FCS Playoff Selection Show

[JSUSoutherner]

Time: 12:30 EST
Channel: ESPN
November 18, 2018



Question: if I don't have ESPNU, but have ESPN+ can I watch the show? I don't have ESPNU.

[TheValleyRaider]

Question: if I don't have ESPNU, but have ESPN+ can I watch the show? I don't have ESPNU.

I would think so. All their networks are usually available on ESPN3 (the free stuff), so you probably don't need ESPN+ as long as you can get that stuff.

[JSUSoutherner]

I would think so. All their networks are usually available on ESPN3 (the free stuff), so you probably don't need ESPN+ as long as you can get that stuff.

I remember last year I tried the ESPN 3 route and I was locked out because ESPNU wasn't in my TV package.

[Drblankstare]

Time: 12:30 EST
Channel: ESPN
November 18, 2018



Question: if I don't have ESPNU, but have ESPN+ can I watch the show? I don't have ESPNU.

i want to say yes, I thought I read somewhere that The U was on plus. Though my brain is old and mushy, so I’m probably wrong. Glad to help��

[Reign of Terrier]

Prediction: Wofford will play Elon, winner going to JMU.

Furman will play Jacksonville, winner will play Kennesaw state.

ETSU will probably have SEMO

unseeded CAA teams will draw the NEC and Colgate

Watch.

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[FUGameBreaker]

Prediction: Wofford will play Elon, winner going to JMU.

Furman will play Jacksonville, winner will play Kennesaw state.

ETSU will probably have SEMO

unseeded CAA teams will draw the NEC and Colgate

Watch.

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That seems about right

[JSUSoutherner]

Prediction: Wofford will play Elon, winner going to JMU.

Furman will play Jacksonville, winner will play Kennesaw state.

ETSU will probably have SEMO

unseeded CAA teams will draw the NEC and Colgate

Watch.

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Yeah I think we get Furman or ETSU and get fed to Kennesaw or James Madison.

[FUGameBreaker]

Yeah I think we get Furman or ETSU and get fed to Kennesaw or James Madison.


xthumbsupx

[matfu]

So is it on only ESPNU?

[JSUSoutherner]

So is it on only ESPNU?

As far as I have heard.

[ursus arctos horribilis]

i want to say yes, I thought I read somewhere that The U was on plus. Though my brain is old and mushy, so I’m probably wrong. Glad to help��

Hence the username.

[gofurman]

As far as I have heard.

OK. The initial post said ESPN I guess it's ESPNU.

[POD Knows]

OK. The initial post said ESPN I guess it's ESPNU.ESPNU, the channel that virtually nobody can watch. We would have a better chance seeing this on the Ocho

[Laker]

I checked. I will be able to watch since I get both ESPN and ESPNU. I know that the nation would not be able to survive if they couldn't watch endless NFL pregame chatter.

I'm driving home last night trying to get a college game or at least the scores. Some guy is droning on and on about fantasy football. My wildest dreams have nothing to do with fantasy football.

[BisonBacker]

I checked. I will be able to watch since I get both ESPN and ESPNU. I know that the nation would not be able to survive if they couldn't watch endless NFL pregame chatter.

I'm driving home last night trying to get a college game or at least the scores. Some guy is droning on and on about fantasy football. My wildest dreams have nothing to do with fantasy football and everything to do with Lingerie football League.

LOL I fixed your post :D

[JSUSoutherner]

So can anyone who has ESPN+ but not ESPNU see if it will let you stream ESPNU programming?

If it does I'll go get a burner email and sign up for another free trial. LOL

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Cannot wait for Jay Walker's analysis.....xrolleyesx


Skipping church for this.....Sunday holiday the last few years.....xthumbsupx

[kalm]

ESPNU, the channel that virtually nobody can watch. We would have a better chance seeing this on the Ocho

It’s showing ESPNU on my comcast guide but I have the sports extended package (ha! That’s what she said).

[Reign of Terrier]

So can anyone who has ESPN+ but not ESPNU see if it will let you stream ESPNU programming?

If it does I'll go get a burner email and sign up for another free trial. LOLI am currently away from my ESPN+, but you can test this out by browsing the channels in the ESPN app if you have Roku or fire tv

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[POD Knows]

It’s showing ESPNU on my comcast guide but I have the sports extended package (ha! That’s what she said).I am not going to be able to watch, I am still old school and have the worst cable in the continental USA, not even kidding, small town cable company and ****ty as hell. I have ESPN+ but can't get ESPNU on that. I don't think I can even "buy" ESPNU through my cable provider.

[JSUSoutherner]

I am not going to be able to watch, I am still old school and have the worst cable in the continental USA, not even kidding, small town cable company and ****ty as hell. I have ESPN+ but can't get ESPNU on that. I don't think I can even "buy" ESPNU through my cable provider.
Only reason I have access to cable is because I'm at home at my parents for the week. I don't have and don't plan to ever have a cable subscription. Too many good streaming options with live sports packages to justify cable anymore IMO.

[POD Knows]

Only reason I have access to cable is because I'm at home at my parents for the week. I don't have and don't plan to ever have a cable subscription. Too many good streaming options with live sports packages to justify cable anymore IMO.Yea, I guess I can get it streaming on my laptop, just checked that out. This kind of ESPN stuff should be available in the ESPN+ packages but at least I can watch it on my laptop

[JSUSoutherner]

Yea, I guess I can get it streaming on my laptop, just checked that out. This kind of ESPN stuff should be available in the ESPN+ packages but at least I can watch it on my laptop
So wait, If I have ESPN+ can I stream the selection show?

[SCPALADIN]

So wait, If I have ESPN+ can I stream the selection show?

I can't find it on the app....still searching. For some reason I don't believe ESPNU is a streaming option on the app.

[FUBeAR]

I don't plan to ever have a cable subscription.Guess you plan on remaining (I’m assuming) unmarried also.

[JSUSoutherner]

Guess you plan on remaining (I’m assuming) unmarried also.

Nope. My girlfriend watches less TV than I do and I only watch it for sports. Last thing I think she watched was ice skating during the last Olympics.

[veinup]

I’m pretty sure that espnU and espn+ are separate services. So you could theoretically pay for regular espn, espnU, AND espn+. Sure feels like we’re getting serviced by all of these services..

[FUBeAR]

Nope. My girlfriend watches less TV than I do and I only watch it for sports. Last thing I think she watched was ice skating during the last Olympics.
Ice skating is gateway viewing. “The Bachelor” & “Dancing with the Stars” won’t be too far down the track.

[JSUSoutherner]

Anyone without ESPNU who wants to watch, I've just discovered Sling TV offers a 7 day free trial for new customers, just press the blue "Free trial" button on the homepage, select the basic channel package when prompted, add the "sports pack" (ESPNU will be listed in the pack's description), and finish out the payment info. They charge you after the trial is up so be sure to cancel after the show.

[katss07]

I don’t get ESPNU (like 95% of the world). I hope the show is on plus because you can’t watch the show on trey if you don’t have the proper service.

[TheKingpin28]

I’m pretty sure that espnU and espn+ are separate services. So you could theoretically pay for regular espn, espnU, AND espn+. Sure feels like we’re getting serviced by all of these services..

