The Indians will win this weekend

Column By Dustin Dearman, Herald Staff

This is a sure bet!

The Indians will win this weekend. I guarantee it.

According to the CBS Sportsline rankings, ASU is ranked 116 out of 117 and Louisiana-Monroe is 117.

Ladies and gentlemen, come one come all to the first annual Toilet Bowl brought to you by--it doesn't matter who sponsors it this game is God awful.

How can you miss the hype? Two national non-powers duking it out for the cellar.

Who is the worst team in the country?

That answer is quite simple. The Indians. Whether it is the ASU Indians or the ULM Indians, some team with a Native American mascot will be labeled as the country's door mat.

This is college football at its finest. In front of a hostile crowd of 1,000 (announced as 8,000), each team will be fighting, clawing and scraping to save whatever dignity is left for its team.

Now, to look how both teams have faltered this year, I must begin with the quarterback position.

Who is going to start for ASU Saturday?

Josh Driscoll?

No. He had his collarbone shattered in the Tribe's no-show at North Texas, 45-0.

Tommy Miller?

No. He had ligaments in his knee shredded in the loss to New Mexico State.

Elliott Jacobs?

He is not hurt, but it seems when he starts he can't move the ball down the field and is eventually replaced.

Bryan Gauthreaux?

Probably. Gauthreaux, a redshirt freshman from Marietta, Ga., made his first collegiate appearance last week against New Mexico State and was quite consistent, until he threw an interception late in the fourth quarter to pretty much lock the game in the Aggies favor.

Mike Clark?

No. Head Coach Joe Hollis has decided to redshirt the JUCO transfer out of California. Plus, playing him would waste his redshirt year.

James Morales?

WHO?

With Driscoll hurt, Miller hurt and Clark redshirted, Hollis needs an emergency quarterback, and he has called Morales' number.

Morales, a true freshman out of Houston, Texas, was originally recruited as a quarterback in the spring but since then has been shuffled as a wide receiver near the bottom of the depth chart.

If we see Morales Saturday, I can confidently say I don't like ASU's chances.

So as it looks now, ASU will either start Elliott Jacobs, "Mr. Inconsistency," or Bryan Gauthreaux, who only has 27 career snaps. Both are "Mr. Inexperience."
And you thought we have it bad?

ULM doesn't need six quarterbacks to mess things up, they just need two.

Quarterback Andy Chance is out for the remainder of the season after receiving his third concussion in 12 months against Louisiana-Lafayette.

Chance's replacement Andre Vige has stepped in as ULM's newest flop at quarterback.

In last week's loss to Division I-A powerhouse Troy State, Vige had a prolific night completing nine of 26 passes including five more completions to the wrong team.

What a talent.

So who is going to flush who down the "Toilet Bowl" this season?

All I have to say is I'm looking forward to the rematch.