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C-USA picks: Week 1

You’d think I would have learned a lesson from years of bracket busting during college basketball’s March Madness.

Nope.

I’m forecasting the Conference USA football season, one week at a time. All for fun, pride (we’ll see), and the dream of an undefeated weekend.

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(home team in CAPS)

THU
• OHIO STATE over Marshall
• SOUTH CAROLINA over Southern Miss
• TULANE over Southeastern Louisiana
• UAB over Florida Atlantic

SAT
• Texas over RICE
• UCF over South Dakota
• MISSISSIPPI STATE over Memphis
• HOUSTON over Texas State
• UTEP over Arkansas-Pine Bluff

SUN
• EAST CAROLINA over Tulsa
• TEXAS TECH over Southern Methodist

By Frank Murtaugh

Frank Murtaugh is the managing editor of Memphis magazine. He's covered sports for the Flyer for two decades. "From My Seat" debuted on the Flyer site in 2002 and "Tiger Blue" in 2009.