jdub27

I agree on the first point on revenue stabilization but wouldn't it increase expenses by having to make two one-night trips instead of one two-night trip? Though admittedly its two bus rides vs. one and I'm probably missing something, just not sure what it is.

But 5 is fine. No one is saying UND is entitled to anything, they are saying that the comparables show that UND has a very legitimate case for why they should have been selected. You have yet to provide any actual analysis that shows why UND shouldn't have been in, you just keep parroting a bunch of nonsensical blather that has no substance.

Should have known what?? The reality is that there has never been a team that had 7 D-1 wins with one of them being over an FBS team that didn't make the playoff field.

All-Conference First Team Sean Meehan (Sr) - OG John Santiago (Fr) - RB - One of only 3 consensus first team players Will Ratelle (Sr) - LB All-Conference SecondTeam Brandon Anderson (Sr) - OG Colton Boas (Sr) - C Zach Adler (Sr) - FB Brian Labat (Jr) - OLB Cole Reyes (So) - S Mitch Meindel (So) - P All-Conference ThirdTeam Brandon Dranka (So) - DE All-Conference Honorable Mention Noan Johnson (Jr) - DE Co-Freshman of the Year - John Santiago

Must be why pretty much every single projection had them in the playoffs and they were listed as the first team out. But other than that, pretty unlikely.

Doesn't work what way? That there doesn't have to be any justification? Seems to me I laid out the resumes and the "tools" used (like it was assumed the committee did) and then pointed out the mind-bending logic where they use one "tool" to justify a comparison and then completely ignore that "tool" for the next comparison, while using one that contradicts the previous selection. Seems like it should be fair game when the committee chair can't answer one question without completely contradicting a previous answer he has given.

Here are the teams that UND arguably has legitimate reasons to question on how they got in before them. Not saying UND absolutely deserved to get in before all of them, but these are the last few in where the questions should be fair game when compared to UND. I put them in the order that I thought represented most to least questionable: UNH For - 7 D-1 wins, win against #7 Richmond at home, "good loss" (W&M) Against - No FBS win, losses to .500 teams or worse (Delaware, Stony Brook), lowest SRS, Massey and Sagarin ranking of the "at large's" (all behind UND), 2nd weakest SOS behind SHSU (#65 per Massey) EIU For - 7 D-1 wins, "good losses" (WIU, Northwestern, ISU, JSU) Against - Zero wins against playoff teams or FBS WIU For - SOS, SRS, wins over 3 playoff teams (SDSU, EIU, UNI), "good losses" (Illinois, CCU, ISU, YSU, NDSU) Against - 6 D-1 wins SHSU For - 7 D-1 wins, "good losses" (McNeese, Texas Tech) Against - Weakest SOS of "at large's" (#68 per Massey), zero wins against playoff or FBS teams, loss to .500 teams or worse (Lamar), UND For - 7 D-1 wins, FBS win (Wyoming), win against #6 Portland State on the road, "good losses" (NDSU, Montana) Against - Loss to .500 team or worse (Idaho State)

7 wins each, UND>UNH in the SRS, no head-to-head, no common opponents. Meh, let's go with UNH instead.

UND had a better SRS ranking than New Hampshire so it is a little strange to see that used as a justification.

If a kid wasn't on the staff's radar already, then not sure a coaching change elsewhere should be the main thing to put them on there. However, if it was a player that staff already had interest in and a relationship with, don't see what the issue would be. Lot's of kids continue to get contacted after they verbally commit.

No, that's why they got rid of them.

Isn't the point of the Alumni Association to gather money for the betterment of the University and its students? Seems like they are reminding people about that and reinforcing their mission to those who seem to have forgotten what it is.

It would be a lot tougher and more inaccurate not only due to the larger amount of teams in FCS but also because of fewer number of games overall and between teams/conferences and teams playing games out of their division (both up and down). The "comparisons" used in Pairwise would be a couple steps away instead of usually just one in hockey.

If Vince says it, book it. If gfhockey says it, go look for the tweet or article that was posted 10 minutes beforehand to confirm.

That's not what you said. You claimed that Faison lets coaches coach out their contract, which isn't the case, especially in the instance you specifically pointed out. I have no issue with being critical, but if you're going to throw stones, do it accurately.

Wait, I thought Bubba was the coach. When did Kalen DeBoer take over? That's who he claimed multiple times was the new head coach. What took you soon long to get the money then? That's the reason he wasn't let go a season sooner than he was. Oil prices were good then, shouldn't have been an issue.

It is? I seem to remember Mussman getting bought out of the final year of his contract. Please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. Accuracy optional, the siouxsports way.

They got Dayton because it is a bus trip. Regionalized like everything else.

UND has 14 turnovers and YSU shooting .610 from the floor. UND is outrebounding YSU 26-20 including 10-3 on the offensive glass so I guess that's a positive.

Oh you noticed he missed that one too? Not to mention it is a pretty big stretch to claim a 47-40 win at MSU last year as a "curb stomping".

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....