Race for the 2 seed

[horribilisfan8184]

Dude is an absolute rage/click bait machine. It's how he is able to afford rent every month because of all the engagement he creates from his garbage hot takes.

well he does factor in MSU losing to UM and UND losing to NDSU but beating SDSU

 

[Team10]

Montana is 89 in Sagarin, not 70.

That literally changed from the time I posted to the time you looked.

 

[uofmman1122]

That literally changed from the time I posted to the time you looked.

I dunno, I was checking it last night and we were 89 then, too. I made a post about how SDSU dropped to 5th.

 

[griz4life]

That is absolutely ridiculous, but par for the course with Stan lol

I thought the bracket showing a potential for Montana's first two games to be NAU and MSU was a little silly, same for NDSU's potential first two being Mo. Valley teams. No one wants to see teams playing a couple rubbermatch games to get to Nashville.

 

[granitegriz]

Tarleton seems primed to be a 1 and done playoff team don't they? Kind of like when Sam Houston was the 1 seed in 2021 and the cats kicked their ass

Cats had such an easy road to the NC, crazy!!

 

[get'em_griz]

I thought the bracket showing a potential for Montana's first two games to be NAU and MSU was a little silly, same for NDSU's potential first two being Mo. Valley teams. No one wants to see teams playing a couple rubbermatch games to get to Nashville.

I can at least understand Montana seeing NAU in the second round since we didn't play them in the conference this year. But if we were to face off against the Cats in the playoffs, my hope would be that it's a semi-final game.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

1. Montana
2. MVFC champion UND
3. Who cares UM and UND are both way better than whoever the third best team us.

Well, at least you are consistent.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

I can at least understand Montana seeing NAU in the second round since we didn't play them in the conference this year. But if we were to face off against the Cats in the playoffs, my hope would be that it's a semi-final game.

His seeding is whack.

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

Here's how Sam Becton sees the seeding if the top 3 win out.

Top Eight Seeds
1. North Dakota State (12-0)
2. Montana (12-0)
3. Tarleton State (12-0)
4. North Dakota (9-3)
5. Lehigh (12-0)
6. Monmouth (11-1)
7. Tennessee Tech (11-1)
8. Rhode Island (10-2)

Yeah I saw that. I can’t see a world in which the Cats don’t get a top 8 seed unless they lose two more games.

 

[uofmman1122]

Herder is already saying he'd put 11-1 SDSU over 12-0 Montana.

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[mthoopsfan]

Massey FCS ratings: https://masseyratings.com/cf/fcs/ratings

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

That Herder bracket would be the worst possible scenario for us.

 

[get'em_griz]

Herder is already saying he'd put 11-1 SDSU over 12-0 Montana.

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Bracketology 1.0 for the 2025 FCS playoff bracket, including the seeds, auto-bids, at-large bids, and which teams are on the bubble.

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That's actually insane that an undefeated 12-0 Montana team from the 2nd-strongest conference who would in this scenario be the Big Sky Champs and receive the auto-bid, would get the 4-seed. No way.

 

[HelenaHandBasket]

I guess if you are SDSU, it matters whom you played and not that you lost by 4 touchdowns.

 

[Da Boyz Mom]

I guess if you are SDSU, it matters whom you played and not that you lost by 4 touchdowns.

At home

 

[Ut-Grizfan]

That's actually insane that an undefeated 12-0 Montana team from the 2nd-strongest conference who would in this scenario be the Big Sky Champs and receive the auto-bid, would get the 4-seed. No way.

He's smoking Crack on this one, in that scenario I think it'd be really difficult to justify us as anything lower then the 2 Seed, especially if UND upsets one of the Dakota States or both

 

[5280Griz]

At home

You gotta give them something for going to Bozeman and taking down the Cats. Sure it was bad against NDSU but they have shown to at least be better than MSU who is the 2nd or 3rd best Big Sky team with UC Davis.

 

[billingsgriz]

Herder is already saying he'd put 11-1 SDSU over 12-0 Montana.

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Bracketology 1.0 for the 2025 FCS playoff bracket, including the seeds, auto-bids, at-large bids, and which teams are on the bubble.

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Herder needs to pull his head out of his a$$ before he suffocates !!!

If--big IF--if we win out and go 12-0, we should be at worst a # 2 behind NDSU, assuming the Bison win out. If NDSU gets upset by UND, and finishes 11-1, we should be seeded # 1, though Herder would probably still have us seeded # 2.

If SDSU also loses to UND and finishes 10-2, I hope Herder would at least no longer have a 10-2 Jack Rabbits seeded ahead of a 12-0 GRIZ.

All's we can do to control our destiny now as much as we can is in the words of the immortal Raider's owner, GM and legend Al Davis, " Just win, Baby. !!! "

 

[westsider]

The only scenario the Griz need to concerned about is thumping Weber State……period.

 

[Da Boyz Mom]

He's smoking Crack on this one, in that scenario I think it'd be really difficult to justify us as anything lower then the 2 Seed, especially of UND upsets one of the Dakota States or both

He doesn't really give much explanation in his actual bracket article but on Twitter he gives a lot of his reasoning. However some of it just doesn't really make sense. He says he based it on Tarleton, Montana, and SDSU all winning out, but then he puts 9-3 Montana State only one spot behind 12-0 Montana which I don't think would happen at all. And his reasoning for putting SDSU ahead of the Griz isn't all that great even if they do manage to win out which certainly isn't guaranteed considering their last game is against UND. Honestly it's all kind of a mess at the moment. The only guaranteed thing to happen is NDSU being at number one if they win out.