Which conference games are you waiting for?! [Archive]

BEAR

July 15th, 2014, 06:48 PM

Here's my Southland list:

UIW vs. ACU Sept. 20- the battle of the newcomers! ACU wins.

UCA vs. SFA Oct. 4- The Bears travel to play against their old coach at his new house. No Tsunami will save the Jacks this year! But the beers will flow! Bears win!

McNeese vs. Sam Houston Oct. 11- The Cowboysinprison bowl. Cowboys win.

Nicholls vs. Houston Baptist Oct. 25-The bottomfeeder bowl. Nicholls wins.

SFA vs. Sam Houston Nov. 1- Does this game really need an introduction? BOTPW. Sam wins.

McNeese vs. SELA Nov. 15- Two of the better teams last year. The lions look strong and win.

TheRevSFA

July 15th, 2014, 06:53 PM

You know the rain game was a blast

IBleedYellow

July 15th, 2014, 07:07 PM

UNI and SDSU.

Gotta keep the streaks going.

CrazyCat

July 15th, 2014, 07:16 PM

The first one.

NoDak 4 Ever

July 15th, 2014, 07:20 PM

UNI and SDSU.

Gotta keep the streaks going.

That's pretty much it in the MVFC. Anything else close?

darell1976

July 15th, 2014, 07:29 PM

UND vs the big 3...vs Montana, @ EWU, @ Montana St.

BEAR

July 15th, 2014, 08:40 PM

You know the rain game was a blast

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/dailysentinel.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/b/ae/bae19fa2-0b69-11e2-b592-001a4bcf887a/5068f60a1ac58.image.jpg

clenz

July 15th, 2014, 09:38 PM

That's pretty much it in the MVFC. Anything else close?
Not really

I suppose for uni the siu game is probably more so than the sdsu game though. At least for me.

NoDak 4 Ever

July 15th, 2014, 10:08 PM

Not really

I suppose for uni the siu game is probably more so than the sdsu game though. At least for me.

I just don't see anyone outside of those three teams making any noise this year.

clenz

July 15th, 2014, 10:30 PM

I just don't see anyone outside of those three teams making any noise this year.

I don't either...

However, as I've said many times SIU trumps everyone when it comes to rivalry. The NDSU game is more anticipated this year because we should both be top 5, NDSU has won 3 in a row, etc... but SIU is still "the game" for us. A couple years ago it was UNI/SIU that were top 5-10 match ups every season.

SDSU is a big game this year as they will likely be the third team challenging. However, for some reason SDSU just doesn't "scare" UNI. SDSU got UNI last season in OT during the midst of UNI's epic collapse/injury thing/whatever you want to call it but it took 2 OTs and UNI's All American kicker missing a 30 yard chip shot as time ran out in regulation to send the game to OT. We've heard all about Zenner and then watched him have a killer 271 yards in 3 games at just a touch over 4ypc with a long of 19 in those three games. We've heard all about how Sumner is better than Kollmorgen and Jensen and then we've watched him throw more picks than TDs and spend nearly as much time on his back as on his feet against UNI. We've watched UNI outscore SDSU 92-57 (31-19 and only once has SDSU scored more than 14...last season when they had 26 regulation points). UNI is 6-2 against SDSU since our first game with them in 06.

It's not that we as fans "overlook" SDSU, but they aren't on the same level as NDSU or SIU in our view.

SIU on the other hand....we need to end their little streak against us. Damn dogs

PAllen

July 16th, 2014, 01:16 AM

150.

Honestly, at this point, that's about all I'm looking forward to in this post World Cup hangover. (Football wise that is)

BisonFan02

July 16th, 2014, 01:20 AM

SIU on the other hand....we need to end their little streak against us. Damn Egyptian dogs

FIFY.... xlolx

MR. CHICKEN

July 16th, 2014, 07:21 AM

19263................ALL OF 'EM.............BRAWK!

LeopardBall10

July 16th, 2014, 07:54 AM

THE Rivalry. #150, in Yankee Stadium, hopefully with a title and playoff bid on the line. Doesn't get any better than that.

DFW HOYA

July 16th, 2014, 08:14 AM

Nov 15, Georgetown at Fordham.

OK, so Georgetown hasn't actually won at Fordham since 1974, the Rams figure to be clinching the PL title that week and gearing up for a game at Army the week later, and there's that 0 vs. 60 scholarship thing, but these teams have a rivalry that goes back to 1890.

clenz

July 16th, 2014, 09:52 AM

I

SIU on the other hand....we need to end their little streak against us. Damn UGLY dogs

FIFY.... xlolx
FYFIFY

phoenix3

July 16th, 2014, 11:57 AM

Being the CAA newbie, I'm really looking forward to our game with William & Mary. Even though W&M is public, it seems to have a private feel & have been consistently successful in football over the past decade. They are more or less what I think Elon Football aspires to be over the next few years.

PaladinFan

July 16th, 2014, 12:37 PM

Looking forward to the Mercer/Furman game in week 2. Lot of good storylines, Mercer's first SoCon game and first game against a scholarship team, and both of my alma maters.

Daytripper

July 16th, 2014, 12:43 PM

Go Green

July 16th, 2014, 02:17 PM

For the Ivy, any of the Princeton-Penn-Harvard-Dartmouth matchups should be the "game of the week."

Hard to see any other team challenging for the title.

SFA 93

July 16th, 2014, 02:25 PM

TheRevSFA

July 16th, 2014, 03:30 PM

SFA v. SHSU - This game worries me. SFA will be better and Sam Houston is an unknown. If SFA starts to represent and the crowds keep growing they will need to open the upper levels of NRG (Texans) Stadium.

You can always throw out the record books when it comes to this game. Always a blast to go to..also tailgate.

BEAR

July 16th, 2014, 04:15 PM

Minus the rain at SFA... you should see a lot of this:

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Teal2018

July 16th, 2014, 05:34 PM

Liberty coming to Coastal in the final week of the regular season in what will probably be a Big South championship game.xpopcornx

Go Lehigh TU Owl

July 16th, 2014, 05:59 PM

10/3 Lafayette @ Fordham
10/25 Fordham @ Lehigh
11/15 Bucknell @ Holy Cross
11/22 #150

SFA 93

July 16th, 2014, 08:26 PM

And you will see plenty of this...

https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xap1/t1.0-9/1236771_660210230665319_1504128791_n.jpg

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https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpa1/t1.0-9/1234789_661696103850065_1562597006_n.jpg

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underdawg

July 16th, 2014, 09:11 PM

That's pretty much it in the MVFC. Anything else close?

NDSU vs SIU of course!xlolx

Texas

July 16th, 2014, 09:20 PM

Yeah, Coach Harper is gone, and replaced by a man who is 5-3 against the Bearkats.

I'd be worried too.

2013 W: 49-31
2012 W: 24-20
2011 L: 10-31
2010 L: 13-20
2009 L: 14-17
2008 W: 48-46
2007 W: 35-14
2006 W: 38-30

Coach Conque just always seems to give the Bearkats a migraine.

51-35-2

Conque might have had Fritz and his inept predecessor's number. We have had SFA's much longer.

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Bisonoline

July 16th, 2014, 09:21 PM

UNI. Unfortunately I will be deer hunting.

FUBeAR

July 16th, 2014, 11:32 PM

Looking forward to the Mercer/Furman game in week 2. Lot of good storylines, Mercer's first SoCon game and first game against a scholarship team, and both of my alma maters.

Agree on the excitement level, etc., but just for the sake of accuracy, when the game is played, it will be Mercer's 5th game against scholarship teams - Reinhardt (2x 2-0 or 1-1 (TBD 8/28)), Warner (1-0), and, apparently, U. of San Diego (0-1), all offer Athletic Scholarships for Football. This WILL be Mercer's 1st game against a team with 63 scholarships...unless USD had REALLY gone off the PFL's rails.

Catatonic

July 17th, 2014, 07:14 AM

Agree on the excitement level, etc., but just for the sake of accuracy, when the game is played, it will be Mercer's 5th game against scholarship teams - Reinhardt (2x 2-0 or 1-1 (TBD)), Warner (1-0), and, apparently, U. of San Diego (0-1), all offer Athletic Scholarships for Football. This WILL be Mercer's 1st game against a team with 63 scholarships...unless USD had REALLY gone off the PFL's rails.

There should be a trophy awarded for the Battling Baptists Bowl.

Catatonic

July 17th, 2014, 07:21 AM

Here's my Southland list:

UIW vs. ACU Sept. 20- the battle of the newcomers! ACU wins.

Played twice last year. ACU won the first game, UIW took the second game. ACU is looking for payback. UIW is trying to prove they are legit. Concur with your prediction.

OL FU

July 17th, 2014, 09:20 AM

Like many others I am looking forward to all of them. But hoping the last one of the season, Chattanooga, will have a lot of meaning toward the conference title and playoff ambitions.

superman7515

July 17th, 2014, 09:46 AM

Delaware @ JMU 9/27
Towson @ Delaware 10/18
Delaware @ William & Mary 10/25
Delaware @ New Hampshire 11/15
Villanova @ Delaware 11/22

Not a ton of excitement in the Hens non-conference slate and, no offense, but Elon and Albany are too new to really get anyone hyped before the season starts.

I think these are the conference games that will show whether Delaware is playoff worthy or not this season. Villanova is the last game of the year, as usual, so by then it may be a little late. But if they struggle against these teams and come into the Villanova game with anything less than a 7-4 record, they don't deserve consideration for the playoffs.

No Maine this year, which is good considering they have been the Boogeyman the past few seasons for UD.

Gil Dobie

July 17th, 2014, 09:56 AM

UNI vs NDSU, as UNI is the favorite for the National Championship this year.

clenz

July 17th, 2014, 10:12 AM

UNI vs NDSU, as UNI is the favorite for the National Championship this year.
I wouldn't go that far.

I'd bet EWU and NDSU are both much more favored nationally.

dewey

July 17th, 2014, 11:59 AM

I wouldn't go that far.

I'd bet EWU and NDSU are both much more favored nationally.

I would be surprised if UNI is not the MVFC preseason #1 with NDSU #2 and SDSU #3.

The conference games I am looking forward to the most are the following
1. NDSU @ UNI. I think this game will decide the conference title and have major implications on the playoffs. Plus I would imagine that UNI has major revenge on their mind for the game last year in Fargo.

2. SDSU @ NDSU. Will the Bison keep the Border Marker for another year and can the Bison D stone wall the SDSU O and ZZ again.

3. SIU @ NDSU. Typcially this a low scoring defenseive struggle but last year NDSU ran the ball down SIU's throat in the second half. Will SIU let that happen again?

Dewey

clenz

July 17th, 2014, 12:01 PM

I would be surprised if UNI is not the MVFC preseason #1 with NDSU #2 and SDSU #3.

I'd put big money that that's how it will be voted.

HOWEVER, nationally NDSU will be head of UNI and there's a good chance SDSU will be as well.

NoDak 4 Ever

July 17th, 2014, 12:03 PM

I would be surprised if UNI is not the MVFC preseason #1 with NDSU #2 and SDSU #3.

The conference games I am looking forward to the most are the following
1. NDSU @ UNI. I think this game will decide the conference title and have major implications on the playoffs. Plus I would imagine that UNI has major revenge on their mind for the game last year in Fargo.

2. SDSU @ NDSU. Will the Bison keep the Border Marker for another year and can the Bison D stone wall the SDSU O and ZZ again.

3. SIU @ NDSU. Typcially this a low scoring defenseive struggle but last year NDSU ran the ball down SIU's throat in the second half. Will SIU let that happen again?

Dewey

I'll bet UNI wishes that game was a lot earlier this year. If NDSU can hold it together and get some games under their belt, they will be much stronger going into November than September.

tomq04

July 17th, 2014, 12:51 PM

I have been loving the EWU MT/MT ST games the past few years. For whatever reason the EWU/Portland State games have been serious nail biters as well.

kdinva

July 17th, 2014, 04:22 PM

all seven of them!!!

