2019 FCS BOLD Predictions

[Gil Dobie]

My bold prediction may upset some of my fellow Bison fans. As much as I'd like the Bison to win every year, this year looks to be a possible hurdle in the string of playoff games. Young team, new coach, 7 starters returning.

My BOLD prediction is that NDSU finishes no better than 7-4, and possibly misses the playoffs if they do worse. SDSU, Illinois St and Indy St all on the road, and a strong UNI team at home. They also have some tough Non-conference games, top 5 UCD at home and Delaware on the road. You just never know how the UND game will go.

What do you have?

[POD Knows]

SDSU wins their first Natty #Bookit

[ysubigred]

SDSU wins their first Natty #Bookit


xlmaoxKeep your day job!!xlmaox

[Redbird 4th & short]

I can see 2 or 3 losses for NDSU, but not 4

So you asked for bold, so I'll take the bait .... but mine comes with big IF on this one .. IF our QB gets his act together this season and it looks like he will at least be better than last year ... ISUr will contend for and could have enough to win Natty. Got a lot coming back on both sides of ball, and also added some nice pieces on both sides. This team will be better on defense than our 2014 team, and has more than enough on offense though certainly NOT as much firepower as 2014, IF .... see earlier.

[Gil Dobie]

SDSU wins their first Natty #Bookit

Will Stig retire at that point?

[Sycamore62]

My bold prediction may upset some of my fellow Bison fans. As much as I'd like the Bison to win every year, this year looks to be a possible hurdle in the string of playoff games. Young team, new coach, 7 starters returning.

My BOLD prediction is that NDSU finishes no better than 7-4, and possibly misses the playoffs if they do worse. SDSU, Illinois St and Indy St all on the road, and a strong UNI team at home. They also have some tough Non-conference games, top 5 UCD at home and Delaware on the road. You just never know how the UND game will go.

What do you have?

its a 12 game season and you dont play ISUb this year.

[clenz]

A 7 win NDSU team isn't missing the playoffs.
A 6 win NDSU team isn't missing the playoffs
Hell it's a 12 game season and I'm not sure a 5 win NDSU team wouldn't make the playoffs.

[TheKingpin28]

Nicholls will be in the semi-finals

[Gil Dobie]

its a 12 game season and you dont play ISUb this year.

I was looking at the wrong site, or year. Still, it's a Bold prediction.

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A 7 win NDSU team isn't missing the playoffs.
A 6 win NDSU team isn't missing the playoffs
Hell it's a 12 game season and I'm not sure a 5 win NDSU team wouldn't make the playoffs.

What's your Bold prediction?

[clenz]

I was looking at the wrong site, or year. Still, it's a Bold prediction.

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What's your Bold prediction?
A 5 win NDSU teams makes the playoffs.

[BisonTru]

A 5 win NDSU team gets seeded in the playoffs.

FYP. xthumbsupx

[BlackNGoldR3v0lut10n]

ETSU repeats as SoCon champions. I will say it before and say it again, do not discount ETSU. Our head coach won national titles at the FBS level and he will have this team show up where you least expect them. #BOOKIT

[clenz]

FYP. xthumbsupx
It wouldn't shock me.

[achrist70]

Farley doesn’t unnecessarily drag out the qb competition

[POD Knows]

It wouldn't shock me.NDSU has only gotten the #1 seed about half of the time in this run, if anything, we are getting screwed in the seeding to this point.

[clenz]

Farley doesn’t unnecessarily drag out the qb competitionTwo extremely highly rated freshman coming in

One QB that was an Iowa State commit at one point that is ars freshman

One QB that was his one and only target coming out if HS that is a RS Soph and the only QB with any college plays under his belt


No ****ing way this isn't a running issue as long as those 4 and Farley are on campus

Hell, he had the best QB he's had in a decade the last 2.5 years as a starter and still made it am open competition with musical QBs last year

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[Gil Dobie]

SDSU wins their first Natty #Bookit

Might be UNI getting their first Natty, despite Farley.

D1B can get his one in the can.

