Around the Dog Park: Georgia Southern is moving their home opener to Birmingham.

American

• The guys at Pro Football Focus have released who were the best AAC players in week one.

• Here’s the best Memphis-UCF preview you will find on the world wide web. It should be a good one in Orlando tomorrow night.
• Our preview for Villanova-Temple is out.
• Joe & Joey released their weekly AAC pod where they review last week and get you ready for a packed week two.

Conference USA

• PFF also did some scouting for the C-USA.

• Scott Shafer returns to Syracuse and there is no doubt he wants this victory. Can Middle Tennessee pull off the upset? Meanwhile, we hook up with Nunes Magician and preview the upcoming game with the Orange.
• NFL scouts believe UTEP’s Will Hernandez is the best offensive guard in college football.
• Someone broke into the Marshall facilities and stole some gear from the Thundering Herd. Does he not know there coach is Doc Holliday??? Someone get Wyatt Earp on the horn!!!
• With a huge rivalry tilt with SMU on the slate for this weekend, here is how the Mean Green has improved since the meeting last year.
• UTSA’s AD steps down for “personal reasons”.
• Our own Cyrus Smith gives his picks for this weekend.

Sun Belt

• Pro Football Focus also did some scouting on the Fun Belt.

• Texas State has released their uniform combination for the week two road trip to Boulder.

• Georgia Southern’s home opener has been moved to Birmingham. Game will be aired, as scheduled, on ESPN3.

• UDD sits down with Pistols Firing to get a scouting report on Oklahoma State before the Friday night clash with South Alabama.
• Here’s our preview by Aikman Chambers for App State’s home opener against FCS Savannah State.