Sagarin says

[BisonNeil]

Wonder what SDSU bid - could they possibly have a quarterfinals home game???

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.

[GRAFTONBISON]

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.

I think he means if SDSU and Jacksonville St. both win this weekend. Then the quarterfinal game would go to the highest bidder.

[extremerouge]

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.

They could host if Jax St wins.

[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.

Yep, this is what I meant - why I bolded the four teams. Bids are entered before the playoffs for all rounds, correct?

[Tatanka]

Yep, this is what I meant - why I bolded the four teams. Bids are entered before the playoffs for all rounds, correct?

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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[Bisonguy]

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.

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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[THEsocalledfan]

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.

[taper]

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.

[Hammersmith]

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	  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 FCS Predictor Top-25

 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

Sagarin Predictor Top-7 FCS Conferences

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

[Hammersmith]

Sagarin got 5 of 8 correct this round.

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

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