Round of 8 predictions

[kdinva]

Since we know the lineups.......

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/scores/live/scoreboardreal.aspx?season=2012,type=Regular,week= 15

Here we go:

Montana St. 24; Sam Houston St. 17
ODU 44; Ga. Southern 28
North Dakota St. 27, Wofford 22
Illinois St. 26; Eastern Washington 24.

[blueballs]

Since we know the lineups.......

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/scores/live/scoreboardreal.aspx?season=2012,type=Regular,week= 15

Here we go:

Montana St. 24; Sam Houston St. 17
ODU 44; Ga. Southern 28
North Dakota St. 27, Wofford 22
Illinois St. 26; Eastern Washington 24.


ODU might defeat GSU but I guarandamntee you they won't hold them to 28 and if you're willing to give 16 oints I think you'll find a lot of folks who'll take that action... see last year's meeting between the two for a reference point.

Also, I seriously doubt NDSU and Wofford both score over 20. It wouldn't surprise me to see a 17-13, 14-10 type of slobberknocker there.

[DJnva]

I'm hearing the ODU-GA Southern game is the main ESPN game and will start at noon.

[md64179]

SHSU-34
MSU- 21

GSU-44
ODU-41

NDSU-24
Wofford-21

ISU- 38
EWU- 37 (It only seems right)

[ITmonarch10]

Since we know the lineups.......

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/scores/live/scoreboardreal.aspx?season=2012,type=Regular,week= 15

Here we go:

Montana St. 24; Sam Houston St. 17 - I like this score. Sam Houston didn't dominate Cal Poly like I predicted
ODU 44; Ga. Southern 28 - GSU will score more than
North Dakota St. 27, Wofford 22 - NDSU wins but the score wont get that high.
Illinois St. 26; Eastern Washington 24.- Interesting Upset pick


Overall, I think the winning teams are right but the score will be a bit different.

[blueballs]

I'm hearing the ODU-GA Southern game is the main ESPN game and will start at noon.

Correct... and if the game rivals what we saw last year the national TV audience will be entertained greatly. That was a classic in so many ways. Good call by ESPN airing it...

[Gringer1]

I'm hearing the ODU-GA Southern game is the main ESPN game and will start at noon.

http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/scoreboard?confId=81&seasonYear=2012&seasonType=2&weekNumber=15

[Tribe4SF]

NDSU 34 Wofford 24
ODU 38 Georgia Southern 34
SHSU 28 MSU 23
ISU 17 EWU 13

[GSU EAGLES]

SHSU-34
MSU- 21

GSU-49
ODU-42

Wofford-14
NDSU-13

EWU- 35
ISU- 31

ODU will not benefit from 3(?) successful fake punt conversions like last year when they had nothing to lose. The pressure is on ODU this time. The triple option limits the number of touches for Heineke.

[Sam_Kats]

Sticking with my bracket here:

Wofford 17
NDSU 10

GSU 28
ODU 27

SHSU 38
MSU 31

ISU 24
EWU 34

[mmiller_34]

Montana St. 31
Sam Houston St. 17

ODU 44
Ga. Southern 45

North Dakota St. 38
Wofford 17

Illinois St. 31
Eastern Washington 24.

[robsnotes4u]

MSU 31
SHSU 13

ODU 35
GSU 28

Wofford 17
NDSU 13

ISU 31
EWU 17


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[jub1982]

SHSU 34
MSU 27

GSU 42
ODU 38

NDSU 27
Wofford 13

ISU 41
EWU 38

[Jacked_Rabbit]

If anyone wants to check their homework, here is the Answer Key:

MSU 17
SHSU 27

ODU 34
GSU 28

Wofford 13
NDSU 27

ISU 30
EWU 31

[100%GRIZ]

msu - 26
SHSU - 16

ODU - 32
GSU - 19

Wofford - 12
NDSU - 37

ISU - 18
EWU - 22

[ODU Oldtimer]

Montana St. 21; Sam Houston St. 17

ODU 41; Ga. Southern 35

North Dakota St. 28, Wofford 17

Eastern Washington 24 Illinois St. 21

[seantaylor]

GSU 58 ODU 30
Woffie 24 NDSU 17
EWU 20 ISU 14
Montana State 31 SHSU 28

[BisonBohl]

I suppose Ill go with I posted in my bracket challenge:

NDSU: 24 Wofford: 0

GSU: 35 ODU: 31

MSU: 24 SHSU: 35

ISU-R: 17 EWU: 27

[frozennorth]

ndsu 35 wofford 10
odu 42 gsu 28
msu 34 shsu 28
ewu 35 isu 34

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

NDSU: 31-6
ODU: 38-21
MSU: 35-31
ISU: 38-34

[TheRevSFA]

NDSU 24 Wofford 21
ODU 42 GSU 35
Montana State 27 Sam 24
EWU 24 ISUr 17

[Sammy94]

ISU 38 EWU 27
SHSU 31 Mon. St 28 (Game of the week)
NDSU 28 Wofford 14
ODU 42 GSU 34

[Go Apps]

Devasting and sad end to the ASU game - just had a horrible feeling on that extra point and wow - an end to an era for Jerry Moore just not sure where to go from here - but i felt like the winner of our game would get Sam Houston for a trip to the title game Illinois St is good - we did not get going in time - 3weeks off was too much to overcome!

NDSU 28 Wofford 17
ODU 38 GSU 42
Montana State 21 Sam 24
EWU 21 ISUr 27

[steelbison]

SHSU-35
MSU- 24

GSU35
ODU-28

NDSU-24
Wofford-10

ISU- 35
EWU- 28

[Chuck Norris]

SHSU-31 MSU-28

Georgia Southern-31 ODU-24

NDSU-17 Wofford-14

EWU-28 ISU-24

[Twentysix]

SHSU-16 (Score was for CP but it is from my bracket)
MSU- 42

GSU-40
ODU-27

NDSU-52
Wofford-3 (bracket score even though it was for UNH)

ISU- 28
EWU- 17

[Southern Bison]

NDSU over Wofford - Defensive battle, but Bison O-line starts to dominate in the 3rd qtr.

Ill St. over EWU - The Redbirds continue as Cinderella for a National Semifinal game.

ODU over GaSo - Shootout that leans towards the quick-strike offense of ODU.

SHSU over MSU - cold will be a factor, but won't stop SHSU's speed in another tight game.

[tribefan40]

msu - 31
SHSU - 28

ODU - 101
GSU - 98

Wofford - 17
NDSU - 16

ISU - 28
EWU - 31

[deez_na]

Quite shocked just like last week that I see people having scores in the 20's on the Bison defense. Has anybody not learned anything yet? They haven't given up more than 14 points this year or last year in the playoffs. Why such high scores?

[DJnva]

Quite shocked just like last week that I see people having scores in the 20's on the Bison defense. Has anybody not learned anything yet? They haven't given up more than 14 points this year or last year in the playoffs. Why such high scores?

I don't know...I haven't thrown out my guesses yet, but even thinking that 99 times out of 100 they hold a team to say 14 or so points, every once in a while in football you get a defensive TD or punt return. Things happen. These guesses are trying to nail that 1 game where it goes against the grain because then they can say they saw it coming.

That said--you guys predicting less than 30 points for ODU? WTF??? xcoolx

[boogereagle]

Quite shocked just like last week that I see people having scores in the 20's on the Bison defense. Has anybody not learned anything yet? They haven't given up more than 14 points this year or last year in the playoffs. Why such high scores?

Maybe it's cause too many Bisonfans are buttjumping thumphumpers. Or maybe not. One never really knows.

[deez_na]

I don't know...I haven't thrown out my guesses yet, but even thinking that 99 times out of 100 they hold a team to say 14 or so points, every once in a while in football you get a defensive TD or punt return. Things happen. These guesses are trying to nail that 1 game where it goes against the grain because then they can say they saw it coming.

That said--who guys predicting less than 30 points for ODU? WTF??? xcoolx

lol yeah i saw the low scores for OD, i see 30 + for both Ga So and OD for sure. Who wins i'm thinking OD by 4 but idk.

[deez_na]

Maybe it's cause too many Bisonfans are buttjumping thumphumpers. Or maybe not. One never really knows.

So that's why the high score predictions huh? I think it's pure stupidity to guess Wofford is scoring in the mid 20's or around there. I guess people are just guessing it's bound to happen after this many good defensive games for Bison idk.

[Professor Chaos]

Wofford 10, North Dakota St 27 - I think the Bison are able to get out to an early lead and Wofford's offense is never able to get on track in this one.

Georgia Southern 35, Old Dominion 42 - This game will entertain just like last year but I think the Monarchs avenge last year's playoff loss with a victory at home. My pick for the the best game of the weekend.

