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Post by longsuffering on Sept 23, 2023 16:31:25 GMT -5
The air is leaking out of Prime's balloon. Oregon 35-0 over Colorado. Funny!
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Post by alum on Sept 23, 2023 16:38:55 GMT -5
BC down 49-21 early 3rd.
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Post by hc87 on Sept 23, 2023 16:44:40 GMT -5
Idaho 13 Sacramento St 10 H..... and it's hard to fathom how that affects us but it does....
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Post by efg72 on Sept 23, 2023 16:55:58 GMT -5
Unfortunately it impacts us in a big way
If the winner wins out they will get that 3/4 seed
Top 3 are basically set and think the best we can do probably is a 5 seed. Seeds are driven by conference Valley, Sky, Southern, CAA
To some on the panel we might be evaluated in the CAA bucket of teams- which would be a positive
For now it is all about beating Harvard by 1 or 30
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 23, 2023 16:57:54 GMT -5
Idaho 13 Sacramento St 10 H..... and it's hard to fathom how that affects us but it does.... huge game with national implications. Idaho now 20-10. Idaho just behind us at #7/10, Sac State #4. Both have tough schedules. Idaho gets MSU and Mont at home. Sac State is split. Home vs MSU and at the Grizz. Both teams conceivably lose 1-2 more games. With the Ivy reputation we need to beat the Johnnie's by more than 1. Still week to week.
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Post by hcmawfawo on Sept 23, 2023 18:15:16 GMT -5
So when does BC go in a new direction? Tonight? Tomorrow? Next week? Would like to see them get some wins or at least compete (beyond the FSU game anomaly) so as to help validate the quality of HC’s near win.
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Post by hc69 on Sept 23, 2023 18:22:07 GMT -5
Unfortunately it impacts us in a big way If the winner wins out they will get that 3/4 seed Top 3 are basically set and think the best we can do probably is a 5 seed. Seeds are driven by conference Valley, Sky, Southern, CAA To some on the panel we might be evaluated in the CAA bucket of teams- which would be a positive For now it is all about beating Harvard by 1 or 30 Where did you get the idea that seeds are determined by conference? Last year the top eight seeds were SDSU, Sac State, NDSU, MSU, W&M, Samford, UIW, and HC. Southern didn't get a three seed and CAA didn't get a four.
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Post by efg72 on Sept 23, 2023 18:45:52 GMT -5
We were undefeated and still not fairly evaluated by the committee
I gave you the way the conferences are weighted, if you choose to think otherwise God Bless✝️✝️✝️🏈
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 23, 2023 19:10:43 GMT -5
#7 Idaho completes the upset of Sac State. Wonder how the polls shake out this week. William and Mary beat Maine 28-3.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Sept 23, 2023 19:40:40 GMT -5
#7 Idaho completes the upset of Sac State. Wonder how the polls shake out this week. William and Mary beat Maine 28-3. Don’t think that’s an upset, especially with Idaho at home. The good thing is that teams in the Big Sky and Valley will beat up on each other. I think that HC at 10-1 is better than whomever is the top team in the CAA this year. Win out and we will be right in the mix for that four seed. It’s going to boil down to us being ahead of the second team in the Big Sky or second team in the Valley in order for this to happen.
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Post by hcpride on Sept 23, 2023 19:57:49 GMT -5
Nice win for Nova over #18 URI (35-9) so they may be moving up into the top 25.
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Post by HC92 on Sept 23, 2023 20:13:58 GMT -5
#7 Idaho completes the upset of Sac State. Wonder how the polls shake out this week. William and Mary beat Maine 28-3. W&M All American RB Bronson Yoder left the field in an ambulance today. Didn’t look good and hope he’s okay. From a national rankings perspective, W&M is likely not a seeded team without him. Their defense is great. Their offense was average with him and he’s really good. 163 yards and a TD today before the injury.
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Post by efg72 on Sept 23, 2023 20:17:37 GMT -5
Agree
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Post by Ignutz on Sept 23, 2023 20:46:58 GMT -5
Passing om today, weather scared me off and the BC game served as a quasi-Homecoming for myself seeing a multitude of HC people that weekend. I do get a lifetime dispensation for being a "fair-weather fan" having attended both Syracuse '73 and Brown '80 To make up for it, I hope to attend my 1st Plolahhh Pahhhk game next week. Not a drop ‘til I was driving away from campus.
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 23, 2023 20:47:00 GMT -5
W&M still has great lines but you are right 92, their offense might have just downgraded to mediocre at best. Hope he is ok but that certainly hurts W&M in both the CAA race and the seeding. That being said, W&M doesn't have a terrible schedule going forward. No UNH, Delaware, or Nova this year. UVA and Richmond are probably the toughest tests (although Albany could play them tough).