WileECoyote06

July 17th, 2014, 04:43 PM

NCCU vs A&T, although I don't think we'll be in contention at that point in the season. Rod Broadway will probably be prepped to win his first conference title this season.

As far as conference games go, A&T vs SCSU.

PaladinFan

July 17th, 2014, 04:54 PM

Agree on the excitement level, etc., but just for the sake of accuracy, when the game is played, it will be Mercer's 5th game against scholarship teams - Reinhardt (2x 2-0 or 1-1 (TBD 8/28)), Warner (1-0), and, apparently, U. of San Diego (0-1), all offer Athletic Scholarships for Football. This WILL be Mercer's 1st game against a team with 63 scholarships...unless USD had REALLY gone off the PFL's rails.

I thought after posting that I should have qualified "full scholarship" team.

I did not realize Warner gave out scholarships. I saw Mercer play them last year. That was the most one-sided football game I've seen since Elon played at Furman in 2002.

FUBeAR

July 17th, 2014, 06:51 PM

I thought after posting that I should have qualified "full scholarship" team.

I did not realize Warner gave out scholarships. I saw Mercer play them last year. That was the most one-sided football game I've seen since Elon played at Furman in 2002.

Yep - a good friend of mine was the Defensive Coordinator for Warner. I really felt sorry for him during the game. They actually had some big, fast, and good athletes on that field though. That's what a practice year (or NOT having one) will do for a football team. They did improve somewhat during the year though. They were only down by 10 at half to Gardner-Webb, who won a few games last year, if I recall. I watched that broadcast on the Big South network recently and, IMHO, Warner competed with them athletically for the most part. They just continued to blow assignments and it caught up to them. Warner also played (8-2 #28 ranked NAIA) Ave Maria close for a half and won their final game against Concordia, a team who will line up vs. Samford in Birmingham 3 weeks after the Bulldogs play Mercer there.

eiupantherfan94

July 17th, 2014, 07:23 PM

I know the OVC doesn't get much love on here, but EIU vs. JSU could very well determine the conference champion. Other than that, the only other teams I really see making a serious run in the conference would be TSU and UT-Martin, so the conference matchups among these 4 teams will be the games to watch.

bojeta

July 17th, 2014, 07:58 PM

Only 5 home games this year, but we have BOTH MONTANAS AT HOME!!! Should be great games!! Also, our Rivalry with Davis is at home, and it's always a great game whether one team is down that year or not. The whole season is a bit of a hopeful mystery this year, and I can't wait! I will make the away game at Sac State for sure, and likely the San Diego game as well.

skinny_uncle

July 17th, 2014, 09:54 PM

NDSU vs SIU of course!xlolx

Yep, but it is hard to top SIU-UNI for last minute finishes over the years.

clenz

July 17th, 2014, 10:20 PM

Yep, but it is hard to top SIU-UNI for last minute finishes over the years.
It seems like every single game goes down to the last play of the 4th quarter or OT

BisonFan02

July 18th, 2014, 12:15 AM

NDSU vs SIU of course!xlolx

331 to 46 rushing yards......who's your daddy? xlolx :D

clenz

July 18th, 2014, 09:49 AM

331 to 46 rushing yards......who's your daddy? xlolx :D
How about 262 to -40 yards rushing?xcoffeex

dewey

July 18th, 2014, 11:51 AM

How about 262 to -40 yards rushing?xcoffeex

Not too bad but I would rather take the beat down NDSU gave SDSU last year in Brookings.
Total yards NDSU 371 SDSU 124 and SDSU had no chance of winning that game.
Rushing yards NDSU 262 SDSU -32 with a RB that has run for 2000 yards the last few seasons.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=332712571

Zach Zenner ran 8 times for 4 yards. In NDSU land 4 yards will forever be renamed to be a "Zenner"

Total yards UNI 434 NDSU 207 and NDSU still had a chance to win that game in the 4th quarter.
http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=302542460

Dewey

Bisonator

July 18th, 2014, 12:03 PM

How about 262 to -40 yards rushing?xcoffeex

Pretty sad when you have to go back 4 years to find something to brag about.....

