FCS Playoffs Second Round Thread

[Mr Meaty]

Why don't the MEAC and the SWAC participate in the playoffs?

Would any of those teams be able to make a run at a championship?

Simple answer







NOPE

[LITTLEGUYSINGREEN]

Simple answer







NOPE

Why don't they participate in the playoffs?

[noryan34]

Why don't they participate in the playoffs?

They choose to send there champions to a bowl game. With apparently is very lucrative for their schools

[Professor Chaos]

They choose to send there champions to a bowl game. With apparently is very lucrative for their schools

It's not necessarily a cash cow for them. I think they get $1M per conference from the ESPN/ABC TV deal which they share so it's around $100K per school whether they play in the game or not. But for them it's better than playing in the playoffs where they'lllose their first game and potentially lose money doing it if they host.

[MSUcats91]

I didn't know that about Weber losing their QB in the SUU game. Thanks for that bit of info!

You're welcome.

[Hammersmith]

Looks like another seed is going down. That makes 3 of 8 to lose today. Weber St up on 8 SUU, 30-13 w/ 4min to go.

3 Jacksonville St
4 Central Arkansas
8 Southern Utah

[Hammersmith]

No real reason to do this, but don't have anything better to do right now while watching a guy repair field turf.

Conf		1start	2start	Qstart	record
CAA		4	3	2	4-2
MVFC		5	4	2	4-3
Big South	2	1	1	2-1
Big Sky		3	2	1	2-2
Southern	3	2	1	2-2
Southland	3	2	1	1-2
Pioneer		1	1	0	1-1
OVC		1	1	0	0-1
Patriot		1	0	0	0-1
NEC		1	0	0	0-1

[NDSUSR]

No real reason to do this, but don't have anything better to do right now while watching a guy repair field turf.

A modern spin on "watching the grass grow"?

[Hammersmith]

A modern spin on "watching the grass grow"?

Pretty much. If you weren't watching it, the Big Ten championship game had a turf malfunction. They spent something like 10 minutes focused on the equipment guy fixing the turf.

[bisonaudit]

Sagarin's take on the lines home team in bold:

SO AGS score err
W L.. 26-7 +2 James Madison -21.0 over Stony Brook 94%
L. L.. 13-30 +29 Southern Utah -4.0 over Weber State 62%
W W 37-22 -6 South Dakota State -9.0 over Northern Iowa 74%
L. L.. 15-21 +22.5 Central Arkansas -16.5 over New Hampshire 89%
L. L... 7-17 +18.5 Jacksonville State -8.5 over Kennesaw State 74%
L. L.. 42-54 +14.5 South Dakota -2.5 over Sam Houston State 57%
W W 28-10 -16.5 Wofford -1.5 over Furman 55%
W W 38-3 -5 North Dakota State -30.0 over San Diego 99%

4-4 so, not a good week.

5 of 8 missed by 1 standard deviation or more.