Coach driccio 27-21 All Time
Coach taruncheel 9-15 All Time
The Huskies will travel to Chestnut Hills, MA to face the Eagles. driccio is entering his 20th season with UConn and if anyone knows their team it's this guy. taruncheel, on the other hand, is a guy that is known to bounce around from team to team. Look for the Huskies to leave the state of Massachusetts with a 28-21 All Time record and begin planning for Round Two.
Prediction: UConn
Actual: Boston College (SIM)
Coach BIGmike 83-22 All Time NDL Cup Champion Season 6 & 14
Coach razorback44 8-7 All Time
An intriguing match up to begin the Cup Rounds. Coach razorback, recently fired from Louisville, will be hosting the new coach of the Cardinals and should be hoping to make a statement by springing the upset. Despite having a team like Boise though this will be a tall task. Skills, ratings, experience, and all around knowledge will be fighting against the Bronco's on this. The Louisville AD will know he made the right choice mid way through the game.
Prediction: Louisville
Actual: Louisville
Coach ChampDizzle 30-22 All Time
Coach buckeye76 17-15 All Time
Tough draw for the Bearcats as they the Georgia Bulldogs and Coach Champ. Champ is on a mission this year with, what he perceives as, no one in the SEC East to impede his making it to the Conference Championship. He'll be looking to fine tune his game early and will take it out on the Bearcats.
Prediction: Georgia
Actual: Georgia
Coach bucki2000 9-18 All Time
Coach RanDawg 13-20 All Time
The Cougars start this season with a major problem in their conference, the Louisville Cardinals. Now granted this is the Cup games and not the regular season, but they will have little room for error this season if they want to challenge for the Conference Championship. They'll need to come out early and make sure they're firing on all cylinders. A bout the Blue Devils should be just the starter they need to make sure all is right in Houston.
Prediction: Houston
Actual: Houston
Coach sirloin 5-20 All Time
Coach oldschoola 13-20 All Time
C'mon. When I saw this I laughed. I knew the NDL Cup Gods had to have been up to something. This just screams EPIC game. If sirloin shows up to play it should be a win for the Jayhawks, However, here's betting Memphis gets the SIM win.
Prediction: Memphis
Actual: Memphis (SIM)
Coach fsupenguin 45-22 All Time
Coach Weasel 34-20 All Time
Another great coach will go down early unfortunately in this one. Two coaches with all the experience necessary to make a run through the Cup must face off early. Pengy was crippled last season with a heavy work load between school work and family. This season he'll try to start off right and will pull the early upset. The Mustangs will knock off the Spartans and continue on in this weeks upset pick!
Prediction: SMU
Actual: Michigan State
Coach Black Rain 10-11 All Time
Coach Toro 3-22 All Time
The AAC has received some nice draws early. The UCF Penn State game is another one where the AAC should be able to walk away with the W. Coach Toro has the horses and the HFA to be able to win the game but with a record of 3-22 it's hard to bet against Black Rain.
Prediction: Central Florida
Actual: Central Florida (SIM)
Coach Dakshdar 17-23 All Time
Coach outlaw 22-21 All Time
With Dak being at Rutgers for going on 7 years you'd have to give the advantage to him, but it will not be an easy game to say the least. Outlaw is a great coach who is capable of making a nice run and has the advantage of home. The ACC will hand the AAC one of it's few losses to open the Cup Rounds.
Prediction: Syracuse
Actual: Rutgers
Coach OracleHCR 21-14 All Time
Coach footballkelly31 6-13 All Time
Temple is going to have a long day against North Carolina. Oracle knows his team well and will be ready for anything the Owls can throw at him. Oracle has also had lots of success early in the Cup games and that will continue this season.
Prediction: North Carolina
Actual: North Carolina
Coach mbyrd75 18-10 All Time
Coach nole4real 51-24 All Time NDL Cup Champion Season 1
Another all time NDL great enters the Cup game but has to be considered the underdog despite having HFA. It's been a while since nole was able to capture the title and he had to be disappointed to see his opening round opponent being a team like Washington. Despite having the better coach, it will be tough for the Bulls to pull out this win against a tough Huskies team with a coach who is fairly close to noles skill level (sure, maybe his skill level of old. I've heard rumors that nole is done but let's give the guy some feel good props, whatcha say?)
Prediction: Washington
Actual: Washington