Sam Houston St 31, Montana St 27 - SHSU's offensive performance last week worries me but I'll stick with my pre-playoff pick here. The Bearkats are a dangerous team.

Illinois St 24, Eastern Washington 38 - The Redbirds season ends on the red turf in Cheney as their defensive secondary can't keep up with the Eagles passing attack.

[Reign of Terrier]

I love how everyone is shocked that some people picked Wofford to score 20 because the PPG the Bison have given up, but neglect that Wofford plays pretty damn good defense too, especially from a PPG perspective

[DJnva]

Montana St. 20; Sam Houston St. 17
ODU 45; Ga. Southern 34 (missed XP!!!!)
North Dakota St. 17, Wofford 13 (NDSU scores with a few minutes left to take the lead, and Wofford can't respond)
EWU 31, Illinois St-14

[boogereagle]

So that's why the high score predictions huh? I think it's pure stupidity to guess Wofford is scoring in the mid 20's or around there. I guess people are just guessing it's bound to happen after this many good defensive games for Bison idk.

Well, I was just sort of kidding. But since you think it's pure stupidity to guess Wofford is going to score in the mid 20s, I bet Wofford hangs 50 on the Beefalos. Especially if they get to factor in SAT scores.

Besides, everyone knows the only reason NDSU wins as it does at home is because the Fargo Dome is little more than a national guard armory with used astroturf scotch taped to the floor. It freaks out teams used to playing in real stadiums.

I hear even schools that have played in the FD on occasion have a hard time dealing wih the noise up there, but then, you'd find it hard to concentrate too if you had 12,000 bearded, liquored up Manitoban-American women yelling at you from eight feet away like you just stole their favorite yak.

[Reign of Terrier]

Wofford played somewhat well on astroturf last year.

We just didn't like rubbing our knees against it -_-

[deez_na]

I love how everyone is shocked that some people picked Wofford to score 20 because the PPG the Bison have given up, but neglect that Wofford plays pretty damn good defense too, especially from a PPG perspective

Yeah I never said NDSU was going to score in the 20's on Wofford and that wasn't my point. Wofford may have a good defense too which compares to SDSU statistically and NDSU put up 20+ both times. Woffords defense isn't as good as NDSU's and I don't see there defense holding up as well as NDSU. They will need turnovers to win this game.

[deez_na]

Well, I was just sort of kidding. But since you think it's pure stupidity to guess Wofford is going to score in the mid 20s, I bet Wofford hangs 50 on the Beefalos. Especially if they get to factor in SAT scores.

Besides, everyone knows the only reason NDSU wins as it does at home is because the Fargo Dome is little more than a national guard armory with used astroturf scotch taped to the floor. It freaks out teams used to playing in real stadiums.

I hear even schools that have played in the FD on occasion have a hard time dealing wih the noise up there, but then, you'd find it hard to concentrate too if you had 12,000 bearded, liquored up Manitoban-American women yelling at you from eight feet away like you just stole their favorite yak.

Quite a typical tool answer right there. Sounds like a bunch of crying. 18,000+ fans who are some of the best traveling fans in the FCS. Teams earn home field for a reason. Wofford wouldn't sniff 50 if they played NDSU 50 straight times, they would be lucky to ever sniff 30 if they played 50 straight times. NDSU is the better overall team period.

[Trumpster]

Well, I was just sort of kidding. But since you think it's pure stupidity to guess Wofford is going to score in the mid 20s, I bet Wofford hangs 50 on the Beefalos. Especially if they get to factor in SAT scores.

Besides, everyone knows the only reason NDSU wins as it does at home is because the Fargo Dome is little more than a national guard armory with used astroturf scotch taped to the floor. It freaks out teams used to playing in real stadiums.

I hear even schools that have played in the FD on occasion have a hard time dealing wih the noise up there, but then, you'd find it hard to concentrate too if you had 12,000 bearded, liquored up Manitoban-American women yelling at you from eight feet away like you just stole their favorite yak.

This made me snicker quite a bit, not the best thing to do at work but what are you going to do.

A couple corrections from your hyperbole.
-We got new fieldturf this year. (twice actually, but that's because the company that installed it messed up something with it's ability to roll up)
-No-shave Novemeber is over, the beards should be gone.
-Finally, I know I don't post here so I'm sure you don't give 2 ****s about what I think. I'm a lunker, big deal.

