Sertorius
Climbing Mt. St. James
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Post by Sertorius on May 26, 2022 8:33:42 GMT -5
Most Likely FCS Over FBS Wins In 2022 7. Holy Cross at Buffalo Sept. 10 Holy Cross beat UConn 38-28 last season. Buffalo will be a step up from UConn but still is viewed as one of the worst FBS teams entering 2022, preseason ranked No. 120 after going 4-8 last season. They return just 51 percent of their offensive production and 63 percent of their defensive production. Holy Cross returns a veteran squad from last year’s 10-3 team. Whether it’s QB Matthew Sluka, WRs Jalen Coker and Ayir Asante, or LBs Liam Anderson and Jacob Dobbs, the Crusaders are stacked with talent and will be confident that they can win this game. herosports.com/fcs-football-most-likely-2022-fbs-wins-bzbz/ |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on May 26, 2022 8:49:24 GMT -5
Very nice to read this and, no, I don’t think anyone on the Crusader team will be overconfident, taking the win for granted, looking past Buffalo in any way
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Post by WCHC Sports on May 26, 2022 8:55:24 GMT -5
I always thought these types of statistics were interesting:
If Buffalo is viewed as, "one of the worst FBS teams" but is turning over 49% of their roster, isn't there a chance that they could have a markedly different team next year? I know it's not that simple, but always was a stark juxtaposition to talk about how bad a team was, and then mention how much of that bad team won't be playing against HC next year. No matter what, GO CROSS GO.
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Post by longsuffering on May 26, 2022 9:04:11 GMT -5
Keep scheduling FBS teams from the Pound. I love it.
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Post by longsuffering on May 26, 2022 9:07:18 GMT -5
Very nice to read this and, no, I don’t think anyone on the Crusader team will be overconfident, taking the win for granted, looking past Buffalo in any way Just don't look past Merrimack, again. Their UConn transfer QB might just respond to better coaching at Merrimack. |
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Post by rgs318 on May 26, 2022 10:17:58 GMT -5
It can be hard to respond when you are lying on your back or running for your life. Hopefully that will be the case.  |
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Post by hcpride on May 26, 2022 11:35:29 GMT -5
Two other games of interest that are identified as possible FCS wins are Stony Brook at UMass and Delaware at Navy. Wouldn’t shock me to see an FBS win (although SBU is a bit down).
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Post by longsuffering on May 26, 2022 11:44:40 GMT -5
UMass is stuck in a hole so deep in the ground that the only thing stopping them from going lower is the quarantine in Shanghai.
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Post by gerry on May 26, 2022 19:24:28 GMT -5
UMass went 0-2 against CAA teams last year, and neither game was competitive
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 26, 2022 19:39:07 GMT -5
Two other games of interest that are identified as possible FCS wins are Stony Brook at UMass and Delaware at Navy. Wouldn’t shock me to see an FBS win (although SBU is a bit down). If Stony Brook is even a decent CAA team, they should pummel UMASS. Delaware has been a bit overrated the past couple years but I could see them being competitive with Navy. Mids haven't lost to an FCS team in quite a while, perhaps they're due. |
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Post by bfoley82 on May 28, 2022 23:14:23 GMT -5
Two other games of interest that are identified as possible FCS wins are Stony Brook at UMass and Delaware at Navy. Wouldn’t shock me to see an FBS win (although SBU is a bit down). If Stony Brook is even a decent CAA team, they should pummel UMASS. Delaware has been a bit overrated the past couple years but I could see them being competitive with Navy. Mids haven't lost to an FCS team in quite a while, perhaps they're due. Stony Brook went 4-4 in CAA play last year and 5-6 overall. The other two losses were Oregon and a terrible Fordham squad.. |
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Post by hchoops on May 29, 2022 6:52:23 GMT -5
If Stony Brook is even a decent CAA team, they should pummel UMASS. Delaware has been a bit overrated the past couple years but I could see them being competitive with Navy. Mids haven't lost to an FCS team in quite a while, perhaps they're due. Stony Brook went 4-4 in CAA play last year and 5-6 overall. The other two losses were Oregon and a terrible Fordham squad.. I am not sure that 6-5, 4-2 in PL, qualifies as “terrible”. I wonder what adjective you would use for a 3-8, 2-6 season ending with 8 straight losses ? |
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Post by HC92 on May 29, 2022 7:21:52 GMT -5
Speaking of Fordham, I just noticed that QB Tim DeMorat is coming back for another year. That will make them decidedly less terrible than they would be without him.
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Post by hcpride on May 29, 2022 9:33:58 GMT -5
Speaking of Fordham, I just noticed that QB Tim DeMorat is coming back for another year. That will make them decidedly less terrible than they would be without him. And (graduate student) Ryan Greenhagen. (He had quite a game in their victory over SBU last year and had a well-publicized 31 tackles v Nebraska). |
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Post by longsuffering on May 29, 2022 9:47:10 GMT -5
Speaking of Fordham, I just noticed that QB Tim DeMorat is coming back for another year. That will make them decidedly less terrible than they would be without him. And (graduate student) Ryan Greenhagen. (He had quite a game in their victory over SBU last year and had a well-publicized 31 tackles v Nebraska). They are Fordham's Sluka and Dobbs. Prepare for another potential auto bid deciding game at Fitton on October 29th. Very wise to schedule Bucknell at Polar instead of the Rams. |
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Post by rgs318 on May 29, 2022 14:21:34 GMT -5
I, for one, am very glad we play the Rams at Fitton this year with those two stars returning for Fordham.