If ESPN+ said it was 100ish for an entire year for ESPN/ESPN2/ESPN3/ESPNU/ESPN Classic/ESPNEWS/SECNetwork/LonghornNetwork/ACCNetwork/ESPN Megagame (one where there is 10 feeds for the game) they could crush it but I doubt they ever do that. I'd double what I am paying just so I could get everything at once.

[JSUSoutherner]

https://twitter.com/NCAA_FCS/status/1064201819897778176

[TheKingpin28]

I've got my Top 4 right, now I just need to know the order.

[FUBeAR]

https://twitter.com/NCAA_FCS/status/1064201819897778176Based on that high seed for not-Conf-Autobid EWU, does that tell us anything about 6-5 Montana’s and/or 6-5 Idaho State’s chances?

[JayJ79]

I don't have and don't plan to ever have a cable subscription. Too many good streaming options with live sports packages to justify cable anymore IMO.
well then it seems pointless to complain about not being able to watch something that is on cable only, if you refuse to get a cable subscription.

Not that I've ever really seen that much value in these "selection shows", especially the FCS selection show.
You can see the bracket posted within minutes, and the commentary is generally nothing informative in the slightest.

ESPNU is the logical location for ESPN to show this game. ESPNU is geared around college sports, specifically college sports that don't have enough general appeal to be shown on a more major network (but enough appeal to warrant being put on an actual channel rather than just a web stream).

[JSUSoutherner]

Based on that #4 seed for not-Conf-Autobid EWU, does that tell us anything about 6-5 Idaho State’s chances?
Not really. This info is pretty much what everyone expected.

[katss07]

Stupid. Kennesaw sucks. They’re not good. Round 2, JSU is going to give it to em. Or Furman. Jackrabbits got screwed.

[JSUSoutherner]

Stupid. Kennesaw sucks. They’re not good. Round 2, JSU is going to give it to em. Or Furman. Jackrabbits got screwed.
You're extra salty this mornin', aren't ya?

[katss07]

You're extra salty this mornin', aren't ya?
Pretty much. **** Kennesaw State.

[cx500d]

Based on that high seed for not-Conf-Autobid EWU, does that tell us anything about 6-5 Montana’s and/or 6-5 Idaho State’s chances?


Id say they are out since they only got a few votes in the coaches poll

[JSUSoutherner]

Pretty much. **** Kennesaw State.
It's okay, if we get the rematch in round 2, we got you.

[cx500d]

Stupid. Kennesaw sucks. They’re not good. Round 2, JSU is going to give it to em. Or Furman. Jackrabbits got screwed.

I'd like to see a JMU Jackrabbits rematch

[TheKingpin28]

Pretty much. **** Kennesaw State.

I would like to see SDSU at 6, but I believe they will get 5 cause regionalization.

[Professor Chaos]

What are the chances that this Wake/Valpo game currently on ESPNU goes long to delays the start of the selection show? 5:30 left with Wake up 62-54. I'd say chances are high.

[dbackjon]

I hope one of the Big Sky teams is the #2 seed, instead of funneling all the west through NDSU

[JSUSoutherner]

What are the chances that this Wake/Valpo game currently on ESPNU goes long to delays the start of the selection show? 5:30 left with Wake up 62-54. I'd say chances are high.
Didn't the show get delayed last year too?

[jmu007]

KSU gonna be an easy out for someone. I hope it’s the Dukes.

[JSUSoutherner]

I hope one of the Big Sky teams is the #2 seed, instead of funneling all the west through NDSU
My money is on NDSU, EWU, KSU, and Weber in that order.

[katss07]

I would like to see SDSU at 6, but I believe they will get 5 cause regionalization.
The Jacks are probably the second best team in the FCS. Minimum third. Kennesaw has proven little to nothing. And I genuinely think JSU would beat them if given a rematch. The Jackrabbits would slaughter them.

[wcugrad95]

What are the chances that this Wake/Valpo game currently on ESPNU goes long to delays the start of the selection show? 5:30 left with Wake up 62-54. I'd say chances are high.

Well, clearly the 5th place game in the Myrtle Beach Invitational is WAY more important than the friggin' FCS Selection show. Ridiculous, but I certainly expect it to be delayed.

[JSUSoutherner]

What are the chances that this Wake/Valpo game currently on ESPNU goes long to delays the start of the selection show? 5:30 left with Wake up 62-54. I'd say chances are high.

Clock is moving pretty nicely now. 2 minutes to go. We might start on time.

[GoBlueHens83]

I feel like it's a requirement that ESPN will schedule the selection show to follow a meaningless basketball game taking place in an empty gym where each team uses all 37 of their timeouts in the last 2 minutes every year.

Every year...

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

I feel like it's a requirement that ESPN will schedule the selection show to follow a meaningless basketball game taking place in an empty gym where each team uses all 37 of their timeouts in the last 2 minutes every year.

Every year...


No kidding....

[JSUSoutherner]

Dude the MVFC fans on Twitter are super salty right now about SDSU not being 5th. They might blow a gasket if UNI gets bounced.

[JSUSoutherner]

1 minute to go in the game. We will start on time barring OT.

[TheValleyRaider]

I feel like it's a requirement that ESPN will schedule the selection show to follow a meaningless basketball game taking place in an empty gym where each team uses all 37 of their timeouts in the last 2 minutes every year.

Every year...

On the one hand it does make sense. Gotta fill programming, and live sports can always run long.

Of course, it always reminds me of a case about 10 years ago, when they missed the entire first period of an NCAA Tournament game (hockey) because a regular season game (lacrosse) went to several overtimes. What started first always gets priority, even when it leads to goofy stuff like that

[caribbeanhen]

Yea, I guess I can get it streaming on my laptop, just checked that out. This kind of ESPN stuff should be available in the ESPN+ packages but at least I can watch it on my laptop

you figured that out by yourself.... haha, you ever get that big sky link to work...

Help a Puerto Rican out and post a link..

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Freaking worthless BB game....xmadx

[JSUSoutherner]

On the one hand it does make sense. Gotta fill programming, and live sports can always run long.

Of course, it always reminds me of a case about 10 years ago, when they missed the entire first period of an NCAA Tournament game (hockey) because a regular season game (lacrosse) went to several overtimes. What started first always gets priority, even when it leads to goofy stuff like that

Not according to the NFL. Packers and Rams coming down to the wire? Nah, come watch the first 45 seconds of the 49ers getting booty blasted by the New England Patriots.

[JSUSoutherner]

1 minute to go in the game. We will start on time barring OT.

Spoke too soon.

[TheValleyRaider]

Not according to the NFL. Packers and Rams coming down to the wire? Nah, come watch the first 45 seconds of the 49ers getting booty blasted by the New England Patriots.

Rules are always different when it comes to the NFL

[Bison56]

Finally I was having Jay Walker withdrawals.

[cx500d]

Oh good, Jay Walker!

[JSUSoutherner]

Has he gained weight?

[Bison56]

Has he gained weight?

Not between his ears.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Here we go!!

[JSUSoutherner]

KSU in a gym? Lul.

[Bison56]

Wow a little surprised by 2. Thought EW for sure.

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Bring on the Owls!

[katss07]

Updates? Is Weber at 2? Kennesaw?

[BisonBacker]

For those of us not able to watch please give us the details.

[mainejeff]

Maine gets #7! Wahoo!

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

NDSU
Weber
EWU
KSU

[BisonBacker]

List off the top 8 please!!!!!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Pressure squarely on the BSC imo with 3 seeds. I a season of parity outside of NDSU they appear to be the best conference by a decent amount....