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Post by hc69 on Sept 23, 2023 21:12:32 GMT -5
We were undefeated and still not fairly evaluated by the committee I gave you the way the conferences are weighted, if you choose to think otherwise God Bless✝️✝️✝️🏈 If you mean those are the four strongest conferences in FCS, I agree, although CAA is above Southern. And yes, we were undefeated last year. But the previous four years (excluding the COVID year), our regular season records were 4-7, 5-6, 7-5, 9-2. So prior to our undefeated year we had one year in the previous four where we would have been good enough to get an at-large slot and we were much worse prior to that. All things considered I think our #8 seed was fair.
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 23, 2023 21:18:11 GMT -5
And on a rainy night in the Old Line State, #19 Delaware took care of #11 UNH 29-25. Always a tough place to play. CAA could be wide open if W&M falters with the loss of their AA RB. That being said they are still in the driver's seat.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 23, 2023 21:23:55 GMT -5
So when does BC go in a new direction? Tonight? Tomorrow? Next week? Would like to see them get some wins or at least compete (beyond the FSU game anomaly) so as to help validate the quality of HC’s near win. I believe Louisville scored touchdowns on 8 consecutive possessions. BC was constantly torched on long passes. They also fell for a fake kneel down near the end of the half. Louisville's subs drove the field at the end of the game; they were on the two when it ended, 56-28.
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 23, 2023 21:41:55 GMT -5
So when does BC go in a new direction? Tonight? Tomorrow? Next week? Would like to see them get some wins or at least compete (beyond the FSU game anomaly) so as to help validate the quality of HC’s near win. I believe Louisville scored touchdowns on 8 consecutive possessions. BC was constantly torched on long passes. They also fell for a fake kneel down near the end of the half. Louisville's subs drove the field at the end of the game; they were on the two when it ended, 56-28. The old curtsy instead of kneel play strikes again.
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 23, 2023 22:07:57 GMT -5
I believe Louisville scored touchdowns on 8 consecutive possessions. BC was constantly torched on long passes. They also fell for a fake kneel down near the end of the half. Louisville's subs drove the field at the end of the game; they were on the two when it ended, 56-28. The old curtsy instead of kneel play strikes again. I know they banned the fake slide but not the fake kneel down? I guess I am not surprised it worked on BC. Random aside, I saw UMess lost to NM in OT today. Looking at their schedule it is the most random assortment smorgasbord of a schedule. NM and NM State, Arkansas St, few MAC teams, Auburn, Penn State, and Army. The Auburn score was bad. The PSU score could be 70-0.
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Post by hc69 on Sept 23, 2023 22:16:31 GMT -5
I believe Louisville scored touchdowns on 8 consecutive possessions. BC was constantly torched on long passes. They also fell for a fake kneel down near the end of the half. Louisville's subs drove the field at the end of the game; they were on the two when it ended, 56-28. The old curtsy instead of kneel play strikes again. Assuming he faked the kneel down, that's a b.s. play that's illegal in pro and should be illegal everywhere. It puts the defenders in a lose-lose situation. If you play it as a kneel down you might get burned. If it is a kneel down and a LB plays it live, knifes through, and blows up the QB it's a flag and maybe an ejection.
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 23, 2023 22:46:20 GMT -5
#8 Furman beat Mercer decisively. One thing that stood out on scoreboard: #23 Western Carolina rolled Charleston Southern 77-21, the same team that #5 W&M managed to beat 15-7.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 23, 2023 22:47:52 GMT -5
The old curtsy instead of kneel play strikes again. I know they banned the fake slide but not the fake kneel down? I guess I am not surprised it worked on BC. Random aside, I saw UMess lost to NM in OT today. Looking at their schedule it is the most random assortment smorgasbord of a schedule. NM and NM State, Arkansas St, few MAC teams, Auburn, Penn State, and Army. The Auburn score was bad. The PSU score could be 70-0. The New Mexico Round Robin State Tournament ended up in a triple tie. NM beat UMass, UMass beat NM State, NM State beat NM.
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Post by drjack on Sept 23, 2023 22:54:00 GMT -5
#8 Furman beat Mercer decisively. One thing that stood out on scoreboard: #23 Western Carolina rolled Charleston Southern 77-21, the same team that #5 W&M managed to beat 15-7. That Western Carolina win is probably going to loom pretty large for us. That Yale loss today definitely hurts us, but in theory the voters should be putting us above W&M by now. That said, if we roll past everybody easily and just beat Fordham and BC, I'm hopeful we can at least avoid an #8 seed and SDSU in the quarters. I do think us losing that BC game probably costs us a top 4 seed without some help though.
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Post by timholycross on Sept 23, 2023 22:55:34 GMT -5
The old curtsy instead of kneel play strikes again. Assuming he faked the kneel down, that's a b.s. play that's illegal in pro and should be illegal everywhere. It puts the defenders in a lose-lose situation. If you play it as a kneel down you might get burned. If it is a kneel down and a LB plays it live, knifes through, and blows up the QB it's a flag and maybe an ejection.
Take a look, don't find this the type of play you'd want to outlaw. If part of the qbs movements included kneeling or starting to kneel, I'd be more inclined to say it was a bush league move.
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