MVFC 2018 Season

[JackJD]

Re: MVFC 2018 Season

Score update around the Valley (09.29.18, about 8:30 PM):

Illinois State 21 Missouri State 24
SDSU 17, NDSU 21
UNI 33, Indiana State 0
Youngstown State 38 Western Illinois 45
USD 10, SIU 17 with 9:35 in 3rd


and a few other FCS scores
Montana 41, Cal Poly 21 1:38 in the 3rd
Eastern Washington 34, Montana State 17
North Dakota 38, Northern Colorado 13

[NWHSUandSDSU]

Re: MVFC 2018 Season

Missouri St beats Illinois St

[BigGoosie13]

Re: MVFC 2018 Season

UNI handling ISUb 23-0 in second half..

Uffda, UNI's OL absolutely brutalized the Trees defense.

[OldHare]

Re: MVFC 2018 Season

UNI handling ISUb 23-0 in second half..

[thumper_76]

Re: MVFC 2018 Season

That USD-SIU game is going to break the scoreboard, both defenses are horrible and both offenses are dangerous. I’ll take SIU at home, but it’ll be close.


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[GopherHole]

It has been an interesting season thus far with all of the non-conference games, but now it is time for the regular season to kickoff and that will happen Thursday night.

UNI at Indiana State

ISU blue is 2-1 with wins over Quincy and Eastern Illinois. Their loss is to Louisville and it is hard to gauge much from that game. Indiana State was picked to finish last in the preseason poll.
UNI was picked 3rd in the preseason poll, and many believe they could be the 2nd best team behind NDSU. They lost by 3 in Missoula and were down by 38 to Iowa before scoring the final 14. Hampton was the medicine they needed to build some confidence.
Prediction: UNI 31 - ISU 17

USD at Southern Illinois

Matchup between two teams predicted to be scrambling for the middle of the pack and likely out of playoff contention.

USD started the season well with a strong showing at Kansas State and a solid win over Northern Colorado. While the score doesn't tell the story, they got manhandled by Weber State, 27-10.
The Salukis are trying to build something after struggling the last few years. They destroyed Murray State to start the season, but then they collected their game check from Ole Miss and licked their wounds. SE Missouri got the best of them in a shootout.
This one could go either way, but the pups will beat the pups. USD 36 - SIU 31

YSU at Western Illinois

The Fighting Pelinis were picked to finish 4th in the MVFC and likely qualify for the playoffs. Then the lost to Butler at home and took their beating, (payday), from West Virginia. Nothing builds confidence like a date with Valpo before MVFC league play.
Western was picked 7th in the preseason poll, but has played solid in non-conference play. They split with the two Montana schools and actually had the lead early and were still in the game entering the 4th quarter vs. the Illini before falling.
Western wins at home 24-12.

Illinois State at Missouri State

This is turning out to be a bigger game than initially expected. MSU was projected to compete with ISU blue for the bottom of the standings. However, a dominating blowout win vs Northern Arizona had to build some early season momentum. Their only loss is to Oklahoma State.
Illinois State has hit the gates running, with blowout wins over Saint Xavier and Eastern Illinois. This last Saturday they ran all over Colorado State in an impressive 35-19 over the reeling Rams.
If MSU doesn't come out strong early, this one turns into a blowout. ISU 41 - MSU 21.

SDSU at NDSU

Marker game - enough said.