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Ray you are smoking crack if that is your bracket projection.

Surprised that no Big Sky teams received a seed but either bracket sets up ok for the Griz

grizzaholic wrote:Ray you are smoking crack if that is your bracket projection.

Ray say's that he would welcome your call later today during the show. Are you just upet that he doesnt have Montana seeded?

I don't think it is a big deal not to have Montana seeded by itself. I do think it is a big deal to give the seed to Poly or Villanova over Weber or Montana

Villanova lost to West Virginia and JMU with nice wins over Richmond and W&M. Weber's losses came to Hawaii and #8 BCS Utah with a quality win over Montana.

Montana's only loss to Weber on the road with win over Poly on the road and UC Davis

Poly has a quality win over SDSU on the road (missing McNeese game is looking huge for playoffs)

I have to agree that Ray doesn't have a clue about FCS football if he thinks the bracket will go that way. I think it's great that people leave out Montana. Because almost every year, the Griz slap people with a reality check. Appy state is the real deal and I've said the last 4 years that they are the team to beat. James Maddison, Cal-Poly, and Richmond are all great teams. Villanova has the talent but needs to prove themselves in the playoffs like these other teams have. It's hard to judge exactly where Montana fits in because we don't get to play these eastern teams until the playoffs. I think if they play up to their potential, they can go to the big dance, but they have young players this year that haven't been invlolved in the playoffs before and so it remains to be seen.

putter wrote:I don't think it is a big deal not to have Montana seeded by itself. I do think it is a big deal to give the seed to Poly or Villanova over Weber or Montana

Villanova lost to West Virginia and JMU with nice wins over Richmond and W&M. Weber's losses came to Hawaii and #8 BCS Utah with a quality win over Montana.

Montana's only loss to Weber on the road with win over Poly on the road and UC Davis

Poly has a quality win over SDSU on the road (missing McNeese game is looking huge for playoffs)

I just don't see an 11-1 Montana team NOT having a seed.

OK...trivia question. How many teams in the past were seeded without winning a non-conference FCS game? Weber State has none. It makes it harder for them to get a seed without an FCS non-conference win. That would hurt Montana because it is hard for the second place team from a conference to get a seed over the conference winner wen they played head-to-head.

I hear what you're saying (New York guy), but the tradition of Montana alone will get them seeded very well just like they do every year. We beat Cal Poly, I think that people forget that. We lost to weber state because the Griz played like absolute crap against them. Don't get me wrong, their a tough team, but if they play us again, it's a different outcome and I stand by that 100%. Anyway, the seeding should be fine for Montana. I read all the FCS websites. The FCS knows that Montana has been been on a terror the last 4 games. You dont put up 260 yards rushing on the #1 rush defense in the nation (Northern Arizona) and go unnoticed.

SMEnetwork wrote:

grizzaholic wrote:Ray you are smoking crack if that is your bracket projection.

Ray say's that he would welcome your call later today during the show. Are you just upet that he doesnt have Montana seeded?

No, anybody that knows me or reads my posts knows that I am not one to put the Griz up on some tall mountain and the other teams in the FCS are somewhere else below the Griz. I cannot see CP getting a seed as well as Villanova. We will see what happens in a couple more weeks, and then Ray can eat his hat.

SMEnetwork wrote:

grizzaholic wrote:Ray you are smoking crack if that is your bracket projection.

Ray say's that he would welcome your call later today during the show. Are you just upet that he doesnt have Montana seeded?

No, anybody that knows me or reads my posts knows that I am not one to put the Griz up on some tall mountain and the other teams in the FCS are somewhere else below the Griz. I cannot see CP getting a seed as well as Villanova. We will see what happens in a couple more weeks, and then Ray can eat his hat.

Nobody said anything about putting the Griz on a tall mountain. But you are not realistic at all. You obviously don't know shit about FCS football. You're great at putting in the teams that you just love, good for you buddy. At least I'm realistic. Appy state is #1, I don't care if they were beat by James Maddison. JMU, Richmond, Northern Iowa are all good teams and deserve to be ranked where they are. My advice to this moron is to stop posting if you don't know anything about football.

SMEnetwork wrote:OK...trivia question. How many teams in the past were seeded without winning a non-conference FCS game? Weber State has none. It makes it harder for them to get a seed without an FCS non-conference win. That would hurt Montana because it is hard for the second place team from a conference to get a seed over the conference winner wen they played head-to-head.

Logical arguments, all. But there's no WAY a 10-2 Weber team AND an 11-1 Montana team BOTH get punked for a seed. BSC is the third rated conference by the GPI. There's just no way these two teams both get screwed.

taiterh wrote:Nobody said anything about putting the Griz on a tall mountain. But you are not realistic at all. You obviously don't know shit about FCS football. You're great at putting in the teams that you just love, good for you buddy. At least I'm realistic. Appy state is #1, I don't care if they were beat by James Maddison. JMU, Richmond, Northern Iowa are all good teams and deserve to be ranked where they are. My advice to this moron is to stop posting if you don't know anything about football.