[boogereagle]

This made me snicker quite a bit, not the best thing to do at work but what are you going to do.

A couple corrections from your hyperbole.
-No-shave Novemeber is over, the beards should be gone.


I hear that's by design. Just in time gather wool, er, whiskers, to knit those Christmas stockings for that special fellow in their lives, eh?

:D

[UNDBIZ]

I hear that's by design. Just in time gather wool, er, whiskers, to knit those Christmas stockings for that special fellow in their lives, eh?

:D

Actually the whole family is pitching in to make a blanket..... jealous?? xxmasx

[Thunderstruck]

SHSU 35- Montana St 20. Not sure I would call this an upset
GSU 44- ODU 41- GSU kicks a GW FG
Wofford 10- NDSU 34- Game will be close until a couple 4th quarter scores
ISUr 27- EWU 33- Game of the Week. Red field trips up the Redbirds on their final drive.

[boogereagle]

Quite a typical tool answer right there. Sounds like a bunch of crying. 18,000+ fans who are some of the best traveling fans in the FCS. Teams earn home field for a reason. Wofford wouldn't sniff 50 if they played NDSU 50 straight times, they would be lucky to ever sniff 30 if they played 50 straight times. NDSU is the better overall team period.

Hee hee.

Wofford will beat you guys by 99 points. Eric Beetstrain will run for 200 yards in the first half in his magic golden britches, breaking green Buffler tackles like Thespian Santa breaks wind.

This is going to be the biggest whipdown in the history of FCS football. Beware the full force of Terrior Terror.

PS. I'm just kidding, you know. I'm a Georgia Southern fan. Boogereagle. Get it?
Look, see, I'll put a smiley here. xthumbsupx
I need to go back to work.

[ITmonarch10]

SHSU 35- Montana St 20. Not sure I would call this an upset
GSU 44- ODU 41- GSU kicks a GW FG
Wofford 10- NDSU 34- Game will be close until a couple 4th quarter scores
ISUr 27- EWU 33- Game of the Week. Red field trips up the Redbirds on their final drive.

GSU may win the game ,but we all know GSU can't kick field goals.

[boogereagle]

GSU may win the game ,but we all know GSU can't kick field goals.

Somehow, I don't think field goals are going to be any help in this one. I got a bad feeling.
And I hope I'm wrong.

[boogereagle]

Nah. I don't think it gets cold enough down here to need something that heavy. xlolx

[Thunderstruck]

GSU may win the game ,but we all know GSU can't kick field goals.

That is all i have read about GSU- they cant make FG's. Playoff games have crazy things happen :)

[deez_na]

Hee hee.

Wofford will beat you guys by 99 points. Eric Beetstrain will run for 200 yards in the first half in his magic golden britches, breaking green Buffler tackles like Thespian Santa breaks wind.

This is going to be the biggest whipdown in the history of FCS football. Beware the full force of Terrior Terror.

PS. I'm just kidding, you know. I'm a Georgia Southern fan. Boogereagle. Get it?
Look, see, I'll put a smiley here. xthumbsupx
I need to go back to work.

lol obviously i know you are joking now but before it could have gone either way lol. Don't be that guy dangit :D

[RabidRabbit]

Montana St. 24; Sam Houston St. 17
ODU 44; Ga. Southern 28
North Dakota St. 27, Wofford 10
Illinois St. 36; Eastern Washington 33.

[CopperCat]

Montana St. 24; Sam Houston St. 17


Interesting.......you picked against the cats last week........

[xcoach2]

Sam Houston St. 39, Montana State 13
Ga. Southern 41, ODU 30
NDSU 24, Wofford 6
E. Washington 34, Illinois St. 17

[dbackjon]

Winners:

Montana State
Wofford
Eastern Washington
Georgia Southern

[BisonBohl]

Winners:

Montana State-Wrong
Wofford- Wrong
Eastern Washington- Correct
Georgia Southern- Correct

2/4 not bad i guess...

[BEAR]

Montana St. 24; Sam Houston St. 42
ODU 35; Ga. Southern 14
North Dakota St. 31, Wofford 21
Illinois St. 21; Eastern Washington 35

[dudeitsaid]

Interesting.......you picked against the cats last week........

I'd say Sam Houston's play against Cal Poly may be behind the change in heart...I know I've thought about revising my bracket, now that things have gone this far into the playoffs.

