Tennessee State at Butler

[Cocky]

Discuss

[taper]

Did TN St even put in a bid? Away game to Pioneer?

[TTUEagles]

You would think that TSU could have put up a nice bid given it's home field is the NFL's LP Field...?
Pretty good draw for TSU, I would think...but, I cannot believe they would set up a potential conference game in round #2

[superman7515]

Tennessee State by 20.

[JayJ79]

but, I cannot believe they would set up a potential conference game in round #2

not that unbelievable really, considering how often they do it.
there is like 4 such potential 2nd round matchups in this year's bracket.

and SDSU had to play at NDSU in the second round last year

[swaghook]

Don't really know much about either team gave the home team the nod on this one.

[roknows50]

Don't really know much about either team gave the home team the nod on this one.

I will have to get more detail. I know we put a bid in. LP field is too big for us to make a profit on a game during the holiday time. We couldn't use our on campus facility because we don't have lights. In short, we don't market, so no one would have come to the playoff game.

[OSRacer]

Saw where Butler beat a couple of D3 teams and every win was against non scholarship FCS teams. I don't think Butler deserves to be in, but they get a shot - at home. Not knocking them, but there are some pretty good teams not in, that play at a very high level. I'm curious about this one and if Butler wins, I'll be the 1st to congratulate them...no disrespect but if TSU is healthy they should win big...

[JayJ79]

if Butler wins, I'll be the 1st to congratulate them....

will it be a post with the subject line "Butler did it!"?

[MTfan4life]

Did TN St even put in a bid? Away game to Pioneer?

They must be playing the game at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

[Bigblue2013]

TSU did not put in a bid, there would have been no profit. Also, TSU on campus field does have lights, it's just not big enough to host a playoff game. I'm glad we are on the road. We are 5-1 on the road this season, with wins over Jacksonville State and UT Martin, who were ranked at the time.

With this game, I think TSU will when by at least 3 touchdowns. Mike German back at quarterback, butler not really playing anybody all season, #5 defense in fcs. All signs of a good draw for TSU.

[Demwai]

TSU did not put in a bid, there would have been no profit. Also, TSU on campus field does have lights, it's just not big enough to host a playoff game. I'm glad we are on the road. We are 5-1 on the road this season, with wins over Jacksonville State and UT Martin, who were ranked at the time.

With this game, I think TSU will when by at least 3 touchdowns. Mike German back at quarterback, butler not really playing anybody all season, #5 defense in fcs. All signs of a good draw for TSU.

Was about to ask about German. If he is 100%, TSU will give teams problems.

[TTUEagles]

" (TSU AD) Phillips said TSU did not put in a minimum bid ($30,000) with hopes of earninghttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png (http://www.anygivensaturday.com/#) a home game.
'It was just too expensive because it usually takes about $80,000 to get a home game and then there is all the cost that goes with playing a game here (at LP Field),' Phillips said."

----tennessean.com

[Bigblue2013]

And with it being thanksgiving, all the students going home, no way we would've packed to break even.

[chattanoogamocs]

Butler (and the Pioneer)...and hosting (no less!) is the equivalent of (with the expanded playoffs) of giving every kid in a little league a trophy. :)


Go State!

[hebmskebm]

Butler (and the Pioneer)...and hosting (no less!) is the equivalent of (with the expanded playoffs) of giving every kid in a little league a trophy. :)


Go State!

I believe all conferences should be represented by at least one team in all NCAA tournaments if they are in compliance and wish to compete. (March Madness shows how much fun it is when small schools are given a chance and pull the upset, and yes I know basketball aint football) Having said that, I think Chatty got hosed. I was off on two teams, you guys and YSU (ironically, the two I didn't have in, SHSU and SUU, are playing one another).

[skinny_uncle]

They must be playing the game at Hinkle Fieldhouse.

Been there.
Done that.

[skinny_uncle]

At least we won't be talking about how long it has been since the OVC won a playoff game any more.

[mvemjsunpx]

At least we won't be talking about how long it has been since the OVC won a playoff game any more.

Come on. Butler to the quarterfinals is a LOCK. xthumbsupx

[chattanoogamocs]

I believe all conferences should be represented by at least one team in all NCAA tournaments if they are in compliance and wish to compete. (March Madness shows how much fun it is when small schools are given a chance and pull the upset, and yes I know basketball aint football) Having said that, I think Chatty got hosed. I was off on two teams, you guys and YSU (ironically, the two I didn't have in, SHSU and SUU, are playing one another).

I am not trying to start an argument, because I don't feel super strongly about it...but the difference between this and March Madness is, all March Madness participants are scholarship teams.

I have no problem with any FCS conference having a bid if they awards scholarships...but without them, it makes the conference uncompetitive.

[kdinva]

The Butler Bowl:

http://butlersports.com/information/facilities/butler_bowl

Don't see any light poles their, either........



TSU did not put in a bid, there would have been no profit. Also, TSU on campus field does have lights, it's just not big enough to host a playoff game. .

[hebmskebm]

The Butler Bowl:

http://butlersports.com/information/facilities/butler_bowl

Don't see any light poles their, either........