BisonFan02

July 18th, 2014, 12:18 PM

How about 262 to -40 yards rushing?xcoffeex

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/55/bf/f4/55bff43d745c92178843399927db0f99.jpg

http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/funny-gif-asian-guy-thumbs-up.gif

clenz

July 18th, 2014, 12:36 PM

Pretty sad when you have to go back 4 years to find something to brag about.....

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/236x/55/bf/f4/55bff43d745c92178843399927db0f99.jpg

http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/funny-gif-asian-guy-thumbs-up.gif
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QiHaQZKXE9g/UF14-eA4SWI/AAAAAAAACuU/VHZDNgSw3LI/s1600/jill-greenberg-crying-photoshopped-babies-end-times-17.jpg

Bisonator

July 18th, 2014, 12:58 PM

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QiHaQZKXE9g/UF14-eA4SWI/AAAAAAAACuU/VHZDNgSw3LI/s1600/jill-greenberg-crying-photoshopped-babies-end-times-17.jpg

Why would you take a selfie after last years season?xlolx

clenz

July 18th, 2014, 01:17 PM

On the plus side...

UNI fans do have one more season of this to look forward too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCBm1c2Am-I

BisonFan02

July 18th, 2014, 08:41 PM

Hey Clenz..... :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=br77buPcrBY

underdawg

July 19th, 2014, 01:25 AM

On the plus side...

UNI fans do have one more season of this to look forward too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCBm1c2Am-I

You can't fool me these are not the 2013 highlights--where's the game with SIU?

bjtheflamesfan

July 19th, 2014, 01:36 PM

We interrupt the NDSU-UNI **** measuring contest to answer the question of the OP...

For me its Coastal-Liberty. up until about 2009, that game pretty much decided the Big South title and that pretty much will be the case again this year. I really think the conference will be a two bid league this year and it will be these two carrying the banner into thanksgiving weekend (and you know the Flames are gonna want a measure of payback for ending the streak last year)

Ivytalk

July 19th, 2014, 01:50 PM

Princeton in October. Revenge is best served cold...and on the road!

Bison Fan in NW MN

July 19th, 2014, 05:50 PM

On the plus side...

UNI fans do have one more season of this to look forward too

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCBm1c2Am-I

DJ is a monster for sure. If he stays healthy, he is AA material and probably will be playing on Sundays.

The conference games I'm looking forward to are: UNI and SDSU. You could also throw SIU in this year because they will probably be in the mix this year.

Houndawg

July 19th, 2014, 09:32 PM

I don't either...

However, as I've said many times SIU trumps everyone when it comes to rivalry. The NDSU game is more anticipated this year because we should both be top 5, NDSU has won 3 in a row, etc... but SIU is still "the game" for us. A couple years ago it was UNI/SIU that were top 5-10 match ups every season.

SDSU is a big game this year as they will likely be the third team challenging. However, for some reason SDSU just doesn't "scare" UNI. SDSU got UNI last season in OT during the midst of UNI's epic collapse/injury thing/whatever you want to call it but it took 2 OTs and UNI's All American kicker missing a 30 yard chip shot as time ran out in regulation to send the game to OT. We've heard all about Zenner and then watched him have a killer 271 yards in 3 games at just a touch over 4ypc with a long of 19 in those three games. We've heard all about how Sumner is better than Kollmorgen and Jensen and then we've watched him throw more picks than TDs and spend nearly as much time on his back as on his feet against UNI. We've watched UNI outscore SDSU 92-57 (31-19 and only once has SDSU scored more than 14...last season when they had 26 regulation points). UNI is 6-2 against SDSU since our first game with them in 06.

It's not that we as fans "overlook" SDSU, but they aren't on the same level as NDSU or SIU in our view.

SIU on the other hand....we need to end their little streak against us. Damn dogs

"Rivalry" implies you win sometimes. I think our relationship has moved on to the "tradition" stage.......xasswhipx