[boogereagle]

lol obviously i know you are joking now but before it could have gone either way lol. Don't be that guy dangit :D

Sorry. I'm just not used to interacting on messageboards with people from the middle of a polar icecap. :)

Predictions: Sam Houston 21, Montana 14
Old Dominion 54, Georgia Southern 37 (sigh)
North Dakota 17, Wofford 12
Eastern Washington 33, Illinois State 24

[UNDBIZ]

Montana St 34, Sam Houston 24
Old Dominion 35, Georgia Southern 34
Moo U 2, Wofford 3 xprayx
Eastern Washington 31, Illinois St 17

[Eaglesrus]

That is all i have read about GSU- they cant make FG's. Playoff games have crazy things happen :)

We can make them if they're from 40+ yds, -30 is a whole 'nother story.

[pike51]

Montana St. 21; Sam Houston St. 17

ODU 92; Ga. Southern 94 - 5 OTs

North Dakota St. 24, Wofford 27

Illinois St. 28; Eastern Washington 31.

[ElCid]

Sam Houston St. - 24
Montana St. - 20
Bobcats and Bearkats claw each other in a close one

Georgia So. - 38
Old Dominion - 24
Eagles use methodical ball control to keep it away from the scoring factory

Wofford - 15
ND St. - 27
Great defensive struggle most of the game, but home field advantage lets Bison prevail.

Illinois St. - 20
E. Washington - 37
Tough for the Redbirds to migrate from Boone to Cheney in a week, Eagles soar

[TheRevSFA]

ODU 92; Ga. Southern 94 - 5 OTs


This would be awesome if it came true.

[Redbirdgrad]

Sam Houston St. - 21
Montana St. - 17
Close game, I give the edge to Sam Houston.

Georgia So. - 24
Old Dominion - 27
Battle of wills. Another SoCon team bites the dust.

Wofford - 10
ND St. - 24
ND St. just too strong. Wofford hasn't seen a defense like they're about to face.

Illinois St. - 31
E. Washington - 28
I don't think EWU's defense can handle Matt Brown. Haven't seen anything to prove otherwise.

[jub1982]

Sorry. I'm just not used to interacting on messageboards with people from the middle of a polar icecap. :)

Predictions: Sam Houston 21, Montana 14
Old Dominion 54, Georgia Southern 37 (sigh)
North Dakota 17, Wofford 12
Eastern Washington 33, Illinois State 24


North Dakota didn't make the playoffs. We don't call you Georgia.

[caribbeanhen]

great match up in Fargo - FCS Classic with Wofford vs North Dakota State - best game by a landslide - look for Wofford to shock the Bizon especially if the limit mistakes and find a way to deal with the 10th Bizfan

another very nice game with Illi State visiting E Washington - I'll take Illi State because of there slick QB and hard hitting D

although great match ups, we just saw the same games last year just switching home fields - personally I would like to see Georgia Southern play Sammy and ODU vs Montana state, but anyway
the ODU D will seriously challenge Heinicke, be interesting to see if he can keep up with there pathetic D giving up big gainers all day

another match we already saw last year when Sammy visits the frozen north - this time it should be different as the cold and snow will put the Sammy fans with no where to post until next December....Happy holidays my Texas friends

[robsnotes4u]

great match up in Fargo - FCS Classic with Wofford vs North Dakota State - best game by a landslide - look for Wofford to shock the Bizon especially if the limit mistakes and find a way to deal with the 10th Bizfan

another very nice game with Illi State visiting E Washington - I'll take Illi State because of there slick QB and hard hitting D

although great match ups, we just saw the same games last year just switching home fields - personally I would like to see Georgia Southern play Sammy and ODU vs Montana state, but anyway
the ODU D will seriously challenge Heinicke, be interesting to see if he can keep up with there pathetic D giving up big gainers all day

another match we already saw last year when Sammy visits the frozen north - this time it should be different as the cold and snow will put the Sammy fans with no where to post until next December....Happy holidays my Texas friends

ODU D will seriously challenge heinicke? That would be interesting

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[DJnva]

Dude, Heinicke would throw for 900 yards against ODU.

[robsnotes4u]

Dude, Heinicke would throw for 900 yards against ODU.

Is his own defense that bad?

