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RahRahRabbits
October 28th, 2024, 11:53 AM
Week 10 games, Saturday Nov 2nd:

North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

South Dakota vs Idle
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Week 9 summary:


A lot of road favorites this week which usually means there's an upset or two brewing... I'm going to take a stab in the dark that YSU pulls off the surprise.




I agree with Dr. Chaos that an upset is brewing... problem is, he's wrong and I'm right. Going for the super dark horse here, some might even call it a shade of deep purple... or maybe it's a shade of purple rain, purple haze, or purple sky.... Panthers finally wake up and decide to be scrappy in the olllll Uni-dome, taking down the Bears who thought they could take a week off as they got ready to play for the highlight of their season in a few weeks... spoiler at NDSU or vs SDSU.

You heard it first here folks! #BookIt!




I'd agree with you though --- SIU at Indiana State could be sneaky close, and the Ice Castle is always a hard place to play where weird things happen regardless of home team strength.

Yotes look good too... never know what'll happen.... but I think Jacks will be okay among the friendly sea of blue.

Just like the Professor and I said... this week was ripe for upsets! Only problem is.... they were all the wrong ones, for me at least....

A wild week in the Valley as the Trees knock off the injury-laden Fancy Dogs in Terre Haute and the F'in Hawks drop a heartbreaker in OT in the Castle of Ice to the Flightless Birds (literally... (https://youtu.be/KS3zR8B1JT4?t=209)). But as the kid's say... you can't do that! UND still winless on the road 2/3s the way through their season...

The Mangy Dogs nearly caught the Bumbling Hares in OT as well, but let a win slip through their paws. And my lonely pick of the Scrappy Kittens over the Slumbering Bruins turned out to be quite wrong, as the Bears stayed awake enough to secure a final 49-42 win. And in the only game of the week with more than a single score difference, Bison did Bison things in Kentucky, showing the Speedy Horses they just aren't fast enough to compete with the top of the Valley and FCS.

Congrats to mvfcfan, TrooperCoats, and Professor Chaos for being the only ones to nab one of those elusive upset picks. Everyone else (including myself)... sucks to suck. OSRacer must have been too scared to pick this week against a #1 ranking, but to keep up appearances for him, I dropped in a symbolic vote for the Racers over Bison.

https://i.postimg.cc/gJV6g78Z/Screenshot-2024-10-28-102656.png

Finally a little separation in the standings too -- congrats to current first place mvfcfan, both in wins and win percentage! Your Sycamores did you a big solid!!

https://i.postimg.cc/6qB4ghf1/Screenshot-2024-10-28-103026.png

POD Knows
October 28th, 2024, 11:58 AM
North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

mvfcfan
October 28th, 2024, 12:39 PM
Go Sycamores! I'm not so optimistic we'll be able to pull the upset on North Dakota this coming up weekend, but I thought we should be able to beat injury plagued SIU on Homecoming. Took a lot of luck and a heck of a 2nd half comeback, but we did it!

I'm actually shocked I'm in first and I doubt it will last until the end of the season. I didn't buy ESPN+ this season, so ISU is the only MVFC school I've even watched this season (besides Murray and SIU inside of Memorial Stadium). The rest of my picks are purely based on history and scoreboard watching.

North Dakota
Illinois State
Missouri State
South Dakota State
North Dakota State

Chalupa Batman
October 28th, 2024, 12:47 PM
North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

There needs to be a "none of the above" poll option for conference game of the week, pretty weak choices. I went with Murray @ SDSU just because I'm curious to see how well they can get their offense back on track.

Professor Chaos
October 28th, 2024, 01:32 PM
North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

RahRahRabbits
October 28th, 2024, 01:48 PM
There needs to be a "none of the above" poll option for conference game of the week, pretty weak choices. I went with Murray @ SDSU just because I'm curious to see how well they can get their offense back on track.

I thought about doing that... decided to limit the disrespect for everyone I was spewing already. I chose UND at Indiana State in the poll though. Will UND get their first road win of the season? Or will they lose and face an incredibly steep hill to even get into the playoffs before they have even played a South Dakota school? They'd pretty well have to sweep SDSU and USD (both at home at least), and at Illinois State - who could also be fighting for their playoff lives last game of the season.

That being said.... I agree with other pickers here so far thinking UND will end up with a victory in Indiana.

North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

JacksFan40
October 28th, 2024, 02:58 PM
North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

bonarae
October 28th, 2024, 06:04 PM
North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

Paladin1aa
October 28th, 2024, 06:36 PM
North Dakota
Illinois St.
Missouri St.
South Dakota St.
North Dakota St.

The Cats
October 28th, 2024, 09:28 PM
North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

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North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

Bisonator
October 29th, 2024, 01:24 PM
North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

TrooperCoats
November 1st, 2024, 12:35 PM
North Dakota @ Indiana State
Youngstown State @ Illinois State
Southern Illinois @ Missouri State
Murray State @ South Dakota State
Northern Iowa @ North Dakota State

The Yo Show
November 2nd, 2024, 10:58 AM
North Dakota
Youngstown State
Missouri St.
South Dakota St.
North Dakota St.