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What team in the FCS impressed you most the first week of the season?

What team impressed you the least, or what team disappointed you the most with their performance?

What did they do/not do that is the reason you picked them.

I expect J'ville state to get most of the impressed because of their win. However, it may not be them. It could be a team that won big as expected (NAU, Montana, SIU, etc..) but improved in areas that needed. It could be a team that lost, but was improved.

Jacksonville State - the most

Illinois State - the least

Most: Chattanooga (first Half)

Least: Chattanooga (second half)

north dakota state and jsu of course!

what was up with hte NDSU score?????? any bison on here?

Both from the state of Alabammer:

Most: Jax St

Least: Samford

Most UMass

Least UMaine

weberwildcat wrote:north dakota state and jsu of course!

what was up with hte NDSU score?????? any bison on here?

I will say this, our head coach last year was embarrassed about what had happened to our defense. He fired our coordinator who had been at NDSU for not even a year and basically took a very personal approach to getting things back on track. I think that played a big role, the defense was noticeably better in the spring game and yesterday it looked like a completely different group than I had seen in say the previous two seasons.

He also decided to go young and work some more speed onto both sides of the ball. That worked out well defensively, offensively there are still some kinks. Our defense was playing so well we pretty much went ball control the entire second half, pretty much put all the pressure on KU's young QB to make plays.

FargoBison wrote:

weberwildcat wrote:north dakota state and jsu of course!

what was up with hte NDSU score?????? any bison on here?

I will say this, our head coach last year was embarrassed about what had happened to our defense. He fired our coordinator who had been at NDSU for not even a year and basically took a very personal approach to getting things back on track. I think that played a big role, the defense was noticeably better in the spring game and yesterday it looked like a completely different group than I had seen in say the previous two seasons.

He also decided to go young and work some more speed onto both sides of the ball. That worked out well defensively, offensively there are still some kinks. Our defense was playing so well we pretty much went ball control the entire second half, pretty much put all the pressure on KU's young QB to make plays.

That co-ordinator is now the guy running the D for Montana, fyi Wildcat

Most: Missouri State
I knew they were going to be good, but never expected them to really beat up on EKU.

Least: Illinois State
I also did not expect ILSU to be that good this year although many on here predicted them to be a playoff team. Nearly lost to a D2 team and gave up around 500+ yards of offense to them.... That won't cut it.

weberwildcat wrote:north dakota state and jsu of course!

what was up with hte NDSU score?????? any bison on here?

instead of playing american football,
they decided to play euro football (soccer).

it was actually quite the high-scoring game.

yorkcountyUNHfan wrote:Most UMass

Least UMaine

Ditto.

most: jax state, CCU's Defense

least: CCU's Offense, CCU's Kicking Game

Silenoz wrote:

FargoBison wrote:
I will say this, our head coach last year was embarrassed about what had happened to our defense. He fired our coordinator who had been at NDSU for not even a year and basically took a very personal approach to getting things back on track. I think that played a big role, the defense was noticeably better in the spring game and yesterday it looked like a completely different group than I had seen in say the previous two seasons.

He also decided to go young and work some more speed onto both sides of the ball. That worked out well defensively, offensively there are still some kinks. Our defense was playing so well we pretty much went ball control the entire second half, pretty much put all the pressure on KU's young QB to make plays.

That co-ordinator is now the guy running the D for Montana, fyi Wildcat

is that good or bad or just the fyi u pointed out?

I hate to say it, but NDSU. They started how many freshman? It's a team nobody really expected anything out of and many had picked to be mid to low MVFC team, and then they go and stick toe to toe with a B12 school(albeit a poor one). At least JSU was ranked in the FCS, which I guess if you are a ranked FCS team you should be able to go somewhat toe-to-toe with FBS schools, or at least hang. Still JSU is impressive no doubt.

Ill State is definitely a shock for poor performance

Most: LLamar. After being mothballed for 21 years, they came into McNeese and played toe to toe and almost came out with a win. That's way more impressive than Georgia State and ODU beating up a bunch of patsies in their first seasons.

Least: Maine. Getting blanked out at home. Come on, at least get a field goal.

BearIt wrote:Most: LLamar. After being mothballed for 21 years, they came into McNeese and played toe to toe and almost came out with a win. That's way more impressive than Georgia State and ODU beating up a bunch of patsies in their first seasons.

Least: Maine. Getting blanked out at home. Come on, at least get a field goal.

I'll admit being an ODU fan, we did play mostly patsies last year but give us credit for at least scheduling some better opponents this year...schools like JU, WM, Cal Poly, GWebb, Hampton, and so on.

As for Georgia State...they play Jax State who just upset Ole Miss and the Defending BCS Champs. Enough Said.

A lot impressed me in the first week - JU's offense...very balanced offense with McGregor, Small, and their recievers. Jax State and PC's trick play.

Least impressed: ODU's defense

Most: Jacksonville State and App State QB DeAndre Presley

Least: Illinois State

futureodualum11 wrote:I'll admit being an ODU fan, we did play mostly patsies last year but give us credit for at least scheduling some better opponents this year...schools like JU, WM, Cal Poly, GWebb, Hampton, and so on.

As for Georgia State...they play Jax State who just upset Ole Miss and the Defending BCS Champs. Enough Said.

You're right. I think rather than 1st season I should say 1st game. I don't mean it to demean Georgia State or ODU, but just a comparison. Lamar dove in to the deep end head first and did fine. It earns a lot more respect than beating Shorter or Chowan IMHO.

Least - Liberty (1st half)
Most - Liberty (2nd half)

guinzone wrote:Most: Missouri State
I knew they were going to be good, but never expected them to really beat up on EKU.

Least: Illinois State
I also did not expect ILSU to be that good this year although many on here predicted them to be a playoff team. Nearly lost to a D2 team and gave up around 500+ yards of offense to them.... That won't cut it.

To a D2 team??? Wow...

Col Hogan wrote:

guinzone wrote:Most: Missouri State
I knew they were going to be good, but never expected them to really beat up on EKU.

Least: Illinois State
I also did not expect ILSU to be that good this year although many on here predicted them to be a playoff team. Nearly lost to a D2 team and gave up around 500+ yards of offense to them.... That won't cut it.

To a D2 team??? Wow...

605 yards, to be exact.


Ouch.


Most would be NDSU, Jacksonville State, and UMass...but for least its hard to top beating a DII team at home only by a two point conversion success...Eri Czerniewski had 493 yards through the air for Central Missouri State...yeah.

Illinois State is officially off my playoff bubble already...and with their upcoming schedule (@ Northwestern, @ SDSU, vs. Missouri State, & vs. Southern Illinois the next for weeks) its hard to imagine them getting back in the picture.

I expected better from Western State.

Oh wait...

weberwildcat wrote:

Silenoz wrote: That co-ordinator is now the guy running the D for Montana, fyi Wildcat

is that good or bad or just the fyi u pointed out?

Great for both teams, strangely enough.

Most - Jacksonville St
Least - Nova losing to a MAC team

1) Jacksonville State - beat an SEC team..and they say Boise State couldn't compete in the SEC...

2) NDSU - they were a dangerous team on the rise and beating or almost beating FBS teams with regularity a few years ago..nice to see them get back to what they were..

3) Appy - nice comeback win..shouldn't have been allowed by Chatty.

4) Denarious McGhee QB- Montana State - First freshman qb to be named starter(to begin season) since early 80's and played like a veteran out of gates. MSU has struggled to find a quality starter at that position for years and they may have finally found one to tag with a decent defense.

Peter Nyguen UM Griz - may lead FCS in PR/KR yards this season.