2013 FCS Playoffs

[jackmd]

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Well, I must say I'm pleased. No CAA teams left and really no true "east coast" teams. Georgia Southern is just that, southern. Certainly a major contrast between NDSU and the 3 remaining. I think SHSU can contain EWU's offense but I may be wrong. I think we'll see a rematch of last years championship with a similar result.

I hope the good old boys from north of the Mason-Dixie line east of the Appalachians are paying attention to the the programs from the wild wild west. Will the Bison D give up an offensive TD in this post-season?

[Nidaros]

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In the NCAA program that I paid 5 bucks for at the EIU game, they listed the selection committee. Whats a guy from U Of Dayton doing on there was my first thought, but looking through the list of members the non-scholarship schools seem to be over represented. They choose Colgate to be part of the playoff scheme. Was not the only USD win over a school named Colgate? When I was a kid in the late 1940's you heard the Colgate scores every Saturday as well as Lehigh, and Villinova. Apparently they offered scholarships back then but don't now. I guess what I am trying to say is that I agree with Jackmd in that none of the of the CAA schools are left. They seemed to have a way with the selection committee. I would like to see President Chicoine, Bescini NDSU or Abbott be on that committee. Finally it looks like a bizon repeat. I dont think there is any one left to take them out.

[SDSUAlum08]

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In the NCAA program that I paid 5 bucks for at the EIU game, they listed the selection committee. Whats a guy from U Of Dayton doing on there was my first thought, but looking through the list of members the non-scholarship schools seem to be over represented. They choose Colgate to be part of the playoff scheme. Was not the only USD win over a school named Colgate? When I was a kid in the late 1940's you heard the Colgate scores every Saturday as well as Lehigh, and Villinova. Apparently they offered scholarships back then but don't now. I guess what I am trying to say is that I agree with Jackmd in that none of the of the CAA schools are left. They seemed to have a way with the selection committee. I would like to see President Chicoine, Bescini NDSU or Abbott be on that committee. Finally it looks like a bizon repeat. I dont think there is any one left to take them out.

Colgate was an automatic qualifier from their conference. They had to be included.

[jackmd]

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Colgate was an automatic qualifier from their conference. They had to be included.

Correct. They did leave out Lehigh (I think they only had 2 losses) because of their "non-scholarship" status. I think the committee is too east coast biased right now. I think I've made that clear. I understand that the FCS division is heavily embedded in the east and northeast. I understand that travel is more difficult in the west and midwest. I also understand that it isn't entirely fair to match the 2nd place team from the best conference in the FCS ranks with the #1 team in the nation in the 2nd round of the playoffs.

[Nidaros]

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Colgate was an automatic qualifier from their conference. They had to be included.

Thanks I was not aware of that. The MVFC is not represented like it should, and yes its too eastern controlled. Lot of "has beens" in terms of tradition, Lehigh, Colgate, Fordam and Villinova who dropped scholarship football in the 1970's.

[rabidrabbit]

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Of the 4 left, 3 are the AQs of SoCon, MVFC, and Big Sky, and the 4th is last year's runner up, who returned a ton of that championship game team.

SHSU will have played the three Big Sky entries in the play-offs if they make the finals.

NDSU will get two Triple Option teams to make the Frisco game for a 2nd year.

Those left have some good FCS pedigrees, except Sam Houston.

[Go_Herd]

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Good to see that the Patriot at least is adding scholarships in the future. Now the OVC teams that you guys played (EIU) have a history of poor playoff performance. Haven't won a playoff game with their automatic bid since 2000 or 2001. (Not knocking your win it was a beat down, just saying for these automatics conferences and their lack of production)

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/wcm/connect/...olarship+model

"The Patriot League plan will allow schools to begin offering 15 athletics scholarships in football beginning with the 2013 season, with the potential to add 15 per year up to the predetermined limit of 60. The Football Championship Subdivision allows 63 total scholarships, though legislation eliminating three scholarships in football is pending before the Presidential Advisory Group, which has the final say on all FCS issues."

[Go_Herd]

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Correct. They did leave out Lehigh (I think they only had 2 losses) because of their "non-scholarship" status.

They went 10-1 but lost the conference to Colgate on the second to last game of the year. I know how the story goes, easiest way to make the playoffs is to win the conference and there is no doubt. But it's still too bad with their past playoff performances.

Previous Playoffs
in 2010 they beat UNI 14-7
in 2011 they beat Towson 40-38

[Go_Herd]

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Lot of "has beens" in terms of tradition, Lehigh, Colgate, Fordam and Villinova who dropped scholarship football in the 1970's.

Not trying to prove you wrong, just so you know more of past FCS history.
Here is the list of previous winners.
http://www.ncaa.com/history/football/fcs

FCS Championships
2009 Villanova 23-21 Montana
2003 Delaware 40-0 Colgate
1979 Eastern Kentucky 30-7 Lehigh

[jackmd]

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They went 10-1 but lost the conference to Colgate on the second to last game of the year. I know how the story goes, easiest way to make the playoffs is to win the conference and there is no doubt. But it's still too bad with their past playoff performances.

Previous Playoffs
in 2010 they beat UNI 14-7
in 2011 they beat Towson 40-38

I didn't say it was fair they left Lehigh out. I know their history. I was giving the committee credit for omitting Lehigh for their loss of the autobid to Colgate. Lehigh has a solid program and would have been a formidable playoff opponent. That doesn't excuse the loss to Colgate and the committee agreed with that.

Thanks for the history lesson though, always good to know the facts.

[Go_Herd]

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I didn't say it was fair they left Lehigh out. I know their history

You said, "(I think they only had 2 losses)". I just wanted to clarify they had only one loss, and then I expanded from there. No worries.