It's essentially a Conference USA eliminator in the first game of a doubleheader tonight when Delaware visits Western Kentucky. Liberty and Jacksonville State are both 3-0 in CUSA, while the Blue Hens are 1-2 and Hilltoppers 2-1, so the loser here can forget about the league title game. Bet on college football at DraftKings, where new users get $200 in bonuses and three free months of NBA when they spend $5+: CBS Sports Network has the 7 p.m.
ET kick from Bowling Green, Ky., and the forecast looks fine: Partly cloudy skies during the evening will give way to cloudy skies overnight. Winds light and variable. Decent leans on Western Kentucky ATS and, to no surprise, the Over. 57.5.
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Delaware has one you might not be aware of in senior Nick Minicucci, who was the 2026 CUSA Preseason Offensive Player of the Year after a 2025 campaign in which he led the conference in passing yards (3,683) and total offense (3,918). Delaware started 2-1 out of conference (only loss was competitive to Vanderbilt) with Minicucci under center. But he missed the next three games and the Blue Hens lost them all, totaling just 47 points.
Minicucci returned last Tuesday with a bang, leading his team to a 61-38 home rout of Missouri State. He tied a school record with five touchdown passes and ran for another score. That moved him to 48 career TD passes to pass Bill Vergantino for third on the school's all-time career passing touchdowns list.
The 61 points scored tied for the most under coach Ryan Carty (also vs. UTEP in 2025), and UD improved to 26-1 under him when winning the turnover battle. Delaware scored on nine straight drives and 10 of 11 overall, not including the two that ended in kneel downs to conclude the second and fourth quarters.
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