Top 10 current FCS programs?

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Originally Posted by ursus arctos horribilis

No Festus, I am not.

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Of course you're not. No self respecting old man would ever miss a rerun of Gunsmoke.

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Originally Posted by 89Hen

I think some of you "newer" guys (you're all new to me) need to go back and read the premise of these rankings. This is not all-time and it's not just playoff records. Everyone can make up their own rules for how you grade a program and how far back you want to go. Delaware would be a no-brainer if you go back further, but they are not on my list because they have been down for several years.

And yes, my quick list was alpha (obviously) and Weber was not only the last team in order, but the last team to make the list. I was struggling to put find a 10th that was worthy.

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Originally Posted by caribbeanhen

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If looking for a 10th team to replace Weber St, I nominate Marty Scarano. (Not UNH - just Marty Scarano)

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Originally Posted by ursus arctos horribilis

Look at the ol' 89Hen showing his beak around the place. Good to see you my man!

He is one of the bricks that this place was built on so you SOB's better show some respect!

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Thanks! I'm just trying to pad my post count to keep you from passing me. xsmiley_wix

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Originally Posted by JSUSoutherner

His best album.

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We agree on something. xdontknowx

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Originally Posted by HensRock

If looking for a 10th team to replace Weber St, I nominate Marty Scarano. (Not UNH - just Marty Scarano)

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I wouldn't put UNH in the top 10 at the moment, what ever method you use to determine the "current" top teams needs to weigh the most recent years heavier and we have an overall losing record 2018 - Spring 2021. However old Hen89 is, or isn't, I don't believe his system weighs recent years heavier - otherwise NDSU would be #1 and JMU #2.

The 5 year period 2013 - 2017 (when Marty was on the committee) we had a 8-5 playoff record and made the Semi-final twice the quarters once. From 2004-2016 we had about a .500 win percentage in the payoffs and were selected every year. We also ran off 5 consecutive FBS wins in a 6 year period. I recall 2016 as the year there was the most bitching and moaning about UNH making the field. That year there were at least 5 teams in the playoffs with either 7 or 6 Div 1 wins. UNH was the only one to win its 1st round playoff game. The one year a team actually had a legitimate gripe abut UNH making it when they didn't was Towson in 2012, However, Towson didn't meet the hard minimum number of Div 1 wins of 7 that existed at the time.

Are some of you Blue Hens guys ever going to forget 2006 and 2007? And I've been Delaware's biggest advocate here all season. This will be the first time in 2021 I pick against a Hens win and even though I expect SDSU to win, I'd still like to see our CAA mates get the win and go the the Championship.

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Originally Posted by KPSUL

I wouldn't put UNH in the top 10 at the moment, what ever method you use to determine the "current" top teams needs to weigh the most recent years heavier and we have an overall losing record 2018 - Spring 2021. However old Hen89 is, or isn't, I don't believe his system weighs recent years heavier - otherwise NDSU would be #1 and JMU #2.

The 5 year period 2013 - 2017 (when Marty was on the committee) we had a 8-5 playoff record and made the Semi-final twice the quarters once. From 2004-2016 we had about a .500 win percentage in the payoffs and were selected every year. We also ran off 5 consecutive FBS wins in a 6 year period. I recall 2016 as the year there was the most bitching and moaning about UNH making the field. That year there were at least 5 teams in the playoffs with either 7 or 6 Div 1 wins. UNH was the only one to win its 1st round playoff game. The one year a team actually had a legitimate gripe abut UNH making it when they didn't was Towson in 2012, However, Towson didn't meet the hard minimum number of Div 1 wins of 7 that existed at the time.

Are some of you Blue Hens guys ever going to forget 2006 and 2007? And I've been Delaware's biggest advocate here all season. This will be the first time in 2021 I pick against a Hens win and even though I expect SDSU to win, I'd still like to see our CAA mates get the win and go the the Championship.

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The Scarano pick was tongue firmly in cheek, of course. Appreciate the support KPSUL.
I believe it was actually 2017 that was the season of our discontent.
Both UDel and UNH were 7-4. Honestly, I didn't think either team deserved to make the field, but I certainly thought Delaware deserved it more than UNH.
We both kinda crapped the bed by losing our last game and I see that UD went 3-2 against or 5 common opponents while UNH was 2-3, but I recall there was some other comparison that was more of a smoking gun argument for UD, but can't remember it. One of our losses was to FBS VA Tech also that year, and UNH had a bad loss to Holy Cross.

