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Post by Gordie1 on Oct 16, 2023 21:13:49 GMT -5
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Post by cruskater31 on Oct 17, 2023 5:25:38 GMT -5
A home game and a trip to UD? I'd take it but would rather be on the Mercer/Furman side of things to avoid SDSU in the quarters. Not a bad bracket from Sam. Going to be a lot of bubble games for CAA teams in the next month.
Looking forward to seeing how it plays out.
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Post by hcpride on Oct 17, 2023 5:33:23 GMT -5
Herder’s got Fordham as a bubble team left out in this scenario.
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Post by alum on Oct 17, 2023 5:39:48 GMT -5
A home game and a trip to UD? I'd take it but would rather be on the Mercer/Furman side of things to avoid SDSU in the quarters. Not a bad bracket from Sam. Going to be a lot of bubble games for CAA teams in the next month. Looking forward to seeing how it plays out. That’s South Dakota in the round of 8, not SDSU. Not as rough. But, I’d rather be on the other side, too. |
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Post by cruskater31 on Oct 17, 2023 7:15:26 GMT -5
SD wouldn't be too bad but they are a legit team. I am still more likely to travel to Furman or Mercer for a game! Well let's go undefeated each week and see where it brings us.
Lafayette isn't even considered by Herder it seems. It will be a little bit of a gauntlet with Fordham vs. Laffy and Colgate playing both teams. I think Laffy really wants the auto-bid. Too much to consider if you start crunching the numbers and looking at the bubble. I bet folks in Easton aren't even concerned about bracketology right now.
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 17, 2023 8:03:14 GMT -5
Folks in Worcester shouldn’t be concerned about bracketology right now either. One game at a time and it will all play out as it is supposed to. 🤷♂️
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Post by alum on Oct 17, 2023 16:44:58 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 17, 2023 23:45:01 GMT -5
Funny I shot the third worst vs the worst team in the nation according to him this year... |
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Post by lou on Oct 18, 2023 7:00:57 GMT -5
Si.com...
Patriot League
Locks: None
Should be in: Holy Cross
Work to do: None
Unless Holy Cross falters in conference play, the Patriot League will be a one-bid conference. The Crusaders have four conference games left and a winnable FBS game against Army. Holy Cross competed well against Boston College earlier this season. If the Crusaders do drop a game in conference (likely Lafayette or Georgetown), their chances for an at-large bid would be put in jeopardy. The loss to Harvard leaves Holy Cross with no room for error and the Crusaders will want to focus on winning out.
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Post by hchoops on Oct 18, 2023 7:16:06 GMT -5
Si.com... Patriot League Locks: None Should be in: Holy Cross Work to do: None Unless Holy Cross falters in conference play, the Patriot League will be a one-bid conference. The Crusaders have four conference games left and a winnable FBS game against Army. Holy Cross competed well against Boston College earlier this season. If the Crusaders do drop a game in conference (likely Lafayette or Georgetown), their chances for an at-large bid would be put in jeopardy. The loss to Harvard leaves Holy Cross with no room for error and the Crusaders will want to focus on winning out. This really believes that Georgetown’s win over Fordham makes them more of a threat to defeat HC TBD |
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Post by gks on Oct 18, 2023 7:45:01 GMT -5
Si.com... Patriot League Locks: None Should be in: Holy Cross Work to do: None Unless Holy Cross falters in conference play, the Patriot League will be a one-bid conference. The Crusaders have four conference games left and a winnable FBS game against Army. Holy Cross competed well against Boston College earlier this season. If the Crusaders do drop a game in conference (likely Lafayette or Georgetown), their chances for an at-large bid would be put in jeopardy. The loss to Harvard leaves Holy Cross with no room for error and the Crusaders will want to focus on winning out. Further proof Ivy Football gets zero respect nationally. |
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Post by cruskater31 on Oct 18, 2023 8:21:10 GMT -5
