FCS Playoffs

[UND-FB-FAN]

Stanford is hiring Sacramento State head coach Troy Taylor as its next HC
 

These things happen to successful FCS programs. Just the reality. Nice 3 season run for Sacramento State - they’ve been a much better program than the Sac State that UND saw in the Big Sky. Nice work by Troy Taylor and his staff there.

I don’t think Bubba will be leaving for an FBS program anytime soon (this is sarcasm, and not necessarily a good thing for UND). 

[Bison06]

13 minutes ago, SiouxBoys said:

Yes, cause being on the road at Sac St. and being on the road in Brookings are the exact same thing. Exact same thing. Time to start using your brain a bit here.

What, other than you wanting to make your argument makes you think SDSU in brookings is a tougher matchup than Sac St at home? 

[SiouxFan100]

Ndsu is good - maybe not quite as dominant as the past - but still very good - so good that their following has been diminished - never underestimate them - not happy to say

[SiouxBoys]

4 minutes ago, Bison06 said:

What, other than you wanting to make your argument makes you think SDSU in brookings is a tougher matchup than Sac St at home? 

You said yourself that there are maybe 1-2 teams that can compete with NDSU at the FCS level. Assuming one of those teams is SDSU (bold, I know) are you actually saying that Sac St. was the other team?

[Bison06]

Just now, SiouxBoys said:

You said yourself that there are maybe 1-2 teams that can compete with NDSU at the FCS level. Assuming one of those teams is SDSU (bold, I know) are you actually saying that Sac St. was the other team?

Absolutely, this year sac state was one of those teams that I think gives ndsu a lot of trouble. They were ranked 1-2 all year.

[SiouxBoys]

1 minute ago, Bison06 said:

Absolutely, this year sac state was one of those teams that I think gives ndsu a lot of trouble. They were ranked 1-2 all year.

Tell me you didn't watch any of their games without actually telling me you didn't. NDSU would have gone to Sac St. next weekend and won by 25. 

[AJS]

2 minutes ago, Bison06 said:

Absolutely, this year sac state was one of those teams that I think gives ndsu a lot of trouble. They were ranked 1-2 all year.

Sac State had no shot. Montana State / SDSU are the only two teams that have a chance at giving NDSU a competitive playoff game.

[ChrisUND1]

21-21.  Holy Cross with an impressive drive. 

[Bison06]

3 minutes ago, SiouxBoys said:

Tell me you didn't watch any of their games without actually telling me you didn't. NDSU would have gone to Sac St. next weekend and won by 25. 

Watched every snap and every snap of ndsu football for the last 20 years. I know what type of team gives us trouble and that’s it. Incarnate word will give us trouble too. QB who can scramble to throw and extend plays has been our kryptonite for decades.

[SiouxBoys]

1 minute ago, Bison06 said:

Watched every snap and every snap of ndsu football for the last 20 years. I know what type of team gives us trouble and that’s it. Incarnate word will give us trouble too. QB who can scramble to throw and extend plays has been our kryptonite for decades.

Sure, and a defense as soft as baby poop. NDSU would have rolled them by 25.

[Bison06]

12 minutes ago, SiouxBoys said:

Sure, and a defense as soft as baby poop. NDSU would have rolled them by 25.

I guess we’ll never know. And if sdsu doesn’t get it together here, your argument falls apart even further.

[The Sicatoka]

Part of me wants a Holy Cross v Incarnate Word final.

Heathens would melt down.  

[Gothmog]

31 minutes ago, SiouxBoys said:

Congrats! Now look at Montana St. resume and tell me why NDSU jumped them on the last day of the season. 

Keep this in mind, the Missouri Valley Conference was very, very, very down this year....

Not sure that the notion that the MVFC was very, very down this year is really correct. Sagarin, for instance, has the MVFC rated above the Big Sky (and NDSU over MSU). Watching the pathetic defense I saw in the Sac State game last night, I'd say that Sagarin is right, the 2nd place MVFC team ought to be seeded over the 2nd place Big Sky team this year.

[The Sicatoka]

Should’ve the 3rd place MVFC team have received a home game in the opening round?

[The Sicatoka]

Ya-know … Holy Cross does have some history against #1 in the Dakotas along I-29 … 

Still 21-21? 

[SiouxBoys]

4 minutes ago, Gothmog said:

Not sure that the notion that the MVFC was very, very down this year is really correct. Sagarin, for instance, has the MVFC rated above the Big Sky (and NDSU over MSU). Watching the pathetic defense I saw in the Sac State game last night, I'd say that Sagarin is right, the 2nd place MVFC team ought to be seeded over the 2nd place Big Sky team this year.

According to the committee, you're wrong. I don't think you're wrong, but the people who make the decisions do. 

[SiouxBoys]

12 minutes ago, Bison06 said:

I guess we’ll never know. And if sdsu doesn’t get it together here, your argument falls apart even further.

Care to tell me what happens to my argument if SDSU wins?

[ChrisUND1]

Heathens 28

Heavenly 21

[Siouxperman8]

2 hours ago, Gothmog said:

NDSU has won a helluva a lot of regular-season games on the road to earn those home playoff games. That's the way it works...win in September, October and November and you'll be at home in December. If you don't like seeing them at home in the playoffs all you have to do is beat them.

I dislike NDSU as much as anybody but it's hard to argue with this.  They've earned their home playoff games. 

I don't think they should have jumped over Montana St in last rankings but I think it was done to avoid conference matchups in the semifinals if results went per seedings. 

[Gothmog]

14 minutes ago, SiouxBoys said:

According to the committee, you're wrong. I don't think you're wrong, but the people who make the decisions do. 

Not really. the committee did seed the #2 MVFC team over the #2 Big Sky team.

[Bison06]

20 minutes ago, SiouxBoys said:

Care to tell me what happens to my argument if SDSU wins?

You’re spinning yourself in circles trying to make this losing argument. What happens to your argument if sac state wins? Ndsu is on the road the way the bracket was set up. No conspiracy, no advantage, just good old fashioned upsets. You want ndsu on the road in the playoffs? You need to win games that’s it.

[The Sicatoka]

2 minutes ago, Bison06 said:

You want ndsu on the road in the playoffs? You need to win games that’s it.

‘06 is not wrong. If UND had won in Fargodome this year the bracket would’ve looked far different. 

[UND-FB-FAN]

4 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

If UND had won in Fargodome this year the bracket would’ve looked far different.

Yes… and …

[SiouxBoys]

6 minutes ago, Bison06 said:

You’re spinning yourself in circles trying to make this losing argument. What happens to your argument if sac state wins? Ndsu is on the road the way the bracket was set up. No conspiracy, no advantage, just good old fashioned upsets. You want ndsu on the road in the playoffs? You need to win games that’s it.

My argument is that NDSU going on the road to Sac is a lot easier than them going on the road to SDSU. What happens if Sac wins? Well they didn't, so it sounds like my argument is pretty valid. You still have yet to give me a reason as to why NDSU jumped Montana St. on the last day of the season.

[SiouxBoys]

6 minutes ago, The Sicatoka said:

‘06 is not wrong. If UND had won in Fargodome this year the bracket would’ve looked far different. 

It's also not relevant to the argument at hand. Why was Montana St. moved from 3rd to 4th on the last day? If the only reason was to avoid interconference matchups in the semis, fine. But that reason absolutely opens the door to conspiracies being thrown around.