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Originally Posted by Daytripper

We agree on something. xdontknowx

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This can not be allowed.

Why can't you just like Streetlife Serenade or something so I can tell you how wrong you are?

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Originally Posted by 89Hen

Thanks! I'm just trying to pad my post count to keep you from passing me. xsmiley_wix

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That makes sense but I have to make this post to see how close I am.

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Originally Posted by ursus arctos horribilis

That makes sense but I have to make this post to see how close I am.

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Damn, I had no idea it was that close. Seriously when I first started here I thought to myself..."How the hell can someone have that many posts" and at the time you were probably more around 12K. xlolx

Edit: Looking for another old thread and came across this one. Check out the memory lane on this one. I'm sure you and a couple others were probably the 20K or close club.

https://www.anygivensaturday.com/sho...to-1-000-posts

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Originally Posted by HensRock

The Scarano pick was tongue firmly in cheek, of course. Appreciate the support KPSUL.
I believe it was actually 2017 that was the season of our discontent.
Both UDel and UNH were 7-4. Honestly, I didn't think either team deserved to make the field, but I certainly thought Delaware deserved it more than UNH.
We both kinda crapped the bed by losing our last game and I see that UD went 3-2 against or 5 common opponents while UNH was 2-3, but I recall there was some other comparison that was more of a smoking gun argument for UD, but can't remember it. One of our losses was to FBS VA Tech also that year, and UNH had a bad loss to Holy Cross.

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Delaware did have a reasonable argument about making the playoffs in 2017, and there were factors that should have favored Delaware over UNH primarily the head-to-head win. However, Danny Rocco was way out of line to make it merely a Delaware vs UNH thing - which in fact he publicly did. UNH did have an FBS win and we beat 7th ranked Elon in the 2nd to last game. To finish the 2017 story, UNH shutout NEC Champ Central CT in Round 1 (I'm pretty sure they were a ranked team at season's end - one of the better NEC Champs) We then beat SL Champ Central Arkansas who was undefeated in conference play and Seeded 4th I believe. The next week we were soundly beaten in the place your Hen's are playing this Saturday. We ended up the season ranked something like 7th - bottom line? Our playoff performance proved that there were a bunch of at-large teams not as good as UNH in the 2017 playoff.

In good fun I've made some jokes about Marty S. here on AGS. In fact, I think I started the ridiculous thing about having compromising photos about other committee members. Who knows what subtle horse trading has occurred in back room among selection committee members - the official policy is that an AD can not be in the room when the committee is discussing their own team, so any influence would be subtle and minimal at best. But for the record, Marty Scarano is a great guy and a dedicated AD. You'll find him on the sidelines, or even sitting in the stands for all UNH sports talking to fans, students and players. He's very personable and easy to strike up a conversation with. He's loyal and supportive of his coaches - some think a little to much so.

CCSU sat their QB (the school's all-time leading passer) due to an off campus party. 😭 Our #2 QB was a frosh who hadn't taken amore than 6 snaps all season. We lost 14-0.

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Originally Posted by aceinthehole

CCSU sat their QB (the school's all-time leading passer) due to an off campus party.  Our #2 QB was a frosh who hadn't taken amore than 6 snaps all season. We lost 14-0.

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Why did one of the biggest partying generations in history decide that it was not OK for quarterbacks to party anymore

Just not right

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Originally Posted by aceinthehole

CCSU sat their QB (the school's all-time leading passer) due to an off campus party.  Our #2 QB was a frosh who hadn't taken amore than 6 snaps all season. We lost 14-0.

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I thought you'd likely post that. The UNH points did not come easily in the game either. As I said, that was a very good CCSU team. Perhaps the game would have been different had the CCSU starting QB played. But you never know when it comes to backup QBs, UNH starter Trevor Knight left our Central Arkansas game in the 1st half due to injury and his backup, Christian Lupoli, played most the game throwing for only 63 yards. You might know about Lupoli, he was from CT - same HS as UNH QB (2013-14) Sean Goldrich. Lupoli left UNH after the 2017 and played very well for a Div. 2 program in CT, I think maybe New Haven?