Coastal beats Montana; Weather not a factor; Bias in playoff

[Grizalltheway]

But wow, how does NDSU's coach bail in the middle of the playoffs? How will that affect the Coastal game?

If he does bail, it's not a classy move. Have to see how the players react on the field against Coastal. I don't think NDSU will take Coastal for granted like Moantana did.

Why do you say we took them for granted? We were outplayed and out-coached in the first half and dug ourselves too deep of a hole to climb out of.

[Ibanez]

If he does bail, it's not a classy move. Have to see how the players react on the field against Coastal. I don't think NDSU will take Coastal for granted like Moantana did.

Why do you say we took them for granted? We were outplayed and out-coached in the first half and dug ourselves too deep of a hole to climb out of.

Listening to your press conferences, Montana wasn't. Your guys took them very serious.

[Gil Dobie]

If he does bail, it's not a classy move. Have to see how the players react on the field against Coastal. I don't think NDSU will take Coastal for granted like Moantana did.

Why do you say we took them for granted? We were outplayed and out-coached in the first half and dug ourselves too deep of a hole to climb out of.

I probably shouldn't take the mood of the team as being the same as the mood of the fans on CS.

[AZGrizFan]

Playoffs 7 out of the last 10 years, a National Championship, 4 National Players of the year (will be 5 or 6 this year), a win over an AP top 25 team. If that's not elite I'm not sure what is.

Out of 11 seasons, I think this is our 4th trip to the playoffs an first time past round 2.

Sounds like elite to me! Better get educated, Mark!

[bucs90]

Coastal showed why they are an elite team in FCS. Many may not admit it, because CCU is a new name to FCS, but CCU is absolutely among the elite of FCS right now. They ran the ball so well against Montana, making huge plays when it mattered. All week, everyone did indeed say CCU is weak, and how a team from the South would never be able to handle the 0 degree weather up there.

Great win CCU. Beat NDSU next week!

Elite? Let's settle down. We beat an overrated Montana. It's a great win but let's not go crazy here. I'm looking forward to playing NDSU and I hope the coach ditching them works in our favor.

Im only talking about 2013. CCU is one of the "elite" this year. Among the 10 best out of 140 or so. That's elite to me. Not referring to all time status, like others took it. All teams remaining in the playoffs are elite of the 2013 teams.

[YoUDeeMan]

Dude, you beat Montana. Big deal.

Montana wasn't good this year. But, it was nice that you beat their stadium because their team didn't deserve a seed.

Why are you downplaying CCU's win over this traditional 1-AA powerhouse???

Today's first reading lesson goes to you, dal: read the first sentence in the quote you used...I even underlined it for you.

Now, I know you aren't a bright fellow, but surely you can read and understand that simple sentence. You should probably have taken a bit more time to let that sink in before you tried to add any of your own thoughts to it, because I believe the mix up inside you often occurs when you try to process simple ideas too quickly. Next time, read the sentence, go have a beer, and then come back and read another sentence. There is no reason for you to respond to the first sentence, or any part of anyone's posts, because you just end up looking stupid.

Hey, maybe this will help...I think people who believe that other's should give extra respect to "traditional" programs are similar to those folks who believe in the tradition that white folks should be given extra respect because of their color.

Now, do you still want to frame this as dissing a victory over a "traditional" powerhouse, or do you want to simply frame it as a victory over an overrated Griz team?

[YoUDeeMan]

Blah, blah, blah ... (home field worth about 14 points).

Vegas called. They miss you and would like to get back together again.

I see that an EWU education doesn't get someone very far.

Context...look it up.

[Ibanez]

Out of 11 seasons, I think this is our 4th trip to the playoffs an first time past round 2.

Sounds like elite to me! Better get educated, Mark!

Yeah you're probably right. I love the Chants but "elite?" I won't go that far.

[putter]

Coastal was made fun of this week by some fans and media, saying the Chants, coming out of a 78 degree day at the airport in Myrtle Beach, SC, would crumble at mighty Montana and the single digit weather. Ha, yeah right. Cold weather isn't nearly as hard as brutal heat, you can warm up and layer up. Can't cool down. CCU did a great job, won a huge game.

