Alright, boys and girls Week 1 is done and in the books.
We learned a few things, EWU is as good as we thought, NDSU made FBS ISU look silly, UNI looked good against a decent Iowa team, Deleware looked terrible against a mediocre Pitt team, Youngstown held their own against an unknown Illinois team(till the 4th quarter) Montana held serve against a new look Wyoming, and drake is terrible, again, and villanova looks pretty good(though are they FCS anymore?)
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TSN poll
Again, some ?’s and some surprises, TWO WEEKS FOLKS GET YOU GAME FACE ON.
1. Eastern Washington Eagles (82) 12-3 3589 3
2. North Dakota State Bison (62) 15-0 3540 1
3. Southeastern Louisiana Lions (2) 11-3 3300 6
4. New Hampshire Wildcats (1) 10-5 3090 5
5. Montana Grizzlies 10-3 2817 8
6. Jacksonville State Gamecocks 11-4 2634 10
7. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers 12-3 2461 7
8. McNeese State Cowboys 10-3 2277 11
9. Northern Iowa Panthers 7-5 2197 NR
10. South Dakota State Jackrabbits 9-5 2154 13
11. Fordham Rams 12-2 2139 9
12. Villanova Wildcats 6-5 2072 NR
13. Towson Tigers 13-3 1999 2
14. Chattanooga Mocs 8-4 1647 23
15. Tennessee State Tigers 10-4 1448 17
16. Eastern Illinois Panthers 12-2 1375 4
17. Sam Houston State Bearkats 9-5 1345 14
18. Montana State Bobcats 7-5 1170 20
19. William & Mary Tribe 7-5 1151 NR
20. Richmond Spiders 6-6 963 NR
21. Furman Paladins 8-6 802 22
22. Bethune-Cookman Wildcats 10-3 475 16
23. Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 9-3 429 15
24. Youngstown State Penguins 8-4 405 18
25. Maine Black Bears 10-3 330 12
Coaches Poll
Yes pre-season doesn’t matter but kinda left scratching my head on this one.
1 North Dakota State (18) 15-0 636 1
2 Eastern Washington (6) 12-3 615 3
3 Southeastern Louisiana (1) 11-3 542 6
4 New Hampshire 10-5 510 5
5 Montana 10-3 505 8
6 Coastal Carolina 12-3 447 7
7 Towson (1) 13-3 438 2
8 Jacksonville State 12-2 425 12
9 McNeese State 10-3 424 9
10 South Dakota State 9-5 332 14
11 Eastern Illinois 12-2 314 4
12 Fordham 12-2 305 10
13 Villanova 6-5 287 NR
14 Sam Houston State 9-5 277 13
15 Northern Iowa 7-5 263 NR
16 Chattanooga 8-4 238 25
17 Tennessee State 10-4 237 17
18 Furman 8-6 188 21
19 Montana State 7-5 170 20
20 Maine 10-3 169 11
21 Youngstown State 8-4 162 19
22 William & Mary 7-5 159 NR
23 Bethune-Cookman 10-3 136 16
24 Richmond 6-6 118 NR
25 Northern Arizona 9-3 116 15
Pre-season polls
Athlon College Football
1. Eastern Washington (12-3, 8-0 Big Sky)
2. North Dakota State (15-0, 8-0 Missouri Valley)
3. Southeastern Louisiana (11-3, 7-0 Southland)
4. New Hampshire (10-5, 6-2 CAA)
5. Northern Iowa (7-5, 3-5 Missouri Valley)
6. Jacksonville State (11-4, 5-3 OVC)
7. Montana (10-3, 6-2 Big Sky)
8. Villanova (6-5, 5-3 CAA)
9. McNeese State (10-3, 6-1 Southland)
10. Towson (13-3, 6-2 CAA)
11. South Dakota State (9-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley)
12. Chattanooga (8-4, 6-2 Southern)
13. Fordham (12-2, 0-0 Patriot)
14. Coastal Carolina (12-3, 4-1 Big South)
15. William & Mary (7-5, 4-4 CAA)
16. Montana State (7-5, 5-3 Big Sky)
17. Tennessee State (10-4, 6-2 OVC)
18. Richmond (6-6, 4-4 CAA)
19. Furman (8-6, 6-2 Southern)
20. Southern Illinois (7-5, 5-3 Missouri Valley)
21. Sam Houston State (9-5, 4-3 Southland)
22. James Madison (6-6, 3-5 CAA)
23. Delaware (7-5, 4-4 CAA)
24. Eastern Illinois (12-2, 8-0 OVC)
25. Youngstown State (8-4, 5-3 Missouri Valley)
thoughts NDSU-too high? too low?
Jacksonville state-team that gelled at the right time/flash in the pan or legit future?
UNI-will they finally win a title?
