I-AA Game of the Week - WEEK FOUR

89Hen · Post by **89Hen** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:11 am

What is the I-AA GOTW?

Post by **kalm** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:20 am

Toss up. Went with NSU - Sam.

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:24 am

TWO Big Sky games? Who are you and what have you done with 89?

89Hen · Post by **89Hen** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:40 am

Grizalltheway wrote:TWO Big Sky games? Who are you and what have you done with 89?

Gil Dobie · Post by **Gil Dobie** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 8:45 am

kalm wrote:Toss up. Went with NSU - Sam.

Same here.

Post by **kalm** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 9:02 am

Grizalltheway wrote:TWO Big Sky games? Who are you and what have you done with 89?

Wait till my ranked Tbirds head into the Weber game 4-1 and or EWU 5-1!

Muwhahahahaha!

BDKJMU · Post by **BDKJMU** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:19 pm

Towson @ SBU. If that some kind of joke?

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:21 pm

Surprised UM-EWU has that many votes (not from me). Didn't even make the poll on AGS...

Post by **UNI88** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 2:23 pm

Grizalltheway wrote:TWO Big Sky games? Who are you and what have you done with 89?

It's a strategic play - 2 Big Sky games will compete with each other for votes giving another game a chance to steal the honors.

I personally find Weber State - UC Davis the more interesting of the 2 Big Sky match-ups at this point in the season.

JohnStOnge · Post by **JohnStOnge** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:01 pm

Interesting that I'm not the only one that thinks that Nicholls State at Sam Houston State game is big.

I don't know what to think about Nicholls State. Honestly McNeese should have beaten them by something like three touchdowns. I'm talking about in terms of looking at how successful each team was at moving the ball. But they did win the game and they did make some big plays to do it (two long pass plays that accounted for 139 of their 304 yards total offense plus a 67 yard pick six).

Then they were very impressive against Texas A&M. Then they completely smoked Prairie View after I watched Prairie View look very good against Sam Houston State. The Panthers rushed for 334 yards at 7.4 yards per carry against Sam Houston State. They managed only 133 at 3.2 per carry against the Colonels.

Of course I guess run defense isn't the deal against Sam Houston State.

Post by **Silenoz** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 3:32 pm

What a horrific selection. It has to be us by default, unless Nicholls is good or something, and I don't care to know

WWII · Post by **WWII** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 5:03 pm

Villanova @ Albany

BDKJMU · Post by **BDKJMU** » Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:34 pm

WWII wrote:Villanova @ Albany

Absolutely. Here's how the CAA games rank in terms of most compelling:
1. VU (2-1) --------- @ Albany (2-1), 7:00 PM, ESPN3
2. Elon (2-1) --------- @ UR (2-1) 6:00 PM, CSN Mid Atlantic (Don't laugh, Elon has upset Furman and ranked CSU the last 2 weeks.
3. Maine (1-1) @ JMU (3-0) 1:30, MASN
4. Towson (2-1) ------- @ SBU (2-1) 6:00 PM, CBS Digital
5. URI (1-2/0-1) -------- @ UNH (2-1/1-0) 3:30 PM

GannonFan · Post by **GannonFan** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 7:15 am

BDKJMU wrote:
WWII wrote:Villanova @ Albany
Absolutely. Here's how the CAA games rank in terms of most compelling:
1. VU (2-1) --------- @ Albany (2-1), 7:00 PM, ESPN3
2. Elon (2-1) --------- @ UR (2-1) 6:00 PM, CSN Mid Atlantic (Don't laugh, Elon has upset Furman and ranked CSU the last 2 weeks.
3. Maine (1-1) @ JMU (3-0) 1:30, MASN
4. Towson (2-1) ------- @ SBU (2-1) 6:00 PM, CBS Digital
5. URI (1-2/0-1) -------- @ UNH (2-1/1-0) 3:30 PM

Why is Albany considered good? Wins against Morgan St and Monmouth are now more impressive than they have been? The Elon/UR game is interesting, the others not so much.

The Cats · Post by **The Cats** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 8:49 am

Wow has the better defense this year between two historically poor defensive teams, WCU or Samford?

89Hen · Post by **89Hen** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:54 am

UNI88 wrote:I personally find Weber State - UC Davis the more interesting of the 2 Big Sky match-ups at this point in the season.

