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Terrible week in the upper division too. WHY does the SEC play I-AA games at the end of the season?

Come on, Penn State! Knock those Buckeye motherscratchers out of the playoff!

89Hen wrote:Terrible week in the upper division too. WHY does the SEC play I-AA games at the end of the season?

There are many benefits. First, it's because TV needed them to play big games in September. Second, it is kind of a bye. With the new 4-game redshirt rule, they can rest some guys and play young guys that are under the 4 game limit to redshirt. At this point in the season, you can do the math on the number of games a kid played and the number of games you have left, and you can play them now knowing you won't "need" them later in the season above the limit.

AZGrizFan wrote:Come on, Penn State! Knock those Buckeye motherscratchers out of the playoff!

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89Hen wrote:Terrible week in the upper division too. WHY does the SEC play I-AA games at the end of the season?

We (Scar) have an ACC game at the end of the season.

AZGrizFan wrote:Come on, Penn State! Knock those Buckeye motherscratchers out of the playoff!

well said!

I never miss an opportunity to put down Ohio State.

CAA Flagship wrote:

89Hen wrote:Terrible week in the upper division too. WHY does the SEC play I-AA games at the end of the season?

There are many benefits. First, it's because TV needed them to play big games in September. Second, it is kind of a bye. With the new 4-game redshirt rule, they can rest some guys and play young guys that are under the 4 game limit to redshirt. At this point in the season, you can do the math on the number of games a kid played and the number of games you have left, and you can play them now knowing you won't "need" them later in the season above the limit.

First three weeks of the season featured...
Texas State
Georgia Southern
Toledo
Louisiana
Georgia State
Portland State
New Mexico State
Murray State
UT Martin
Charleston Southern
Eastern Michigan
Arkansas State
Northwestern State
Kent State
Lamar
Chattanooga
Southeastern Louisiana
Southeast Missouri State

89Hen wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote: There are many benefits. First, it's because TV needed them to play big games in September. Second, it is kind of a bye. With the new 4-game redshirt rule, they can rest some guys and play young guys that are under the 4 game limit to redshirt. At this point in the season, you can do the math on the number of games a kid played and the number of games you have left, and you can play them now knowing you won't "need" them later in the season above the limit.

First three weeks of the season featured...
Texas State
Georgia Southern
Toledo
Louisiana
Georgia State
Portland State
New Mexico State
Murray State
UT Martin
Charleston Southern
Eastern Michigan
Arkansas State
Northwestern State
Kent State
Lamar
Chattanooga
Southeastern Louisiana
Southeast Missouri State

Man, if that ain't a murderer's row I don't know what is.

CAA Flagship wrote:

AZGrizFan wrote:Come on, Penn State! Knock those Buckeye motherscratchers out of the playoff!

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Come on Buckeyes! One step toward busting up the Clemson/Alabama Incest Fest.

UNI88 wrote:Come on Buckeyes! One step toward busting up the Clemson/Alabama Incest Fest.

I'm with 88 on this one.

89Hen wrote:

UNI88 wrote:Come on Buckeyes! One step toward busting up the Clemson/Alabama Incest Fest.

I'm with 88 on this one.

It's a tough call. I hate the Buckeyes. But i'd love to see Clempson knocked down a peg.

Ibanez wrote:

89Hen wrote: I'm with 88 on this one.

It's a tough call. I hate the Buckeyes. But i'd love to see Clempson knocked down a peg.

I normally cheer for the underdog but I think Ohio State has the best chance at busting up the party this year. If the win it, I'll be cheering against them next year.

I would have normally cheered for Minnesota but something about PJ Fleck just rubs me the wrong way.

AZGrizFan wrote:

89Hen wrote: First three weeks of the season featured...
Texas State
Georgia Southern
Toledo
Louisiana
Georgia State
Portland State
New Mexico State
Murray State
UT Martin
Charleston Southern
Eastern Michigan
Arkansas State
Northwestern State
Kent State
Lamar
Chattanooga
Southeastern Louisiana
Southeast Missouri State

Man, if that ain't a murderer's row I don't know what is.

The SEC is the poster child of weak OOC scheduling. Heck, even when they play a quality team OOC it's almost never on that opponents campus - either an SEC home game or a neutral site game. Particularly for the bigger programs like 'Bama or Florida.

Penn State beating Ohio St could be the Big 10's only way to get two teams into the playoffs. With Tua going down and 'Bama not even playing in the SEC title game, it's very conceivable you don't see a second SEC team this year (if LSU holds serve and beats Georgia), assuming there is a worthy one-loss, non-SEC team out there. Ohio St could be that team. (with that said, I think they could blow Penn St out this weekend).

Y'all are bashing FCS teams pretty hard. They aren't all cupcakes.

UNI88 wrote:Come on Buckeyes! One step toward busting up the Clemson/Alabama Incest Fest.

This. And can't ever cheer for Penn St.

89Hen wrote:

CAA Flagship wrote: There are many benefits. First, it's because TV needed them to play big games in September. Second, it is kind of a bye. With the new 4-game redshirt rule, they can rest some guys and play young guys that are under the 4 game limit to redshirt. At this point in the season, you can do the math on the number of games a kid played and the number of games you have left, and you can play them now knowing you won't "need" them later in the season above the limit.

First three weeks of the season featured...
Texas State
Georgia Southern
Toledo
Louisiana
Georgia State
Portland State
New Mexico State
Murray State
UT Martin
Charleston Southern
Eastern Michigan
Arkansas State
Northwestern State
Kent State
Lamar
Chattanooga
Southeastern Louisiana
Southeast Missouri State

What's that got to do with it?

Games in first four weeks:
Alabama - South Carolina 9/14
Texas A&M - Auburn 9/21
Miss St - Kentucky 9/21

Those conference games flip the non-conference games to later weeks in the schedule. What is hard to understand?

Skjellyfetti wrote:Y'all are bashing FCS teams pretty hard. They aren't all cupcakes.

No one's playing NDSU so they're pretty close to cupcakes. It's on another thread here, hasn't really been an awesome year for FCS vs FBS. And that's been a trend recently.

89Hen wrote:

UNI88 wrote:Come on Buckeyes! One step toward busting up the Clemson/Alabama Incest Fest.

I'm with 88 on this one.

I am with 88 and 89! Where is 90?

dbackjon wrote:

89Hen wrote: I'm with 88 on this one.

I am with 88 and 89! Where is 90?

SMU at Navy

UTEP at New Mexico State

Liberty at UVA

SMU@NAVY!!!!!

dal4018 wrote:SMU@NAVY!!!!!

Be a great day to be in Annapolis - quality game there.