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Post by aggierattler on Sept 14, 2014 14:31:06 GMT -5
From The Sports Network: www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/news/news.aspx?id=4724286It is way too early for this, but The Sports Network has some predictions on the projected FCS playoff field...and since they've already put it out there, I'll slap it on here: PROJECTED PLAYOFF FIELD (9/14/14)
North Carolina A&T/Montana State winner at No. 1 seed North Dakota State
Tennessee State/Northern Iowa winner at No. 8 seed Montana
Fordham/Southern Illinois winner at No. 5 seed McNeese State
Coastal Carolina/Liberty winner at No. 4 Villanova
Furman/William & Mary winner at No. 6 seed New Hampshire
Jacksonville/Bethune-Cookman winner at No. 3 seed Southeastern Louisiana
Richmond/Chattanooga winner at No. 7 seed Jacksonville State
Sacred Heart-South Dakota State winner at No. 2 seed Eastern Washington
*Please note that there are certain flaws in the seeding that is used here, such as having two teams from the same conference paired up in the first round (i.e. CCU vs. Liberty), which is against NCAA playoff guidelines. --AGGIERATTLER
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 14, 2014 14:37:38 GMT -5
The guys over on the CCU Message Board are so upset over this that they can't see straight!  GIFSoup |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2014 16:26:29 GMT -5
A&T is not traveling to Montana State in the first round.
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Post by thefriscotxaggie on Sept 14, 2014 18:49:46 GMT -5
I agree the FCS 1st rounds usually has alot to do with how close / proximity teams are.
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Post by oleschoolaggie on Sept 15, 2014 11:13:34 GMT -5
man, i simply can't see myself looking that far ahead. i mean, i like that someone has enough respect for our program that they think we're gonna make the playoffs. but i personally could never have the mindset to look that far ahead, even as a fan. i guess i'm kinda "superstitious" in that regard...
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Post by Jesse Jackson's Side eye on Sept 15, 2014 12:02:33 GMT -5
man, i simply can't see myself looking that far ahead. i mean, i like that someone has enough respect for our program that they think we're gonna make the playoffs. but i personally could never have the mindset to look that far ahead, even as a fan. i guess i'm kinda "superstitious" in that regard... The Lee Fobbs Era ERROR still to this day has our fanbase "shellshocked"... but, I agree Oleschool, the dust is nowhere near settled for us to be looking this far down the road |
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 21, 2014 23:46:50 GMT -5
Updated weekly now, The Sports Network keeps throwing this out there, so I'll keep posting it... PROJECTED PLAYOFF FIELD (9/21/14)Looking at where teams may stand in a projected playoff bracket on Nov. 23, and not based on current records or conference standings: Illinois State/Montana State winner at No. 1 seed North Dakota State Southern Illinois/Eastern Kentucky winner at No. 8 seed McNeese State Bethune-Cookman/Chattanooga winner at No. 5 seed Jacksonville State Fordham/Liberty winner at No. 4 seed New Hampshire Tennessee State/Montana winner at No. 6 seed Southeastern Louisiana Sacred Heart/Northern Iowa winner at No. 3 seed Villanova Richmond/ North Carolina A&T winner at No. 7 seed Coastal Carolina    Jacksonville/South Dakota State winner at No. 2 seed Eastern Washington On the at-large bubble: Sacramento State, Delaware, William & Mary and Youngstown State FCS NEWS & NOTES- Is the best team in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference not Bethune-Cookman or South Carolina State, the defending co-champs? It's possible this season as North Carolina A&T (3-1) is only a one-point loss to Coastal Carolina away from being unbeaten. Coach Rod Broadway's squad has sacrificed a home game to play South Carolina State in Atlanta in two weeks, but the Aggies don't have Bethune-Cookman on their schedule. If they can get through Howard and South Carolina State to start MEAC play, the title race will take quite a turn. - Take away the three 1-0 Ivy League teams and there are eight other unbeaten teams remaining. The most under-the-radar are Bucknell (3-0) and Texas Southern (4-0). Bucknell's 36-20 win at Northeast Conference favorite Sacred Heart on Saturday was eye-catching. The Bison - that's the right nickname, if you ask North Dakota State fans - kept Sacred Heart quarterback RJ Noel and running back Keshaudas Spence relatively in check while improving to 3-0 for the first time since 1997. Sophomore R.J. Nitti has been terrific in replacing a four- year starting quarterback, Brandon Wesley. At Texas Southern, all the Tigers have done is beat the teams in front of them - not a who's who of teams, but enough to give coach Darrell Asberry's squad as many wins as it had in the 2012 and '13 seasons combined. The Tigers are 2-0 in the Southwestern Athletic Conference. - Speaking of the SWAC, the first full weekend of conference action produced a surprising, if not ironic result. Grambling State went on the road and beat Jackson State, 40-35 - a year after forfeiting the matchup because of its six- day player boycott. Fast-improving Grambling, now under first-year coach Broderick Fobbs, had not won on the road since its 2011 SWAC championship season. Starting quarterback Stephen Johnson threw for three touchdowns but was injured in the victory. A LOOK AHEADAfter this weekend's strong schedule of matchups, Week 5 isn't nearly as good next Saturday, even while conference play begins to heat up. The notable conference matchups include: Big Sky, Cal Poly at Northern Arizona and Eastern Washington at UC Davis; CAA, Delaware at James Madison, William & Mary at Stony Brook and Maine at Towson; Ivy, Harvard at Brown; Missouri Valley, Western Illinois at Southern Illinois; Patriot, Fordham at Holy Cross; Pioneer, Jacksonville at Butler and San Diego at Marist; Southern, Samford at Chattanooga; Southland, Sam Houston State at Lamar; and SWAC, Southern at Alcorn State, Texas Southern at Alabama State and Prairie View A&M versus Grambling State at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.The non-conference schedule includes Charleston Southern at Charlotte, Liberty at Indiana State, Villanova at Penn, Dartmouth at New Hampshire and Florida A&M at Tennessee State. As part of the Yale Bowl's 100th anniversary season, Yale will host Army in the Ivy League's first matchup against an FBS team since those two programs met at Army in 1996. The only other FCS-FBS matchup is Eastern Illinois at Ohio. Top-ranked North Dakota State will be on a bye. 09/21 10:12:31 ET From The Sports Network: www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/news/news.aspx?id=4725966 |
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Sept 22, 2014 9:03:44 GMT -5
YAWN......it's still September.
