Dougherty says ...

Matt Dougherty, the I-AA guru over at The Sports Network, in his "Extra Point" column today, predicts the OVC will go 2-5 in non-conference competition this week. I'd criticize him, but the last time I did that his overall predicition turned out to be right.

Matt picked the score for three games involving OVC teams:
Jacksonville State 41, Southeast Missouri State 14 (OVC game)
#19 Eastern Kentucky 24, Western Carolina 20
#7 Illinois State 27, #18 Eastern Illinois 13

He predicted just the winner in the following games:
Samford over Austin Peay State
Middle Tennessee over Tennessee Tech
Indiana State over Murray State
Gardner-Webb over UT-Martin
Jackson State over Tennessee State

If Matt turns out to be right again, the OVC would be 7-14 in non-conference contests for the year so far, with eight games left t play. That would match the total number of non-con wins last year, when the OVC went 7-21.