1R - Lehigh @ Stony Brook

[Mvemjsunpx]

Good news for Stony Brook: they get to play a losing team in the first round. Bad news for Stony Brook: they have to go to James Madison next week.

Here's my assessment of the matchups & my pick for the game:

• • • Quarterbacks -- Lehigh
      
      Running Backs - (push)
      
      Receivers/TEs - Lehigh
      
      Offensive Line - Stony Brook
      
      
      Defensive Line - Stony Brook
      
      Linebackers --- Stony Brook
      
      Secondary ---- Stony Brook
      
      
      Kicking ------ Stony Brook
      
      Punting ------ (push)
      
      Return Teams - Stony Brook
      
      Kickoffs ------ Stony Brook
      
      
      
      
      
      • Lehigh 23-42 Stony Brook

[BDKJMU]

SBU
Big South
2012 9-4, lost to #1 seed SHSU 2nd Round/Round of 16 34-27.
2013 10-3, beat CAA AQ VU 1st round, lost @ #2 seed MT St 2nd Round 16-10.

CAA
2013 5-6/3-5
2014 5-7/4-4
2015 5-5/3-5
2016 5-6/4-4
2017 9-2/7-1

Defense: 2013-2016 was very good.

2013
CAA: #2 Scoring/#2 Total
Nationally: #18 Scoring/#15 Total

2014
CAA: #1 Scoring/#1 Total
Nationally: #4 Scoring/#3 Total

2015
CAA: #1 Scoring/#1 Total
Nationally: #6 Scoring/#1 Total

2016
CAA: #3 Scoring/#2 Total
Nationally: #13 Scoring/#3 Total

2017
CAA: #5 Scoring/#4 Total
Nationally: #22 Scoring/#21 Total

Offense
2017
CAA: #3 Scoring/#6 Total
Nationally: #41 Scoring/#82 Total
http://stats.ncaa.org/rankings?sport_co ... ivision=11

Offense use to be old school, smash mouth, near the bottom of the CAA. Last 2 seasons they have opened up the offense some (still old school but not as much). Watching one of their games last year commentators were talking about that. Might have gotten a new OC. They had a lot of 3 and 4 wideouts. Offense has improved. Defense has slipped from very good to just good.

[BDKJMU]

Losing one of the best, if not best, O lineman in I-AA in late Oct does hurt.
https://www.foxsports.com/college-footb ... ury-103117

[Ivytalk]

One and done for Lehigh.

[93henfan]

One and done for Lehigh.

Case study on why auto-bids need to go away.

[dal4018]

One and done for Lehigh.

Case study on why auto-bids need to go away.

Obviously you are a fan of At Large Bids??????

[93henfan]

Case study on why auto-bids need to go away.

Obviously you are a fan of At Large Bids??????

Yep!!!!!!!

[dal4018]

Obviously you are a fan of At Large Bids??????

Yep!!!!!!!

Wasn't NDSU a At large bid last yr????