On its Wiki page there are pictures of night games, so it could be done even if the lights are temporary.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butler_Bowl

[underdawg]

Neither of these two teams should even be in the play-offs

[Twentysix]

The Butler Bowl:

http://butlersports.com/information/facilities/butler_bowl

Don't see any light poles their, either........

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/ButlerBowl8.JPG

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Neither of these two teams should even be in the play-offs


Agree 100% but they are.

I don't know anything about either team except that S Dakota State crushed Butler and having their 2nd stringers in the 3rd quarter.

Butler's schedule:

SDSU
Wittenberg
Franklin College
Dartmouth
Jacksonville
Stetson
Campbell
Drake
San Diego
Dayton
Valpo
Morehead State

SDSU is good but the rest of that schedule is a joke. Tennessee State....no clue.

I'll guess that TSU wins this one and then going to EIU and getting spanked.

[Model Citizen]

Butler (and the Pioneer)...and hosting (no less!) is the equivalent of (with the expanded playoffs) of giving every kid in a little league a trophy. :)


Better than hosting without having a team actually qualify for the past three decades.

[dgtw]

I don't mind the Pioneer getting a bid, they just should not be hosting the first round.

[wheatstraw78]

So, you don't know anything about either team but agree 100% that neither should be in?
Agree 100% but they are.

I don't know anything about either team except that S Dakota State crushed Butler and having their 2nd stringers in the 3rd quarter.

Butler's schedule:

SDSU
Wittenberg
Franklin College
Dartmouth
Jacksonville
Stetson
Campbell
Drake
San Diego
Dayton
Valpo
Morehead State

SDSU is good but the rest of that schedule is a joke. Tennessee State....no clue.

I'll guess that TSU wins this one and then going to EIU and getting spanked.

[Sycamore62]

I am not trying to start an argument, because I don't feel super strongly about it...but the difference between this and March Madness is, all March Madness participants are scholarship teams.

I have no problem with any FCS conference having a bid if they awards scholarships...but without them, it makes the conference uncompetitive.

Even the Ivy League schools? I thought they were not scholarship in basketball too.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

So, you don't know anything about either team but agree 100% that neither should be in?


Yep, neither should be in but they are.

I knew SDSU played Butler so wanted to see Butler's schedule and posted it. Speaks for itself.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Butler wins by double digits. You heard it here first.

[gotts]

Butler wins by double digits. You heard it here first.

Is this the same claim as a 7 win MVFC team getting in the playoffs??? LOL

[PanthersBlue]

Good luck Tigers

[DSUrocks07]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/ButlerBowl8.JPG

Better stadium than ours... xbawlingx

[dgtw]

Pulling for my OVC brethren.

[WileECoyote06]

Yep, neither should be in but they are.

I knew SDSU played Butler so wanted to see Butler's schedule and posted it. Speaks for itself.

And what about TSU's schedule makes them unworthy?

Massey has them rated #22, better than 10 other playoff teams.

And I think TSU wins 28 -10.

[MTfan4life]

Butler wins by double digits. You heard it here first.

Florida winning by double digits is more likely than this happening!

[robsnotes4u]

Better stadium than ours... xbawlingx

Now that is a stadium I like, and that comes from someone who watches games in the Fargodome. I like the outdoor old school places!

[Green1]

Butler wins by double digits. You heard it here first.


"Unfair!" home field advantage rears it's ugly head. :D

[superman7515]

Tennessee State kicks a field goal for a 10-0 lead in the 2nd quarter.

[superman7515]

Tennessee State turns the ball over and Butler takes over close to the red zone. Tennessee State's defense holds them and they go nowhere but backwards, then miss the field goal. TSU ball.

[superman7515]

3 & 11 for TSU and Tim Broughton breaks one for almost 50 yards.

[superman7515]

German to Hooks for 22 yards and Tennessee State has 1st down at the 13-yard line with 1:06 before halftime.

[superman7515]

German to Samuels for the 13-yard touchdown pass. Extra point is good.

Tennessee State - 17
Butler - 0

[underdawg]

Must not be much to do up there in the Northeast

[DSUrocks07]

Now that is a stadium I like, and that comes from someone who watches games in the Fargodome. I like the outdoor old school places!

And its expandable as well ;)

[superman7515]

Must not be much to do up there in the Northeast

The game is in Indiana and I just went back and looked through this thread and there isn't a single poster in the Northeast, so I think you're in the wrong thread.

[DrStrangelove]

Butler has 97 total yards, 42 of them on the ground. Very hard to run on the Tennessee State defense.

[Lehigh'98]

From what I've seen (probably 10 plays) TSU looks like they are all run, can't pass much. Butler looks like they have inferior athletes on field. Either way, EIU probably wins by 42 next week.

[superman7515]

From what I've seen (probably 10 plays) TSU looks like they are all run, can't pass much. Butler looks like they have inferior athletes on field. Either way, EIU probably wins by 42 next week.

You must have watched even less than that, TSU has two passing touchdowns and 180 yards through the air in the first half, 77 yards (almost 50 on one play) and no points from the ground game.