Si.com... Patriot League Locks: None Should be in: Holy Cross Work to do: None Unless Holy Cross falters in conference play, the Patriot League will be a one-bid conference. The Crusaders have four conference games left and a winnable FBS game against Army. Holy Cross competed well against Boston College earlier this season. If the Crusaders do drop a game in conference (likely Lafayette or Georgetown), their chances for an at-large bid would be put in jeopardy. The loss to Harvard leaves Holy Cross with no room for error and the Crusaders will want to focus on winning out. Further proof Ivy Football gets zero respect nationally. I was talking to friends from two Ivies yesterday (Harvard and Princeton) about this very subject. They think that overall, there is usually one really dominant team and a couple of very good teams in the Ivy. Both thought that the Ivy champ would potentially win a couple of playoff games any given year the way it would shake out. They were split on whether or not the teams should compete in the postseason. The Princeton alum actually thinks that they could be waxed by Harvard but the fact it is at home and the Princeton defense should keep it to 14 points. I explained that unfortunately for the Tigers, I have to root for Harvard in their quest for an undefeated season. To quote one: "the last time the Ivy league got respect Harvard was playing Army at Yankee Stadium." |
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Post by hchoops on Oct 18, 2023 8:22:24 GMT -5
Si.com... Patriot League Locks: None Should be in: Holy Cross Work to do: None Unless Holy Cross falters in conference play, the Patriot League will be a one-bid conference. The Crusaders have four conference games left and a winnable FBS game against Army. Holy Cross competed well against Boston College earlier this season. If the Crusaders do drop a game in conference (likely Lafayette or Georgetown), their chances for an at-large bid would be put in jeopardy. The loss to Harvard leaves Holy Cross with no room for error and the Crusaders will want to focus on winning out. Further proof Ivy Football gets zero respect nationally. [ Nor should it |
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 18, 2023 8:36:55 GMT -5
Si.com... Patriot League Locks: None Should be in: Holy Cross Work to do: None Unless Holy Cross falters in conference play, the Patriot League will be a one-bid conference. The Crusaders have four conference games left and a winnable FBS game against Army. Holy Cross competed well against Boston College earlier this season. If the Crusaders do drop a game in conference (likely Lafayette or Georgetown), their chances for an at-large bid would be put in jeopardy. The loss to Harvard leaves Holy Cross with no room for error and the Crusaders will want to focus on winning out. I'm not sure how much knowledge whomever wrote this has of the Patriot League or FCS in general. He/she might just be looking at standings and box scores to determine that Georgetown is more of a challenge than Fordham. Hard to see how a road game in the Bronx over their family weekend will be an easier game than the season finale at home on senior day against Georgetown. |
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 18, 2023 9:51:46 GMT -5
Further proof Ivy Football gets zero respect nationally. I was talking to friends from two Ivies yesterday (Harvard and Princeton) about this very subject. They think that overall, there is usually one really dominant team and a couple of very good teams in the Ivy. Both thought that the Ivy champ would potentially win a couple of playoff games any given year the way it would shake out. They were split on whether or not the teams should compete in the postseason. The Princeton alum actually thinks that they could be waxed by Harvard but the fact it is at home and the Princeton defense should keep it to 14 points. I explained that unfortunately for the Tigers, I have to root for Harvard in their quest for an undefeated season. To quote one: "the last time the Ivy league got respect Harvard was playing Army at Yankee Stadium." Princeton's offense is bad this year and will be lucky to score ten points on the Crimson. |
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Post by purplehaze on Oct 18, 2023 19:05:52 GMT -5
Maybe not very relevant other than seeding but did you notice last night ESPN had the Montana (no.10) at Idaho (no.3) game - the Grizzlies, 13 pt underdogs won 23-21
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Post by nycrusader2010 on Oct 19, 2023 10:03:36 GMT -5
I was talking to friends from two Ivies yesterday (Harvard and Princeton) about this very subject. They think that overall, there is usually one really dominant team and a couple of very good teams in the Ivy. Both thought that the Ivy champ would potentially win a couple of playoff games any given year the way it would shake out. They were split on whether or not the teams should compete in the postseason. The Princeton alum actually thinks that they could be waxed by Harvard but the fact it is at home and the Princeton defense should keep it to 14 points. I explained that unfortunately for the Tigers, I have to root for Harvard in their quest for an undefeated season. To quote one: "the last time the Ivy league got respect Harvard was playing Army at Yankee Stadium." Princeton's offense is bad this year and will be lucky to score ten points on the Crimson. Princeton also seems to have Harvard's # of late. |
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 19, 2023 13:02:34 GMT -5
Since the playoffs expanded to 24 teams, an unseeded team has never won the championship. And the last time an unseeded team won it all was Richmond in 2008.
