Originally Posted by
heavy horse
I was curious how evenly matched these 2 teams are, so I dug into the FCS stats rankings:
Total Offense YPG: NDSU #8; JMU #21
Total Defense YPG: NDSU #1; JMU #3
Scoring Offense PPG: NDSU #2; JMU #8
Scoring Defense Allowed PPG: NDSU #2; JMU #1
Rushing Defense YPG: NDSU #7; JMU #6
Rushing Offense YPG: NDSU #4; JMU #19
Passing Offense YPG: NDSU (outside 50); JMU #41
Passing Yards Allowed: NDSU #3; JMU #12
Turnover Margin: NDSU #7; JMU #1
On paper, this is pretty damn close.
Of course, there will be arguments about strength of schedule, bracket strength, etc... the reality is:
- Top 2 ranked teams going into the season
- Top 2 teams going into the playoffs
- Both teams are conference champs in arguably the toughest conferences in FCS
- They both lit up the semi's
Looking forward to a strong showing by the Bison faithful in Frisco.
Last year's post-game press conference (with Chase, MJ, Lechler, Ambrosius) was brutal to watch- I'm sure there are some Bison players/coaches that are jacked up for this one.