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[DJnva]

Well, they ain't good and he's the best QB in FCS no matter what that AFLAC All-American team says. :)

[NDSU09]

NDSU 31, Wofford 10 I would be surprised if this was much closer than a few scores

ODU 44, GASO 41 Great contrast of styles, should be very entertaining

SHSU 20, MSU 16 Much better game than last year's, Don't trust MSU to win a game like this and I don't care what the weather is like

EWU 31, ILL ST 27 I really think 3 of this weekends games could go either way. I flip-flopped on this and ODU-GASO in my head a few times before posting this

[caribbeanhen]

ODU D will seriously challenge heinicke? That would be interesting

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the challenge being he will have to score every time ODU has the ball, therefore the biggest challenge is being generated by his own teams lack of D

[caribbeanhen]

Dude, Heinicke would throw for 900 yards against ODU.

no argument from me, but see above

[robsnotes4u]

the challenge being he will have to score every time ODU has the ball, therefore the biggest challenge is being generated by his own teams lack of D

Read you statement wrong, good point


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[THE HERD]

Montana St. 24; Sam Houston St. 42
ODU 35; Ga. Southern 14
North Dakota St. 31, Wofford 21
Illinois St. 21; Eastern Washington 35

Have you seen ODU's defense?!.......no way in hell they hold the eagles to 14 points! Both teams will score 30+, who wins?....flip a coin. My guess is whoever has the ball last.

[Southern Bison]

Latest 5dimes:

Wofford vs. NDSU (-16) o/u 39 1/2
Ill St. vs. EWU (-5) o/u 53
SHSU vs. MSU (-1) o/u 49
GaSo vs. ODU (pick) o/u 69

[DJnva]

That ODU/Ga Southern line has moved from ODU being a 2 point dog to being even.

[moosbah]

Latest 5dimes:

Wofford vs. NDSU (-16) o/u 39 1/2
Ill St. vs. EWU (-5) o/u 53
SHSU vs. MSU (-1) o/u 49
GaSo vs. ODU (pick) o/u 69

Wofford vs. NDSU (-16) o/u 39 1/2 Under
Ill St. vs. EWU (-5) o/u 53 Over
SHSU vs. MSU (-1) o/u 49 Under
GaSo vs. ODU (pick) o/u 69 Over

[Bearkat-Backer]

NDSU
EWU
SHSU
GaSo

[RabidRabbit]

Interesting.......you picked against the cats last week........

Thought that Stony Brook was getting the shaft for playing in a lower level conference, and that Seawolves would acquite themselves well.

Thought the same about the Rabbits, too.xbawlingx

This week, MSU hosts the hot weather SHSU. Think the frozen tundra team will win on their home field.

[caribbeanhen]

NDSU 31, Wofford 10 I would be surprised if this was much closer than a few scores

ODU 44, GASO 41 Great contrast of styles, should be very entertaining

SHSU 20, MSU 16 Much better game than last year's, Don't trust MSU to win a game like this and I don't care what the weather is like

EWU 31, ILL ST 27 I really think 3 of this weekends games could go either way. I flip-flopped on this and ODU-GASO in my head a few times before posting this

a confident lad indeed, Wofford wont be giving up 31 points, but you might have the 10 part about right

[Reign of Terrier]

I'm of the opinion that if Wofford doesn't turn the ball over Saturday, we'll be in a position to win.

Also, Wofford hasn't given up 30 points all year (and that includes playing FBS SC, top offenses GSU, UNH, and App State)

The only way I can see NDSU beating us by a wide margin such as that is if we turn the ball over. That's really the key for Wofford. UNI talked like NDSU fans are last year. Yeah, they got the W, but Wofford went up and down the field on them. Turnovers were the key, and a couple of them weren't really forced. And they will remain to be the key this week.


Is it Saturday yet?

[caribbeanhen]

I'm of the opinion that if Wofford doesn't turn the ball over Saturday, we'll be in a position to win.

I agree with all of that

[caribbeanhen]

I'm of the opinion that if Wofford doesn't turn the ball over Saturday, we'll be in a position to win.

I agree with all of that

[Southern Bison]

When you reach this point in the playoffs, your offense has got to be hitting close to perfection in the play-calling and execution every drive. Personally, I'll take a time-tested and equally-ranked defense against that offense.

Examples:
EWU's 9th-ranked passing O vs. ISU's 9th-ranked passing D.
NDSU's #1-ranked rushing D vs. Wofford's 2nd-ranked rushing O...

