They had no chance to host. Seeded teams don't have to bid. They just get to host until they meet a higher seeded team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mayville Bison
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They had no chance to host. Seeded teams don't have to bid. They just get to host until they meet a higher seeded team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mayville Bison
I think he means if SDSU and Jacksonville St. both win this weekend. Then the quarterfinal game would go to the highest bidder.Quote:
Originally Posted by BisonNeil
They could host if Jax St wins.Quote:
Originally Posted by BisonNeil
Yep, this is what I meant - why I bolded the four teams. Bids are entered before the playoffs for all rounds, correct?Quote:
Originally Posted by GRAFTONBISON
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Originally Posted by Mayville Bison
this is my understanding. Wonder if sdsu bid low like they did for the first round game so as not to lose their asses.
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Originally Posted by BisonNeil
Seeded teams have to bid if they want to host. However, they only have to meet the minimum bid instead of outbidding the other team. There have been examples of seeds that haven't hosted in the past.
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Sadly, NDSU did not pick up anymore AP votes; not sure what will happen next week as the national folks will not be paying any attention to and NDSU/Furry Man game.
Jacksonville State would easily outbid SDSU if they tried. Could even outbid us if the filled the place. They averaged around 16k with a high of 19k in a 24k stadium. BTW, we're 0-2 against JSU, both DII playoff games.
Might as well. Don't even care today but it was something to do while Bohl was talking. EIU continues to close the gap. MVFC takes a hit thanks to SDSU's fabulous performance. Winners are the teams that upset the seeds, Losers are the three seeds that lost plus SDSU & Tenn St.
Sagarin's Playoffs Round 3 Predictions
Sagarin FCS Predictor Top-25Code:Sagarin Predict Result Diff
27 North Dakota State 80.30
25 Kansas State 80.87 -4.01 3.00 7.01
NA Ferris State NA NA 46.00 NA
225 Delaware State 34.16 49.58 51.00 1.42
93 South Dakota State 62.99 13.87 20.00 6.13
87 Northern Iowa 63.80 19.94 1.00 -18.94
103 Missouri State 62.01 21.73 15.00 -6.73
98 Southern Illinois 62.48 14.38 21.00 6.62
200 Indiana State 39.58 37.28 46.00 8.72
124 Illinois State 57.72 26.02 18.00 -8.02
116 Youngstown State 59.06 17.80 18.00 0.20
167 South Dakota 48.14 35.60 42.00 6.40
151 Furman 52.65 31.09 31.00 0.09
102 Coastal Carolina 62.05 21.69
159 Western Illinois 50.55
Total Diff: 2.90
Home 3.44
Sagarin Predictor Top-7 FCS ConferencesCode:1 27 North Dakota State
2 31 Eastern Illinois
3 72 SE Louisiana
4 73 Towson
5 78 Eastern Washington
6 80 Villanova
7 85 Jacksonville State
8 87 Northern Iowa
9 88 William & Mary
10 92 New Hampshire
11 93 South Dakota State
12 98 Southern Illinois
13 100 Montana
14 101 Sam Houston State
15 103 Missouri State
16 102 Coastal Carolina
17 111 Liberty
18 112 Harvard
19 114 Princeton
20 116 Youngstown State
21 118 Maine
22 119 Cal Poly
23 120 Tennessee State
24 123 McNeese State
25 124 Illinois State
Code:1. MVFC 59.02
2. Colonial 56.14
3. Ohio Valley 53.94
4. Southland 51.51
5. Southern 48.48
6. Ivy League 48.20
7. Big Sky 47.04
Sagarin got 5 of 8 correct this round.
Code:1 NDSU/Furman 8 Montana/Coastal
Sagarin: NDSU by 32 Sagarin: Montana by 6
Actual: NDSU by 31 Actual: Coastal by 7
4 SELA/SHSU 5 Maine/UNH
Sagarin: SELA by 11 Sagarin: Maine by 1
Actual: SELA by 1 Actual: UNH by 14
3 EWU/SDSU 6 McNeese/Jax St
Sagarin: EWU by 1 Sagarin: McNeese by 3
Actual: EWU by 24 Actual: Jax St by 21
2 EIU/Tenn St 7 Towson/Fordham
Sagarin: EIU by 22 Sagarin: Towson by 15
Actual: EIU by 41 Actual: Towson by 20
Code:1 NDSU 80.30 (21.69)
Coastal C 62.05
4 SELA 67.33 (7.27)
UNH 63.50
3 EWU 65.51 (4.58)
Jax St 64.37
2 EIU 79.31 (15.70)
7 Towson 67.05
Thanks for posting this.