89Hen · Post by **89Hen** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 9:55 am

BDKJMU wrote:
WWII wrote:Villanova @ Albany
Absolutely. Here's how the CAA games rank in terms of most compelling:
1. VU (2-1) --------- @ Albany (2-1), 7:00 PM, ESPN3
2. Elon (2-1) --------- @ UR (2-1) 6:00 PM, CSN Mid Atlantic (Don't laugh, Elon has upset Furman and ranked CSU the last 2 weeks.
3. Maine (1-1) @ JMU (3-0) 1:30, MASN
4. Towson (2-1) ------- @ SBU (2-1) 6:00 PM, CBS Digital
5. URI (1-2/0-1) -------- @ UNH (2-1/1-0) 3:30 PM

JMU is going to stomp a mudhole in Maine and Richmond is going to demolish Elon.

BDKJMU · Post by **BDKJMU** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:22 pm

GannonFan wrote:
BDKJMU wrote:
Absolutely. Here's how the CAA games rank in terms of most compelling:
1. VU (2-1) --------- @ Albany (2-1), 7:00 PM, ESPN3
2. Elon (2-1) --------- @ UR (2-1) 6:00 PM, CSN Mid Atlantic (Don't laugh, Elon has upset Furman and ranked CSU the last 2 weeks.
3. Maine (1-1) @ JMU (3-0) 1:30, MASN
4. Towson (2-1) ------- @ SBU (2-1) 6:00 PM, CBS Digital
5. URI (1-2/0-1) -------- @ UNH (2-1/1-0) 3:30 PM
Why is Albany considered good? Wins against Morgan St and Monmouth are now more impressive than they have been? The Elon/UR game is interesting, the others not so much.

Albany 26, Morgan State 0
Towson 10, Morgan State 0

Albany 28, Monmouth 14
Monmouth 46, Lehigh 27

Villanova 38, Lehigh 35

So by comparative scores Albany is better than TU and VU. And VU is a top 10 team who only lost to Temple by 3 and just beat Lafayette 59-0.

Yeah, you could flip the Albany/VU with UR/Elon, and say UR/Elon is the most compelling. But there's no way you could argue SBU/TU is.

BDKJMU · Post by **BDKJMU** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:26 pm

89Hen wrote:
BDKJMU wrote:
Absolutely. Here's how the CAA games rank in terms of most compelling:
1. VU (2-1) --------- @ Albany (2-1), 7:00 PM, ESPN3
2. Elon (2-1) --------- @ UR (2-1) 6:00 PM, CSN Mid Atlantic (Don't laugh, Elon has upset Furman and ranked CSU the last 2 weeks.
3. Maine (1-1) @ JMU (3-0) 1:30, MASN
4. Towson (2-1) ------- @ SBU (2-1) 6:00 PM, CBS Digital
5. URI (1-2/0-1) -------- @ UNH (2-1/1-0) 3:30 PM
JMU is going to stomp a mudhole in Maine and Richmond is going to demolish Elon.

And Albany will play VU close, maybe pull the upset..Both those teams have decent chances at making the playoffs. Towson doesn't.

89Hen · Post by **89Hen** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 12:59 pm

BDKJMU wrote:Yeah, you could flip the Albany/VU with UR/Elon, and say UR/Elon is the most compelling. But there's no way you could argue SBU/TU is.

The truth is, none of them are really compelling. JMU/UR/VU playing each other are really the only match-ups I would call compelling right now.

Wildcat Ryan · Post by **Wildcat Ryan** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:17 pm

Went with Nicholls vs Sam Houston. I think it may have bigger conference implications than the others on the list....at least at this point.

Post by **AZGrizFan** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:35 pm

89Hen wrote:
UNI88 wrote:I personally find Weber State - UC Davis the more interesting of the 2 Big Sky match-ups at this point in the season.

It'll be the critical game that nobody is watching.

Meanwhile, 26,500 will be in attendance in Missoula, and several hundred thousand more will be watching it from the comfort of their living rooms across the state and the nation.

VictorG · Post by **VictorG** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 1:55 pm

Kalm,

Want to bet on this game? If Griz win, you keep Polz in Wa. If EWU wins Montana will let you keep Polz in WA.......

Post by **Grizalltheway** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 2:04 pm

VictorG wrote:Kalm,

Want to bet on this game? If Griz win, you keep Polz in Wa. If EWU wins Montana will let you keep Polz in WA.......

What's the point I mean you'll still have to listen to him.

VictorG · Post by **VictorG** » Tue Sep 19, 2017 2:10 pm

Grizalltheway wrote:
VictorG wrote:Kalm,

Want to bet on this game? If Griz win, you keep Polz in Wa. If EWU wins Montana will let you keep Polz in WA.......
What's the point I mean you'll still have to listen to him.

Not when the wind blows from the east! Rare I know but possible which is better than the status quo!

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