[BisonBacker]

NDSU
Weber
EWU
KSU

I figured KSU would get #4. What a freaking Joke!

[katss07]

JMU didn’t get a seed? Ha! Colgate at 8!

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Colgate got an awesome draw for a second round game!! I'm heading to Hamilton if there's not a blizzard!!

[taper]

https://twitter.com/NCAA_FCS

Official twitter

[katss07]

UD at JMU round 1! This is gonna be good!

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

SDSU
Davis
Maine
Colgate

[katss07]

SpreadTheWord! Cardinals are in! MSU vs UIW round 1!

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Elon at Wofford, Duquense at Towson other two first rounders.

[Bison56]

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[LehighU11]

Either a rematch of 2015 matchup between Colgate and JMU or a rematch of 2003 championship with Delaware. Should be a good one up in Hamilton!

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

UNI versus Lamar.....

[JimmyJack]

KSU in a gym? Lul.


Well... SDSU gets Towson or Duquesne. SDSU beat Duquesne by about a million not too long ago.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Top half of the bracket is a lot tougher

[katss07]

Lamar vs UNI! Southland will have three in! Tell me again about how bad our conference is?

[dewey]

UNI versus Lamar.....

UNI will be going to UC Davis in round 2.

Dewey

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

6 teams from the CAA.....Stony Brook?

[BisonBacker]

Kinda surprised UNI got in xeyebrowx

[Bison56]

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[Professor Chaos]

Indiana St and Furman snubbed. Lamar and UIW the beneficiaries.

[knit35]

Top half of the bracket is a lot tougher

Agreed. interesting positioning.

[Prime Power]

What a joke.

[LehighU11]

Wow. Lamar and SEMO over Furman and ISUb.

Edit: missed Elon in top half

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

CAA with 6 teams is absurd.

Indiana State should be in imo....

[SCPALADIN]

Lamar AND Incarnate Word....what a *****ing joke.

[Bison56]

Wow some real questionable choices.

[dewey]

The top half of the bracket is stacked.

Dewey

[JimmyJack]

Indiana State would kerblastify Lamar or UIW.

[BisoNick]

So NDSU gets both JMU and SDSU before the ship. They’re really going to make NDSU work for it. They don’t want to see #7.


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[Bisonator]

Another brilliant bracket from the committee.xrolleyesx

[SCPALADIN]

No doubt these a$$clowns used the Coaches poll as guidance. I'm looking forward to watching Incarnate and Lamar get their butts kicked.

[PantherRob82]

Lamar vs UNI! Southland will have three in! Tell me again about how bad our conference is?

Don't worry, we will remind you after the first round is over

[kalm]

SLC and the Valley are 3 bid conferences. Furman had a solid SoS. Eastern fans learned to throw out SoS last year as it's meaningless the committee.

[Bison56]

3 big sky seeds on 1 side?

[BisonBacker]

CAA with 6 teams is absurd.

Indiana State should be in imo....

Don't disagree at all. ISU blue I'd say should have been in easily before Lamar or Incarnate Word.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Top half of bracket is stacked. Bottom is a joke.

3 Southland teams is a joke.

JMU will rip Colgate.

[TheValleyRaider]

JMU will rip Colgate.

Just like 2015, right?

[LehighU11]

Monmouth was a last 3 out ahead of Furman?! Get out of here, selection committee.

[BisonBacker]

Yup guess the committee is tired of seeing NDSU in Frisco. The real Championship will be played before Frisco unfortunately

[veinup]

Lamar vs UNI! Southland will have three in! Tell me again about how bad our conference is?

that will probably be discussed after the teams in your conference play their playoff games. xcoffeex

[Bison56]

Will Coach Houston will be punching the water cooler before every game? I guess the left bracket will host the title game this year instead of Frisco.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Top half of bracket is stacked. Bottom is a joke.

3 Southland teams is a joke.

JMU will rip Colgate.

No chance. Colgate's defense is nasty. Plus, their homefield could potentially be like no other....

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Top half of bracket is stacked. Bottom is a joke.

3 Southland teams is a joke.

JMU will rip Colgate.

No chance. Colgate's defense is nasty. Plus, their homefield could potentially be like no other....

[cx500d]

Houston has some sour grapes, but at least he manned up and said they have no one to blame but themselves

[BisonBacker]

EWU won't get tested until the Semi's with Weber.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

No chance. Colgate's defense is nasty. Plus, their homefield could potentially be like no other....

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No chance. Colgate's defense is nasty. Plus, their homefield could potentially be like no other....



Pfft...Patriot....enough said.

JMU will kick their butt.

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No chance. Colgate's defense is nasty. Plus, their homefield could potentially be like no other....

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No chance. Colgate's defense is nasty. Plus, their homefield could potentially be like no other....



Pfft...Patriot....enough said.

JMU will kick their butt.

[knit35]

No chance. Colgate's defense is nasty. Plus, their homefield could potentially be like no other....

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No chance. Colgate's defense is nasty. Plus, their homefield could potentially be like no other....


Disagree. There is a chance just like any other possible outcome. Its as likely as Colgate Ripping JMU. It will be an interesting matchup as Colgate's offense is sparse at times. Their D is excellent. You cant live in the world of definitives in this bracket.

[BisonBacker]

Pfft...Patriot....enough said.

JMU will kick their butt.

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Pfft...Patriot....enough said.

JMU will kick their butt.

Bingo!!

[nickp]

Evidently the committee didn’t watch Indiana State play this year

[mainejeff]

JMU's Houston was a total dink in the ESPN interview. He dissed both Maine and Colgate because they beat an "injured" UNH while JMU lost to a "healthy" UNH. Gimme a break!xrolleyesx Was UNH "injured" again yesterday when they lost to URI? JMU didn't get it done. Maine was the sole champ on the CAA with a 7-1 record. Colgate was dominant with their schedule at 10-1 with the lone close loss to an FBS. Screw you Houston!

[AmsterBison]

"Hey, let's put all the returning semi-finalists on one side of the bracket," said the FCS selection committee.

Cripes, they might have put all the returning quarterfinalists on one side of the bracket.

[knit35]

Houston has some sour grapes, but at least he manned up and said they have no one to blame but themselves

Agreed. He was not pleased and said appropriate things in multiple cases. "disrespectful" and "no one to blame but themselves"

[semobison]

Top half of the bracket is loaded.
ISUb and Furman got screwed.
Somebody wants to guarantee a Big Sky team in the final.
Awful, poor, crazy, bracket!

[MacThor]

Biggest surprise to me was Furman not even being in First 3 out.

[Reign of Terrier]

The Southland conference--and the teams selected this year-- has done absolutely nothing to justify 3 teams in.

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[Bison Fan in NW MN]

JMU's Houston was a total dink in the ESPN interview. He dissed both Maine and Colgate because they beat an "injured" UNH while JMU lost to a "healthy" UNH. Gimme a break!xrolleyesx Was UNH "injured" again yesterday when they lost to URI? JMU didn't get it done. Maine was the sole champ on the CAA with a 7-1 record. Colgate was dominant with their schedule at 10-1 with the lone close loss to an FBS. Screw you Houston!


I like his honesty.

JMU will beat Delaware and Colgate.

Left bracket is stacked.

[Laker]

Don't disagree at all. ISU blue I'd say should have been in easily before Lamar or Incarnate Word.

