2017 FCS Playoff At Large Eligibility (Version 1)

[Grizalltheway]

UNH, Furman, Monmouth... Are you kidding me?

All we had to do was beat Towson or Villanova.

Fuck us running.

I feel your pain brother. Although on the bright side, the cats at least completed 10 passes this year instead of just 2.

[93henfan]

EWU got screwed the hardest. Looking at the season-ending records, EWU beat everyone on their schedule they were supposed to and lost to everyone they were supposed to.

UNH got shutout by Albany 15-0 yesterday (who Delaware beat 22-3 the week before) and got beat 51-26 by Holy Cross. UNH is hanging its hat on its stunning "FBS" victory over 1-9 SunBelt powerhouse Georgia Southern. (Note to UD AD: schedule a little more SunBelt and a little less Virginia Tech)

UNH, with its AD on the selection committee, makes its 14th consecutive playoff appearance.

Nothing fishy there.

[89Hen]

AP is a feel good story. Take away the fact they lost so many games in the last coulple years and they're not in the conversation. No wins over ranked teams. No wins over teams in the field. Three payday games.

I was just stating what they said in the ESPNU selection show

Its pretty clear that they don't follow our subdivision. I'm talking about ESPN and the selection committee.

[89Hen]

UNH, with its AD on the selection committee, makes its 14th consecutive playoff appearance.

Nothing fishy there.

Yup, also Wofford guy running it and put in another SoCon team that didn't deserve to be in.

[SuperHornet]

This bracket is crap. Not only in terms of who's left out, but in terms of where the seeds/placements are.

And they let in a team with a losing record that didn't even get six wins?!? Either the bid should have gone to the next team or the league should have been shut out. This isn't basketball, for crying out loud.

I had JMU, NDSU, UCA, and BBQ as the four top seeds, with SUU coming in just after. And, yes, I'm bitter that they didn't pick Sac, particularly given that we won something like four of our last five games, three in a row, AND beat a 9-2 squad by a ton. Idiots!

MY bracket:

WIU at Sac State (Winner to #1 JMU)
C. Connecticut State at Elon (Winner to Jax State)

Delaware at Samford (Winner to #4 BBQ)
UNH at McNeese (Winner to SUU)

EWU at UNI (Winner to #2 NDSU)
Kennesaw State at SD State (Winner to Stony Brook)

San Diego at Nicholls State (Winner to #3 UCA)
Colgate at Sam Houston (Winner to Wofford)

Naturally, from there, I had Sac, Elon, Delaware, McNeese, EWU, SD State, Nicholls State, and Sam Houston winning in the first round, with Sac's Cinderella dreams ending right there: JMU, Jax State, Weber, SUU, NDSU, SD State, UCA, and Wofford would take my proposed second round, followed by JMU, BBQ, NDSU, and Wofford in the quarterfinals. Big upset in the semis: BBQ over JMU, and NDSU winning the nightcap. BBQ upsetting NDSU for the Chipper.

But that's my Big Sky homerism talking....

[JohnStOnge]

I'm not really surprised that Nicholls State made the tournament ahead of McNeese State but I honestly would NOT have thought that Monmouth, Furman, and Northern Arizona would've gotten in while McNeese did not.

I also think New Hampshire probably got too much credit for its FBS win. Georgia Southern is 1-9 and 1-5 in the Sun Belt.

Anyway, I said after McNeese State's opening game that losing a game they should have easily won at Nicholls State put them behind the 8 ball for the season because they had such a weak schedule. I did not anticipate it being a matter of it coming down to between them and Nicholls State for a playoff berth. But it was a "should win" game on the schedule and it was a "should win" game in terms of how the two teams matched up physically/athletically during the game. When a team dominates a game physically to the extent that McNeese dominated that Nicholls State game and STILL finds a way to lose the team has nobody but itself to blame.

[93henfan]

I'm not really surprised that Nicholls State made the tournament ahead of McNeese State but I honestly would NOT have thought that Monmouth, Furman, and Northern Arizona would've gotten in while McNeese did not.

I also think New Hampshire probably got too much credit for its FBS win. Georgia Southern is 1-9 and 1-5 in the Sun Belt.

Anyway, I said after McNeese State's opening game that losing a game they should have easily won at Nicholls State put them behind the 8 ball for the season because they had such a weak schedule. I did not anticipate it being a matter of it coming down to between them and Nicholls State for a playoff berth. But it was a "should win" game on the schedule and it was a "should win" game in terms of how the two teams matched up physically/athletically during the game. When a team dominates a game physically to the extent that McNeese dominated that Nicholls State game and STILL finds a way to lose the team has nobody but itself to blame.

McNeese, EWU, Delaware were all hosed by the Committee. Granted, none were going to get more than maybe an opening round win over a fortunate draw (like Lehigh for Delaware), but still.