Then of course you have the overview of the seeding by Coulson, according to Coulson, the Griz and BSC should not even bother playing because we don't deserve to be on the same playing field as the CAA. Here is a cut out from his masterful mind from a few day back....
BREAKING DOWN THE RESUMES
Montana had a win over a weak Division II team, Western State, and its other two non-conference victories were against a 6-5 UC Davis team and an underachieving, 4-7 Cal Poly squad. There was also a mind-blowing, last-second 12-10 win against Idaho State, a unit that had the longest losing streak in FCS for most of the season before finishing 1-10.
The Grizzlies won four games against teams that were ranked, Weber State, Eastern Washington, Northern Arizona and Montana State, but its other games in conference didn't match that of the Colonial Athletic Association.
Montana won a share of the Big Sky championship for the 12th consecutive year and reached the playoffs for an NCAA-record 17th straight time.
Villanova, meanwhile, beat Mid-American divisional co-champion Temple 27-24 in its opening game and also stopped a Penn squad, 14-13, that led FCS in defense and won the Ivy League with a perfect conference record. The only weak link to the Wildcat schedule was a 38-17 win over a disappointing Lehigh team that started 0-4 before finishing 4-7 and tying for second in the Patriot League.
Villanova beat three CAA bottom feeders, Northeastern, Rhode Island and Towson, but the Wildcats also won two of three games against top-five-ranked opponents, beating No. 5 William & Mary and No. 1 Richmond and losing to No. 5 New Hampshire, 28-24.
There were also wins against teams from James Madison and Delaware that were ranked during the season. That enabled Villanova to win the CAA's automatic bid and tie Richmond for the league title.
"I think we have the best resume and pedigree in the country," Villanova coach Andy Talley said after Saturday's win against rival Delaware. "Some other teams haven't played a schedule with the same difficulty as us."
Talley then took direct aim at Montana.
Who really cares.....if you play an FBS team it is because you need the money.....Montana doesn't need the money"We played an (FBS) team, not a Division II team," he explained. "We haven't dodged anybody."
Of course he'd say that .........TSN is obviously east coast biasedVillanova was ranked No. 1 in the Gridiron Power Index, a rating system that includes computer rankings with polls in a similar fashion to the BCS rankings, and also was ranked on top in the popular Any Given Saturday fan poll.
Southern Illinois, Richmond and William & Mary were also rated ahead of Montana in the GPI. SIU also was on top, with Villanova second and Montana third in The Sports Network top-25 poll - considered the poll of record for 23 years.
Sure.....what would the coaches know.....they only live and breath football 24x7The only place where Montana was ranked No. 1 was in the coaches poll, a poll that in its revised form only has 28 voters, has had questionable accuracy and relies on a voting block that seldom sees a cross-section of games from around the country.
Now let's take a look at his predictions
South Dakota State's edge on the line should allow the Jackrabbits to win a defensive struggle by three points.
Of course looking at the rest of his predictions:
EWU lost by 11This should be a shootout, with EWU's playoff experience making the difference in a four-point victory.
Elon lost by 3Southern Conference runner-up Elon has struggled in big games in the past three years and that, combined with Richmond's playoff experience should make the difference in a 10-point Spider win.
Nova won by 10This should be one of the highest scoring games of the first round, but Villanova has too many offensive weapons and is favored by 21 points in this one.
MSU lost by 36This game will be decided on which of these two sometimes-erratic teams plays more consistently. That is more likely to be McNeese State, with the Cowboys playing at home, and should result in a seven-point victory for MSU.
Southern Illinois has too many weapons on both sides of the ball and should win this one going away by 18 points.
SIU won by 41
Weber State has the experience of a quarterfinal finish in last year's playoffs, but William & Mary's offense will likely be too much for the Wildcats in a tight game the Tribe should take by four points.
W&M won by 38
and of course
ASU won by 7ASU may be the most dangerous team in the field right now and the Mountaineers have more experience than any potential opponent, with three national titles and a quarterfinal berth in the past four years. That should make the difference in a 17-point Appalachian State victory.
well....he got 5 out of 8 right......close on the scores
This post is nothing negative against the FCS teams.....just the worthless, biased TSN.