4 votes in the final regular season ap poll.
Sagarin has us at 12-0 this week...did they miss yesterday's game?
LOL @ Big Sky. they are proving to be exactly what we thought they were...Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammersmith
yesterday was indeed our 12th game, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by SoCalBison
Why, yes, now that I check my notes, I see that I was a dunderhead with my earlier question. Thanks for responding kindly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tatanka
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Originally Posted by SoCalBison
:D you may not have been the only one that had to double-check...
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Team................... Quarters. Semis. Final
#1 North Dakota State 94.5% 85.1% 50.8%
Coastal Carolina -------- 5.5% 1.9% 0.3%
New Hampshire -------- 29.5% 2.6% 0.5%
#4 SE Louisiana ------ 70.5% 10.4% 2.7%
#3 Eastern Washington 63.3% 10.0% 1.9%
Jacksonville State ----- 36.7% 4.3% 0.7%
#7 Towson ------------ 12.3% 6.5% 1.4%
#2 Eastern Illinois ---- 87.7% 79.2% 41.6%
Does Sagarin continue to publish ratings every week, now, or are they suspended until after the bowl games?
In the past recent past at least, he's continued to publish each Sunday.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDZ
23 North Dakota State...AA = 82.24 13 0 56.88( 138) 0 0 | 1 0 | 83.00 21 | 81.30 24 | 80.98 26
61 Towson...................AA = 71.88 12 2 56.07( 143) 0 0 | 0 0 | 73.50 53 | 70.14 66 | 78.17 35
74 Eastern Washington..AA = 66.19 12 2 54.34( 152) 0 0 | 0 0 | 66.06 79 | 66.11 77 | 67.37 79
75 New Hampshire........AA = 66.13 10 4 56.96( 137) 0 0 | 0 0 | 66.54 77 | 65.53 79 | 65.06 85
Sag got the new numbers up yet tonight. Bison crack the top-25 again in predictor. Predicting an almost 20pt win vs. UNH. EWU/Towson is a tossup.
Sagarin's Playoffs Round 4 Predictions
Sagarin FCS Predictor Top-25Code:Sagarin Predict Result Diff
24 North Dakota State 81.30
26 Kansas State 80.88 -3.02 3.00 6.02
NA Ferris State NA NA 46.00 NA
225 Delaware State 34.65 50.09 51.00 0.91
93 South Dakota State 63.08 14.78 20.00 5.22
87 Northern Iowa 63.87 20.87 1.00 -19.87
101 Missouri State 61.97 22.77 15.00 -7.77
98 Southern Illinois 62.33 15.53 21.00 5.47
200 Indiana State 39.63 38.23 46.00 7.77
123 Illinois State 57.61 27.13 18.00 -9.13
116 Youngstown State 59.23 18.63 18.00 -0.63
166 South Dakota 48.24 36.50 42.00 5.50
151 Furman 52.59 32.15 31.00 1.15
104 Coastal Carolina 61.29 23.45 34.00 10.55
66 New Hampshire 65.53 19.21
160 Western Illinois 50.56
Total Diff: 5.19
Home 3.44
Sagarin Predictor Top-7 FCS ConferencesCode:1 24 North Dakota State
2 37 Eastern Illinois
3 66 Towson
4 74 Villanova
5 76 SE Louisiana
6 77 Eastern Washington
7 79 New Hampshire
8 85 William & Mary
9 87 Northern Iowa
10 91 Jacksonville State
11 93 South Dakota State
12 98 Southern Illinois
13 99 Montana
14 101 Missouri State
15 102 Sam Houston State
16 104 Coastal Carolina
17 110 Harvard
18 112 Princeton
19 114 Liberty
20 116 Youngstown State
21 118 Maine
22 119 Cal Poly
23 122 Tennessee State
24 123 Illinois State
25 124 McNeese State
Code:1. MVFC 59.06
2. Colonial 57.39
3. Ohio Valley 53.22
4. Southland 51.09
5. Ivy League 49.07
6. Southern 48.34
7. Big Sky 47.13
Sagarin only hit 50% this round, however 75% were within 14 points of the prediction
Round 3 results
Code:1 NDSU/Coastal 4 SELA/UNH
Sagarin: NDSU by 22 Sagarin: SELA by 7
Actual: NDSU by 34 Actual: UNH by 3
2 EIU/7 Towson 3 EWU/Jax St
Sagarin: EIU by 16 Sagarin: EWU by 5
Actual: Towson by 10 Actual: EWU by 11
Round 4 predictions
Code:1 NDSU 81.30 (19.21)
UNH 65.53
3 EWU 66.11
7 Towson 70.14 (0.59)
Lol@BigFluffySkyQuote:
Originally Posted by Hammersmith
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Mine is kicking out similar numbers.
