Ah, yes, the bane of New Hampshire's existence. It's not the snow, or presidential campaigns, or lack of football fan support… it's playoff rounds that begin with a "Q". The Wildcats are in the playoffs for the tenth-straight season, but are 0-6 in the quarterfinals over that stretch. This matchup is pretty even otherwise, so I'll go with UNH's history & the home field in Hammond.
Here's my assessment of the matchups & my pick for the game:
You only have to get one foot in for a completion in college, but I just LOVE how that UNH receiver tiptoed the sideline to secure that big first down. There are NFL receivers who can't do that....
SuperHornet's Athletics Hall of Fame includes Jacksonville State kicker Ashley Martin, the first girl to score in a Division I football game. She kicked 3 PATs in a 2001 game for J-State.
Well, at least the Lions are good at blocking field goals.
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I have to wonder why SELA didn't put Bennett in the shotgun and do a run/pass option thing on third down.
Well, I believe that I must tell the truth
And say things as they really are
But if I told the truth and nothing but the truth
Could I ever be a star? Deep Purple: No One Came
JohnStOnge wrote:I have to wonder why SELA didn't put Bennett in the shotgun and do a run/pass option thing on third down.
I just hope SELA doesn't make the same mistake they made in the first half with that clock management....
SuperHornet's Athletics Hall of Fame includes Jacksonville State kicker Ashley Martin, the first girl to score in a Division I football game. She kicked 3 PATs in a 2001 game for J-State.
My God, man. New Hampshire is bringing the same type of game Eastern brought today. They are doing everything they can to lose, but the other team just doesn't have enough talent to take advantage. Just like EWU earlier today, UNH should be up by 4 TDs by now.
SELA takes the lead on a TRAVESTY of a play. I "get" the rule, but it's a bogus rule. Your helmet comes off, you play at your own risk. That's officiating determining the outcome. Ugh!
SuperHornet's Athletics Hall of Fame includes Jacksonville State kicker Ashley Martin, the first girl to score in a Division I football game. She kicked 3 PATs in a 2001 game for J-State.
SuperHornet wrote:SELA takes the lead on a TRAVESTY of a play. I "get" the rule, but it's a bogus rule. Your helmet comes off, you play at your own risk. That's officiating determining the outcome. Ugh!
That wasn't the travesty.
The travesty was #71 being 10 yds downfield on that screen, and prior to that, the no call on the grounding by #3 to avoid the sack.
"But the damned and the guiltiest among you are the men who had the capacity to know, yet chose to blank out reality, the men who were willing to sell their intelligence into cynical servitude..."
- John Galt
And they miss the PAT!!! The way this game is going, it just seems like SE Louisiana is leading a charmed existence. I have a hunch they pull this out, despite not being nearly as good.
I know I am gonna catch all kinds of hell for this and I am watching an extremly entertaining game....but whenever they go the the Lousiana sideline, all I can hear in my head is "Waaaaater sux.....it really really sux!!!"
LDopaPDX wrote:And they miss the PAT!!! The way this game is going, it just seems like SE Louisiana is leading a charmed existence. I have a hunch they pull this out, despite not being nearly as good.
Nevermind. #7 should've had a catch at the UNH 30 and would've set up a FG, but he flat dropped it. Good job by UNH not to go straight dime-deep at the end and force SE LA to make the yards.
LDopaPDX wrote:And they miss the PAT!!! The way this game is going, it just seems like SE Louisiana is leading a charmed existence. I have a hunch they pull this out, despite not being nearly as good.
Don't buy into that $550 Mega-Millions
"But the damned and the guiltiest among you are the men who had the capacity to know, yet chose to blank out reality, the men who were willing to sell their intelligence into cynical servitude..."
- John Galt
Oh well. Not a bad effort by SELA. UNH beat it's own conference champion by a lot worse than it beat the Lions. And they weren't going to go to Fargo and beat NDSU anyway. UNH probably isn't going to do that either.
But we'll see. At this point we still have the possibility of having two teams from the same conference meet in the championship game for the first time in all the years of I-AA/FCS playoffs. Frankly I favor Towson to get there. And it wouldn't be an absolute shock to see UNH get there. A surprise, yes. An absolute shock, no.
Well, I believe that I must tell the truth
And say things as they really are
But if I told the truth and nothing but the truth
Could I ever be a star? Deep Purple: No One Came
SuperHornet wrote:SELA takes the lead on a TRAVESTY of a play. I "get" the rule, but it's a bogus rule. Your helmet comes off, you play at your own risk. That's officiating determining the outcome. Ugh!
That wasn't the travesty.
The travesty was #71 being 10 yds downfield on that screen, and prior to that, the no call on the grounding by #3 to avoid the sack.
That, too....
SuperHornet's Athletics Hall of Fame includes Jacksonville State kicker Ashley Martin, the first girl to score in a Division I football game. She kicked 3 PATs in a 2001 game for J-State.
LDopaPDX wrote:And they miss the PAT!!! The way this game is going, it just seems like SE Louisiana is leading a charmed existence. I have a hunch they pull this out, despite not being nearly as good.
Don't buy into that $550 Mega-Millions
Can you imagine winning a half billion? Of course, after taxes, it's probably something in the neighborhood of $14.
Bison Fan in NW MN wrote:Really good win on the road for UNH.
Bison should give them a challenge.
UNH pulled out one they should have won going away. They won't be able to get away with allowing blocked field goals against NDSU....
SuperHornet's Athletics Hall of Fame includes Jacksonville State kicker Ashley Martin, the first girl to score in a Division I football game. She kicked 3 PATs in a 2001 game for J-State.
Aho Old Guy wrote:
Don't buy into that $550 Mega-Millions
Can you imagine winning a half billion? Of course, after taxes, it's probably something in the neighborhood of $14.
Straight take home in North Carolina after all taxes is around $201 million ... an annuity works out to $12.5m/yr for 30 years after taxes. I'm not greedy -- I could go either way.
But, I won't buy a ticket until it goes over $600 million
SuperHornet wrote:
Aho Old Guy wrote:
That wasn't the travesty.
The travesty was #71 being 10 yds downfield on that screen, and prior to that, the no call on the grounding by #3 to avoid the sack.
That, too....
I neglected to add the offsides on the SELA left DE (when he batted down the pass). That was obvious to everyone but the officials.
"But the damned and the guiltiest among you are the men who had the capacity to know, yet chose to blank out reality, the men who were willing to sell their intelligence into cynical servitude..."
- John Galt