That equally-ranked D only has to disrupt the execution of the offense to force them out of rhythm and cause disruption and doubt in the sidelines and the players. Great offenses sell tickets but great defenses win championships.

[Professor Chaos]

UNI talked like NDSU fans are last year.
I thought we weren't allowed to talk about games against teams in the opposition's conference from last year?

[Reign of Terrier]

When you reach this point in the playoffs, your offense has got to be hitting close to perfection in the play-calling and execution every drive. Personally, I'll take a time-tested and equally-ranked defense against that offense.

Examples:
EWU's 9th-ranked passing O vs. ISU's 9th-ranked passing D.
NDSU's #1-ranked rushing D vs. Wofford's 2nd-ranked rushing O...

That equally-ranked D only has to disrupt the execution of the offense to force them out of rhythm and cause disruption and doubt in the sidelines and the players. Great offenses sell tickets but great defenses win championships.

And the strength of Wofford's team is most certainly not the defense xrolleyesx

You guys say this stuff like its easy...

[Reign of Terrier]

I thought we weren't allowed to talk about games against teams from the opposition's conference from last year?

It doesn't really matter. The only person who will conform to that mindset is Wofford fans because NDSU keeps bringing up last year, the fact that this defense is better than last year, and a bunch of other bull**** that I really don't care to sort out.

I feel better about this game every day.

[robsnotes4u]

When you reach this point in the playoffs, your offense has got to be hitting close to perfection in the play-calling and execution every drive. Personally, I'll take a time-tested and equally-ranked defense against that offense.

Examples:
EWU's 9th-ranked passing O vs. ISU's 9th-ranked passing D.
NDSU's #1-ranked rushing D vs. Wofford's 2nd-ranked rushing O...

That equally-ranked D only has to disrupt the execution of the offense to force them out of rhythm and cause disruption and doubt in the sidelines and the players. Great offenses sell tickets but great defenses win championships.

Does defense win championships
In a word: no

So we took a look at the numbers, putting together a collage of evidence about whether defense is in fact disproportionately important in championship football.
We leaned on the research of Brian Burke at Advanced NFL Stats, who finds that elite offenses historically outperform elite defenses.
We also leaned on the research of Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim, the authors of Scorecasting. They looked at data from Super Bowls as well as 10,000-plus regular-season games, and similarly found the cliché to be unsupportable.


http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/02/03/football-freakonomics-tackling-the-old-defense-wins-championship-cliche/

[Mr. Pink]

When you reach this point in the playoffs, your offense has got to be hitting close to perfection in the play-calling and execution every drive. Personally, I'll take a time-tested and equally-ranked defense against that offense.

Examples:
EWU's 9th-ranked passing O vs. ISU's 9th-ranked passing D.
NDSU's #1-ranked rushing D vs. Wofford's 2nd-ranked rushing O...

That equally-ranked D only has to disrupt the execution of the offense to force them out of rhythm and cause disruption and doubt in the sidelines and the players. Great offenses sell tickets but great defenses win championships.

Stopping Wofford' run game will be much harder than stopping GaSou's . Quote me on that one. GSU runs a finesse based option, sure there is some ground and pound and rough B-Back action but nothing like Wofford. We like the outsides, we have no issue with our QB taking the ball. Wofford prefers to just send Frankenstein up the middle and tell the defense to deal with it.


They rarely do...

[Southern Bison]

Does defense win championships
In a word: no

So we took a look at the numbers, putting together a collage of evidence about whether defense is in fact disproportionately important in championship football.
We leaned on the research of Brian Burke at Advanced NFL Stats, who finds that elite offenses historically outperform elite defenses.
We also leaned on the research of Tobias J. Moskowitz and L. Jon Wertheim, the authors of Scorecasting. They looked at data from Super Bowls as well as 10,000-plus regular-season games, and similarly found the cliché to be unsupportable.


http://www.freakonomics.com/2012/02/03/football-freakonomics-tackling-the-old-defense-wins-championship-cliche/

Even though this is an FCS Board, you want to talk NFL...ok, let's talk NFL. Take a look at the prolific Vikings of the late '90s, an offensive juggernaut who's defense had more holes than a peewee hockey goalie. They made it to the playoffs by simply outscoring everyone but when they went up against a formidable D, the offense simply couldn't carry that team.