I don't understand why they were left out.

[veinup]

wish the big sky seeds were spread out a bit more. ah well.

[kalm]

Bingo!!

Didn't Colgate win the CAA just 3 years ago? There are players on this year's team played in those two games. No intimidation factor and they're at home. I'm no saying I would pick Gate, but f they can hang with Army they should be able to keep it close.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Did some committee members want a Big Sky team in the championship game?

3 seeds on the same side.

[SCPALADIN]

The Southland conference--and the teams selected this year-- has done absolutely nothing to justify 3 teams in.

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Pulling for 2 SOCON wins and 3 Southland beat downs.

[Prime Power]

Committee decided it had been too long since a Big Fluffy team was in the final so they stacked one side with 3 seeded teams. You cannot look at the bracket and think it is good, unless you are...nevermind you can't.

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Didn't Colgate win the CAA just 3 years ago? There are players on this year's team played in those two games. No intimidation factor and they're at home. I'm no saying I would pick Gate, but f they can hang with Army they should be able to keep it close.

They also beat two CAA teams this year. Colgate will be ready to roll at home. Going to be good...

[Bison56]

I watched Colgates defense they are no joke, they hit hard and get to the ball. I think they will surprise a lot of people, they did surprise me.

[dbackjon]

Yup guess the committee is tired of seeing NDSU in Frisco. The real Championship will be played before Frisco unfortunately

Weber and EWU are better than anything on the Top half of the bracket (other than NDSU)

[dungeonjoe]

Lord knows I enjoy picking on furple, but Furman not making the playoffs is a travesty. But the SoCon has seen worthy teams left out before. In 2002 to be exact. That team came back in 2003 to make it to the round of 4. Beware the furps in 2019. Sigh, I dread hearing about it already :)

[centennial]

Am I reading this right? 6 CAA teams?

[wmmii]

Maine won the CAA and deserved the higher seed over JMU. The real issue IMO is that JMU deserved a top 8 seed over some of the other team.

W&M played both teams and no question that JMU was better at that time.

Seems a bit imbalanced to have 3 Big Sky teams as top 8 seeds just because they tied for conference champs. No real issue for JMU to prove themselves against Delaware at home then Colgate on the road but not sure they should have to face NDSU as a quarterfinal game- they are ranked in the polls at #6 in FCS stats and #7here.

yea he should have been more tactful but the excuse the committee gave was pathetic!

[dewey]

Am I reading this right? 6 CAA teams?

Yes.

Delaware, Maine, James Madison, Towson, Elon and Stony Brook.

Dewey

[clawman]

Didn't Montana bid high enough to bump other 6 win schools?

[nickp]

Unbelievable! The CAA getting 6 teams in is a joke in my opinion!

[CockyGeek]

Ugh. I can't afford to make a trip to Maine.

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[BisonBacker]

Man you can tell it's been a busy morning on AGS. First time I've gotten this response from the server here and the boards been pretty slow this morning. Guess it's to be expected given the selection show today.

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[GoBlueHens83]

Unbelievable! The CAA getting 6 teams in is a joke in my opinion!

A bigger joke than 3 Southland teams?

[BisonBacker]

Unbelievable! The CAA getting 6 teams in is a joke in my opinion!
Not any worse than UIW and Lamar getting in.

[Kemo]

Could you see a scenario in the FBS where -- in a 24 team field -- a selection committee would choose the same number of MAC teams to participate in the playoff as SEC teams?

Because the FCS equivelent just happen with the Southland and the MVFC having the same number of participants.

[kalm]

Committee decided it had been too long since a Big Fluffy team was in the final so they stacked one side with 3 seeded teams. You cannot look at the bracket and think it is good, unless you are...nevermind you can't.

https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/selectall/2017/03/19/Northwestern_Crying_Fan.w700.h700.jpg

[HensRock]

A bigger joke than 3 Southland teams?

A bigger joke than UNI at 6-5?

[AmsterBison]

Top/Left bracket teams had 11 wins in the playoffs last year (and, with one exception, they got bumped out by teams on their side of the bracket.)

The bottom/right teams had 3 wins in the playoffs last year. San Diego (1), UNI (1) and Weber State (1) - and all three of those teams got bumped out by teams in the Top/Left side of the bracket.

It's set up so NDSU might have to go through the only two teams to beat them in the last two seasons (SDSU and JMU).

I guess the only surprise is that UNI isn't playing Montana State.

There are at-large teams on the top/right of the bracket that would be favored by Vegas against any of the seeds on the left/bottom side.

[Sycamore62]

I honestly thought our chances were better as the week went on. when we made it in 2014, i thought we were out because we went 7-5. im confident we would have trucked SEMO if we played them.

[centennial]

So a historically storing MVFC gets 5 teams. But a CAA that might not even be the clear second gets 6? The whole selection committee is a biased joke. Trying really hard to change the narrative around the MVFC and CAA. To say I'm disappointment is an understatement. Plus the Southland gets 3???

[centennial]

I honestly thought our chances were better as the week went on. when we made it in 2014, i thought we were out because we went 7-5. im confident we would have trucked SEMO if we played them.

Y'all got robbed of 6 CAA teams can be in. Honestly ridiculous.

[BisonBacker]

So a historically storing MVFC gets 5 teams. But a CAA that might not even be the clear second gets 6? The whole selection committee is a biased joke. Trying really hard to change the narrative around the MVFC and CAA. To say I'm disappointment is an understatement. Plus the Southland gets 3???

Uhmmm what bracket are you looking at showing 5 MVFC teams? I think you are still hung over from tailgating yesterday and looking at the wrong bracket from years past xlolx

[dbackjon]

Top/Left bracket teams had 11 wins in the playoffs last year (and, with one exception, they got bumped out by teams on their side of the bracket.)

The bottom/right teams had 3 wins in the playoffs last year. San Diego (1), UNI (1) and Weber State (1) - and all three of those teams got bumped out by teams in the Top/Left side of the bracket.

It's set up so NDSU might have to go through the only two teams to beat them in the last two seasons (SDSU and JMU).

I guess the only surprise is that UNI isn't playing Montana State.

There are at-large teams on the top/right of the bracket that would be favored by Vegas against any of the seeds on the left/bottom side.

Oh BS

[centennial]

Uhmmm what bracket are you looking at showing 5 MVFC teams? I think you are still hung over from tailgating yesterday and looking at the wrong bracket from years past xlolx

Umm... I'm talking about past years of course. I may or may not be hung over.

[POD Knows]

NDSU had a cakewalk last year to the championship game, they are going to really have to earn it this year it looks like. I actually like the KSU/SDSU match-up, if it happens, SDSU might have trouble with the TO again.

[GoBlueHens83]

A bigger joke than UNI at 6-5?

UNI is still better than UIW & Lamar.

[I Bleed Purple]

Oh BS

I'm trying to figure out which Weber win in the playoffs didn't count.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

NDSU had a cakewalk last year to the championship game, they are going to really have to earn it this year it looks like. I actually like the KSU/SDSU match-up, if it happens, SDSU might have trouble with the TO again.


NDSU will be playing JMU in the quarters....

[PAllen]

Top half of the bracket is a lot tougher

Much tougher. Not even close to balanced. Also odd the difficulty of some of the early pairings. That said, to win it all, you have to be able to beat them all, and that's the whole point of this thing, so go forth and prosper.

