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Post by hc2020 on Sept 19, 2022 13:04:35 GMT -5
Attached is a way too early attempt to create the FCS playoff seeding and bracket. This website has Holy Cross playing North Dakota in Round 1, with the winner playing South Dakota St. That would be a less than ideal bracket for us in my opinion:
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 19, 2022 16:10:47 GMT -5
Undefeated Fordham doesn't even get a bubble mention. Sacred Heart treated as a lock for the NEC auto bid at 1-2.
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Post by wstruz71 on Sept 19, 2022 17:48:15 GMT -5
Don't count your chickens before they hatch, as a lot can happen between now and the end of the season. Many Crusader faithful think Holy Cross is a lock for the FCS playoffs; they are not. The Colgate, Harvard, Fordham, and Bryant games are hardly automatic wins. Bryant may be winless, but 2 of their games went into overtime, and their competition, so far, has been very keen. All it takes is for Holy Cross to have 2 losses, and they will be out of the playoffs.
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Sept 19, 2022 18:09:10 GMT -5
HC is not a lock but it is certainly a heavy favorite to win the PL Championship in my book.
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Post by wstruz71 on Sept 19, 2022 18:15:57 GMT -5
HC is not a lock but it is certainly a heavy favorite to win the PL Championship in my book. I agree. However, football games are played on the field, and not in a sports poll. |
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Post by HC92 on Sept 19, 2022 18:24:44 GMT -5
Don't count your chickens before they hatch, as a lot can happen between now and the end of the season. Many Crusader faithful think Holy Cross is a lock for the FCS playoffs; they are not. The Colgate, Harvard, Fordham, and Bryant games are hardly automatic wins. Bryant may be winless, but 2 of their games went into overtime, and their competition, so far, has been very keen. All it takes is for Holy Cross to have 2 losses, and they will be out of the playoffs. I know you’ve been an HC fan for a long time but try to enjoy the current success. It’s not going to last forever. We just obliterated Yale, which is a good team. We should obliterate most others on our schedule. Harvard and Fordham are the possible exceptions. I will be surprised if Colgate and Bryant are competitive games. Anything can happen but we’re really good at something for once. I’m not going to lessen my enjoyment by worrying about every disastrous thing that has a very small chance of happening. |
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Sept 19, 2022 18:40:11 GMT -5
Don't count your chickens before they hatch, as a lot can happen between now and the end of the season. Many Crusader faithful think Holy Cross is a lock for the FCS playoffs; they are not. The Colgate, Harvard, Fordham, and Bryant games are hardly automatic wins. Bryant may be winless, but 2 of their games went into overtime, and their competition, so far, has been very keen. All it takes is for Holy Cross to have 2 losses, and they will be out of the playoffs. I actually think a 9-2 team, depending on how the bubble shakes out and how our wins "look" (i.e. does Yale have a strong year, Buffalo good in the MAC, etc.), would be good enough for an at-large. |
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Post by gks on Sept 19, 2022 18:43:01 GMT -5
If things go according to what we think they will...It would be a major shock if HC is required to travel in the first round of the NCAA.
Beat Colgate.
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Post by longsuffering on Sept 19, 2022 20:29:59 GMT -5
It's not plausible but it is possible HC could play at Fitton right up to the championship game in Frisco, right?
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Post by cruskater31 on Sept 19, 2022 20:49:51 GMT -5
It's not plausible but it is possible HC could play at Fitton right up to the championship game in Frisco, right? If we were to get a top 4 seed I think. |
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Post by alum on Sept 19, 2022 20:54:00 GMT -5
Yeah I don’t like this way too early bracket. I know that seeding is thrown off by regionalization , but as the lower seed in a game whose winner plays the 6 seed, that makes us the 22 seed. So, we would have to travel and be a really low seed. Not fair at all
Good thing it’s just one guy’s musing.