Look over the past couple years in FCS playoffs and you'll see teams with a strong D & a steady O are moving deeper in the playoffs. The one caveat may be ODU, but they were done in last year's q-finals as well. SHSU put up 49 vs. MSU last year, 6 vs. NDSU while NDSU only put up 17 against SHSU's strong D. GaSo put up 50+ vs. ODU, 7 vs. NDSU. If ODU survives the shootout this weekend, we'll see how their high-flying offense does in the Fargodome next week. I know that the Bison O will have a field day against their 82nd-ranked D.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Stopping Wofford' run game will be much harder than stopping GaSou's . Quote me on that one. GSU runs a finesse based option, sure there is some ground and pound and rough B-Back action but nothing like Wofford. We like the outsides, we have no issue with our QB taking the ball. Wofford prefers to just send Frankenstein up the middle and tell the defense to deal with it.


They rarely do...



Looking forward to the challenge.

[robsnotes4u]

Even though this is an FCS Board, you want to talk NFL...ok, let's talk NFL. Take a look at the prolific Vikings of the late '90s, an offensive juggernaut who's defense had more holes than a peewee hockey goalie. They made it to the playoffs by simply outscoring everyone but when they went up against a formidable D, the offense simply couldn't carry that team.

Look over the past couple years in FCS playoffs and you'll see teams with a strong D & a steady O are moving deeper in the playoffs. The one caveat may be ODU, but they were done in last year's q-finals as well. SHSU put up 49 vs. MSU last year, 6 vs. NDSU while NDSU only put up 17 against SHSU's strong D. GaSo put up 50+ vs. ODU, 7 vs. NDSU. If ODU survives the shootout this weekend, we'll see how their high-flying offense does in the Fargodome next week. I know that the Bison O will have a field day against their 82nd-ranked D.

the nfl is an example. Why do you guys gets so defensive when facts are placed in front of you. Go ahead and pick one team, this study was done over thousands of teams.

The article says both are equal, and of course you can't expect to win with a high power offense without a defense, nor with a high power defense without an offense.



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[blueballs]

Why do you guys gets so defensive when facts are placed in front of you.



Please see my post about 15 pages ago about some Bison fans drawing their sense of worth and esteem from the fortunes of their football team...

[caribbeanhen]

a confident lad indeed, Wofford wont be giving up 31 points, but you might have the 10 part about right

NDSU09 have you given Wofford props for giving the Bizon a great game yesterday?

[skinny_uncle]

My predictions from the Salukitalk website:




Re: FCS Playoffs

Postby skinny_uncle » Mon Dec 03, 2012 9:49 pm
FCS playoffs quarterfinal round:

Montana State (11-1) vs. Sam Houston (9-3)
Dec. 7 @ 7:00 PM CT

Both teams have fairly balanced attacks with MSU being more of a passing team and SHSU being more of a running team. MSU got a scheduling break in the Big Sky by not having to play Northern Arizona or Cal Poly. My gut feeling is they might be the first seed to go down this year.

Georgia Southern (9-3) vs. Old Dominion (11-1)
Dec. 8 @ 11:00 AM CT

The #1 rushing attack (GSU) meets the #1 passing attack (ODU). ODU has a real gunslinger in Taylor Heinicke (4655 yds and 41 Tds). GSU will need to eat the clock with their running game and try to keep Heinicke off the field as much as possible. I think GSU squeaks out a close one.

NDSU (11-1)vs. Wofford (9-3)
Dec. 8 @ 2:00 PM CT

A week after stopping the #2 rusher in the country, they face the #1 rusher in Eric Breitenstein.
Wofford has an offense that gets almost 90 % of their yardage from the run. That is not a good formula against the Bison who have the best D against the run in the FCS. I think the Bison win by about 3 TDs.

Illinois State (9-3) vs. Eastern Washington (10-2)
Dec. 8 @ 5:00 PM CT

With two passing teams meeting up, this could be a real shootout. EWU should have a slight edge playing at home.

I think mine beat the sports network at least.

[AmsterBison]

Please see my post about 15 pages ago about some Bison fans drawing their sense of worth and esteem from the fortunes of their football team...

That's a lie! I, for one, draw my sense of worth from the number of guns I own.

[kdinva]

ODU might defeat GSU but I guarandamntee you they won't hold them to 28

you got me on this one.........I really overestimated the ODU defense (you should read some of the reader comments in the Norfolk paper......lots want a full overhaul of the defensive coaches.....)

[Nickels]

My predictions from the Salukitalk website:



I think mine beat the sports network at least.
NICE xthumbsupx