FCS Update, Rob Weiss
What a crazy weekend around the FCS world?! I thought that we would see a lot of bubble teams fighting to keep their seasonalive, but instead we saw a lot of them losing to inferior teams.
1. Richmond Spiders at Towson Tigers
My Prediction: Richmond Spiders 49 Towson Tigers 7
Reality: Richmond Spiders 42 Towson Tigers 14
Richmond looks likely to lock up the #1 Seed, but they still have to go through Villanova and William and Mary.
2. Montana Grizzlies vs. 16. Weber State Wildcats
My Prediction: Montana Grizzlies 45 Weber State Wildcats 35
Reality: Montana Grizzlies 31 Weber State Wildcats 10
Much lower scoring and lopsided than I expected. Griz D had a big day and Montana continues their undefeated romp through the Big Sky.
3. Southern Illinois Salukis at Indiana State Sycamores
My Prediction: Southern Illinois Salukis 49 Indiana State Sycamores 10
Reality: Southern Illinois Salukis 33 Indiana State Sycamores 0
The Salukis take care of business. They head to South Dakota State on Saturday. Should be epic.
4. Villanova Wildcats
Bye Week
5. William & Mary Tribe at Rhode Island Rams
My Prediction: William & Mary Tribe 38 Rhode Island Rams 3
Reality: William & Mary Tribe 39 Rhode Island Rams 14
Business as planned for the Tribe. Still in control of their playoff destiny. Season ending match-up with Richmond should be huge.
6. Elon Phoenix at Wofford Terriers
My Prediction: Elon Phoenix 45 Wofford Terriers 17
Reality: Elon Phoenix 34 Wofford Terriers 6
Elon continues to win setting up a great game with App St in 2 weeks.
7. South Dakota State Jackrabbits at Youngstown State Penguins
My Prediction: South Dakota State Jackrabbits 27 Youngstown State Penguins 21
Reality: South Dakota State Jackrabbits 17 Youngstown State Penguins 3
Jacks have a slow day, but keep focused on the task at hand. Now they can look to SIU.
8. New Hampshire Wildcats vs. Northeastern Huskies
My prediction: New Hampshire Wildcats 35 Northeastern Huskies 7
Reality: New Hampshire Wildcats 48 Northeastern Huskies 21
Not much more intersting than predicted.
9. Appalachian State Mountaineers at Furman Paladins
My Prediction: Appalachian State Mountaineers 49 Furman Paladins 24
Reality: Appalachian State Mountaineers 52 Furman Paladins 27
Nailed the spread. App State is playing high quality football and Furman continues to struggle.
10. Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks at Texas State Bobcats
My Prediction: Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks 45 Texas State Bobcats 27
Reality: Texas State Bobcats 28 Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks 7
The Bobcats shut down the SFA offense and throw the SLC race into chaos.
11. Northern Iowa Panthers
Bye Week
12. South Carolina State Bulldogs vs. Delaware State Hornets
My Prediction: South Carolina State Bulldogs 35 Delaware State Hornets 10
Reality: South Carolina State Bulldogs 52 Delaware State Hornets 10
We’re getting to the point where we know the Bulldogs are the best in the MEAC. The question now is how high should they be ranked? We won’t find any answers until Thanksgiving weekend.
13. Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens vs. James Madison Dukes
My Prediction: James Madison Dukes 31 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 28
Reality: James Madison Dukes 20 Delaware Fightin’ Blue Hens 8
James Madison finally makes me look good. Delaware is skating on thin ice.
14. Central Arkansas Bears at Southeast Louisiana Lions
My Prediction: Central Arkansas Bears 35 Southeast Louisiana Lions 14
Reality: Southeast Louisiana Lions 25 Central Arkansas Bears 21
Another game that turns the SLC upside down. Not that UCA could take the autobid, but they seemed to be a player again.
15. McNeese State Cowboys at Nicholls State Colonels
My Prediction: McNeese State Cowboys 27 Nicholls State Colonels 7
Reality: McNeese State Cowboys 38 Nicholls State Colonels 17
McNeese is the only favorite to win their game in the SLC.
16. Weber State Wildcats at 2. Montana Grizzlies
See No. 2 Montana Grizzlies
17. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Sacramento State Hornets
My Prediction: Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 28 Sacramento State Hornets 10
Reality: Sacramento State Hornets 27 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 24
The Lumberjacks fell apart in the second half and opened the door for the Hornets to effectively end their playoff hopes.
18. Cal Poly Mustangs at North Dakota Fighting Sioux
My Prediction: Cal Poly Mustangs 27 North Dakota Fighting Sioux 14
Reality: North Dakota Fighting Sioux 31 Cal Poly Mustangs 17
What on earth? I haven’t been very high on Cal Poly all season. They were always higher in the poll than I had them. But even I had no idea they would lose to a team that just lost at home to a NAIA school 2 weeks ago.
19. Massachusetts Minutemen at Maine Black Bears
My Prediction: Massachusetts Minutemen 14 Maine Black Bears 13
Reality: Maine Black Bears 19 Massachusetts Minutemen 9
After getting off to a great start to the 2009 season, the middle teams in the CAA are throwing away their playoff chances.
20. Eastern Illinois Panthers at Murray State Racers
My Prediction: Eastern Illinois Panthers 24 Murray State Racers 7
Reality: Eastern Illinois Panthers 16 Murray State Racers 10
EIU keeps the OVC autobid in their corner.
21. Jacksonville State Gamecocks at Austin Peay Governors
My Prediction: Jacksonville State Gamecocks 35 Austin Peay Governors 10
Reality: Jacksonville State Gamecocks 28 Austin Peay Governors 10
About as predicted. Neither team has anything to play for.
22. Eastern Washington Eagles vs. Portland State Vikings
My Preditction: Eastern Washington Eagles 42 Portland State Vikings 24
Reality: Eastern Washington Eagles 47 Portland State Vikings 10
Blowout win for the Eagles as expected. EWU looks like the front runner for a 2nd bid from the Big Sky.
23. Holy Cross Crusaders at Fordham Rams
My Prediction: Holy Cross Crusaders 42 Fordham Rams 14
Reality: Holy Cross Crusaders 41 Fordham Rams 27
Holy Cross keeps moving towards the Patriot autobid.
24. Liberty Flames vs. Presbyterian Blue Hose
My Prediction: Liberty Flames 24 Presbyterian Blue Hose 9
Reality: Liberty Flames 55 Presbyterian Blue Hose 19
The Liberty offense goes nuts for 55 points. Still fighting for a playoff bid.
25. Albany Great Danes at Central Connecticut State
My Prediction: Central Connecticut State 35 Albany Great Danes 27
Reality: Central Connecticut State 31 Albany Great Danes 29
CCSU gets the big win, and should be ranked this week.
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