OK bud, not too sure where you read that I said App shouldn't be #1? Not too sure where you read that I put down JMU, Richmond, Northern Iowa.

AZGrizFan wrote:

SMEnetwork wrote:OK...trivia question. How many teams in the past were seeded without winning a non-conference FCS game? Weber State has none. It makes it harder for them to get a seed without an FCS non-conference win. That would hurt Montana because it is hard for the second place team from a conference to get a seed over the conference winner wen they played head-to-head.

Logical arguments, all. But there's no WAY a 10-2 Weber team AND an 11-1 Montana team BOTH get punked for a seed. BSC is the third rated conference by the GPI. There's just no way these two teams both get screwed.

I agree AZ and with the $$$$ that comes with Montana home games (fair or not) they will get a seed. Wouldn't a top 4 seed go to whom the committed feels are the top 4 teams? If you don't give it to Montana because of the Weber loss, fair enough but Weber has 2 BCS losses and undefeated record against the FCS. You can't always use OOC FCS games as your barometer because it is easier for the East teams to travel to each other than you can out west - cost wise.

Example"

Montana's schedule using total cost of $70k for charter and travel (less by bus)

@Cal Poly - charter a plane and hotel/food cost
@ EWU - bus cost to Cheney and hotel/food cost
@Weber - actually took a bus to Pocatello and continued on next day. 2 Hotel/food cost
@PSU - charter plane cost and hotel/food cost
@UNC - charter plane cost and hotel/food cost
In off years, the Griz have to fly and bus to Flagstaff -- fly to Sac

Tell me how many eastern teams have at least 2 chartered flights to pay for just in conference every year. You people need to keep it in context.

Maine charters to most places. I know that Hofstra has always charters north of UNH and south of Delaware. NDSU, SDSU must charter for most places. Stony Brook is in the Big South and charters to Liberty, Coastal, and which other schools they travel to. Cal Poly I'm sure needed to charter to all road games this year (McNeese, SDSU, Nicholls St, etc).

If Montana brings is so much money, flying shoulsnt be an issue for them. Most teams that play in major conferences need to fly. That shouldnt be an excuse.

GoPride wrote:Maine charters to most places. I know that Hofstra has always charters north of UNH and south of Delaware. NDSU, SDSU must charter for most places. Stony Brook is in the Big South and charters to Liberty, Coastal, and which other schools they travel to. Cal Poly I'm sure needed to charter to all road games this year (McNeese, SDSU, Nicholls St, etc).

If Montana brings is so much money, flying shoulsnt be an issue for them. Most teams that play in major conferences need to fly. That shouldnt be an excuse.

So how many OOC games are those east coast teams chartering to? I really don't know but I wouldn't think they would do it too often considering the cost. Montana makes it's money by having home games not chartering to away games so it is a good excuse.

I think weber will end up getting a seed upon winning out...

GoPride wrote:Maine charters to most places. I know that Hofstra has always charters north of UNH and south of Delaware. NDSU, SDSU must charter for most places. Stony Brook is in the Big South and charters to Liberty, Coastal, and which other schools they travel to. Cal Poly I'm sure needed to charter to all road games this year (McNeese, SDSU, Nicholls St, etc).

If Montana brings is so much money, flying shoulsnt be an issue for them. Most teams that play in major conferences need to fly. That shouldnt be an excuse.

It is not an excuse - it is just a fact. You can't hold western teams hostage for not playing OOC FCS teams every year. Using the Weber example that SME brought up, they played two money games this year against FBS opponents which has had dire consequences for Big Sky teams in the past. This year Weber has run the table in conference which will put them into the playoffs but they are not Montana and don't make the kind of money that the Griz do at home thus having to play money games to fund their program(s). In the west there are not a lot of FCS teams even remotely close to make playing them OOC a viable option every year. How many times can Montana play Cal Poly or UC Davis before the schools and fans want to see other teams? You cant tell me that it is easy to get east and west together because the Eastern teams should have an easier time coming out west due to the fact that more games are bus rides rather than plane rides therefore they should have more money to spend on travel.

Hey grizzaholic, sorry about the post that you didn't know shit. I was actually refering to rays bracket projection, not what you said. I thought you were him replying to what I said, then I read it again and saw that I made a mistake. Go Griz!

taiterh wrote:Hey grizzaholic, sorry about the post that you didn't know shit. I was actually refering to rays bracket projection, not what you said. I thought you were him replying to what I said, then I read it again and saw that I made a mistake. Go Griz!

No worries, I read both a couple more times as well and just couldn't figure out what who was saying.