[MacThor]

Y'all got robbed of 6 CAA teams can be in. Honestly ridiculous.

Which CAA team would you have replaced with Indiana St? None of the 5 at large were even part of the last teams in.

I think IN St. should be in, but over Lamar or UIW.

[TheValleyRaider]

Lord knows I enjoy picking on furple, but Furman not making the playoffs is a travesty. But the SoCon has seen worthy teams left out before. In 2002 to be exact. That team came back in 2003 to make it to the round of 4. Beware the furps in 2019. Sigh, I dread hearing about it already :)

I'm not too surprised Furman was left out. I would have had them in, but figured they were a solid bubble team (at which point it's crossing fingers).

I am stunned, though, that they didn't make it to the first 3 out. Suggests they weren't really that close to being considered.

[centennial]

NDSU will be playing JMU in the quarters....

JMU is really inconsistent. Don't count on it.

[dewey]

UNI is still better than UIW & Lamar.

^^^^^This right here. The UC Davis UNI should be pretty interesting.

Dewey

Dewey

[dewey]

JMU is really inconsistent. Don't count on it.

Absolutely. JMU's offense is inconsistent at best. However there D and ST's are still really good.

Dewey

[mainejeff]

Ugh. I can't afford to make a trip to Maine.

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$300-$350 on Delta or Southwest from Atlanta to Portland. Orono is a 2.5 hour drive North of there.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

JMU is really inconsistent. Don't count on it.


JMU is finding their stride offensively. They rushed for almost 400 yards against Towson.

Colgate's stats are against the Patriot.

JMU is coming to Fargo IMO.

[cx500d]

Evidently the committee didn’t watch Indiana State play this year

It was a crapshot for either team quite frankly. ISUb lost the head to head against UNI by 33 points, so there is that.

Not convinced on the Southland also rans, and Elon/SBU however

[CockyGeek]

$300-$350 on Delta or Southwest from Atlanta to Portland. Orono is a 2.5 hour drive North of there.Yeah, I'm so broke. Thanks for the info. I will look at driving if it happens. I've driven from Atlanta to Vermont before.

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[uni88]

well then it seems pointless to complain about not being able to watch something that is on cable only, if you refuse to get a cable subscription.

Not that I've ever really seen that much value in these "selection shows", especially the FCS selection show.
You can see the bracket posted within minutes, and the commentary is generally nothing informative in the slightest.

ESPNU is the logical location for ESPN to show this game. ESPNU is geared around college sports, specifically college sports that don't have enough general appeal to be shown on a more major network (but enough appeal to warrant being put on an actual channel rather than just a web stream).ESPNU is on PlayStation Vue so you don't need cable.

[Sycamore62]

It was a crapshot for either team quite frankly. ISUb lost the head to head against UNI by 33 points, so there is that.

Not convinced on the Southland also rans, and Elon/SBU however

I dont think we could have beat them at that point in the season, but during the game we lost a LB and at least 1 DL and they literally ran it down our throat for 2 drives and we didnt recover. Im not sure what the outcome would have been 3 or 4 weeks later.

[Lorne_Malvo]

Every year the bracket is a disaster. Why are some of you so surprised?
The committee smokes a ton of crack during their yearly bracket selection party.

[uni88]

$300-$350 on Delta or Southwest from Atlanta to Portland. Orono is a 2.5 hour dogsled ride North of there.

FYP

[JSUSoutherner]

Yeah, I'm so broke. Thanks for the info. I will look at driving if it happens. I've driven from Atlanta to Vermont before.

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I'm in the same boat. The only away game I'd be able to get to is Frisco should that happen.

[AmsterBison]

Oh BS

Not sure what part you are talking about since those are all facts until the last sentence (which is hypothetical - and I think Vegas takes JMU over anybody in the Big Sky bracket - ah, but I said teams not team... ok, you got me. :) )

The Big Sky side of the bracket is extra mild weak sauce.

[mainejeff]

FYP

Says the guy from UNI in Cedar Falls, Iowa.....currently 19 degrees and feels like 11. xdrunkyx

Iowa is a ton of fun in December!

[BlueHenSinfonian]

Which CAA team would you have replaced with Indiana St? None of the 5 at large were even part of the last teams in.

I think IN St. should be in, but over Lamar or UIW.

Do you have a link or a list of the last ones in and first ones out?

I would've said Indiana State should be in over Elon, personally. I'm guessing they threw Elon a bone with only 6 wins because of the cancelled hurricane game, but there's no guarantee they would've beaten W&M.

Delaware, Stony Brook, and Towson are hard to separate due to each of them having beaten one of the others and lost to one of the others while all having the same in-conference and overall record, you couldn't exclude one without screams of bias.

[I Bleed Purple]

Not sure what part you are talking about since those are all facts until the last sentence (which is hypothetical - and I think Vegas takes JMU over anybody in the Big Sky bracket - ah, but I said teams not team... ok, you got me. :) )

The Big Sky side of the bracket is extra mild weak sauce.
Well, you did get a fact wrong, but the spirit is what counts.

And of course, you take out the finalists from last year out of the equation, and the numbers even up.

And of course, it is in fact last year's teams that are playing. Everyone is bringing back the seniors from last year and dumping this year's freshmen and red shirts.

[BisonBacker]

^^^^^This right here. The UC Davis UNI should be pretty interesting.

Dewey

Dewey

Looking forward to seeing that one as well.

[dewey]

Do you have a link or a list of the last ones in and first ones out?

I would've said Indiana State should be in over Elon, personally. I'm guessing they threw Elon a bone with only 6 wins because of the cancelled hurricane game, but there's no guarantee they would've beaten W&M.

Delaware, Stony Brook, and Towson are hard to separate due to each of them having beaten one of the others and lost to one of the others while all having the same in-conference and overall record, you couldn't exclude one without screams of bias.On the selection show they listed the first 3 out.

Monmouth
North Dakota
Indiana State

Dewey

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[NDB]

Disagree with Amster.

I think Weber State and Eastern Washington are very deserving of seeds.

Have a lot of respect for JMU, but they've struggled this year. Could just as soon see them raising a trophy or losing in the first or second round.

[Prime Power]

https://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/selectall/2017/03/19/Northwestern_Crying_Fan.w700.h700.jpg

Lol...yep that is me. Good one, you got me.

[dewey]

Disagree with Amster.

I think Weber State and Eastern Washington are very deserving of seeds.

Have a lot of respect for JMU, but they've struggled this year. Could just as soon see them raising a trophy or losing in the first or second round.I agree. Weber State and Eastern Washington are completely deserving of seeds.

James Madisons bad loss to New Hampshire really hurt them.

JMU's coach was on and said how he felt like they were disrespected by the committee and they lost to a healthy UNH team while Maine and Colgate beat a injury riddled UNH team.

JMU will come out breathing fire next week against Delaware.

Dewey

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[JSUSoutherner]

I agree. Weber State and Eastern Washington are completely deserving of seeds.

James Madisons bad loss to New Hampshire really hurt them.

JMU's coach was on and said how he felt like they were disrespected by the committee and they lost to a healthy UNH team while Maine and Colgate beat a injury riddled UNH team.

JMU will come out breathing fire next week against Delaware.

Dewey

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Didn't Colgate beat UNH before JMU even played them? What did UNH get healthier as the year went on or something?

I think Colgate will put JMU on their rear end.

[dewey]

Didn't Colgate beat UNH before JMU even played them? What did UNH get healthier as the year went on or something?

