Montana neck and neck with Bethune-Cookman??

[IdahoGrizFan]

Hum....

http://www.sportsnetwork.com/merge/...network&page=cfoot2/news/news.aspx?id=4727579

PLAYOFF FIELD

Looking at where teams may stand in a projected playoff bracket on Nov. 23, and not based on current records or conference standings:

Sacred Heart/Montana State winner at No. 1 seed North Dakota State

Tennessee State/South Dakota State winner at No. 8 seed Northern Iowa

Southern Illinois/McNeese State winner at No. 5 Jacksonville State

Richmond/Chattanooga winner at No. 4 seed New Hampshire

Jacksonville/North Carolina A&T winner at No. 6 seed Coastal Carolina

Fordham/Delaware winner at No. 3 seed Villanova

Bethune-Cookman/Montana winner at No. 7 seed Southeastern Louisiana

Eastern Kentucky/Illinois State winner at No. 2 seed Eastern Washington

On the at-large bubble: Central Arkansas, Liberty, Northern Arizona, Youngstown State and William & Mary

 

[DoubleNicks]

Meh, looks okay to me for this early in the season. I would swap SDSU or McNeese State for Jacksonville State as a seeded team right now. Although they have much more difficult schedules to overcome so probably won't end up with as good of resumes (or pretty records) as JSU will.

And looking at their remaining schedule, NAU has a great chance of being an at-large or even winning the BSC auto-bid. Their only tough game is against EWU. Dropping just that game, they would be 9-3 with a loss to a FBS (San Diego State), 2nd ranked EWU, and to a MVFC team (South Dakota). Then again, this NAU team isn't as good as the last few years' teams so they might slip up against UNC, PSU, WSU, UC Davis, UND, or SUU. But I doubt it because those teams are just bad.

 

[DoubleNicks]

And I guess the other question is: would Bethune-Cookman be affected by the COLD and LOUD of WaGriz in the first round? haha [eye-roll]

 

[get'em_griz]

The biggest difference maker this year is we actually have a defense compared to last year, so I don't see a team like Bethune coming into Wa-Griz in December and racking up the points like Coastal did last season. But that's only if the team decides to show up and play football.

 

[RABIDAWG]

The biggest difference maker this year is we actually have a defense compared to last year, so I don't see a team like Bethune coming into Wa-Griz in December and racking up the points like Coastal did last season. But that's only if the team decides to show up and play football.

Really?!! No defense last year, but players good enough for the NFL?
I do agree with your "show up" comment though.
:-?

 

[get'em_griz]

The biggest difference maker this year is we actually have a defense compared to last year, so I don't see a team like Bethune coming into Wa-Griz in December and racking up the points like Coastal did last season. But that's only if the team decides to show up and play football.

Really?!! No defense last year, but players good enough for the NFL?
I do agree with your "show up" comment though.
:-?

Compared to last year, yes the defense is better, especially in the secondary. Last season, we gave up 238 yards/game in the air compared to just 171 so far this season. Our run defense last year was good, but that's mostly because most teams just aired it out against our defense.

 

[BadlandsGrizFan]

So would Montana State attempt to BUY OUT the playoff game in Fargo...or would they just forfeit? Would the Bizon beat them by 35 or 40? Would NDSU be willing to travel to Bozo to play the game there instead? Do Bobcats fans now sit down to pee???? So many unanswered questions.

 

[Lakerhater]

So would Montana State attempt to BUY OUT the playoff game in Fargo...or would they just forfeit? Would the Bizon beat them by 35 or 40? Would NDSU be willing to travel to Bozo to play the game there instead? Do Bobcats fans now sit down to pee???? So many unanswered questions.

"Sacred Heart/Montana State winner @ No. 1 North Dakota State"......... please, Lord, please allow this to happen......

 

[aCatsFan]

"Sacred Heart/Montana State winner @ No. 1 North Dakota State"......... please, Lord, please allow this to happen......

+1

 

[qwerty15ster]

The biggest difference maker this year is we actually have a defense compared to last year, so I don't see a team like Bethune coming into Wa-Griz in December and racking up the points like Coastal did last season. But that's only if the team decides to show up and play football.

Really?!! No defense last year, but players good enough for the NFL?
I do agree with your "show up" comment though.
:-?

Compared to last year, yes the defense is better, especially in the secondary. Last season, we gave up 238 yards/game in the air compared to just 171 so far this season. Our run defense last year was good, but that's mostly because most teams just aired it out against our defense.

I don't know if I'm willing to agree with this yet. We haven't yet faced a team that throws a lot. (Not a good one at least). Unfortunately, I think we might need to wait until playing EWU and MSU to really find out how good our secondary is. Overall I agree that our D is better this year notwithstanding the NFL talent in last year's class.