UNI would do to A&T what they've done to Monmouth, SFA, McNeese State, EIU, etc. in the OOC portion of their schedule and playoffs the last few years.Gil Dobie wrote:After NDSU & JMU, who would be heavy favorites to beat A&T on a neutral site?kalm wrote:
And yes, I'd have no problem leaving JSU a head of A&T in a poll submission barring some kind of crazy performance against ECU this week
In 2016 Montana beat UNI 20-14 despite the stats looking like this
First downs
Montana 12
UNI 20
Rushing yards
Montana 88 (2 ypc)
UNI 205 (4 ypc)
Passing Yards
Montana 118 (14-30 3.9 ypa)
UNI 194 (16-38 5.1 YPA)
Total Yards
Montana 206 3.2 ypp
UNI 351 4.5 ypp
UNI had a better punt average, more inside the 20, 9 more minutes of TOP and held Montana to 4-17 on third down and 0-1 on fourth down.
The difference in the game? Montana returned a punt for a TD coupled with UNI going 6-17 on third down.
UNI was clearly the better team that day. Montana won. The better team doesn't always win - contrary to that bullshit cliche that people love.
JSU had over 400 yards of offense. The difference in the game? A kick off return for a TD....and the extreme undisciplined nature of JSU.
I'm not arguing JSU deserved to win - but it's pretty damn clear that they...as bad as they were...were the better team.