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[chiapet9]

they are now showing the Selection Show on ESPN News

[FlyYtown]

Thank You Captain Obvious!

[griz37]

Thank You Captain Obvious!

Who crapped in your Wheaties?

[PaladinFan]

Coastal at Appalachian

[PaladinFan]

Montana State hosts Furman

What?!

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

I'll post the brackets as Ralph announces them

APP STATE #1 HOSTS CCU
MONTANA STATE HOSTS FURMAN

YOUNGSTOWN STATE #4 HOSTS JMU
EIU HOSTS ILLINOIS STATE

UMASS #3 HOSTS LAFAYETTE
HAMPTON HOSTS UNH

MONTANA #2 HOSTS MCNEESE STATE
SIU HOSTS UTM

[FargoBison]

Furman at Montana St

[kardplayer]

Montana State in off the bubble!

[chiapet9]

Furman @ MSU in Bozeman? wow

[AndrewFU21]

I suppose regional seeding is out the window now.

[FargoBison]

YSU vs JMU

What a match-up that one will be.

[PaladinFan]

#4 Youngstown hosts James Madison

[AndrewFU21]

JMU and ISU on the road!

[yosef1969]

YSU hosting JMU
E. Illinois hosting Ill. ST

[catamount man]

WOW! Furman drew a tough locale in the first round. But how great would it be to see Furman in Boone again on December 2nd. No offense to Montana State and Coastal Carolina fans.

GO CATAMOUNTS!!! (good luck to all teams)

[kardplayer]

1,017 online right now - the record (1,073) is at risk...

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

So either Portland State or CCU will get left out, right?

[chiapet9]

YSU v. JMU. absolutely crazy. talk about getting the shaft.

[siugrad99]

SIU is gonna get screwed

[chiapet9]

although - the fact that furman has to go to montana. that sucks.

[AndrewFU21]

So, there is no way that JMU will get outbid, huh? Crazy stuff so far.

[chiapet9]

what a joke. UNH @ Hampton.

[Peems]

just so everyone knows. MSU's QB Rolovich had a possible kidney bruise against the griz yesterday or it also could be a torn oblique muscle. so thats some news for the game. he took himself out yesterday.

[th0m]

I'm speechless....

Do they pull these pairings out of a magic hat or something?

[Jackluv]

UM #2 seed! niice go BSC

[FCS_pwns_FBS]

CCU gets WOOFED! Portland State too.

[EDIT] My mistake, CCU got in.

[FargoBison]

CCU gets WOOFED! Portland State too.

CCU is playing App St

[HiHiYikas]

CCU gets WOOFED! Portland State too.
I agree, having to play at ASU in the first round is a fate only slightly better than not being in the playoffs at all.

[AndrewFU21]

Apparently, head-to-head is important this year, which wasn't last year, as MSU gets in over PSU.

[chiapet9]

still surprised that Hampton gets a home bid over JMU. i can't imagine they bid more than the Dukes....


so does the AQ really not mean anything? or did Hampton get a home bid because they were the MEAC AQ?

[JMU-MRD-DAD]

#5 YSU vs #6 JMU...........very surprised at that one........Nova game did us in....

Go Dukes

[kardplayer]

For those that want to show us all how smart they are - here is a place to put in your predictions:

http://www.sportsbracket.com/predict_public_bracket_675504618.html

There's no cost to play, and no prizes either - except the ability to brag that you are smarter than the rest of us...

[MiloCat]

still surprised that Hampton gets a home bid over JMU. i can't imagine they bid more than the Dukes....


so does the AQ really not mean anything? or did Hampton get a home bid because they were the MEAC AQ?

It doesn't matter if JMU bid higher than Hampton, they set the bracket before they look at the bids.

[PantherRob82]

#5 YSU vs #6 JMU...........very surprised at that one........Nova game did us in....

Go Dukes

I thought that was one of the worst calls of the committee.

[PurpleandGold]

UNH @ Hampton and JMU @ YSU...so much for geography! Seems to me like a JMU/Hampton matchup, no matter which house, would see higher attendence. What the hell were they thinking?

[UNHWildCats]

Bracket http://sports.travisliles.com/fcs/2006/playoffs

[gsugt1]

I thought that was one of the worst calls of the committee.

They did it in 2004. They sent #5 to #4 GSU. It makes no sense. Just seed all the teams.

[chiapet9]

i agree. i think that at least the top 8 teams should be seeded.

[WrenFGun]

It appears Umass got the easiest first round draw. That said, if UNH gets by Hampton, I have to imagine the committee is eagerly anticipating a UNH/UMass rematch. Goodness I can't stand Brandon London.

[Cincy App]

UNH @ Hampton and JMU @ YSU...so much for geography! Seems to me like a JMU/Hampton matchup, no matter which house, would see higher attendence. What the hell were they thinking?

It's JMU's bad luck. YSU-JMU was the "made for TV" game for the 1st Round of the playoffs. The Committee does this every year. Last year it was GSU at Texas State while the UNH at GSU game was the TV game in 2004.

[UNHWildCats]

Its set up where UNH could if things go well could avenge both there big losses at home this year in the playoffs. first at Mass then in the finals vs JMU im hoping for that scenrio

[chiapet9]

Apparently, head-to-head is important this year, which wasn't last year, as MSU gets in over PSU.

if head-to-head was important then UNH would be going to YSU and JMU would host Hampton. JMU beat UNH convincingly and still drew the #4 team. yikes.

[UNHWildCats]

if head-to-head was important then UNH would be going to YSU and JMU would host Hampton. JMU beat UNH convincingly and still drew the #4 team. yikes.

Like I said a few weeks ago, I thought they would place UNH in the best position where the NCAA could showcase Santos and Ball as much as they can and what better way then UNH @ UMass in the 2nd round on national TV (assuming Mass and UNH get through their 1st round games.)

[chiapet9]

that makes sense. its all about TV and money.


why don't they just start getting sponsorships for these games and give them "bowl" names. ugh.

[chuges1]

just so everyone knows. MSU's QB Rolovich had a possible kidney bruise against the griz yesterday or it also could be a torn oblique muscle. so thats some news for the game. he took himself out yesterday.

HE GOT OWNED!!!!! It will probably really hurt our chances in this one if he remains out. If Carpenter is in we wont have much of a chance.

[R.A.]

I said that Hampton would get a home game.

[CopperCat]

HE GOT OWNED!!!!! It will probably really hurt our chances in this one if he remains out. If Carpenter is in we wont have much of a chance.

I beg to differ. The reason Rolo took that one hard hit was because he had he eyes fixed on one receiver, and didn't even look over to his right to see Utterback coming at him full tilt!! He isn't the smartest QB, and I think Carpenter is better in that department. Give me Carpenter vs. Furman. Rolo hasn't been cutting it lately (with the accpetion of ONE nice pass at UM).

[skinny_uncle]

SIU is gonna get screwed
Wrong. It is kind of scary to be in the last bracket announced. It turned out well though with a winnable home game against UT-Martin. Bring on the Skyhawks!