[FUBeAR]

Furman & Mercer play to a 186-186 35-OT draw in the FCS Championship Game, as the game is halted with both the Paladins & Bears declared 2019 FCS National Champions, at 2 AM, as required of establishments licensed to sell alcohol in Frisco, TX. Flouting the law, FUBeAR continues partying until well after sunrise.

You said BOLD...it could happen

[Daytripper]

SHSU wins their first Natty #Bookit

You must have made a typo, so I fixed it for you POD....xdrunkyx

[TheKingpin28]

You must have made a typo, so I fixed it for you POD....xdrunkyx

He said Bold, not unrealistic. xlolx

[WestCoastAggie]

Jacksonville State wins the national title.

[Daytripper]

Here's my BOLD prediction: A non-MVFC team west of the Mississippi River wins the National Championship.

[Daytripper]

He said Bold, not unrealistic. xlolx

We came out of nowhere in 2011.... ya never know.

[lionsrking2]

Jacksonville State wins the national title.

They'll lose the season opener. There's my bold prediction. xsmiley_wix

[Go Lehigh TU Owl]

Patriot League has 4 teams with winning records (Colgate, Georgetown, Lehigh and Fordham) and 1 at .500, Holy Cross.

This after having 1 team (Colgate) post a plus .500 record each of the last two seasons.....

[Catatonic]

Nicholls will be in the semi-finals

My bold prediction: Nicholls won’t win the SLC

[lionsrking2]

My bold prediction: Nicholls won’t win the SLC

Not sure it's all that bold. I dont think they will either.

[Daytripper]

Not sure it's all that bold. I dont think they will either.

Well, according to the conference poll, they got all but 2 first place votes.

[POD Knows]

You must have made a typo, so I fixed it for you POD....xdrunkyx:D I am not sure you know how this works. Keep the faith, I would actually like to play SHSU down in Frisco again, had a great time with your fans during the last two games. We drank the bar out of Captain Morgan, OJ, Crown and Bud Light the last time we were down there.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

Youngstown State will go 4-0 in the non-conference and will make the playoffs.

Not really too bold.....

YSU is actually going to be pretty good IMO.

[lionsrking2]

Well, according to the conference poll, they got all but 2 first place votes.

Yes they did. And we know the conference preseason poll is always correct. xeyebrowx

[BisonTru]

My bold prediction: Nicholls won’t win the SLC

Bold, let me try.....

Stig will keep his job.
Farley will beat some teams he shouldn’t and then choke down the stretch.
Spack will find a criminal offensive weapon.
Pelini will lose a gasket and get fined by the league.
And NDSU finds a way to win another championship.



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[JSUSoutherner]

They'll lose the season opener. There's my bold prediction. xsmiley_wix
JSU will put SELA under the Bayou...


Oh wait, that's not bold...

[JSUSoutherner]

Jacksonville State wins the national title.

Doubt.

[McCowboys]

My bold predictions is McNeese fan Doc will NOT do any sandbagging this year.

[JSUSoutherner]

My bold predictions is McNeese fan Doc will NOT do any sandbagging this year.
This is the most absurd post I have ever seen in my life.

[WestCoastAggie]

Alcorn State runs the table and finishes the regular season undefeated and ranked in the AGS Poll 10th or higher the week of Thanksgiving.

[GoBlueHens83]

Delaware wins a playoff game.

Sad that UD has fallen so far that them winning a single playoff game is a bold prediction.

[clenz]

This is the most absurd post I have ever seen in my life.
You must have missed the one where Farley doesn't create a QB controversy.

[IBleedYellow]

NDSU wins again and half the FCS gets pissssssssssssssed talking about "it was supposed to be a ****ing down year for them!"

[MR. CHICKEN]

NDSU wins again and half the FCS gets pissssssssssssssed talking about "it was supposed to be a ****ing down year for them!"

.....NO NEED TA GET PEED......IT'S JES' LIKE........SMOG.......MELTIN' POLAR ICE.........CHEMICALS IN DUH WA-WA.........WE ACCEPT IT.......TIL SOMEONE.....WANTS TA DO......SOMETHIN'....ABOUT IT.......BAWK!

[McCowboys]

This is the most absurd post I have ever seen in my life.

Awesome! Where's my trophy?

[Mike296]

APSU will win the OVC but get blown out in the Playoffs.

