Crunch Time for the Playoffs

[IdaGriz01]

Georgia Southern has locked up the AQ for the Southern Conference by way of The Citadel and Chattanooga winning today.

Thanks. Fixed it.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

PSU back up 19 - 14 on EWU midway through the 3rd quarter.

Looking like Coastal Carolina will lock up the Big South AQ. Now up 38-13 on Charleston Southern going into the 4th quarter.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

PSU now up 26-14 on EWU late in the 3rd quarter.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

EWU with two quick scores, now up 27-26 at the end of the 3rd quarter.

CP & NAU tied at 7 toward the end of the first quarter.

Villanova running away from Delaware - up 41-10.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

Coastal Carolina clinches the AQ in the Big South.

CP up with a blocked PAT, 14-13 on NAU early in the 2nd quarter.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

And we've got a barn burner in Portland!

Tied up at 34 with 5 minutes remaining. EWU driving.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

EWU punches it in and takes a 41-34 lead. PSU will have 1:25 to try and answer.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

EWU has rushed for 3 yards on 26 carries. :shock:

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

PSU throws a pick and EWU wins 41 - 34.

CP up 21-13 at half.

JMU strikes first against ODU. Up 7 - 0.

 

[poiuyter]

1- NDSU
2- MSU
3- EWU
4- SHSU
5- GSU

 

[catgrizfan]

1- NDSU
2- MSU
3- EWU
4- SHSU
5- GSU

If it goes down like this I wonder if MSU and EWU will be put on the same side of the bracket....

 

[IdaGriz01]

Pizza time, update delay. :beer2:

Game does not look good for NAU, but could still get a bid.

 

[Montana Gym Rat]

Yep, looks like CP has it locked up. Which means EWU has locked up the AQ.

 

[msuhunter]

Yep, looks like CP has it locked up. Which means EWU has locked up the AQ.

Does the AQ have any effect on seeding?

 

[IdaGriz01]

Yep, looks like CP has it locked up. Which means EWU has locked up the AQ.

Does the AQ have any effect on seeding?

Some, but I don't think a lot. (Let's face it, several of the AQ teams are pitiful, and would not get a bid at all if they had to make it on their records, strength of schedule, etc.)

 

[IdaGriz01]

Yep, looks like CP has it locked up. Which means EWU has locked up the AQ.

Fixed the Big Sky AQ. After watching several CAA games today, I stll think both NAU and CP deserve to get bids ... and I think they have a good chance, based on the GPI. A JMU upset of ODU will go a long way to decide who does and does not get in from the CAA. (A plus: Even the Eastern apologists have said the conference is a bit "down" this year.)

 

[IdaGriz01]

The ODU-JMU game is still on, for those of you still up to watching FCS football: NBC Sports Network. That's DTV channel 220, so it should also be somewhere on Dish network. Will decide the CAA AQ, if I'm not mistaken. (FYI: Because it is leaving the conference, ODU is NOT eligible for the CAA champiionship or auto-bid, but it should get an at-large bid anyway.)

 

[IdaGriz01]

Forget the pissing and moaning: Griz are done, cats moving on (s**t!). Good FCS game still going on.

 

[IdaGriz01]

By some convoluted formula, which I do not begin to understand, Villanova won the tie-breaker for the automatic bid among the 8-3 teams in the CAA. (Remember, the best CAA team -- ODU at 10-1 -- is not eligible for the championship/auto-bid).

Definitely weird.

 

[IdaGriz01]

Based on the bitching and complaining threads/posts, I infer that not too many eGriz posters give a s**t about FCS football unless the Griz are actively involved.

For those of you who have expressed bitter hatred for Villanova: Sorry, but 'Nova (8-3) won the automatic bid from the CAA. (Beats the Hell outa me.)

Also, if the guesses about at-large bids are accurate ... seven teams, five of them sitting at 8-3, are vying for one remaining at-large bid. That assumes, of course, that five other 8-3 teams (and one at 7-4) are "locks."

Sunday should be interesting ... even before we worry about seeds. :lol: