Big Sky football week 9

[Mvemjsunpx]

Wow. I didn't know about that situation with North Texas. There are teams making crappy bowls all the time (mainly midlevel B(C)$ programs like Cal) who sneak in at 6-6. Do they have to get waivers, too, or is the 6 wins enough?

I guess I should have said "non-losing record." In the current system, you need 6 wins & a non-losing record (so 6-7 won't cut it).

I don't know what happens if a 6-6 team wins their division & loses the conference title game to fall to 6-7. I figure they'd get a waiver, but I don't know.

[JALMOND]

I agree that PSU has an outside chance - they could easily win out against Sac St., UNC and Weber. But even so their schedule makes it very unlikely they'll pick up a playoff spot. PSU has gone through some weird schedules over the last ten years; one year 3 FBCs, then mostly 2 FBCs, then this year when we schedule of all things an NCCAII and NCAAIII. OK, I'll accept that Burton came in to find a dead team; some easy games were necessary to build confidence. But no more! Next year will certainly be scheduled more strongly now that we've proved we can play with the big boys.

We've got Washington already on the schedule next year. We do not play Montana, Sac State or Weber State next year so it would be nice to get one of those teams on board. But I am sure Chisholm and his bunch will make sure we get Boise State on the schedule and add in Pacific from Forest Grove. Then, when we get booted by Boise, we can schedule Linfield. Why even try to schedule FCS, we haven't played anyone in nonconference affiliated with the FCS since McNeese State in 2007 (other than Davis). But hey, we have to play the Pac-whatever number they are now, and Willamette.

Also, Southern Oregon is not even DII. They are NAIA, which makes our schedule one of the worst in FCS. Thanks to our athletic department who does not have the guts to do home and homes, we scheduled ourselves out of the playoffs, just like 2006.

[kemajic]

Weber State
Montana State
Sacramento State
North Dakota
Eastern Washington

You didn't do so hot.

[kalm]

I agree that PSU has an outside chance - they could easily win out against Sac St., UNC and Weber. But even so their schedule makes it very unlikely they'll pick up a playoff spot. PSU has gone through some weird schedules over the last ten years; one year 3 FBCs, then mostly 2 FBCs, then this year when we schedule of all things an NCCAII and NCAAIII. OK, I'll accept that Burton came in to find a dead team; some easy games were necessary to build confidence. But no more! Next year will certainly be scheduled more strongly now that we've proved we can play with the big boys.

We've got Washington already on the schedule next year. We do not play Montana, Sac State or Weber State next year so it would be nice to get one of those teams on board. But I am sure Chisholm and his bunch will make sure we get Boise State on the schedule and add in Pacific from Forest Grove. Then, when we get booted by Boise, we can schedule Linfield. Why even try to schedule FCS, we haven't played anyone in nonconference affiliated with the FCS since McNeese State in 2007 (other than Davis). But hey, we have to play the Pac-whatever number they are now, and Willamette.

Also, Southern Oregon is not even DII. They are NAIA, which makes our schedule one of the worst in FCS. Thanks to our athletic department who does not have the guts to do home and homes, we scheduled ourselves out of the playoffs, just like 2006.

We have similar problems and the trend continues. I really do think it's that difficult for those out west to schedule a playoff friendly OOC especially during budget crunches.