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Despite his thumb injury last season (which is completely healed) and the mediocre season of his team last year, many people are overlooking Northern Arizona QB Michael Herrick in this year's draft. Although he will probably not get drafted, he is a steal as a preferred Free Agent. He participated i...

What the .... is going on? How does Sac State's QB Fleming make Second Team over EWU's Bo Levi Mitchell, NAU's Michael Herrick or Weber State's Cameron Higgins? That's just not right. Also, Montana's QB Andrew Selle makes Honorable Mention when he played in only one BSC game, if any, and his replace...

Eastern Washington 35 Idaho State 10 ISU is a mess! EWU will win this one easily. Although he probably won't win the award (D.McGhee from MSU will), Taiwan Jones is the best player in the conference. Hopefully, he'll show what he can do for NFL scouts. :nod: Northern Arizona 32 Portland State 21 Lik...

Weber State will not defeat Northern Arizona this week. WSU QB Cameron Higgins is hurt, although I expect him to play, and will not be at full strength while NAU QB Michael Herrick, hurt a few weeks ago, is on the mend and played well last week. The Lumberjack defense is very stingy and without a he...

Weber State at Montana State Weber State is an enigma: on paper, they don't look very good. Higgins throws too many picks and the defense is suspect, but they win games when they're not supposed to and they keep hangin' in there. Credit the coaching staff for the preparation. Montana State, on the o...

Montana without Andrew Selle and NAU without Michael Herrick for two games is the reason for the demise of these programs. Both were Walter Payton Award Watch List nominees. Herrick has returned, but still injured, and Selle is out for the season

You are absolutely right! What a pathetic show by NAU at their Homecoming Game, no less. The administratiion at NAU needs to look very closely at the countless times the Jacks have imploded at the end of the season (is it three straight now?). It appears that Big Sky Conference teams are making adju...

Eastern Washington at Portland State The Eagles have found ways to win by making big plays when they were required. Levi Mitchell is a "serviceable QB" who is enhanced by the best running back in the Conference, Taiwan Jones. EWU will score just enough points to overcome a much-improved Vi...

NAU did a "Houdini-like" move last week hiding the fact that QB would not play in the NAU-Montana game on Saturday. Most of the media in both places, Missoula and Flagstaff, were unaware of the plan, both having interviewed the signal caller before the game. In fact, the Montana TV crew on...

Hey AlphaGriz1, I love your hot girlfriend, but our Griz are in for a battle tomorrow. NAU's QB Michael Herrick is "the real deal" and he's playing well right now (remember what he did to us last year?). I think we will prevail in a very exciting game, maybe by a field goal. I'll see you a...

First of all, NAU's Michael Herrick is the best QB that the Griz will face this year. He is as good as any QB in the FCS and if given the opportunity, he will purge the Griz defense (like he did last year in Flagstaff). But unlike last year when the Jacks had the worst defense in the country, they n...

Ask last week's 9th-ranked Montana State Bobcats who should be on the Walter Payton Award Watch List. Northern Arizona QB, still the best QB in the Big Sky Conference, Michael Herrick, that's who!

Sacramento State at Eastern Washington As long as Taiwan Jones is healthy, EWU is the favorite here. Sac State has surprised a few teams this year and is improved from a year ago. However, the Eagles have found ways to win, are pretty good at home at the Inferno and know losing another Big Sky Confe...

NAU 34 MSU 7 What a defense they have at NAU! They made the Bobcat QB look mediocre, at best. Everybody was touting him to be the next Steve McNair; he played more like Steve Earkle. Michael Herrick looked like the 2009 Michael Herrick and if the Jacks can play that way on both sides of the ball, th...

Montana at Portland State: Montana, which actually got better offensively with Justin Roper at QB, will beat the Vikings. In the Big Sky, there are two tiers: upper - Montana, Montana State, Eastern Washington, Weber State & Northern Arizona; lower - Portland State, Sacramento State, Idaho State...

Eastern Washington at Northern Colorado EWU, coming off big win over Northern Arizona, will be confident going to Greeley. Northern Colorado is improved but they will not have enough to overtake the Eagles. EWU's Taiwan Jones is hurt again, the only Eagle question mark, but their defense will preva...

The Idaho State situation is pathetic: very liitle fan support, facilities are bad. I'm not sure a coaching change (unless Nick Saban is interested) would help that program. They might need to drop down a division and try to work its way back up. As far as NAU goes, they have been average over the p...

Okay, all of you bandwagoners want to throw Michael Herrick to the curb after a courageous performance by a QB with absolutely no running game to speak of (-4 yards rushing in the first half), an offensive line rebuilt due to injury, and receivers that do not and will not run their routes and when t...

Come on, man! EWU will not beat Michael Herrick, Zack Bauman and the NAU Lumberjacks by 10 or more points. If they win, it will be by a field goal or less. In fact, if it doesn't rain and the Offensive Coordinator unleashes Herrick and the passing game (they've been quite conservative this season), ...

EWU has the premier running back in the Big Sky in Taiwan Jones and NAU's QB Michael Herrick is still the best QB in the conference. NAU's defense might be a little better than the Eagles' defense and NAU's special teams might also have the edge. If Jones is totally healthy, the Eagles could jump on...

Has NAU's MIchael Herrick been taken off the Walter Payton Award Watch List? I think it's a little premature to start handing out the award right now. Last year, Eastern Washington's Matt Nichols finished the season very strong and "hurdled" himself into the top 3. Herrick is still a repre...

Elon has a below-.500 record (2-3). Point one: How can they be ranked as high as they are? Point two: If they lose this week, they drop to 2-4 and, hopefully, out of the top 25. The fact that they are ranked as high as they are, shouldn't mean they are good. Somebody, the voters, are doing a poor jo...

Big Sky Conference "Game of the Week" (with national ranking implications) Northern Arizona at Eastern Washington Walter Payton Award Watch List Battle: NAU QB Michael Herrick vs EWU RB Tawain Jones Herrick threw for over 400 yards against the Eagles last year, but his receivers aren't as ...

The Thunderbirds will not beat the Lumberjacks this weekend, or any weekend for that matter. Last year, it took a 20 point-4th quarter bu SUU against second-team defensive players to even make the game close. They are presently 1-3; what about 1-3 gives one confidence about their chances? The Lumber...

Could be a trap game for NAU. The Lumberjack defense, especially the front 7, has been stellar and will give the T-Birds some trouble. On offense, NAU QB Michael Herrick has been victimized by an inexperienced and "slippery-fingered" receiving corp. If they rise up and start catching the b...