UNDBIZ

I'd also like to see us play SUU, SDSU, SHSU, UNH, Chatty, Fordham, citadel, Colgate, ccu, jsu, jmu, csu, mcneese, uni, Richmond, Duquesne, w&m, isu-red, and Dayton.

Meh, defender trying to get a strong running back down, don't really blame him. The ndsu "block" on Arnell was straight up dirty and has no place in the game.

This is the first game I've been able to watch this year, is Bernstein just having an off night?

I like Crandall. Very scrappy. Follows his shot and fights for the rebound. He and Seales could both be very good.

Und coming out of the locker room?

I thought he actually did a decent job avoiding contact on that one. Guy flopped before he even got there and still got the call.

I feel pretty confident saying yes, UND is the first 7 D1 wins, with an fbs win, to miss.

Oh they did have one more good loss than us, against the paper tiger SUU. I guess that guy did know what he was doing. 0 wins against playoff or fbs teams, but that doesn't matter.

So was Mollberg just never the same after his injury? It still doesn't make sense to me that Bartels was the #2 all year unless that was the case.

Exactly. Lose to Wyoming and PSU and win those games against Idaho St and weber and we're in the playoffs. Wins don't matter, only losses.

NAU only had 6 D1 wins, so I disagree on their placement ahead of us.

In short, no. The host bidding doesn't, or shouldn't, affect who is selected to make the 24 team field.

Committee made it fairly clear the quality of losses was more important than the quality of wins. WIU had better losses than us, and more of them, so obviously the committee couldn't turn them down.

IIRC, they're losing their qb and #1 wr.

According to the NCAA that was neutral ice. Let's be honest though, und will have more fans in the stands in any arena not located in St cloud.

Sdsu lost to 2 playoff teams and 1 playoff joke. PSU lost to one playoff team and 1 non playoff team. But losing to a non playoff team obviously doesn't make a team bad or unworthy of a top 3 seed.....

They got 1 against Illinois St.

northern Colorado was the same as south Dakota this year, yet ndsu got a 3 seed..... Your north Texas slam is ridiculous, but you know that. PSU slaughtered them anyway though.

Not if last spring was any indication of how scsu plays in the playoffs.

So they're well coached enough to not have let downs against bad teams, but not talented enough to beat good teams. Sounds like they're way better than a seeded PSU that beat 2 fbs teams who are both better than any win sdsu has.

What do ndsu's losses to Montana and south Dakota show, as far as playoff potential?

Portland St had the right to be upset as well. If their name is EWU with the exact same resume, they're probably a top 3 seed. 2 wins over fbs, one against a very good team and one absolutely dominating. Their losses came against UND, a team with a similar resume to Montana, and weber st, a better team on paper than south Dakota.....

Eastern Illinois - 0 quality wins, 3 blowout losses Sam Houston st - 0 quality wins, 1 bad loss New Hampshire - 1 quality win, 2 bad losses Western Illinois - FIVE LOSSES UND - 2 quality wins, 2 bad losses