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KAUMASS wrote:Here's a couple for this week...feel free to add any thoughts...

1. Do I watch the Hampton-Del. State game tonight on ESPNU? My heart tells me yes, because its FCS, but my brain tells me no because it's the MEAC. Yeah, I'll give it a quarter or two. But the announcers for these ESPNU MEAC games usually suck too so I can't stick with it too long.

2. Does the conference power shifting continue this week? Lot's of great confernce games all around the country..we should know who has what after this week's games...which leads me to #3..

3. The GPI will be out next week...Do you like the GPI or is it just another topic for posters to complain about where their team is ranked? I like it, gives me another angle to look at teams ranked in the 11-30 range. Trash in-trash out, IMO, but fodder for forums nonetheless.

4. Love the parity in the Big Sky this year....there knocking each other each week with no clear contendor..

5. The Big South champion could be 6-5 this year with only 5 D1 wins. Without talking any specific teams as the playoffs are too far out, there will be some interesting geographical matchup's in the first 2 rounds. Where does the Big South and NEC champs go?
Depends who wins the Big South and NEC. The NEC is spread out with title contenders as far West as Pittsburgh and North as Rhode Island so it could be a flight for the winner no matter what. And we all know the geographic nightmare that SBU is to the Big South.

In a normal year I think you'll see the following opening round games:

NEC AQ vs. PL AQ
MEAC AQ vs. Big South AQ
Last Western At large vs. SLC AQ (or 2nd bid)
Last Eatern At large vs. OVC AQ

This year is weird though because the MEAC and OVC's AQs will both likely get byes. The NEC, Big South and PL AQ's are definite opening round teams. We could end up with 2 CAA at-large teams, a Socon at-large team, a Big Sky at-large and an SLC at-large (or any combination of those) in the opening round this year. The parings will be very interesting.


6. Brown/URI game. I'm keeping an eye on this one. Brown beat a solid Stony Brook squad in OT and dismantled Harvard. Which URI team shows up?..the one that beat New Hampshire or the one that lost to Fordham..who lost to D2 Assumption? The QB coach for Brown is Liam Coen, x-UMass QB standout. Edge to Brown..

I can't figure out Brown, Stony Brook or URI so I have no clue.

7. App. State quietly going along at 4-0 transitioning from all-everything Edwards to almost all everything Pressley. Toughest games coming up.

8. Cal Poly at Fresno State..interesting matchup here...Not sure what Cal Poly has, beat Montana, but how good is Montana? We will know what CP has after this game. Fresno state is usually just plain tough, hard-nosed FBS. Good luck to Cal Poly.

9. Teams on my radar this week..the State teams....Illinois St, Youngstown St, Alcorn ST. And Brown.

KAUMASS wrote:3. The GPI will be out next week...Do you like the GPI or is it just another topic for posters to complain about where their team is ranked? I like it, gives me another angle to look at teams ranked in the 11-30 range.

danefan wrote:- Can Montana survive the trip to NoCol or the rest of the season without Selle? And if not, will Missoula burn to the ground?

danefan wrote:

KAUMASS wrote:Here's a couple for this week...feel free to add any thoughts...

1. Do I watch the Hampton-Del. State game tonight on ESPNU? My heart tells me yes, because its FCS, but my brain tells me no because it's the MEAC. Yeah, I'll give it a quarter or two. But the announcers for these ESPNU MEAC games usually suck too so I can't stick with it too long.

2. Does the conference power shifting continue this week? Lot's of great confernce games all around the country..we should know who has what after this week's games...which leads me to #3..

3. The GPI will be out next week...Do you like the GPI or is it just another topic for posters to complain about where their team is ranked? I like it, gives me another angle to look at teams ranked in the 11-30 range. Trash in-trash out, IMO, but fodder for forums nonetheless.

4. Love the parity in the Big Sky this year....there knocking each other each week with no clear contendor..

5. The Big South champion could be 6-5 this year with only 5 D1 wins. Without talking any specific teams as the playoffs are too far out, there will be some interesting geographical matchup's in the first 2 rounds. Where does the Big South and NEC champs go?
Depends who wins the Big South and NEC. The NEC is spread out with title contenders as far West as Pittsburgh and North as Rhode Island so it could be a flight for the winner no matter what. And we all know the geographic nightmare that SBU is to the Big South.

In a normal year I think you'll see the following opening round games:

NEC AQ vs. PL AQ
MEAC AQ vs. Big South AQ
Last Western At large vs. SLC AQ (or 2nd bid)
Last Eatern At large vs. OVC AQ

This year is weird though because the MEAC and OVC's AQs will both likely get byes. The NEC, Big South and PL AQ's are definite opening round teams. We could end up with 2 CAA at-large teams, a Socon at-large team, a Big Sky at-large and an SLC at-large (or any combination of those) in the opening round this year. The parings will be very interesting.


6. Brown/URI game. I'm keeping an eye on this one. Brown beat a solid Stony Brook squad in OT and dismantled Harvard. Which URI team shows up?..the one that beat New Hampshire or the one that lost to Fordham..who lost to D2 Assumption? The QB coach for Brown is Liam Coen, x-UMass QB standout. Edge to Brown..

I can't figure out Brown, Stony Brook or URI so I have no clue.

7. App. State quietly going along at 4-0 transitioning from all-everything Edwards to almost all everything Pressley. Toughest games coming up.

8. Cal Poly at Fresno State..interesting matchup here...Not sure what Cal Poly has, beat Montana, but how good is Montana? We will know what CP has after this game. Fresno state is usually just plain tough, hard-nosed FBS. Good luck to Cal Poly.

9. Teams on my radar this week..the State teams....Illinois St, Youngstown St, Alcorn ST. And Brown.

My other thoughts -

- Texas State appears to be for real. The SFA-TXST matchup will be very interesting.

- Can Montana survive the trip to NoCol or the rest of the season without Selle? And if not, will Missoula burn to the ground?

- My personal one - can Albany find an offense or a pass defense this week against the smaht kids?