[JSUSoutherner]

APSU will win the OVC but get blown out in the Playoffs.
Bold, not dumb. xthumbsupx

[lionsrking2]

JSU will put SELA under the Bayou...


Oh wait, that's not bold...

LOL

[McNeese72]

This is the most absurd post I have ever seen in my life.

Everything I say about how bad McNeese is this season will be the absolute truth!!!!!

Doc

[lionsrking2]

Everything I say about how bad McNeese is this season will be the absolute truth!!!!!

Doc

How do ya know when the doors and gates are locked and the curtains pulled tight? Hell, you guys might run the table.

[CappinHard]

NDSU wins again and half the FCS gets pissssssssssssssed talking about "it was supposed to be a ****ing down year for them!"

Complete opposite of bold.

[Mike296]

Bold, not dumb. xthumbsupx

Anything can happen on Any Given Saturday ;)

[Redbird 4th & short]

Youngstown State will go 4-0 in the non-conference and will make the playoffs.

Not really too bold.....

YSU is actually going to be pretty good IMO.

interesting ... what makes you think they wil get back on track ? You been following their roster adds closely ?

[F'N Hawks]

Now that Nick Hill has 3.5 recruiting classes in place, SIU will finish Top 3 of MVFC and make a playoff run.

[Bison56]

APSU will win the OVC but get blown out in the Playoffs.

You spelled JSU wrong.

[hoidOfYolen]

1. Princeton and Dartmouth are unbeaten going into their game on 11/9, then Dartmouth wins and continues on to go undefeated. Princeton then loses to Yale the following game.

2. JMU and Elon will have the same number of losses at the end of the season (2), but JMU wins the CAA simply because they have one more win (Elon only plays 11 games).

3. Indiana State will give Kansas a run for its money in the first game, but lose. Then, they will lose to Illinois State later in the season. Illinois State will then go on to lose to Northern Iowa in the following game.

4. JMU fans will claim that they would have won the WVU game if Riley Stapleton wasn't suspended.

[uni88]

Complete opposite of bold.

NDSU fans will be humble, respectful and compassionate.
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Is that too bold?

[clenz]

NDSU fans will be humble, respectful and compassionate.
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Is that too bold?
Yes

That's Deathwish Coffee bold bold

[IBleedYellow]

NDSU fans will be humble, respectful and compassionate.
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Is that too bold?

UNI will win a National Title.




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Probably way too bold.

[Daytripper]

Abilene Christian wins the Southland by going undefeated in conference..... #Guarantee That is BOLD!

[TheKingpin28]

Abilene Christian wins the Southland by going undefeated in conference..... #Guarantee That is BOLD!

ACU will not be dangerous this year.

[clenz]

UNI will win a National Title.




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Probably way too bold.
That's not bold.


That's asinine.

[Daytripper]

ACU will not be dangerous this year.

I respectfully disagree.

[Mocs123]

My BOLD prediction:

After two disapointing years under Tom Arth, Rusty Wright and the Chattanooga Mocs make the playoffs in 2019.

Even more BOLD after the past two years:

We do it by solid OL play and hard nosed running the football.

[McNeese72]

How do ya know when the doors and gates are locked and the curtains pulled tight? Hell, you guys might run the table.

They are trying to hide how ugly it is going to be!! ;)

Doc

[lionsrking2]

They are trying to hide how ugly it is going to be!! ;)

Doc

Not buyin what ur sellin 😉

[caribbeanhen]

Delaware beats the Bison and Villanova!!!

[CappinHard]

USD is relevant.

[Gangtackle11]

Delaware beats the Bison and Villanova!!!

Now that’s bold. xpeacex

Death, taxes, Win over Delaware xpeacex

[Professor Chaos]

No one accuses the playoff selection committee of being out to get their team or their conference.

[uni88]

UNI will win a National Title.




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Probably way too bold.Almost as bold as mine. ;)

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[Bisonoline]

NDSU fans will be humble, respectful and compassionate.
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Is that too bold?

Dont know how it can be bold when you spoke the truth.

