October 24 Bracket Predictions

[Theee Catrabbit]

SDSU is 3-4 with their backs against the wall. 1-0 every week is all we're looking for, the rest will work itself out. As Stig says, "We only work on the things we can control".

Good luck to everybody's team the rest of the way!

[Chris Lang]

A 7-4 UCA would be 6-4 because of the Bears' win over Elizabeth City State.

[kalm]

Do you take a 7-4 UCA over an 8-3 NAU?

A 7-3 NAU. It's not them, the Big Sky will not get 4 teams in.

Who gets selected over an 8-3 NAU with wins against a ranked MSU, Weber State, Sac, and SUU and it's only losses to #8 EWU, #7 Montana, and Arizona State?

Not UCA.

[ttgwm02]

Sorry if i was so belligerent in my statements about the CAA, App State and Montana yesterday.

In reality, I do feel there is a competitive difference with the CAA and the remaining FCS conferences. The top five-six teams in the CAA, this year in particular, are competitive with the Big East and second-tier ACC teams, to say nothing of the lower level FBS conferences like the Sun Belt and the MAC.

Part of the reason is that that region now produces a lot more I-AA and lower level I-A talent (using the old terms) than it does BCS I-A talent. As a result, many of these players end up going to win at a I-AA level, rather than lose at a I-A level. Second, like Montana this conference gets a lot of quality I-A transfers. Third, the conference is essentially quality from top to bottom. Evidence is the number of Hofstra and Northeastern transfers that have made huge contributions this year for CAA teams, when those two teams struggled heavily last year.

The addition of Georgia State and Old Dominion will only increase the talent. Georgia State will allow CAA teams to go deeper south to compete against App State's traditional territory, while ODU will further increase the number of hampton roads players coming into the CAA.

The MVC has a good conference. The southern has a few good teams. But no conference across the board approaches the depth of the CAA. That being said, my comment about CAA teams being the only ones that matter wasnt fair. I am a huge fan of Boisie State and while their conference stinks (most of those teams are CAA-level), they are a national top-3 team legitimately. The same can and may be true of Jacksonville, Montana, etc. What is great about FCS is actually what happened last year with Southern Illinois - a #1 team was absolutely manhandled by the #3 CAA team, proving that Southern Illinois on that day wasnt at the same level as the final four teams. The opposite may happen this year!



It is also worth considering that much of the CAA have quality academic reputations. Villanova, William and Mary, James Madison, Richmond, in particular are very strong academic schools with significant resources.

[89Hen]

It is also worth considering that much of the CAA have quality academic reputations. Villanova, William and Mary, James Madison, Richmond, in particular are very strong academic schools with significant resources.

You had me up until the very end.

[89Hen]

Who gets selected over an 8-3 NAU with wins against a ranked MSU, Weber State, Sac, and SUU and it's only losses to #8 EWU, #7 Montana, and Arizona State?

Not UCA.

Weber, Sac and SUU are ranked?

[kalm]

Who gets selected over an 8-3 NAU with wins against a ranked MSU, Weber State, Sac, and SUU and it's only losses to #8 EWU, #7 Montana, and Arizona State?

Not UCA.

Weber, Sac and SUU are ranked?

as well as...

[AZGrizFan]

Who gets selected over an 8-3 NAU with wins against a ranked MSU, Weber State, Sac, and SUU and it's only losses to #8 EWU, #7 Montana, and Arizona State?

Not UCA.

Weber, Sac and SUU are ranked?

It's all about sentence structure.

[kalm]

Weber, Sac and SUU are ranked?

It's all about sentence structure.

...and not schweatting the small stuff.

[jstclmet]

Here's my stab at the playoff projections if the season ended last Saturday;

1st round games
UR vs SC St.
UNI vs. RMU
Lehigh vs. Liberty
UMass vs. MT State - Note, I think MT St will win the AB by season's end, but for now, I have to give them the AL.

2nd round games
UR/SC State winner @ #1 seed ASU.
EWU vs Wofford
BC @ #5 Seed Nova
UNI/RMU winnner @ #4 seed SFA.
Lehigh/Liberty winner @ #3 seed W&M
SEMO vs UD
MT vs UNH
UMass/MT St winner @ #2 seed J'ville St.

[mcveyrl]

Here's my stab at the playoff projections if the season ended last Saturday;

1st round games
UR vs SC St.
UNI vs. RMU
Lehigh vs. Liberty
UMass vs. MT State - Note, I think MT St will win the AB by season's end, but for now, I have to give them the AL.

2nd round games
UR/SC State winner @ #1 seed ASU.
EWU vs Wofford
BC @ #5 Seed Nova
UNI/RMU winnner @ #4 seed SFA.
Lehigh/Liberty winner @ #3 seed W&M
SEMO vs UD
MT vs UNH
UMass/MT St winner @ #2 seed J'ville St.

Is that the Univ. of Richmond? They are 4-3 and play at Villanova and W&M and play JMU at home. I will give you that the JMU game is a toss-up, but if they beat 'Nova, 'Nova will not be the 5 seed at 8-3, even if they win out over UNH and Delaware and if they beat W&M the last game of the season, W&M will not be the 3 seed.

How do you see that shaking out?

[ToTheLeft]

He did say that's how it'd be if the season ended on Saturday, so he doesn't have to think about how things shake out.

[89Hen]

Here's my stab at the playoff projections if the season ended last Saturday;

No offense, but why would you waste time on this? The playoffs will be after the final regular season week. If you're not going to pick the actual brackets, why do it?

[mcveyrl]

He did say that's how it'd be if the season ended on Saturday, so he doesn't have to think about how things shake out.

Yea, I missed that, but I agree with 89H...in the CAA this is an exercise in futility at this point.

[ToTheLeft]

He did say that's how it'd be if the season ended on Saturday, so he doesn't have to think about how things shake out.

Yea, I missed that, but I agree with 89H...in the CAA this is an exercise in futility at this point.

Completely agree. Was just defending his choices based on the parameters he set.

[Pwns]

Tried to put together my list of At-larges and autos but it was too hard. It seems like no matter what you do you have to either give an AL to a team that is on the bubble now or give an AL bid to a conference that traditionally doesn't get them.

[james_lawfirm]

LOVE this bracket, UNH. Montana in Boone in the quarters has me drooling.

Same here. Too bad I'll be too broke to get there.

If you can make it to Boone, I'll buy you & all your friends a beer & invite you to our tailgate. Returning the favor.

[james_lawfirm]

AQ's:
Wofford (Southern)

Wofford > App ???

Maybe, but I doubt it. We'll see soon enough. Do you recall what happened the last time Wofford came to Boone?

70 - 35 on Halloween night on ESPN in 2008.

[Willie]

Same here. Too bad I'll be too broke to get there.

If you can make it to Boone, I'll buy you & all your friends a beer & invite you to our tailgate. Returning the favor.

Oh trust me. If it were to happen this season, or in the near future, I would FIND money to make it.