Final Bracketology

[NovaBison]

Is it wrong that I really don't care who NDSU plays this year? Line them up... we smash any of them all

[NDSUstudent]

This was a crazy final week, no doubt about it. Probably an accurate bracket by student, and what the committee should do. However, I wonder if they will throw Monmouth or CCSU in a seed given this weeks shitshow in the Valley and BigSky?

I think Monmouth has a shot, so many teams crapped the bed the last few seeds are kind of crapshoot.

[NDSUstudent]

I do wonder if the committee sends SDSU-UND somewhere other than here because they don't want to give the #1 seed a garaunteed rematch. If UNI is seeded it gives them an out but I'm 50/50 on UNI getting a seed.

[NDSU92]

I do wonder if the committee sends SDSU-UND somewhere other than here because they don't want to give the #1 seed a garaunteed rematch. If UNI is seeded it gives them an out but I'm 50/50 on UNI getting a seed.

I know at one point they weren’t allowed to do a guaranteed rematch. Anyone know if that’s changed?

[bisonaudit]

I know at one point they weren’t allowed to do a guaranteed rematch. Anyone know if that’s changed?

No conference matchups in round 1 unless they haven’t played each other. I don’t think there are any restrictions in the second round on rematches.

[Hammersmith]

I know at one point they weren’t allowed to do a guaranteed rematch. Anyone know if that’s changed?

I think that was back in the 16 or 20 team playoff fields.

[NDSUstudent]

Yeah, the avoiding rematches thing only goes for round 1 in whatever variation it has been since the FCS has been around. That said it is one thing to setup up a probable rematch which often happens, it is something else to give a seeded team a garaunteed rematch out of the gate.

[Hammersmith]

Yeah, the avoiding rematches thing only goes for round 1 in whatever variation it has been since the FCS has been around. That said it is one thing to setup up a probable rematch which often happens, it is something else to give a seeded team a garaunteed rematch out of the gate.

The more I think about it, the more I think there used to be a rule preventing some round 2 rematches during the 20-team years. The way it was worded back then was that the committee couldn't create rematches when it was the first playoff game for both teams. During the 20-team years, there were four games in the second round that were the first game for both teams. Rematches were not allowed in those games.

[NDSUstudent]

The more I think about it, the more I think there used to be a rule preventing some round 2 rematches during the 20-team years. The way it was worded back then was that the committee couldn't create rematches when it was the first playoff game for both teams. During the 20-team years, there were four games in the second round that were the first game for both teams. Rematches were not allowed in those games.

Yeah, that is right now that I think about it.

[NDSU92]

The more I think about it, the more I think there used to be a rule preventing some round 2 rematches during the 20-team years. The way it was worded back then was that the committee couldn't create rematches when it was the first playoff game for both teams. During the 20-team years, there were four games in the second round that were the first game for both teams. Rematches were not allowed in those games.

Ahh gotcha. Thanks!