[Lehigh'98]

You must have watched even less than that, TSU has two passing touchdowns and 180 yards through the air in the first half, 77 yards (almost 50 on one play) and no points from the ground game.

Possibly yes, I saw on 3rd and 12 on their own 20 or so they called a power right and gained 50. I then saw QB make about 3 or 4 awful throws, so i could be way off. Looks as if they will win going away though.

[gotts]

Butler wins by double digits. You heard it here first.

xrolleyesx

[superman7515]

Another touchdown pass to Mitchell and the Tigers are up 31-0.

[superman7515]

Fitzpatrick intercepts the ball and Tennessee State is driving again.

[superman7515]

And the final... Tennessee State wins 31-0.

[Cocky]

Finally we win a playoff game
good job TSU

[Twentysix]

xrolleyesx

He is actually onto something.

Every single thing he has predicted, the exact opposite has happened.

[skinny_uncle]

Congrats to Tenn State for breaking the OVC playoff drought.

[UNHWildcat18]

Congrats to Tenn State for breaking the OVC playoff drought.

I give OVC credit for "breaking the drought" but a Pioneer team being in the playoffs is the biggest insult to all of the bubble teams in power conferences that sat at home. such a joke. I'm not saying OVC is crap or anything just won a practice game, as did we however so enjoy winning a scrimmage lol.

[superman7515]

Well the OVC will win again next week in a non-scrimmage, so no big deal.

[skinny_uncle]

I give OVC credit for "breaking the drought" but a Pioneer team being in the playoffs is the biggest insult to all of the bubble teams in power conferences that sat at home. such a joke. I'm not saying OVC is crap or anything just won a practice game, as did we however so enjoy winning a scrimmage lol.
Jacksonville State leads Samford 17-0 after the first quarter. The OVC is better this year than most folks give them credit for.

[Bigblue2013]

Yea. A Jacksonville State team TSU beat, and a Samford team that Chattanooga lost to.

[Lehigh'98]

Jax St is handling Samford as well, so the OVC curse has ended.

[Sycamore62]

Jax St is handling Samford as well, so the OVC curse has ended.

The curse of not getting a team past the round of 16 will have to wait a week.

[blukeys]

Congrats to Tenn State for breaking the OVC playoff drought.

Beating a Division 3 team is not something I would thump my chest about.

[SIUSalukiFan]

The OVC gets credit for winning two playoff games today but it is not a good conference. It has one great team. There are a bunch of schools sitting at home today that would have beaten Butler and Samford.

Tennessee State and Jacksonville State got incredibly nice draws.

[Go...gate]

A win is a win - ESPECIALLY in a playoff game. Congratulations to Tennessee State.

[EKU_SAE]

Don't forget the OVC has another team in the playoffs that did not play this week, EIU is the number 2 in the nation, may be time for people to give the conference a little credit, regardless, of the last 16 teams left, 3 are from the OVC including #2,and they are guaranteed at least one in the round beyond that, just wish my Colonels would wake the hell up and could have been part of it!

[Cocky]

I give OVC credit for "breaking the drought" but a Pioneer team being in the playoffs is the biggest insult to all of the bubble teams in power conferences that sat at home. such a joke. I'm not saying OVC is crap or anything just won a practice game, as did we however so enjoy winning a scrimmage lol.

close to twenty years you take them anyway you can.

[superman7515]

Beating a Division 3 team is not something I would thump my chest about.

Especially since Delaware is sitting at home for the third straight year and 7th season in the last nine, despite struggling to beat a "Division 3 team" that finished 5-6 from that same conference in the first game of the season. Yep, plenty of room to talk in Newark this fall.

[Cocky]

The OVC gets credit for winning two playoff games today but it is not a good conference. It has one great team. There are a bunch of schools sitting at home today that would have beaten Butler and Samford.

Tennessee State and Jacksonville State got incredibly nice draws.
JSU drew a SOCON co champ. Plus JSU played in a league with a very nice record against the MVC. If you reverse the OOC record between the leagues the MVC may have received 3 or 4 bids.

[RabidRabbit]

Can't miss. EIU vs Tn St. in round of 16.

[dgtw]

The curse of not getting a team past the round of 16 will have to wait a week.

Tennessee State plays Eastern Illinois, so the OVC will have a team in the quarterfinals.

[Big_Fan]

Tennessee State plays Eastern Illinois, so the OVC will have a team in the quarterfinals.

Not saying it will happen, but Jax State is more than capable of beating McNeese.

[blukeys]

The OVC gets credit for winning two playoff games today but it is not a good conference. It has one great team. There are a bunch of schools sitting at home today that would have beaten Butler and Samford.

Tennessee State and Jacksonville State got incredibly nice draws.

Anytime one is paired with a team from the Pathetic Football League, it is a great draw. Tennessee State essentially got a bye to the round of 16.

[dgtw]

Not saying it will happen, but Jax State is more than capable of beating McNeese.

I agree and will be rooting for them. Just pointing out the OVC is assured of a quarterfinalist.