I think Colgate will put JMU on their rear end.I believe Trevor Knoght, UNH QB, was injured early in the season but came back later.

JMU forgets that the reason they lost to UNH is because their QB's stink. IIRC JMU threw 2 pick 6's against UNH.

Dewey

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[JSUSoutherner]

I believe Trevor Knoght, UNH QB, was injured early in the season but came back later.

JMU forgets that the reason they lost to UNH is because their QB's stink. IIRC JMU threw 2 pick 6's against UNH.

Dewey

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UNH plays their QB on defense? No wonder he got hurt early. Cool he could come back and pick off JMU like that though.

[kdinva]

with all the rumors about Jax State & Kennesaw being aligned to face each other again in either the round of 16 or 8, glad they are in opposite sides, can't play each other until Frisco (a tall order, indeed....)

[JSUSoutherner]

with all the rumors about Jax State & Kennesaw being aligned to face each other again in either the round of 16 or 8, glad they are in opposite sides, can't play each other until Frisco (a tall order, indeed....)
Yeah highly doubtful the rematch happens now but we have them on the hook for a game at our place in the future so we will get our opportunity at revenge, eventually.

[dewey]

UNH plays their QB on defense? No wonder he got hurt early. Cool he could come back and pick off JMU like that though.I totally agree with you. I think JMU could be a first round flop or make a deep run.

Dewey

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[Thundar]

I totally agree with you. I think JMU could be a first round flop or make a deep run.

Dewey

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They will win the opener next week at home, but going on the road the next 3 is not going to be easy, Colgate has a legit D and JMU doesn't have a QB, that could be an interesting game

[JSUSoutherner]

They will win the opener next week at home, but going on the road the next 3 is not going to be easy, Colgate has a legit D and JMU doesn't have a QB, that could be an interesting game
JMU this year without a good QB reminds me A LOT of Jax State last year when we had a similar situation. We all saw how that ended.

[caribbeanhen]

I watched Colgates defense they are no joke, they hit hard and get to the ball. I think they will surprise a lot of people, they did surprise me.

one of the first intelligent posts I've seen on this thread.... but Valley fans were pretty slow realizing how good Princeton and Dartmoth were this year so not suprised

Colgate should not be associated to closely with Patriot league this year, they are much better

[djohnk]

Top/Left bracket teams had 11 wins in the playoffs last year (and, with one exception, they got bumped out by teams on their side of the bracket.)

The bottom/right teams had 3 wins in the playoffs last year. San Diego (1), UNI (1) and Weber State (1) - and all three of those teams got bumped out by teams in the Top/Left side of the bracket.

It's set up so NDSU might have to go through the only two teams to beat them in the last two seasons (SDSU and JMU).

I guess the only surprise is that UNI isn't playing Montana State.

There are at-large teams on the top/right of the bracket that would be favored by Vegas against any of the seeds on the left/bottom side.

^^ This ... I hope when one of those three (hopefully NDSU) is in the finals they run up the score just as payback.

[Derby City Duke]

Didn't Colgate win the CAA just 3 years ago? There are players on this year's team played in those two games. No intimidation factor and they're at home. I'm no saying I would pick Gate, but f they can hang with Army they should be able to keep it close.

This year's Colgate is very good, but if they get JMU in Round 2, they will get a very different team and coaching staff than they saw in 2015.

They got a JMU team with a coaching staff that didn't give 2 $#itz about defense and played it with a 2nd string quarterback (that guy eventually turned out to be pretty good -- Bryan Schor) and a fractured locker room where the offense blamed the defense for all the problems, but all Withers cared about was getting his Slum Belt Texas State gig at that point.

Delaware will be no picnic; tough row to hoe for the Dukes to get back to Frisco.

[Derby City Duke]

If we get the DiNucci behind center from the last 2 weeks, we have a shot to win a couple. If we get the DiNucci that played at UNH, then I hope Delaware enjoys their trip into the he!! that is Hamilton, NY in the winter.

[Schism55]

https://twitter.com/HEROSportsHerd/status/1064268928896155648

[Cocky]

Yeah, I'm so broke. Thanks for the info. I will look at driving if it happens. I've driven from Atlanta to Vermont before.

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Unless several are sharing the cost, the plane ride would be cheaper.

[FUBeAR]

I'm not too surprised Furman was left out. I would have had them in, but figured they were a solid bubble team (at which point it's crossing fingers).

I am stunned, though, that they didn't make it to the first 3 out. Suggests they weren't really that close to being considered.Right...

Furman was the 11th At-large Team IN according to AGS Poll voters and no better than the 18th Team available for an At-large bid according to the Selection Committee. That’s a HUGE disparity.

One of these 2 groups has to be completely clueless.

Which one do y’all think is the clueless group?

It has to be one or the other.

[uni88]

Says the guy from UNI in Cedar Falls, Iowa.....currently 19 degrees and feels like 11. xdrunkyx

Iowa is a ton of fun in December!We take prairie schooners. :D

[uni88]

Lol...yep that is me. Good one, you got me.Was that after the no-call on the goaltending where the Zag player reached through the cylinder?

[Reign of Terrier]

Am I the only one who is radically meh about the playoffs this year?

I don't expect to win a national title. We could go on a run or get bounced in the first round. I don't know what to expect from any team other than NDSU. I have no expectations so nothing can fail to meet them, so I'm actually looking forward to this one.

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[JSUSoutherner]

Am I the only one who is radically meh about the playoffs this year?

I don't expect to win a national title. We could go on a run or get bounced in the first round. I don't know what to expect from any team other than NDSU. I have no expectations so nothing can fail to meet them, so I'm actually looking forward to this one.

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I know the general "consensus" is that the top side is the strong side but I think it will be the boring side. Like you said, NDSU is going to win it anyway and knowing that just takes the excitement out of it for me. The bottom half could be very interesting with the 3 BSC teams and UNI if they decide to play football.

[cx500d]

I know the general "consensus" is that the top side is the strong side but I think it will be the boring side. Like you said, NDSU is going to win it anyway and knowing that just takes the excitement out of it for me. The bottom half could be very interesting with the 3 BSC teams and UNI if they decide to play football.

The teams that have historically beaten us are in our half of the bracket...

[Bisonoline]

I know the general "consensus" is that the top side is the strong side but I think it will be the boring side. Like you said, NDSU is going to win it anyway and knowing that just takes the excitement out of it for me. The bottom half could be very interesting with the 3 BSC teams and UNI if they decide to play football.

Im excited for the playoffs. We will have some real challenges in our bracket.

[jmu007]

Whichever team comes out of the top half is going to have some serious attrition I think. Those are going to be some really really physical games give the possible paths.

[JSUSoutherner]

The teams that have historically beaten us are in our half of the bracket...

Like I was telling BF02 and IBY earlier, I think it's the "strong side" is just because NDSU is over there. It makes it tough for everyone on that side, sure, trade out NDSU for any of the seeds on this side and you still have 7 conference champions on this side of the bracket.

I do concede that NDSU weighs heavy but outside of them I think the bracket is really balanced.

[F'N Hawks]

SDSU seeded a little high? Just looked at their schedule...best win was the Bobcats 2 months ago.

