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  • #1

    2011 FCS playoffs

    Undefeated Sam Houston St. gets the #1 seed, 10-1 NDSU #2, 9-2 Georgia Southern #3, 9-2 Montana #4, and 9-2 Northern Iowa #5 seed.

    UNI and NDSU the only MVFC teams to get in, I for one, was not surprised ISU-R or YSU or ISU-B were left out.

    NDSU gets a cakewalk bracket, AFAIC, at least until their third game (I suppose JMU would give them a game, EKU, no way) and UNI wont get past Montana, but that's why they play the games I suppose.

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    Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

    The Redbirds really hosed themselves. They had the game against UNI yesterday. I was watching the 4th quarter play by play and hell, my heart rate was a touch higher. Down 10-6 with about 13 minutes to go ISU goes on a 19 play, 85 yard drive converting three 4th downs including the 1 yard TD run for the lead. The drive took an amazing 9 minutes 58 seconds. They proceed to give up too much on the kickoff and UNI drives quickly and hits a 40 yard field goal to tie. Then ISU missed a 37 yard FG in overtime #2.

    Ouch.

    But if the MVFC is the #2 team in the GPI conference rankings, how do they not get 3 in the expanded playoffs? Heck, NDSU made it last year with a 4-4 conference record. ISU-Red was 5-3 in the #2 power conference in the country.

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    • #3
      Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

      Originally posted by sfjacksfan99 View Post
      The Redbirds really hosed themselves. They had the game against UNI yesterday. I was watching the 4th quarter play by play and hell, my heart rate was a touch higher. Down 10-6 with about 13 minutes to go ISU goes on a 19 play, 85 yard drive converting three 4th downs including the 1 yard TD run for the lead. The drive took an amazing 9 minutes 58 seconds. They proceed to give up too much on the kickoff and UNI drives quickly and hits a 40 yard field goal to tie. Then ISU missed a 37 yard FG in overtime #2.

      Ouch.

      But if the MVFC is the #2 team in the GPI conference rankings, how do they not get 3 in the expanded playoffs? Heck, NDSU made it last year with a 4-4 conference record. ISU-Red was 5-3 in the #2 power conference in the country.
      ISU-R had no quality wins, and a bad loss to EIU (2-9).
      NDSU, '10, had wins against FBS Kansas, and their worse loss was to another of the 4-4 MVFC (Mo St.), and I believe a W over the #2 MVFC team, Western IL., and no OOC losses.

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      • #4
        Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86RTSL6WGS4
        FCS playoff brackets and what we are doing for the Thanksgivings weekend.
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        • #5
          Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

          JMU and E. Kentucky are tied 7-7 midway throught the second...in front of a 1/3 to 1/2 full E. Kentucky crowd....IT'S THE PLAYOFFS, GO WATCH YOUR TEAM....terrible. There is no way EKU should've got home field advantage with that kind of TERRIBLE crowd support.
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          • #6
            Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

            Not sure if you guys saw this link that got tweeted around but it's something to chew on when thinking about the FCS Playoffs.

            http://www.college-sports-journal.co...-for-the-field

            I don't buy much of it but it supports RowdyRabbit's point about the small crowd today and I thought the same thing watching on ESPNU. I'll say that I think there has to be a better way of awarding home games in the playoffs than to the school that throws the most money at the game. SDSU would be on the wrong end of that fight every time. One idea could be seeding the whole tourney, 1-20 but you wouldn't guarantee the most money that way. Regardless, the better team should host the game, even though the method of selecting that in completely subjective.

            I've stewed over the selection show since last Sunday and I'm over it now. But the ESPNU guys saying that Delaware should be in really made me mad, when there were at least 5 7-win teams that I would have selected before them, including Illinois State. The Blue Hens had 6 D-I wins; why don't they understand about that. Get some guys on there that can break down the FCS for 30 minutes and actually add something about the teams. If you're on the telecast, wouldn't you take some pride in what you do and do some research?

            /end rant

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            • #7
              Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

              2,388.

              Thats the attendance of the JMU @ EKU game. What. A. Joke.

              Not surprisingly, by the way, JMU won. Although it was WAY closer than I thought it would be.
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              • #8
                Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

                And JMU was over 25,000 in attendance for four of their five home games.

                http://www.jmusports.com/fls/14400/s...11/teamgbg.htm

                This sheds a little more light on the Eastern Kentucky decision:

                http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/t...spx?id=4451972

                Not that home field helped the Colonels out anyways.

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                • #9
                  Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

                  I found this article, which laughs in the face of being objective, on the website of EKU's hometown paper and it's quite funny knowing how the attendance turned out: (He refers to "bleeding blue," a reference to UK's big game vs. Tennessee Saturday, which the Wildcats won)

                  http://richmondregister.com/localspo...-time-to-shine

                  There should be a response to the poor attendance in Sunday's paper and I'll post it when I find it.

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                  • #10
                    Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

                    Sam Houston St. makes the Championship game. I had in-laws over and spaced the game off, anyone watch? How did either team look?
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                    • #11
                      Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

                      SHSU built a 3 td lead early and rode that to the win. They put up a lot of yds running against UM.

                      If SHSU ends up playing GA So it could be a high scoring championship game with two potent, run oriented, offenses playing.
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                      • #12
                        Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

                        Originally posted by Prairiehaas View Post
                        SHSU built a 3 td lead early and rode that to the win. They put up a lot of yds running against UM.

                        If SHSU ends up playing GA So it could be a high scoring championship game with two potent, run oriented, offenses playing.
                        Seem like Sam Houston when they played in Brookings was afraid to pass into the wind. Looks like a real turnaround down there.

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                        • #13
                          Re: 2011 FCS playoffs

                          Originally posted by Nidaros View Post
                          Seem like Sam Houston when they played in Brookings was afraid to pass into the wind. Looks like a real turnaround down there.
                          When exactly was this? I don't remember SDSU ever playing Sam Houston State, if they did it was a LONG time ago. Maybe you are thinking Stephen F. Austin or Texas State...

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                          • #14
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                            I wonder what effect the news of the sexual assaults by three Montana football players had on their game. Yesterday morning reports were in the news about three unidentified players...no charges filed etc....

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                            • #15
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                              GSU vs NDSU game coming up on espn3.

                              http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/...pn3/id/320364/
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