But, bigger point, is the bias in the playoff committee. Coastal should've had a home game. Liberty should've been in. Maybe even a case for Charleston Southern, a 10 win team that got left out.

The bias for the teams in the Northeast and Rockies is a joke.

Go Coastal. Great win.

Meanwhile, 7-5 Furman is giving North Dakota quite a fight in the Dome. 10-7 at half. NDSU probably opens this one up though.

Wow, a 20-20 hindsight post if I ever heard one and. Don't let one game dictate good/bad, especially an entire conference. Liberty played at Montana (5-6) last year and got beat by 20......

[Sly Fox]

I was in Wa-Griz as well that smokey Saturday. Montana was handed that one on a silver platter through 1st half turnovers. Hardly a ringing endorsement of Big Sky football. They gave up over 300+ yards to a freshman making his first ever college start for a team having its worse season in close to a decade.

Now back to the previously scheduled discussion of how playoff results really don't matter.

[AZGrizFan]

Why are you downplaying CCU's win over this traditional 1-AA powerhouse???

Today's first reading lesson goes to you, dal: read the first sentence in the quote you used...I even underlined it for you.

Now, I know you aren't a bright fellow, but surely you can read and understand that simple sentence. You should probably have taken a bit more time to let that sink in before you tried to add any of your own thoughts to it, because I believe the mix up inside you often occurs when you try to process simple ideas too quickly. Next time, read the sentence, go have a beer, and then come back and read another sentence. There is no reason for you to respond to the first sentence, or any part of anyone's posts, because you just end up looking stupid.

Hey, maybe this will help...I think people who believe that other's should give extra respect to "traditional" programs are similar to those folks who believe in the tradition that white folks should be given extra respect because of their color.

Now, do you still want to frame this as dissing a victory over a "traditional" powerhouse, or do you want to simply frame it as a victory over an overrated Griz team?

No, no, NO. You've got it all wrong, Cluck. The "extra respect" is fucking bullshit when the matchups are announced, and has no bearing on the game or the outcome whatsoever. It's only a "traditional powerhouse" AFTER the win.

[Grizalltheway]

I was in Wa-Griz as well that smokey Saturday. Montana was handed that one on a silver platter through 1st half turnovers. Hardly a ringing endorsement of Big Sky football. They gave up over 300+ yards to a freshman making his first ever college start for a team having its worse season in close to a decade.

Now back to the previously scheduled discussion of how playoff results really don't matter.

You do realize y ou were playing the worst Montana team in over two decades, which also featured a freshman starting at QB?
Now, back to your regularly scheduled ignorance.

[Beachdude]

As the second CCU fan on here..(nice to meet ya Ibanez..), I do think that CCU has been underrated and overlooked by a lot of the traditional power teams and conferences in the FCS. But I wouldn't go as far as to label the 'Chants' as an 'Elite' team...not yet anyway. While past performance is no guarantee of future results, it sure does help. In the past, CCU has had a relatively light schedule, with some BCS teams thrown in for revenue purposes. But with the coaching change made last year, I think that is about to change. I was initially very skeptical of Coach Moglia's ability to coach and motivate, but I now eat crow. He has done a fantastic job in his two years so far, in developing CCU into a truly competitive team in the FCS. He knows how to capitalize on the team's strengths while minimizing the weaknesses. CCU is offense heavy, so he has adapted an 'Air Coryell' type approach. For those of you who don't remember, Coryell, when he was with the SD Chargers, basically said, go ahead and score on us, we'll just out score you. Not an ideal philosophy, but CCU has obvious defensive weaknesses, and they have tuned the offense to run on all cylinders...at least most of the time, to make up for it. So, that being said, they will never be one of the FCS elite until they get some significant improvement on defense. But I see that coming. Moglia has already began the process of dropping the pointless games against BCS powerhouses, while looking to add some more powerful non-conference FCS teams to the schedule. In the meantime, he knows how to prepare his team (..witness the Montana game..), and should have CCU prepared for NDSU. That being said, I don't see CCU pulling off an upset in this one. While CCU has the 2nd ranked scoring offense, their defense is just too giving for a team of NDSU's caliber. I know CCU can score on the Bison, but I don't feel that the Chants defense can keep NDSU's offense off the field long enough to make a game changing difference.