I think the bye week came at a great time for us. We're going into a critical stretch (obviously) and having these two weeks off hopefully afforded us the chance to clean some things up on defense and get a bit healthier.
Assuming we win these next three games and head into Army with a 7-2 mark, we'll be back in the seeding conversation. This can all collapse very easily though with a loss...then we are in grave danger of missing the playoffs altogether.
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 19, 2023 13:08:54 GMT -5
Princeton's offense is bad this year and will be lucky to score ten points on the Crimson. Princeton also seems to have Harvard's # of late. Yes. Surprised that Harvard has lost five straight to Princeton. Their loss at Powers two years ago was quite literally stolen from Harvard. |
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Post by Gordie1 on Oct 20, 2023 9:20:46 GMT -5
North Carolina Central (10/16) nearly got knocked off by 1-5 Morgan State (+14.5 at KO) by a final of 16-10. MS was with them until halfway through the fourth and led in the first half. Got to be a good sign for us in the Coaches Poll if we can outlast Lafayette.
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Post by cruskater31 on Oct 24, 2023 18:02:51 GMT -5
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Post by Sons of Vaval on Oct 24, 2023 18:47:39 GMT -5
Hard to argue with this. The highlight of the season has been a close loss to a bottom half ACC team. Fortunately, we have the ability to change that and I still think that by winning our we’ll earn an at-large. |
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Post by cruskater31 on Oct 26, 2023 12:13:54 GMT -5
Just getting around to reading Hero Sports' Week 9 resumes for the top 10. Naturally, there are some impressive resumes with 2+ then and now ranked wins, an FBS win, etc., but I was surprised to find out that some, like HC are also lacking ranked wins. herosports.com/fcs-football-2023-week-9-resumes-bzbz/ #5 Delaware has 1 then-ranked win (UNH) and 0 now-ranked wins. FBS 0-1 #6 Sac State has 0 then or now-ranked wins but did beat Stanford FBS 1-0 #8 UIW has 0 then or now-ranked wins and is FBS 0-1 |
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Post by hc1998 on Oct 27, 2023 11:48:51 GMT -5
Just getting around to reading Hero Sports' Week 9 resumes for the top 10. Naturally, there are some impressive resumes with 2+ then and now ranked wins, an FBS win, etc., but I was surprised to find out that some, like HC are also lacking ranked wins. herosports.com/fcs-football-2023-week-9-resumes-bzbz/ #5 Delaware has 1 then-ranked win (UNH) and 0 now-ranked wins. FBS 0-1 #6 Sac State has 0 then or now-ranked wins but did beat Stanford FBS 1-0 #8 UIW has 0 then or now-ranked wins and is FBS 0-1 Thats a bit misleading as your post suggests its simply the lack of ranked wins keeping us from the top ten...I notice HC has twice as many losses to non top 10 teams as the entire top 10 has collectively. |
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Post by efg72 on Oct 27, 2023 20:45:43 GMT -5
Mostly the result of the strong support by voters for
Missouri Valley
Big Sky
Southern
CAA- Philly and South
Instead of considering schools North of Philly
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