Who wins the colonial?
Only a few short months.
Spring Football
Ahh that magically time of the year when everyone has a legit shot at the national title and everyone thinks they are a pre-season Walter Peyton award finalist because they can beat the freshman pre-enrollees at half-speed in no pads. SPRING FOOTBALL is here which means after its long absence football talk can begin in earnest(or pick up in our case) It is always great to watch the games at the end of spring football knowing that those freshman will one day be our starters, weather that is good or bad for you welcome back spring, and spring football.
Offseason
So the blog went on hibernation, well not for lack of choice, I have been in the field and have had to use the mobile and haven’t had access to a legit computer and didn’t remember how to get to the posting site. That being said the silly season is in full spring with random offing’s of people followed by their sudden re-incarnation. The Olympics happened, America has to keep that joke beiber because the hockey teams took it in the shorts from Team Canada. Then three days later Russia is all up in the Ukraine’s business(weather justifiable or not leave that on the politics board) and we have a situation that puts the us in between a rock and a hard place. yeah welcome to the sillyseason folks. Hopefully it stops snowing and then we can start spring.
FINALS
Merry Christmas ya filthy animals, quick one before I take off for the Christmas week. Our Championship is set, on one side we have the juggernaut that is the Bizon of NDSU. On the other the underdogs of Towson, who traveled across the country to take out the BSC champ Eastern Washington. Should be a good one will the Bizon three-peat or will Towson spoil Bohls’ going away party?
The Blog went 2-0 last week bringing a predict record to 15-6 or a 71 percent pick rate. Not to shabby.
The blog has picked NDSU every week of the playoffs and we are riding this train down the line, NDSU 35-Towson-27. Merry Christmas!
Semis Week
Alright Boys and Girls Its Semi’s week-A little love for the CAA, two of the four semis teams, including a “bubble” team that squeaked in. Congrats! You have shown that when it comes to crunch time you guys are ready. So I was watching the Towson-EIU game, and I was incredibly impressed with Towson’s running attack this guy was just running over the EIU D, his numbers prior to half were ridiculous. It really seemed to me like Towson has its game together.
Predicts:13-6 and 3-1 last week.
NDSU over UNH
Twoson over EWU-This one I have really gone back and forth on.
Have a wonderful holiday yall
2nd round, the Big Sky, and some more damn crow
Wow what a weekend, especially that SHSU and SELA game. That was fun to watch. Anyway so another round of the playoffs is in the book and we have learned something else. THE BIG SKY IS NOT THE BEST CONFERENCE IN THE COUNTRY. They have count it ONE, ONE playoff win this year they are ahead count it the MEAC, the NEC, and the Pioneer conferences. EWU while they splattered SDSU it was close till midway through the third quarter. Not a power conference or even the “top conference in the FCS” does that make. Jacksonville State-WTF? where the hell did you come from, congrats on peaking at the right time and again I will eat some more crow yum! because you proved me wrong, though maybe third time is a charm.
Alright boys and girls pick time:
rough hoe of it last week 4-4 for a 10-5 overall record:
EIU over Towson
NDSU over Coastal
EWU over Jax state
UNH over SELA
1st round and some crow
Committee-
1.you should be utterly embarrassed with yourselves. You to Big Sky. The MVC 5th team BEAT the no.2 team in the Big Sky, but yet you took a fourth from the Big sky and not the 2nd from the MVC. Also the no.4 team from the big sky got thoroughly woodshedded by the no. 3 team from the Southland. Disappointing, Montana and EWU need to represent, though they got stuck with rough gets.
2. BOTH of your MEAC picks got beat, with the winner getting thrashed and the second place playing a decent game against a mediocre team from a major conference, proving again “7-5 team from the Big Sky, MVC, CAA are better than a 9-3 from a MEAC team any day of the week” to quote myself.
3.What is up with all of these 2nd-round intra-conference matchups the point of the playoffs is to play teams you have never seen, not people you have. Meh nothing I can do but complain I guess.
On the flip side OVC, I am enjoying a large helping of crow thanks to Jacksonville State’s stomping of Samford, their reward? A date with streaking Mcneese State. Good luck to you guys and congrats on winning big and bringing some respectability for the OVC even if it was against a down Samford from a weak Socon. Will reserve judgment on this team till after they play Mcneese.
SHSU-I will enjoy another heaping helping of crow for your win as well, you have proved that the Southland is a VERY good conference by beating a good SUU team and spoiling my prefect predicts.
Blog went:6-1 last week
Fordham over Towson(upset special)
Montana Over Coastal
Maine over UNH(tough to beat a team twice in a season let alone in three weeks)
EIU over Tennessee state
NDSU over Furman
EWU over SDSU
Mcneese over Jacksonville State(this one could go either way)
SELA over SHSU