2014 MVFC Scoreboard

[goon]

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Probably see a lot of confrence teams finish at 4-4. Probably going to hlep keep teams out of the playofffs because of it.

[jackmd]

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Ind St up 14-0 over UNI.

YSU up 14-0 on Missouri St.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

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Exactly.

Time to call up those downstream buddies of yours.

That only gets us to 11. 12 is the magic number.

Adding USD was a mistake because it didn't expand the conference enough for multiple teams to have the benefit of playing the bottom. I didn't mean to imply the conference would be better off small.

If I could choose between:

A-A full round robin
B-A 12 team conference
C-The current setup

C is the worst option. That's all I was saying.

[zooropa]

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Yep the secret to more bids is to actually be a bigger conference with several really bad schools at the bottom to fatten up on.

Exactly.

Time to call up those downstream buddies of yours.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

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The record numbers for bids from a conference are 5 from CAA in 2011 and 4 from the Big Sky last year.

Neither conference played a round robin.

You are correct. However, those conferences are large enough that every few seasons a less than playoff caliber team hits the lotto and plays a couple of bad schools and doesn't play the top tier at all. A non-round robin schedule would actually be advantageous if the MVFC would expand to 12 schools.

[FargoBison]

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The record numbers for bids from a conference are 5 from CAA in 2011 and 4 from the Big Sky last year.

Neither conference played a round robin.

Yep the secret to more bids is to actually be a bigger conference with several really bad schools at the bottom to fatten up on.

[zooropa]

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The conference basically screwed itself by adding USD. Not playing a round robin really hurts us for multiple bids

The record numbers for bids from a conference are 5 from CAA in 2011 and 4 from the Big Sky last year.

Neither conference played a round robin.

[SF_Rabbit_Fan]

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To max out MVFC spots, WIU/USD need to absorb most of the MVFC losses and end up 0-8 & 1-7 in conference play. If every body else ends up 5-3 should maximize play-off spots. It will be interesting to see now that 8 MVFC teams are in the top 25 how much anybody changes if say IL St loses to SDSU, but beats NDSU (example)

The conference basically screwed itself by adding USD. Not playing a round robin really hurts us for multiple bids because not everybody gets to play the worst schools.

Assuming USD and WIU actually are the worst teams in the league, MSU and ISU-b are at a disadvantage because they don't play both schools. ISU-r, Youngstown, and SIU have an inside track because they don't play NDSU, UNI, and SDSU.

No point complaining, it is what it is.

[KUlawJack]

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Indiana has had more impressive non conference wins then us and just made it on the media top 25. Amazing how much last year matters in the polls.

The media poll is a complete crock of ****.

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/t...ot225poll.aspx

In addition to the poll itself being a travesty, look at the others receiving votes. It makes no damn sense at all. How, at this point, does Tennessee Tech have any votes? They are 1-3 and have been completely blown out by two MVFC teams.

I can't even stand to look at that abomination anymore. It makes me want to scream.

The Coaches Poll is just as bad. ISU-B not even ranked, but NAU, who lost to USD, is? Charleston Southern?

My God, sometimes, I wish we were closer to the east coast so we could pick up some of these easy wins that the CAA gets with the likes of the NEC, MEAC, and Big South.

[rabidrabbit]

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To max out MVFC spots, WIU/USD need to absorb most of the MVFC losses and end up 0-8 & 1-7 in conference play. If every body else ends up 5-3 should maximize play-off spots. It will be interesting to see now that 8 MVFC teams are in the top 25 how much anybody changes if say IL St loses to SDSU, but beats NDSU (example)

[rabidrabbit]

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Indiana has had more impressive non conference wins then us and just made it on the media top 25. Amazing how much last year matters in the polls.

Yes, tough for media and coaches to toss out perception based on last year results. Over in the AGS fans poll ISU(b) is into the teens. Great severe test for ISU(b) with UNI coming in Sat.

[sdsu_drake]

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Indiana has had more impressive non conference wins then us and just made it on the media top 25. Amazing how much last year matters in the polls.

[rabidrabbit]

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**Peering in Crystal Ball*** All MVFC teams with 8 wins, and no more that 3 conference losses will be in the play-offs.

[mitchellrabbit]

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Illinois St completes the sweep of OOC games for the MVFC. It is 48-6 over Austin Peay(OVC) in the 3rd quarter. SIU will be the 1-0 team as they have 17 point lead with 4 minutes to play. It will be great to have the rest of the teams active next week.

Almost a sweep of OOC FCS games for the MVFC. USD messed that up by losing to Montana.

[OldHare]

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Illinois St completes the sweep of OOC games for the MVFC. It is 48-6 over Austin Peay(OVC) in the 3rd quarter. SIU will be the 1-0 team as they have 17 point lead with 4 minutes to play. It will be great to have the rest of the teams active next week.