The Sicatoka

NCAA story: http://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2016-11-20/fcs-football-24-team-championship-bracket-selected Print bracket: http://i.turner.ncaa.com/sites/default/files/external/gametool/brackets/football_fcs_2016.pdf Interactive bracket: http://www.ncaa.com/interactive-bracket/football/fcs

I listened to the NDSU@USD game yesterday. The NDSU defense is going to need the bye week. They are pretty banged up. (I actually believe it and not just that their announcers are crying 'poverty'.) That said, the committee gave NDSU no favor with triple-option, run first, pound it Cal Poly against a defense that has some key cogs out due to injury.

Nice of you to predict that ... of the Big Sky.

So UND gets the winner of NC A&T at Richmond. You mean Richmond, who I watched yesterday to see if W&M could knock them off? Not saying, just saying ... To Bubba and his staff and team: Congratulations. But now the hard work begins. Leave no doubt.

SHSU 7 CentArk 0 12 left in 1st

NDSU 7 USD 7 End of 1

Is there some irony in a team called "The Tribe" doing UND a favor with the NCAA.

So where are the other games right now (just broke my W&M feed)? ESPN3?

William & Mary 34 #7 U of Richmond 13 Final The W&M announcers figure UR will play at home ... next weekend.

Now the UR KO returner catches the ball but steps out on the 5. < face palm >

2:01 remains, 4 and 3, W&M on 28 .... go, play action, to the TE ... TD W&M. Dare I say ... game. 34-13 with 1:55 to play.

Dear W&M .... run the ball and don't give up a turnover.

W&M with a stop and UR punts. 6:24 to play.

Photos or it never happened.

8:15 to play W&M punts back to UR. UR with a PF on the play. UR starting about their own 23.

11:52 to play, UR punts back to W&M. Still 27-13

That alone could give the committee pause. What are they saying? Broken bone?

13:43 left W&M 27 UR 13

End of 3 W&M 20 Richmond 13 W&M has 2 and 8 from UR 18 to start 4th.

Why do I smile at the notion of UND 22 and UND 5 facing a "run defense" like Richmonds?

The run has been there for W&M and their pass blocking right now is pitiful. Run the rock.

Want #5 Sam over #8 Cent Arkansas Want UNI over #10 South Dakota State Would really like to see W&M finish off #7 Richmond.

Richmond may have been hosed on the targeting call but they just got away with a way late hit on the pile on offense.

Richmond is #7 ahead of #9 UND. Go W&M.

The W&M announcers say "the turkey vultures are circling the Richmond sideline". I say ... not so fast. A lot of game left.