Bison 91.33% of the time at the dome vs UNH.
EWU 53.90% of the time at home vs Towson. Towson would be a slight favorite in Maryland, or on a neutral site, as they are ranked above EWU.
Is UNH the first team since they expanded to 20+ to advance to the semis from round 1?
GSU did it in 2010Quote:
Originally Posted by bisonaudit
No for sure Georgia Southern did in 2010.
Think you mean Towson instead of UNH. We will see if EWU is for real if they can stop West this week. I want to see EWU for three reasons. 1-I think these seniors want to finish off with the team that knocked them out in '10. 2-I really want this team to beat down a Big Sky team at some point this year! 3-I think it would be an easier game for us than Towson would be.Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammerhead
I think you're right thinking EIU was more overrated. Towson is good, but they weren't anything special (sorry hearing it so much from our opponents lately that it's stuck in my head). They played consistent ball and made stops when they needed to.
I hope EWU beat the odds and shows up in Frisco. It will be a beat down when the Bison get a hold of the Eagles. We will show no mercy.
I don't know what I was thinking on that one. :( Anyway, it's time for UNH's string of upsets to end.
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Originally Posted by Mayville Bison
Is UNH's string of victories really a string of upsets?Quote:
Originally Posted by Hammerhead
Maine in Reg season...at home...senior day...maybe but probably not
Lafayette...Hmmm CAA trumps Patriot
Maine on Road...tough to beat a team a second time, especially when they have a week off...but I don't think that it was that much of an upset.
SELA on road...CAA vs Southland??? team that came off of an emotional high of winning their first ever playoff game vs team who has been there 10 years straight.
I would pose that UNH has been a favorite every round of the playoffs so far and has had an easier road than most. I'm not putting any disrespect on UNH at all, they've won the games, but I am saying that the woodchipper is fired up and I'm sure hoping we can stuff them in it.
Team.......................... Semis. Final
#1 North Dakota State - 92.2% 76.6%
New Hampshire ---------- 7.8% 3.3%
#3 Eastern Washington - 48.3% 7.8%
#7 Towson ------------ 51.7% 12.3%
Pounding the Eagles into the Frisco turf until it turns red would be a storybook ending for the seniors careers at NDSU.Quote:
Originally Posted by bisonaudit
Can't think of a better opponent..I can't believe that was their last road loss..unbelievableQuote:
Originally Posted by WYOBISONMAN
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Dare to dream, dare to dream. Go Eagles! I want NDSU to break you:Quote:
Originally Posted by EC8CH
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q6uVq-UVE7...+break+you.jpg
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Originally Posted by WYOBISONMAN
I was for SDSU beating them down but since that dream was killed I've been cheering EWU on to their sure destruction on the field in Frisco at the hands of these seniors. NCAA/ESPN can at this point hope this happens because it has the best story line to it of all options available. NDSU 3 Peat is good but not juicy, and it would work the masses up into a media frenzy (then throw Bohl leaving in for dessert).
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Does Bohl skydive into Laramie on the trip back to Fargo to end the era?Quote:
Originally Posted by 1998braves64
West=Zenner or Zenner=West
I would love to meet EWU in Frisco but just dont think the can beat Towson. The game should come down to late in the 4th.
Did it update today?
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