[JSUSoutherner]

Dont know how it can be bold when you spoke the truth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhckuhUxcgA&feature=youtu.be

[TheKingpin28]

No one accuses the playoff selection committee of being out to get their team or their conference.We're trying to be realistic here.

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[Bison56]

UNI will play to their potential.

[Bison Fan in NW MN]

UNI will play to their potential.

xlolx

UNI will finish in the bottom half of the conference....


Poor UNI fans....you use to be top dog in the conference and now what happened? Wait for BB season to start!

[Bisonoline]

xlolx

UNI will finish in the bottom half of the conference....


Poor UNI fans....you use to be top dog in the conference and now what happened? Wait for BB season to start!

You gotta earn it.:D

[tierre]

Alcorn will repeat as SWAC Champs and finally beat NCAT in the Celebration Bowl

[bonarae]

Harvard will finish below .500 overall and the Ivy this year; Murphy may subsequently retire after the season ends. The Crimson will then poach a seasoned D-III HC.

ETSU will be in the playoffs again and become this year's Maine (or UC Davis).

[Catatonic]

ACU will not be dangerous this year.

I won’t go so far as to say ACU will win the conference. I will say the Wildcats are very capable of beating any team in the SLC and if the Southland sends three teams to the playoffs again this year, ACU will be one of them.

[Reign of Terrier]

The Socon gets two teams seeded for the playoffs, breaking the "SoCon" regional second round matchup formula of the last couple years

[IBleedYellow]

The Socon gets two teams seeded for the playoffs, breaking the "SoCon" regional second round matchup formula of the last couple years

They'll seed them both on the same side of the bracket. xcoffeex

[JSUSoutherner]

They'll seed them both on the same side of the bracket. xcoffeex

In the same quarterfinal bracket.

[Reign of Terrier]

In the same quarterfinal bracket.

But we'll finally get someone back in the semifinals. I would prefer to meet a socon team in the quarterfinal than the second round any time.

[JSUSoutherner]

But we'll finally get someone back in the semifinals. I would prefer to meet a socon team in the quarterfinal than the second round any time.

That's not a guarantee considering only one of you will actually make it to the quarterfinals (probably Wofford) only to be shown the door.

[Derby City Duke]

CAA gets only 3 teams in the bracket with 1 being seeded; none make it past the quarterfinals.

[bonarae]

Finally, a team other than the San Diego Toreros or Dayton Flyers will be the PFL representative in the Road to Frisco this year.

There will be less than 10 scalps once again in the money games section of the FCS schedule this year.

[Catatonic]

Finally, a team other than the San Diego Toreros or Dayton Flyers will be the PFL representative in the Road to Frisco this year.

There will be less than 10 scalps once again in the money games section of the FCS schedule this year.
Which team takes the PFL title?

[bonarae]

Which team takes the PFL title?

Drake has the best chance I believe. Stetson is not far behind. Toreros graduated a lot.

[WeAreThePride]

NDSU loses 2 games at most in the regular season, and reaches the semis at least.

[Catatonic]

Drake has the best chance I believe. Stetson is not far behind. Toreros graduated a lot.

Thanks for the insight

[Daytripper]

NDSU loses 2 games at most in the regular season, and reaches the semis at least.

I think you need to research the definition of "Bold" :D

[uni88]

I think you need to research the definition of "Bold" :D

Replace the "at most" with the "at least" and add "only" before reaches and it might be considered bold.

Something like this:

NDSU loses 2 games at least in the regular season, and only reaches the semis.

[Seawolf97]

Our schedule gives us a shot at 8-4 this year and making the playoffs 3 straight years . I see losses to Utah St (FBS), JMU, Towson and Delaware .

[Gangtackle11]

Delaware beats Villanova. Nah. xpeacex

[KPSUL]

Delaware beats the Bison and Villanova!!!

No way, you guys don't even play Bucknell this season!

[Gangtackle11]

No way, you guys don't even play Bucknell this season!

or Howard xpeacex

[bonarae]

NEC in the Road to Frisco may be represented by anyone other than the newcomers and Duquesne this season.

[caribbeanhen]

No way, you guys don't even play Bucknell this season!

UNH becomes a cupcake

[WestCoastAggie]

1. Princeton and Dartmouth are unbeaten going into their game on 11/9, then Dartmouth wins and continues on to go undefeated. Princeton then loses to Yale the following game.