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Post by DOOMS on Sept 22, 2014 11:24:03 GMT -5
I thought Grambling was supposed to be dead by now.
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Post by neighborhoodsuperstar on Sept 22, 2014 11:35:53 GMT -5
I give Grambling credit for hanging with Bethune Cookman. Jackson State no longer has Comegy, who's now at Mississippi Valley. They are in rebuild mode as well. There are a good number of new coaches in the SWAC. With so much turnover, Grambling fares just as good as anyone else in the SWAC. Now when they step out of the SWAC (ie. BCU, Lamar).............
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Post by saabman on Sept 22, 2014 11:36:21 GMT -5
We haven't even made it into the meat of the MEAC and you guys are talking playoffs LHM LOL. Yes I agree we do have a Good team and yes we are on the up swing but PLAYOFF TALK ALREADY!
COM ON NOW LOL. Chill a bit on that talk . We still have the MEAC season to play. Get Real now. Lol
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Post by The Professor on Sept 27, 2014 22:14:20 GMT -5
Lol i wonder would we try to host if we were able to make it
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 29, 2014 0:51:54 GMT -5
PLAYOFF FIELD (9/28/14)
Top 25 teams held up their rankings in a big way, going 19-1 while five teams had byes Saturday. Only No. 22 Liberty lost, and the Flames fell to the Indiana State squad trying to force its way into the Top 25.
Looking at where teams may stand in a projected playoff bracket on Nov. 23, and not based on current records or conference standings:
Sacred Heart/Montana State winner at No. 1 seed North Dakota State
Tennessee State/South Dakota State winner at No. 8 seed Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois/McNeese State winner at No. 5 Jacksonville State
Richmond/Chattanooga winner at No. 4 seed New Hampshire
Jacksonville/North Carolina A&T winner at No. 6 seed Coastal Carolina
Fordham/Delaware winner at No. 3 seed Villanova
Bethune-Cookman/Montana winner at No. 7 seed Southeastern Louisiana
Eastern Kentucky/Illinois State winner at No. 2 seed Eastern Washington
On the at-large bubble: Central Arkansas, Liberty, Northern Arizona, Youngstown State and William & Mary.
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Post by marchingband1969 on Sept 29, 2014 9:18:30 GMT -5
PLAYOFF FIELD (9/28/14)Top 25 teams held up their rankings in a big way, going 19-1 while five teams had byes Saturday. Only No. 22 Liberty lost, and the Flames fell to the Indiana State squad trying to force its way into the Top 25. Looking at where teams may stand in a projected playoff bracket on Nov. 23, and not based on current records or conference standings: Sacred Heart/Montana State winner at No. 1 seed North Dakota State
Tennessee State/South Dakota State winner at No. 8 seed Northern Iowa
Southern Illinois/McNeese State winner at No. 5 Jacksonville State
Richmond/Chattanooga winner at No. 4 seed New Hampshire
Jacksonville/North Carolina A&T winner at No. 6 seed Coastal Carolina
Fordham/Delaware winner at No. 3 seed Villanova
Bethune-Cookman/Montana winner at No. 7 seed Southeastern Louisiana
Eastern Kentucky/Illinois State winner at No. 2 seed Eastern Washington On the at-large bubble: Central Arkansas, Liberty, Northern Arizona, Youngstown State and William & Mary. I agree with the other folks on here...this is way too soon to start thinking about the playoff. We do have a good team this year but after all the injuries last Saturday at Howard, we will need to be health to win. Let's hope some of our key players (QB & RB) are health enough to play next week against SC State. We will need them and more to beat them! |
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Post by aggierattler on Sept 29, 2014 9:34:35 GMT -5
From The Sports Network: www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/tsnform.aspx?c=sportsnetwork&page=cfoot2/writers/infcshuddle/index.htmA LOOK AHEADThe upcoming Week 6 schedule across the FCS has plenty of pivotal conference matchups. Included are: Big Sky, Montana State at Sacramento State and Southern Utah at Cal Poly; CAA, Villanova at Maine and James Madison at Albany; Ivy, Penn at Dartmouth; MEAC, North Carolina A&T versus South Carolina State in the Atlanta Classic at the Georgia Dome; Missouri Valley, South Dakota State at Illinois State, Northern Iowa at Indiana State, Youngstown State at Missouri State and No. 1 North Dakota State at Western Illinois; and OVC, Tennessee State at Southeast Missouri and UT Martin at Jacksonville State. Also: Patriot, Lafayette at Fordham (Friday night); Pioneer, Drake at Jacksonville; Southern, Mercer at Samford; Southland, Northwestern State at Southeastern Louisiana and Central Arkansas at Stephen F. Austin; and SWAC, Alabama State at Alcorn State (Thursday night) and Grambling State at Alabama A&M.
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