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I'm curious how that changes anything I stated?

Craig Haley from STATS FCS had them in his final bracket the night before as well. I believe he had 23 out of 24 correct, putting Towson in instead of New Hampshire (both of which are head-scratchers). I think that was the only projected bracket I saw that had WIU in it, though as other have stated, WIU is only one of the teams that got in that raises some questions.

I unfortunately agree. Was hoping to find a silver lining as I was putting it together. Obviously that didn't happen.

Phil Hansen is the same guy who during a game last year declared John Crockett the best back in college football. Not FCS, every division. I have no problem with announcers having a little homer streak to them but seriously...

They did have 6 wins, so they had that going for them....

All 5 MVFC teams were on one side because SDSU !@#$ the bed and lost their seed. After that, it all becomes regionalization. That is written into the selection committees criteria, but keep crying that it is a conspiracy (note that I'm not agreeing with it, strictly pointing out that it is laid out for all to see). Before the selection show, the complaint was that McNeese was a mirage but would get seeded above NDSU. The committee gave the MVFC fans exactly what they wanted, ISU and NDSU were the next best teams behind JSU. Not hard to work backwards from there and see how the bracket ended up the way it does when regionalization is written into the criteria of how the brackets are set. As for the toughest conference thing, Sagarin has the Big Sky as the #2 conference. Here's how the top 5 conferences, in Sagarin's order of "toughness" fared. 1. MVFC - 5 of 10 (50% of the conference) made the field. Had 5 eligible teams (100% success rate) 2. Big Sky - 3 of 13 (23% of the conference) made the field. Had 7 eligible teams (43% success rate) 3. Southern - 2 of 8 (25% of the conference) made the field. Had 3 eligible teams (67% success rate) 4. CAA - 4 of 12 (33% of the conference) made the field. Had 6 eligible teams (67% success rate) 5. OVC - 2 of 9 (22% of the conference) made the field. Had 4 eligible teams (50% success rate) The 2nd hardest conference had the least success. Since its all about conference strength, I'd love to hear your explanation.

You left out the part where Georgia Tech ended the 2010 season with a losing record, but guessing that doesn't sound as good as using what is nothing more than a preseason ranking.

I agree somewhat but things change fast in college football, just look at the preseason polls for the Big Sky compared to the final standings. Never know how things will shake out.

Doesn't the almighty Sagarin have the Big Sky ranked as the number two conference?

If UND gets in, feeling confident they will be hosting. 3 game winning streak with back to back blowouts is a good way to end the season.

Win and in. Tailgating next Saturday. Let's do it. #BubbaBall

They have already made their point with making William and Mary remove the feather from the W&M. I don't think there would be an issue with some sort of incorporation but to blatantly put a headdress on the head of a hawk is just poking the bear. It needs to be done tactfully and tastefully which, as some random designs that have popped up have shown, is very possible.

UND ATHLETICS: Changes will be gradual with new nickname

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Fighting Hawks take set 4. UND has had Idaho's number this year, hoping they can finish it off.

Give it time, I'm sure the Hawks will grow up and move on from their violent ways soon enough.

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Not my top choice by any means but hindsight, everyone should have seen it coming. You ever watched a group of people try to order pizza? They're going to end up with pepperoni. You have a huge, diverse group try to pick a nickname, you're going to end up with something safe/generic. All stakeholder groups wanted a say, so it had to be all-inclusive, well this is what you get. The other option was to come up with 2 or 3 unique options with no outside input and then you have people complaining about not having input, choices being forced on them and on top of it, a huge majority hates the options because unique things are polarizing by nature. The University of North Dakota made one nickname great, time for them to do the same with another.

There was already a different version in the tailgating lots Saturday.

Well that could be good or bad. A negative reaction shot wouldn't be very fun.....

Her votes were split between MacKenzie Hart, North Dakota and MacKenzie Hart, Fighting Hawks.

This made me laugh. Not because it was funny (it is) but because how spot on it is. The social media meltdown is more than I hoped for. People's lack of understanding of the basic facts are just the cherry on top.

Just call up Mayor Hawk and see if there is anything he hasn't registered yet.