Around the Dog Park: Protests against Temple’s planned on-campus stadium continue

General G5 Football

• Here are the updated team and conference rankings from the S&P+ algorithm.
• Texas G5 teams are struggling to match their previous attendance numbers. The players deserve much more support than they’re receiving.

AAC

• The battle between Temple and local protesters continues as the Owls carry on with plans to build a stadium near campus.
• It’s becoming more and more clear that UCF is the class of the American. Also Tulsa’s defense is BAAAAAAAD.

C-USA

• Western Kentucky is shaking things up along their offensive line in an attempt to boost their struggling offense.
• Last Chance U star John Franklin III took snaps at quarterback for FAU last week.
• Even after factoring injuries into the equation it’s still hard to explain Old Dominion’s poor effort against FAU.

• FAU finally gets to enjoy a bye week after six street weeks of football and hurricane stress.
• It looks like Keon Howard might stick at starting quarterback for Southern Miss after putting together a great game against UTSA.
• Here’s a breakdown of how UTEP’s offense adjusted to Zack Greenlee’s strengths as he picked up the start against WKU.
• While UTEP couldn’t pull it out against WKU, at least the Miners were fun to watch again.
• North Texas is our top-ranked team in Conference USA. Who saw that one coming?
• Here are three things we learned from Conference USA last week.

Sun Belt

• Texas State is desperate for an FBS win this season. They’ll need a hot start to upset Louisiana-Lafayette on Thursday.
• No one is going to claim that ULM is the most talented team in the Sun Belt but effort and preparation has them in the hunt for a Sun Belt title.
• Andre Nunez is set to start for UL-Lafayette this week while Elijah Mitchell will miss the Texas State game with a foot injury.
• The Ragin’ Cajuns made a big jump in our Sun Belt power rankings, rising to 6th place.
• Here are three key things we learned from the Sun Belt last week.
• New Mexico State hasn’t won as many games as they’re capable of but there are still a ton of positives to appreciate with this team.