[JSUSoutherner]

SDSU seeded a little high? Just looked at their schedule...best win was the Bobcats 2 months ago.
They got WiFi in the weight room now? :D

[semobison]

Like I was telling BF02 and IBY earlier, I think it's the "strong side" is just because NDSU is over there. It makes it tough for everyone on that side, sure, trade out NDSU for any of the seeds on this side and you still have 7 conference champions on this side of the bracket.

I do concede that NDSU weighs heavy but outside of them I think the bracket is really balanced.

The top half has the two finalist from last year and 3 of the semifinal teams. Sure, this is a new year but three seeded Big Sky teams on one side? The Big Sky hasn't had a lot of success in the playoffs recently.

[JSUSoutherner]

The top half has the two finalist from last year and 3 of the semifinal teams. Sure, this is a new year but three seeded Big Sky teams on one side? The Big Sky hasn't had a lot of success in the playoffs recently.
We'll just have to see how the bracket plays out I guess but I think it would be unwise to overlook those teams.

[Bisonwinagn]

EWU will absolutely roll that bottom bracket. Likely 3 to 4 TD wins and almost no competition.

[JSUSoutherner]

EWU will absolutely roll that bottom bracket. Likely 3 to 4 TD wins and almost no competition.
Weber State might disagree with that.

[dewey]

Weber State might disagree with that.

Agreed. It will be interesting to see how much better EWU's young quarterback has gotten since their 14-6 loss in Ogden earlier in the season.

EWU and Weber State would be a great bottom half semifinal game.

Dewey

[Bison56]

My favorite thing from the selection show was when I heard "Jacksonville State makes that side of the bracket scary" I almost choked laughing so hard.

[kalm]

^^ This ... I hope when one of those three (hopefully NDSU) is in the finals they run up the score just as payback.

How would you have bracketed it?

[JMUNJ08]

My favorite thing from the selection show was when I heard "Jacksonville State makes that side of the bracket scary" I almost choked laughing so hard.

100% LOL Could almost see some JSU backer writing the check in the background....

[kalm]

EWU will absolutely roll that bottom bracket. Likely 3 to 4 TD wins and almost no competition.

Well wouldn’t that prove the brackets correct?

[MacThor]

but all Withers cared about was getting his Slum Belt Texas State gig at that point.

How'd that work out for him?

[mainejeff]

I believe Trevor Knoght, UNH QB, was injured early in the season but came back later.

JMU forgets that the reason they lost to UNH is because their QB's stink. IIRC JMU threw 2 pick 6's against UNH.

Dewey

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Did Trevor Knight play when UNH lost to URI last weekend?

Is this the new normal now?....do we all get to * asterisk every win and loss based on injuries. Maine was without their starting QB Chris Ferguson for 2nd half of Central Michigan, all of Yale game, and 2nd half of Elon game. Therefore if JMU's loss to UNH was a quality loss....then Maine's loss to Yale was a quality loss.

Just win games you bunch of whiners!

[I Bleed Purple]

In an effort to show that the 14-6 score in Ogden wasn't fluky, I looked up Weber's FCS opponents and their average yards per game versus yards gained against Weber.

Weber held EVERY FCS team they faced under their year average in yards. Some significantly, others by 20 yards or so. Most they gave up was 384 to SUU, a game that was never closer than two scores in the second half and was still 53 yards under SUU's average.

EWU wasn't even the team that was farthest off their year average. Sac averaged 441.8 over the course of the year and got 191 against Weber.

Whole totals:

CP - 352.1 - 321
SD - 411.2 - 238
UNC- 386.6 - 372
NAU- 430.8 - 352
EWU- 476.7 - 247
MSU- 396.9 - 221
UND- 386.1 - 321
Sac- 441.8 - 191
SUU- 437.4 - 384
ISU- 434.9 - 322

[dewey]

Did Trevor Knight play when UNH lost to URI last weekend?

Is this the new normal now?....do we all get to * asterisk every win and loss based on injuries. Maine was without their starting QB Chris Ferguson for 2nd half of Central Michigan, all of Yale game, and 2nd half of Elon game. Therefore if JMU's loss to UNH was a quality loss....then Maine's loss to Yale was a quality loss.

Just win games you bunch of whiners!I was just paraphrasing what JMU's coach said when he was interviewed on the FCS Selection Show.

I agree. Just win. It is also worth pointing out that Trevor Knight doesn't play defense and JMU threw 2 picks that game.

JMU's offense is a major liability for them.

Dewey

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[dewey]

In an effort to show that the 14-6 score in Ogden wasn't fluky, I looked up Weber's FCS opponents and their average yards per game versus yards gained against Weber.

Weber held EVERY FCS team they faced under their year average in yards. Some significantly, others by 20 yards or so. Most they gave up was 384 to SUU, a game that was never closer than two scores in the second half and was still 53 yards under SUU's average.

EWU wasn't even the team that was farthest off their year average. Sac averaged 441.8 over the course of the year and got 191 against Weber.

Whole totals:

CP - 352.1 - 321
SD - 411.2 - 238
UNC- 386.6 - 372
NAU- 430.8 - 352
EWU- 476.7 - 247
MSU- 396.9 - 221
UND- 386.1 - 321
Sac- 441.8 - 191
SUU- 437.4 - 384
ISU- 434.9 - 322When teams play great defense you will soon consistently hear "well we didnt play our best game today" or "you were lucky we were just off today".

Defense wins.

Dewey

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[Bison56]

Did Trevor Knight play when UNH lost to URI last weekend?

Is this the new normal now?....do we all get to * asterisk every win and loss based on injuries. Maine was without their starting QB Chris Ferguson for 2nd half of Central Michigan, all of Yale game, and 2nd half of Elon game. Therefore if JMU's loss to UNH was a quality loss....then Maine's loss to Yale was a quality loss.

Just win games you bunch of whiners!

Yeah just win then come on AGS in November and tell everyone how good they are.

[JMUNJ08]

Did Trevor Knight play when UNH lost to URI last weekend?

Is this the new normal now?....do we all get to * asterisk every win and loss based on injuries. Maine was without their starting QB Chris Ferguson for 2nd half of Central Michigan, all of Yale game, and 2nd half of Elon game. Therefore if JMU's loss to UNH was a quality loss....then Maine's loss to Yale was a quality loss.

Just win games you bunch of whiners!

Its just not an apples to apples comparison. Would say the same thing if we crushed Yale and you lost to them with your 2nd string QB. It was a BS response by the committee to say that was the reason for Colgate & Maine seeded and JMU not. They saw they had a common opponent and checked the scores, not the circumstances of the game. Could have said 'AQ for CAA' & 'Undefeated in FCS' and that would be factual and no way JMU could deny that.

[MacThor]

Do you have a link or a list of the last ones in and first ones out?

I would've said Indiana State should be in over Elon, personally. I'm guessing they threw Elon a bone with only 6 wins because of the cancelled hurricane game, but there's no guarantee they would've beaten W&M.

Delaware, Stony Brook, and Towson are hard to separate due to each of them having beaten one of the others and lost to one of the others while all having the same in-conference and overall record, you couldn't exclude one without screams of bias.

Elon is probably the best of the 6-win teams to get in. (It's them or UNI)

https://twitter.com/NCAA_FCS/status/1064215853087031297 (https://twitter.com/NCAA_FCS/status/1064215853087031297)

[JMUNJ08]

How'd that work out for him?

Apparently 3 years of 'keep gettin dem checks' and he's rumored as already out.... I think we have more playoff wins so far (7) in 2 years than he does in 3 years total (6)....

