2024 Playoffs

[jakejc795]

Grizz haven't played in Brookings since Nov. 1970

[jakejc795]

Whomever signed contract to have Hancock Stadium host IL HS playoffs must want to crawl into a Redbird nest and pull the branches over themselves

[jakejc795]

cannot say I am happy. i can definitely make arguments for a different seeding. all things considered, I dont think we can be surprised or upset. these seeds do make sense, even if I / we can make good arguments for the Jacks to be seeded higher

betting UIW will be very excited to have a rematch in Brookings in December)
I dont think MSU is the best team. NOBODY really benefitted from USD beating NDSU except for MSU!! the Jacks did not move up. usd did not move up. but MSU now gets to play usd in the semis instead of the Jacks. obviously they will NEVER say it, but I guarantee they are excited about that

While we wait for bracket to be filled, I'd be curious if Jacks would've been 2nd seed even if they had defeated the Bison

[LetsGoRabbits]

cannot say I am happy. i can definitely make arguments for a different seeding. all things considered, I dont think we can be surprised or upset. these seeds do make sense, even if I / we can make good arguments for the Jacks to be seeded higher

betting UIW will be very excited to have a rematch in Brookings in December)
I dont think MSU is the best team. NOBODY really benefitted from USD beating NDSU except for MSU!! the Jacks did not move up. usd did not move up. but MSU now gets to play usd in the semis instead of the Jacks. obviously they will NEVER say it, but I guarantee they are excited about that

[22jack]

The selection committee bias towards NDSU is back. The good news is we are far better now than when we played in Fargo earlier this year and they are not.

It is not bias. They had a better resume. SDSU has no one to blame but themselves. Stop playing D2 teams.

[jakejc795]

Big Mercer fan for the next couple weeks

[GoJacks2011]

The selection committee bias towards NDSU is back. The good news is we are far better now than when we played in Fargo earlier this year and they are not.

[jakejc795]

NDSU #2. Boooo.

Jacks #3.

I hope Vandals are in Bison quad

[Bozemaniac]

NDSU #2. Boooo.

Jacks #3.

[jakejc795]

Bison #2

[Bozemaniac]

MSU #1 as expected.

[jakejc795]

Communicability factors are why USD only has 8 D1 wins.

My comment was half in jest, but it would be interesting to see how the Committee tussled with pertussis paradox

[Bozemaniac]

The committee should also consider communicability factors such as the following for the 'Yotes and Bison.

Communicability factors are why USD only has 8 D1 wins.

[jakejc795]

Don't know about USD/NDSU.

For MSU, only new injury I think is #2 RB Julius Davis. That one might be serious enough to go past the first round bye, and I think he only just came back from an injury earlier this season. Humphrey was previously injured at Davis and was limited yesterday. I think their #1 receiver FB/TE Jones was also previously injured (I don't think he got hurt yesterday), but he did have two catches. Hard to say if he was limited in any way since they only had like 6 caught passes yesterday out of maybe 10 passing plays.

Thank you, I went to a sports bar in SF that balked at showing the Brawl and Bison-'Yotes games, and my buddy and I opted to stream USD game on my phone after it became clear the Grizz weren't likely to stay in that game. I didn't notice any injuries in the snippets of the USD game I saw

[jakejc795]

My top 4 seeding:
1 - Montana State (unbeaten, duh)
2 - South Dakota State (highest Sagarin, best defense, offense really playing well now)
3 - South Dakota (Beat #4, took #2 to overtime)
4 - North Dakota State (Lost to #3, last-minute win vs. #2 at home was a long time ago in football time)

The committee should also consider communicability factors such as the following for the 'Yotes and Bison.