2. JMU and Elon will have the same number of losses at the end of the season (2), but JMU wins the CAA simply because they have one more win (Elon only plays 11 games).

3. Indiana State will give Kansas a run for its money in the first game, but lose. Then, they will lose to Illinois State later in the season. Illinois State will then go on to lose to Northern Iowa in the following game.

4. JMU fans will claim that they would have won the WVU game if Riley Stapleton wasn't suspended.

I personally can't wait for our game 8/31. That one will be one helluva heavyweight fight.

[UpstateBison]

SFA wins the Southland.


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[Daytripper]

SFA wins the Southland.


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THAT is bold.....

[BlackNGoldR3v0lut10n]

Let me revise my bold prediction. ETSU wins the SoCon autobid and makes a deep run in the playoffs (think trip to Frisco). ETSU wins their first national championship and Randy Sanders joins Erk Russell as the only head coach to have won an FBS and FCS national title as either a head coach or as assistant. Upon arriving in Johnson City, Phil Fulmer drives up to him in a Brinks truck. Upon arriving in Knoxville, Sanders finds out Guarantano has "left the team."

[JSUSoutherner]

Let me revise my bold prediction. ETSU wins the SoCon autobid and makes a deep run in the playoffs (think trip to Frisco). ETSU wins their first national championship and Randy Sanders joins Erk Russell as the only head coach to have won an FBS and FCS national title as either a head coach or as assistant. Upon arriving in Johnson City, Phil Fulmer drives up to him in a Brinks truck. Upon arriving in Knoxville, Sanders finds out Guarantano has "left the team."You guys played Shorter.

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[Professor Chaos]

Let me revise my bold prediction. ETSU wins the SoCon autobid and makes a deep run in the playoffs (think trip to Frisco). ETSU wins their first national championship and Randy Sanders joins Erk Russell as the only head coach to have won an FBS and FCS national title as either a head coach or as assistant. Upon arriving in Johnson City, Phil Fulmer drives up to him in a Brinks truck. Upon arriving in Knoxville, Sanders finds out Guarantano has "left the team."
This post from last Sunday has not aged well. It was bold though... I'll give him that.

[jsualumnus]

I can’t believe ETSU lost this game. VMI played hard! Great win for em’...

[clenz]

Does revolution come back to the board?

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[Redbird 4th & short]

I can’t believe ETSU lost this game. VMI played hard! Great win for em’...
ETSU was a pretender last year ... their 7-3 record was padded with many very weak wins, including 27-24 over 0-10 VMI. If you remove their 45 pt win over Gardner Webb, their total margin in the other 6 wins was 16 total points .. these margins against the 61st ranked SOS per Massey. So this is not that surprising, other than they lost this game at home.

[Redbird 4th & short]

I can see 2 or 3 losses for NDSU, but not 4

So you asked for bold, so I'll take the bait .... but mine comes with big IF on this one .. IF our QB gets his act together this season and it looks like he will at least be better than last year ... ISUr will contend for and could have enough to win Natty. Got a lot coming back on both sides of ball, and also added some nice pieces on both sides. This team will be better on defense than our 2014 team, and has more than enough on offense though certainly NOT as much firepower as 2014, IF .... see earlier.
at this point in season, I am so glad I bolded and enlarged these IFs

[JSUSoutherner]

Does revolution come back to the board?

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Probably next year when they put another nobody D3 team in the dirt again.

[ElCid]

ETSU was a pretender last year ... their 7-3 record was padded with many very weak wins, including 27-24 over 0-10 VMI. If you remove their 45 pt win over Gardner Webb, their total margin in the other 6 wins was 16 total points .. these margins against the 61st ranked SOS per Massey. So this is not that surprising, other than they lost this game at home.

They weren't great last year, but pretty good. The SOCON has been very competitive in conf play the last few years. Many teams in a bunch so margin of victory for conf games across the board has been really low. There have been very few blowouts. The real problem is that they graduated their first full class. Lost a bunch of that initial leadership and energy this year as a result. I have not ranked them at all this year until I saw what they were going to do.