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Post by HC92 on Sept 21, 2022 6:06:02 GMT -5
Yeah I don’t like this way too early bracket. I know that seeding is thrown off by regionalization , but as the lower seed in a game whose winner plays the 6 seed, that makes us the 22 seed. So, we would have to travel and be a really low seed. Not fair at all Good thing it’s just one guy’s musing. The guy who does the bracketology has us at 14 in his poll ballot this week so not sure how he got to where he placed us in his bracket but not too worried about it on 9/21. |
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Post by football44 on Sept 21, 2022 7:25:23 GMT -5
Don't count your chickens before they hatch, as a lot can happen between now and the end of the season. Many Crusader faithful think Holy Cross is a lock for the FCS playoffs; they are not. The Colgate, Harvard, Fordham, and Bryant games are hardly automatic wins. Bryant may be winless, but 2 of their games went into overtime, and their competition, so far, has been very keen. All it takes is for Holy Cross to have 2 losses, and they will be out of the playoffs. I know you’ve been an HC fan for a long time but try to enjoy the current success. It’s not going to last forever. We just obliterated Yale, which is a good team. We should obliterate most others on our schedule. Harvard and Fordham are the possible exceptions. I will be surprised if Colgate and Bryant are competitive games. Anything can happen but we’re really good at something for once. I’m not going to lessen my enjoyment by worrying about every disastrous thing that has a very small chance of happening. Amen 92!! Enjoy the winning that we are experiencing at the moment. In my opinion we are just getting started. Great '23 class coming in to the Cross. Top high school players are now checking out HC. Relax and enjoy. Nothing like being nationally ranked and noticed to put HC football and the college as a whole in the limelight. PVR knows it and is enjoying it. |
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Post by HC92 on Oct 2, 2022 5:07:21 GMT -5
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Post by timholycross on Oct 2, 2022 8:23:34 GMT -5
Somewhere along the line, even with a fantastic revord, not having lights will screw HC, either that or it's written in the tounament rules that the higher seed has the prerogative to move the game to an alternate site. None of the above should in any way detract from the season they're having. |
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 2, 2022 10:25:18 GMT -5
Somewhere along the line, even with a fantastic revord, not having lights will screw HC, either that or it's written in the tounament rules that the higher seed has the prerogative to move the game to an alternate site. None of the above should in any way detract from the season they're having. Think of it as a Red Sox game on Marathon Day, April 19th (or the closest Monday) an 11AM start if we are playing close to the winter solstice. That's preferable to an away game at a lower seed. Or since crowds may be smaller in December, Polar might be an option. |
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Post by thecrossisback on Oct 2, 2022 13:33:24 GMT -5
I will not be satisfied until we get the 2 seed so we can host multiple playoff games.
Get the lights situation figured out this team deserves home playoff games.
If HC goes undefeated they deserve a top 3 seed.
Not only quality wins but destroying other opponents.
Enough about the 2 loss Big Sky teams.
Until then just go 1-0 each week
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Post by td128 on Oct 2, 2022 13:59:03 GMT -5
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Post by Chu Chu on Oct 2, 2022 14:56:29 GMT -5
Is Musco Lighting who we used previously? Since 1976, Musco Lighting has specialized in the design and manufacture of sports and transportation/infrastructure lighting solutions around the world. We’ve pioneered systems using metal halide and LED technologies that have made dramatic improvements in energy efficiency and provided affordable ways to control spill light and glare. Our new and retrofit, permanent and temporary lighting solutions can be found from Little League® fields to Olympic Games. Our global team partners with customers to plan, complete, and maintain a cost-effective, trouble-free lighting solution for their facility. |
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 2, 2022 15:11:02 GMT -5
I wish HC could have the lights that are in place on virtually every high school field in North Jersey.
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Post by td128 on Oct 2, 2022 15:43:06 GMT -5
Musco provided the lights for the prior night games in 2011 (UMass) 2012 (UNH) and 2014 (Monmouth).
Call me superstitious but I feel like this thread is tempting fate.
#BeatBucknell
Keep getting better.
LET’S WIN . . . !!
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Post by efg72 on Oct 2, 2022 15:48:30 GMT -5
I will not be satisfied until we get the 2 seed so we can host multiple playoff games. Get the lights situation figured out this team deserves home playoff games. If HC goes undefeated they deserve a top 3 seed. Not only quality wins but destroying other opponents. Enough about the 2 loss Big Sky teams. Until then just go 1-0 each week Sending a note tonight to see what it takes to have permanent lighting for football and baseball. Will let you know the answer. |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Oct 2, 2022 15:55:41 GMT -5
I will not be satisfied until we get the 2 seed so we can host multiple playoff games. Get the lights situation figured out this team deserves home playoff games. If HC goes undefeated they deserve a top 3 seed. Not only quality wins but destroying other opponents. Enough about the 2 loss Big Sky teams. Until then just go 1-0 each week Sending a note tonight to see what it takes to have permanent lighting for football and baseball. Will let you know the answer. Baseball has lights.  Also, HC never picked up the option, in the Luth contract, of installing a new 12.5 kV line from Kimball to Fitton football. |
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Post by efg72 on Oct 2, 2022 16:03:09 GMT -5
Thank you was unaware of baseball-good to know
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Oct 2, 2022 16:17:02 GMT -5
Four second round games are on Friday night. Need lights.
Four second round games are on Saturday (Dee 3). I believe at least two of these games could be day games.
A Friday night game in the cold aluminum of Fitton will draw very few fans.
For HC to get a bye, someone has to beat Delaware and HC has to run the table.
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