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Post by longsuffering on May 29, 2022 14:52:18 GMT -5
Both teams could conceivably be ranked. FU plays FBS Ohio University who are coming off a 3-9 season, lost to Duchesne last year and twenty years ago got wiped out by Northeastern 31-0 in 2002. So that game is winnable. Glad Fordham chose the PL for FB rather than the CAA.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 29, 2022 16:26:40 GMT -5
Both teams could conceivably be ranked. FU plays FBS Ohio University who are coming off a 3-9 season, lost to Duchesne last year and twenty years ago got wiped out by Northeastern 31-0 in 2002. So that game is winnable. Glad Fordham chose the PL for FB rather than the CAA. I think that Northeastern game is still the largest shutout by an FCS over an FBS team (though I don't think you can project a game in 2022 from a 2002 result). And interestingly enough, it was Fordham that ended Northeasterns season in the I-AA playoffs that year. Definitely a game the Rams should have a chance in. Biggest question is their defense. Greenhagen is back but across the board improvement needed. |
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Post by longsuffering on May 29, 2022 17:27:33 GMT -5
Win or lose, the Rams like all visiting teams are going to enjoy playing on natural turf. You generally don't hear much about the team who is more used to playing on real grass having any type of advantage, but perhaps there is a slight one.
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Post by bfoley82 on May 30, 2022 8:43:42 GMT -5
Win or lose, the Rams like all visiting teams are going to enjoy playing on natural turf. You generally don't hear much about the team who is more used to playing on real grass having any type of advantage, but perhaps there is a slight one. Yesterday (NCAA D-2 mens lax final) was the first time I had a grass game since November when I was at Amherst for mens soccer. That is how rare natural grass is. |
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 30, 2022 9:40:06 GMT -5
Notre Dame, Yale and the New England Patriots -- those are three fields I thought would never see artifical turf....and they did.
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Post by nycrusader2010 on May 30, 2022 9:43:51 GMT -5
And (graduate student) Ryan Greenhagen. (He had quite a game in their victory over SBU last year and had a well-publicized 31 tackles v Nebraska). They are Fordham's Sluka and Dobbs. Prepare for another potential auto bid deciding game at Fitton on October 29th. Very wise to schedule Bucknell at Polar instead of the Rams. We dont play well against Fordham in baseball stadiums. I was worried that playing games at Polar would dilute our home field advantage. However, the Colgate game showed that certainly wasn't the case last year. I like playing Bucknell there because that game would draw flies in Fitton. Fordham should draw 9K+ wherever we play. |
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Post by longsuffering on May 30, 2022 10:20:44 GMT -5
They are Fordham's Sluka and Dobbs. Prepare for another potential auto bid deciding game at Fitton on October 29th. Very wise to schedule Bucknell at Polar instead of the Rams. We dont play well against Fordham in baseball stadiums. I was worried that playing games at Polar would dilute our home field advantage. However, the Colgate game showed that certainly wasn't the case last year. I like playing Bucknell there because that game would draw flies in Fitton. Fordham should draw 9K+ wherever we play. The schedule on the website doesn't identify which games are homecoming or family weekend and I'm not sure which are the few weeks in the academic year that don't border some type of student break🙂 but Fordham should be our biggest pure football draw of the season at home. I hope the threepeat has increased student interest and attendance for football to the same degree as basketball and hockey ineptitude has decreased it for those spectator sports. |
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Post by hc87 on May 30, 2022 12:08:56 GMT -5
We dont play well against Fordham in baseball stadiums. I was worried that playing games at Polar would dilute our home field advantage. However, the Colgate game showed that certainly wasn't the case last year. I like playing Bucknell there because that game would draw flies in Fitton. Fordham should draw 9K+ wherever we play. The schedule on the website doesn't identify which games are homecoming or family weekend and I'm not sure which are the few weeks in the academic year that don't border some type of student break🙂 but Fordham should be our biggest pure football draw of the season at home. I hope the threepeat has increased student interest and attendance for football to the same degree as basketball and hockey ineptitude has decreased it for those spectator sports. I think Yale almost has to be Homecoming by default as it is our only game at Fitton before very late October (10/29 Fordham). Wasn't there a bit of "grumbling" with the FW game at Polah last year? My guess is that FW this year will be Fordhaam. |
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Post by hc89 on May 30, 2022 14:58:41 GMT -5
I think Yale almost has to be Homecoming by default as it is our only game at Fitton before very late October (10/29 Fordham). Wasn't there a bit of "grumbling" with the FW game at Polah last year? My guess is that FW this year will be Fordhaam. HC Family Weekend is, indeed, 10/28-30 this year. |
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