 17, 2011 (courtesy of The Sports Network)

Saturday, September 17  

Eastern Washington (0-2) at Montana (1-1) 

(Grizzlies play host to the reeling Eagles in the Big Sky Conference opener for both teams!)

James Madison (1-1) at Liberty (1-1)  

(Dukes travel from Harrisonburg to Lynchburg to face the Flames!)

Hampton (2-0) at Old Dominion (2-0) 

(Monarchs face off against the Pirates in Virginia non-conference battle!)

Georgetown (2-0) at Yale  

Georgia State (1-1) at Jacksonville State (1-1) 

Illinois State (1-1) at Youngstown State (1-1) 

Delaware State (2-0) at Delaware (1-1)

Lehigh (1-1) at Princeton 

Jackson State (2-0) at Southern (1-1) 

Marist (1-1) at Dayton (1-1) 

Central Arkansas (1-1) at Sam Houston State (1-0) 

Texas-San Antonio (1-1) at Southern Utah (1-1)

Charleston Southern (0-2) at Jacksonville (0-2)

NCAA Division II

Schedule for week of September 17, 2011 (Courtesy of The Sports Network)

Thursday, September 15

Bloomsburg (2-0) at Indiana (Pa.)--(1-0)

Friday, September 16

Bentley (1-1) at Stonehill (1-1) 

Saturday, September 17

Abilene Christian (2-0) vs. North Alabama (2-0)--(at Arlington, Texas) 

(No. 3 [AFCA] Wildcats square off against the No. 4 [AFCA] Lions at Cowboys Stadium!) 

Valdosta State (2-0) at Albany State (Ga.)--(2-0) 

(Blazers, Golden Rams square off in Georgia showdown!)

Michigan Tech (2-0) at Wayne State (Mich.)--(2-0)  

(Huskies head to Detroit to face the Warriors in GLIAC clash!)

California (Pa.)--(1-1) at East Stroudsburg (1-1)  

Carson-Newman (2-0) at Lenoir-Rhyne (1-1) 

St. Cloud State (2-0) at Bemidji State (1-1) 

West Texas A&M--(0-1) at Texas A&M-Kingsville (2-0) 

Delta State (2-1) at Arkansas Tech (1-1) 

Virginia State (1-1) at Johnson C. Smith (1-1)