2010 Delaware Schedule

[89Hen]

Nationally in 2009 only 12% of the population traveled more than 50 miles that weekend.

What do national figures have to do with Newark, DE?

[dbackjon]

Trying to prevent a repeat of the ags board where many BSC posters tried to present similiar arguements I suggest looking at recent playoff history during this decade, number of NC per conference this decade, and winning percentage of BSC teams not named Montanta during the playoffs, and the amount of years in a row that Montana has dominated your conference and you'll see that you are not #2. More like #4. Aske Weber how easy the CAA is.

Montana is that good. You are not.

You don't want to repeat it, but you trot out the same tired arguments...

Try giving the Big Sky some respect, and you'd be suprised you might get it in return...

[89Hen]

Try giving the Big Sky some respect...

Try earning some.

[jd of de]

Nationally in 2009 only 12% of the population traveled more than 50 miles that weekend.

What do national figures have to do with Newark, DE?

A part of the whole .... duhhhhhh.

[89Hen]

What do national figures have to do with Newark, DE?

A part of the whole .... duhhhhhh.

So if it only rains on 12% of the country, it must be sunny where I am.

[jd of de]

A part of the whole .... duhhhhhh.

So if it only rains on 12% of the country, it must be sunny where I am.

your poor parents. the utter disappointment

[HenZoneNation]

Trying to prevent a repeat of the ags board where many BSC posters tried to present similiar arguements I suggest looking at recent playoff history during this decade, number of NC per conference this decade, and winning percentage of BSC teams not named Montanta during the playoffs, and the amount of years in a row that Montana has dominated your conference and you'll see that you are not #2. More like #4. Aske Weber how easy the CAA is.

Montana is that good. You are not.

You don't want to repeat it, but you trot out the same tired arguments...

Try giving the Big Sky some respect, and you'd be suprised you might get it in return...

Okay. This is the Big Sky run down for teams not names Montana:

1) Since 2000 BSC teams not named Montana have had 5 wins combined and 15 losses. 33% winning streak if you're counting at home. Two of those wins came when a BSC team (Cal Poly in 05 beat UM, and Weber St beat Cal Poly in 08) so a BSC team had to win.

2) Since you questioned Delaware's strength of schedule I will add that UD by 2003 had more wins combined then all the other BSC teams combined...not named Montana.

3) Since 2000, no BSC school besides UM has advanced past the 2nd round.

4) As far as conferences go since 1990:
SoCon has 9 NC's from 3 different schools.
CAA has 5 NC'S from 5 different schools
MVC has 5 NC's from 2 different schools
BSC has 2 NC's from 1 school....named...Montana

5) Since 1998 Montana has either won or shared the conference title every year...that is one team dominating every one else, year in and year out. You won't see that in the CAA.

[bandl]

You don't want to repeat it, but you trot out the same tired arguments...

Try giving the Big Sky some respect, and you'd be suprised you might get it in return...

Okay. This is the Big Sky run down for teams not names Montana:

1) Since 2000 BSC teams not named Montana have had 5 wins combined and 15 losses. 33% winning streak if you're counting at home. Two of those wins came when a BSC team (Cal Poly in 05 beat UM, and Weber St beat Cal Poly in 08) so a BSC team had to win.

You sure confused the crap out of me with #1...I assume you mean in the playoffs? But what is a 33% winning streak? And Cal-Poly isn't in the BSC...

[HenZoneNation]

Sorry for the confusion...yes I do mean playoffs and my mistake about Cal Poly, that actually makes the winning percentage go down.

My feeling on about conferences right now is that there are 4 major conferences out there in the FCS: BSC, CAA, MVC, and SoCon

Rankings right now based on the past decade:
1) CAA
2) SoCon
3) MVC
4) BSC

[93henfan]

And Cal-Poly isn't in the BSC...

Bullshit! Every school west of the Mississippi is in the BSC, aren't they?

[93henfan]

Rankings right now based on the past decade:
1) CAA
2) SoCon
3) MVC
4) BSC

I personally say 3 and 4 are almost interchangeable there (but only because Montana is that good), and also that #2 is closer to #1 than it is to the interchangeable #3 and #4. Now if you wanted to do the rankings on the last three years alone, #2 has dropped significantly with GaSou, Furman, and Wofford doing faceplants.

[bandl]

Sorry for the confusion...yes I do mean playoffs and my mistake about Cal Poly, that actually makes the winning percentage go down.

My feeling on about conferences right now is that there are 4 major conferences out there in the FCS: BSC, CAA, MVC, and SoCon

Rankings right now based on the past decade:
1) CAA
2) SoCon
3) MVC
4) BSC

What is a 33% winning streak??

[93henfan]

What is a 33% winning streak??

I think homeslice means winning percentage.

[bandl]

What is a 33% winning streak??

I think homeslice means winning percentage.

I know...I'm just THIRST

[DukeJack]

Big Sky was the second rated conference last year - Montana is THAT good. Most Big Sky teams would do quite well in the CAA...

I have to take offense to this. The top half of the Big Sky offenses would fit in with the CAA, but the problem comes when the defenses come out. I suspect it's due to the population base, but for whatever reason the BSC teams do not produce top tier defenses found on so many CAA teams. Players are slower with less ability to cover and playmake on BS schools with the exception of the Montana schools. I think the W&M-Weber game shows how important it is to have athletes on both sides of the ball, and not just stacked on offense.

I have been trying my best to stay out of these pissing fights, but this finally drug me out. If you're trolling, well, Hen fans certainly make it easy, no arguments there. If it's a lack of respect, I certainly understand that as well. The standard of football out west is much higher than many back east think it is, but more than anything I don't understand this need to tear down the CAA.

Afterall, you know that just because one conference is stronger as a whole than another does not mean it has to have the best team, as Montana has shown over and over again.

[HenZoneNation]

Population based? What about teams like Sacramento State, UC Davis, and Cal Poly that are found in one of the most populated states in the country. Or how about some of the Texas schools that live and die with football. Flip the script, a school like Appy State in Boone, NC is not surrounded by masses of people. I don't think population has as much do with success as you would assume considering Hofstra is right outside NYC and they dropped football. You could also use the arguement that states that are not as heavily populated and who don't have to compete with local professional teams might have stronger fans bases because they are the only game in town. You see at the FBS level with Oklahoma, Nebraska, Iowa...where people are much more fantatical about their college team than they are to whatever team happens to be the closest to them. That helps with local, state, and regional recruiting. With that school of thought schools like a Weber St or a Montana should have that strong fan bases that lead to strong recruiting on a small er level of course. I think the thing that impressed me the most about Montana was the number of starters from that state. I equate that to good recruiting and kids growing up in households around that area that only care about UM football.