r/fcs • u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota • 21d ago

Game Thread [Game Day Thread] Saturday, Week 4

HOW THE GENTLE WIND BECKONS THROUGH THE LEAVES AS AUTUMN COLORS FALL

GRAB YOUR FAVORITE YEAST WATER*, AND LET'S WATCH SOME FOOTBALL!

*OR BEAN WATER, OR FRUIT WATER, OR WATER WATER. IDC, I'M NOT YOUR MOM

Today's Pick 'Em games (all times listed in Central, the heavily disputed best time zone for football) (rankings from the /r/FCS Poll)

Away Home Time Stream/TV /r/FCS Sportsbook spread
Holy Cross Lafayette 11:30am ESPN+ LAF -2.5 (O/U 53.5)
#6 South Dakota #14 Youngstown State 1pm ESPN+ YSU -0.5 (O/U 58.5)
Maine Elon 1pm FloSports ELON -9 (O/U 48.5)
San Diego St. Thomas 1pm MidCoSports+ UST -8.5 (O/U 57.5)
Western Carolina ETSU 2:30pm ESPN+ WCU -0.5 (O/U 60)
Southern Jackson State 6pm ESPN+ JSU -22.5 (O/U 56.5)
Prairie View A&M Gramlbing 6pm ESPN+ PVAMU -7 (O/U 56)
Mercer Abilene Christian 7pm ESPN+ ACU -2 (O/U 53)
#5 Montana #11 UC Davis 9pm ESPN+ UM -3 (O/U 57.5)
#18 Northern Arizona #1 Montana State 9:30pm ESPN2 MSU -18 (O/U 56)

You can find the full Week 4 schedule with up-to-the-minute results over at the r/CFB Scoreboard (and that's a rock fact!)

Also seriously do not ask for "alternate" streams, because we don't want to deal with takedown notices. Most games have radio broadcasts available for free if you're really desperate.

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u/vandymontana Vanderbilt Commodores • Montana Grizzlies 21d ago

So the question is: what is targeting?

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u/slothbron Montana State Bobcats • Big Sky 21d ago

I think they just flip a coin during the review. Im confidently wrong every time.

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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 21d ago

Whenever targeting is called, it often seems to trigger some controversy and uncertainty. Now that there is no more football to be watched, I think it is high time for some clarification. After an extensive study of the NCAA rulebook and popular rule summaries from other major sports, I've prepared a simple summary of what is and isn't targeting. You're welcome.

Targeting Rules

1) You can't just be out there and just do targeting like that.

1a. Targeting is when you

1b. Okay well listen. Targeting is when you target the

1c. Let me start over

1c-a. The defender is not allowed to do a hit to the, uh, runner, that prohibits the runner from doing, you know, just trying to not get concussed. You can't do that.

1c-b. Once the defender is making the tackle, he can't be over here and say to the runner, like, "I'm gonna get ya! I'm gonna lead with the crown of my helmet! You better watch your head or neck area!" and then just be like he actually did that.

1c-b(1). Like, if you're about to tackle and then lower your head, you have to still not. You cannot not tackle right. Does that make any sense?

1c-b(2). You gotta be, making a tackle right, and then, until you just tackle.

1c-b(2)-a. Okay, well, you can have your head up here, like this, but then there's the head or neck area you gotta think about.

1c-b(2)-b. Simon Target hasn't directed any movies in forever. I hope he wasn't typecast as someone who only makes documentaries for the ABC.

1c-b(2)-b(i). Oh wait, he wrote books about jam too! That would be even worse.

1c-b(3). Okay seriously though. Targeting is when the defender makes a movement that, as determined by, when you do a move involving the head and neck area and crown of

2) Do not target please.