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RahRahRabbits
November 5th, 2024, 10:35 AM
Week 11 games, Saturday Nov 9th:

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

North Dakota State vs Idle

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Week 10 summary:

The F'in Hawks let everybody down in a truly mindboggling upset. Not even our friendly neighborhood Indiana State fan picked the Trees to pull off the upset, yet here we are... Their playoff hopes are now on life support as they STILL remain winless on the road this year, but are now going back to the friendly confines of their shopping mall/airplane hanger combo hosting the Jackrabbits.

The race for playoff participants from the Valley is looking pretty down overall. NDSU/SDSU/USD are sitting pretty for good seeding. Illinois State, UND, and somehow Indiana State are all in the conversation for an at-large bid as well, though there will be some in-fighting as ISUr plays both ISUb/UND in the final two games of the regular season. Any of them pretty well need to win out to even have a chance as a bubble team. Maybe Illinois State could get in winning 2 of 3 down the stretch, but 8-4 is no guarantee this year with the 12-game season.

Not in that playoff discussion, but still in the hunt for the regular season MVFC champion crown is Missouri State, the only other undefeated-in-conference team besides NDSU. They play at Murray State this week, but then at NDSU and vs SDSU to end the season, very possibly with conference championship on the line with either game. There also could be a 3-way tie for the crown between NDSU/SDSU/USD/Missouri State (I did some scenarios, and couldn't come up with a 4-way tie as there's too much infighting for that). Still TECHNICALLY doable too would be a 5-way tie with those 4, plus either ISUb or ISUr, all at 6-2. It's obviously incredibly far-fetched, but that would sure be something... wouldn't it?

Week 10 picks:
https://i.postimg.cc/FHWxM2wC/Screenshot-2024-11-05-085214-results.png

Current standings:
https://i.postimg.cc/LshBVNQd/Screenshot-2024-11-05-085126-standings.png

Text backup for if my in-line images ever disappear:



W
L
Pct


mvfcfan
41
8
83.7%


Bisonator
40
9
81.6%


JacksFan40
40
9
81.6%


Professor Chaos
40
9
81.6%


Paladin1aa
39
10
79.6%


RahRahRabbits
39
10
79.6%


The Yo Show
39
10
79.6%


Chalupa Batman
38
11
77.6%


bonarae
37
12
75.5%


POD Knows
36
13
73.5%


The Cats
36
8
81.8%


TrooperCoats
36
13
73.5%


OSRacer
28
11
71.8%

POD Knows
November 5th, 2024, 11:09 AM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State

RahRahRabbits
November 5th, 2024, 11:18 AM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State

You missed a pick here, Pod!

Professor Chaos
November 5th, 2024, 11:46 AM
Boy, mvfcfan really could've extended his lead with a pick against the field for his Sycamores last week!

Chalupa Batman
November 5th, 2024, 12:16 PM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State

I came really close to picking against UND last week but in the end chickened out. I came really close to picking them this week since they're back at the Alerus Center, but again chickened out.

POD Knows
November 5th, 2024, 12:19 PM
Thanks dude, corrected it.

JacksFan40
November 5th, 2024, 01:01 PM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State

bonarae
November 5th, 2024, 08:53 PM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State

mvfcfan
November 5th, 2024, 10:16 PM
Boy, mvfcfan really could've extended his lead with a pick against the field for his Sycamores last week!

I thought about it, but it seemed too risky. Sort of thought UND would play better after their loss to YSU.

YSU
UNI
USD
SDSU
MO State

Bisonator
November 6th, 2024, 08:15 AM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State

Professor Chaos
November 6th, 2024, 08:58 AM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State

Paladin1aa
November 7th, 2024, 09:33 AM
YSU
UNI
USD
SDSU
Missouri St.

TrooperCoats
November 7th, 2024, 01:19 PM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa Most of you only have one home team winning? Road games are hard - unless the team you are playing has quit, which may be the case with UNI.
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota Somebody has to pick it
Missouri State @ Murray State

The Yo Show
November 7th, 2024, 10:15 PM
YSU
Illinois State
USD
SDSU
Missouri St.

OSRacer
November 8th, 2024, 08:35 AM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State

Redbird 4th & short
November 8th, 2024, 02:42 PM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa Most of you only have one home team winning? Road games are hard - unless the team you are playing has quit, which may be the case with UNI.
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota Somebody has to pick it
Missouri State @ Murray State

Been a very disappointing season for us. But sitting 6-3 with a real shot at playoffs, despite a questionable resume. But we now know what we have personnel wise, and are finally healthy and playing for our playoff lives. May now finally have some mojo working for us .. we'll see on Saturday. Road games are always tough in MVFC. Farley and Spack know each other very well.

ISUr defense MAY have turned corner .. been very sporadic, but more bad than good to this point. Partly bunch of key injuries for sure, partly just not playing well. But had a very good day last week against YSU .. held them to their least Total Yards all year, and kept their dual threat QB Brungard in check with 12 carries, 22 yards. Key was we got 2 more defensive studs back for YSU ... AA Edge/LB Abdullah is finally back after injury against Iowa in week 1. 2nd team MVFC DB Keondre Jackson is back after missing 2 1/2 games. 2nd team MVFC LB Niekamp has been near 100% for a few weeks now. So now just down 2 starters (DT and LB), who are out for season. But this is our defense for rest of season, knock on wood ... we are mostly healthy and may be coming together finally.

Offense is also settled into its new rotation after a lot of injuries. Run game still sporadic .. equally good and bad at times. But pass game has been pretty solid .. Rittenhouse ranks 4th in QBR and 20th in rushing (400 yds, 2nd for QBs). WRs have been healthy finally the last 3-4 weeks. Still missing AA RB Blakemore-King and AA OL Zambrano, both out for season, but we have adjusted. So now our offense is settled into new reality .. OL is sporadic, but developing. Hoping it keeps building on what it has so far.

Liking our chances this week against UNI on road. They have found a stud QB though the last 4 games against some quality teams. #2 RS SO Schleckman's (6'3" 205 LB) replaced #10 RS JR Aidan Dunne, 6'0" 208 LBs ... night and day difference with Schleckman. So we will need our defense to contain their pass game .. he's looking like a top 3 or 4 QB in the MVFC right now. We will need to cover well, and get to the QB with Edge/LB Abdullah back on the outside .. he's a game changer that makes everyone else on defense a little better when he is on the field.

Anyway, season is not going like we'd hoped ... hope we're turning corner now.

RahRahRabbits
November 9th, 2024, 10:00 AM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State

Our friendly neighborhood selector and supporter of Murray State makes a triumphant return! Hoorah!

RahRahRabbits
November 9th, 2024, 10:19 AM
Youngstown State @ Southern Illinois
Illinois State @ Northern Iowa
Indiana State @ South Dakota
South Dakota State @ North Dakota
Missouri State @ Murray State