[mainejeff]

Its just not an apples to apples comparison. Would say the same thing if we crushed Yale and you lost to them with your 2nd string QB. It was a BS response by the committee to say that was the reason for Colgate & Maine seeded and JMU not. They saw they had a common opponent and checked the scores, not the circumstances of the game. Could have said 'AQ for CAA' & 'Undefeated in FCS' and that would be factual and no way JMU could deny that.

I can't speak to a detailed Colgate comparison but fact remains.....Maine finished 7-1 and won the league.....JMU finished 6-2 and didn't win the league. Both had a sucky loss.....Maine beat Elon and JMU didn't. Do you want bonus points for beating 2 cupcakes at home to start the season? Maine played a couple of horrible FBS games on the road....and won 1 of them. They would have won both of them had our QB not been injured in the first half of the CMU game. See.....we can all play the what if what if what if game!

[MacThor]

On the selection show they listed the first 3 out.

Monmouth
North Dakota
Indiana State

Dewey

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[MacThor]

Apparently 3 years of 'keep gettin dem checks' and he's rumored as already out.... I think we have more playoff wins so far (7) in 2 years than he does in 3 years total (6)....

I don't think it's just a rumor any more.

[JMUNJ08]

I can't speak to a detailed Colgate comparison but fact remains.....Maine finished 7-1 and won the league.....JMU finished 6-2 and didn't win the league. Both had a sucky loss.....Maine beat Elon and JMU didn't. Do you want bonus points for beating 2 cupcakes at home to start the season? Maine played a couple of horrible FBS games on the road....and won 1 of them. They would have won both of them had our QB not been injured in the first half of the CMU game. See.....we can all play the what if what if what if game!

I said nothing about you missing nearly all the teams that made the postseason from the CAA... Stay salty my friend...

Give that chip to the team and take the CAA torch to the BigSky for us to show them they still have to get through the CAA to get to Frisco!

[mainejeff]

I said nothing about you missing nearly all the teams that made the postseason from the CAA... Stay salty my friend...

Give that chip to the team and take the CAA torch to the BigSky for us to show them they still have to get through the CAA to get to Frisco!

Does "nearly all" mean Stony Brook (the team that just lost to last place Albany)? Because they are the only playoff team that JMU played and Maine didn't. Stay delusional my friend....

[cx500d]

Does "nearly all" mean Stony Brook (the team that just lost to last place Albany)? Because they are the only playoff team that JMU played and Maine didn't. Stay delusional my friend....

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[caribbeanhen]

The teams that have historically beaten us are in our half of the bracket...

historically? like in the 17th century?

[cx500d]

historically? like in the 17th century?
last year, the year before. technically UNI often gives us fits as well.

[Bisonwinagn]

Replace Maine with JMU would of been much better. There are no rankings anywhere that have Maine in the top 8. This also would put JMU going to Weber for a rematch in the quarters. But guess not.

[Preferred Walk-On]

Does "nearly all" mean Stony Brook (the team that just lost to last place Albany)? Because they are the only playoff team that JMU played and Maine didn't. Stay delusional my friend....

Think you missed Delaware.


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[mainejeff]

Think you missed Delaware.


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Oh so we are now including JMU's upcoming playoff game vs. Delaware as part of their regular season resume?

[mainejeff]

JMU didn't play Maine or Delaware.

Maine didn't play JMU, Delaware or Stony Brook.

Is everyone clear about that now?

[caribbeanhen]

If we get the DiNucci behind center from the last 2 weeks, we have a shot to win a couple. If we get the DiNucci that played at UNH, then I hope Delaware enjoys their trip into the he!! that is Hamilton, NY in the winter.

after watching DiNucci slice up Towson yesterday, it appears he has the mojo again but Towson is no defensive Juggurnaut

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

JMU and/or Nicholls State deserved a seed imo. I don't think the BSC should have gotten 3 seeds. Maine deserved the seed they got.

Based on past politics my guess is if the CAA got 5 teams in instead of 6 it would have been easier to sell 2 seeds. As it is, there was a "can't have your cake and eat it too" element involved. Likewise with all the 3 BSC seeds being on the same side.

[JMUNJ08]

JMU and/or Nicholls State deserved a seed imo. I don't think the BSC should have gotten 3 seeds. Maine deserved the seed they got.

Based on past politics my guess is if the CAA got 5 teams in instead of 6 it would have been easier to sell 2 seeds. As it is, there was a "can't have your cake and eat it too" element involved. Likewise with all the 3 BSC seeds being on the same side.

Why does that all of a sudden seem rationale? Kinda makes sense when nothing else does for the CAA/ Big Sky

Well, besides Nicholls getting a seed...

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Why does that all of a sudden seem rationale? Kinda makes sense when nothing else does for the CAA/ Big Sky

Well, besides Nicholls getting a seed...

The committee has a history of trying to please the room imo. There's always going to be some level of give and take with the pairings and seedings.

Nicholls is really good. P5 win, league champion, really rolling at the end of the season. They've been knocking on the door in recent years.

[Reign of Terrier]

In an effort to show that the 14-6 score in Ogden wasn't fluky, I looked up Weber's FCS opponents and their average yards per game versus yards gained against Weber.

Weber held EVERY FCS team they faced under their year average in yards. Some significantly, others by 20 yards or so. Most they gave up was 384 to SUU, a game that was never closer than two scores in the second half and was still 53 yards under SUU's average.

EWU wasn't even the team that was farthest off their year average. Sac averaged 441.8 over the course of the year and got 191 against Weber.

Whole totals:

CP - 352.1 - 321
SD - 411.2 - 238
UNC- 386.6 - 372
NAU- 430.8 - 352
EWU- 476.7 - 247
MSU- 396.9 - 221
UND- 386.1 - 321
Sac- 441.8 - 191
SUU- 437.4 - 384
ISU- 434.9 - 3222 things:

1) good God the Big Sky is fluffy on defense
2) does Weber run the ball a lot (relative to the rest of the conference)? Wofford has done similar things in terms of holding teams below their average, tough defense and a clock-burning run game will do that.

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[Lorne_Malvo]

NDSU will not be this years Champion. Bets?

[I Bleed Purple]

2 things:

1) good God the Big Sky is fluffy on defense
2) does Weber run the ball a lot (relative to the rest of the conference)? Wofford has done similar things in terms of holding teams below their average, tough defense and a clock-burning run game will do that.

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Held their MVFC team to similar totals, so I disagree with 1. Actually, South Dakota looked like a bad offensive team to me and they averaged 411 with most of their games in the MVFC, so if Big Sky defenses are bad, so are MVFC defenses.

2. Yes, but generally speaking, Weber is a below average offensive team. They've at least upgraded from terrible to below average. The defense I believe is better than last years and they were one of the top defenses in FCS last year.

[JSUSoutherner]

NDSU will not be this years Champion. Bets?

Anybody who takes the field is a tad loopy IMO

[BisonTru]

NDSU will not be this years Champion. Bets?

Sure. Avatar?

[Preferred Walk-On]

JMU didn't play Maine or Delaware.

Maine didn't play JMU, Delaware or Stony Brook.

Is everyone clear about that now?

Crystal.


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[Preferred Walk-On]

JMU didn't play Maine or Delaware.

Maine didn't play JMU, Delaware or Stony Brook.

Is everyone clear about that now?

They did both play William & Mary though.


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