The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (Week 6)

[u/Seadragon1983]

Another week is done and I get to enjoy the success of some teams, lament the failures of some and roast the ever loving shit out of a few of them. Let's go.

The Good

• Northern Arizona continues the voodoo of the domes in the Big Sky while creating a dog pile of 3-1 teams on top the Big Sky (Dog pile on the Big Sky! Dog pile on the Big Sky!). The Dome Hex is strong here... last week saw Montana State get stunned by the Fighting Potatoes and now this. The best part here? Northern Arizona has the inside track now as they have a win over Montana and they play the other two teams in the 3-1 dog pile down the road: Cal Poly and Weber State.

• The Dome Hex isn't just a Big Sky thing. Northern Iowa stunned another ranked team this week as they defeated North Dakota, the second ranked victim for the Panthers. Now they get themselves into the title race for the Missouri Valley... but there is a very BIG threat above them: South Dakota State... But, the Panthers get them at the UNI-Dome on November 7th. Do we see that voodoo it do once again?

• Brunch Ball! Harvard continues to prove to the nation that they're legitimate after defeating Cornell and don't look now, but Princeton is 3-1 and they go to Harvard in a few weeks. Could we see a changing of the guard in the Ivy League?

In other 'Good' News: Mississippi Valley State pulls another rabbit out of their ass; Lamar keeps winning, has eyes on Stephen F. Austin; East Tennessee State wins and takes control of the SoCon.

The Bad

• Yeah, the Montana Drywall people are back. They had their fun with the Bozeman Bozos last week, now they get to feast on the Misery of those in Missoula. You know, why don't they pick on the NAIA schools in Montana?

• The Pioneer League is a crapshoot again. Right now, Butler and Marist are currently 2-0 with four teams (Presbyterian, Valparaiso, St. Thomas and Drake) at 2-1. The Bulldogs and Red Foxes meet later down the road, but you have to wonder what kind of insanity the conference has up their sleeve, considering that Drake lost to Valpo yesterday.

• Time for the Chuck Norris Award for Biggest Ass Kicking and it goes to Norfolk State. Apparently it was homecoming and they decided to bring in everyone's favorite homecoming opponent in Virginia-Lynchburg, a member of the NCCAA and a lone wolf when it comes to football. The Spartans decided to treat them to the type of ass kicking type you see in 300 with a 62-0 rout. This had everything: Two McPick Sixes, a punt return for a touchdown and a blocked punt for a touchdown. Clearly, the Dragons were over-matched. Runner ups this week include Alcorn State (56 point beating of NAIA patsy Arkansas Baptist) and St. Thomas (43 point romp over hapless Stetson).

In other 'Bad' News: Spiders choke against Fordham; Idaho State falters late, loses chance to continue the Dome Hex; All the teams on bye this week.

The South Carolina State

• Where do I begin with you, South Carolina State? You were 5-0 to start the season. You massacred two Division II schools in between taking down Florida A&M... you had a win over Furman. The week before, you got caught with your pants down against The Citadel. This week? You lose to Charleston Southern, a team that is at the bottom of the Ohio Valley standings right now. The worst part? You were trailing the entire game. I just wonder what went wrong here.

• The Mushu Treatment this week goes to Southeastern Louisiana. The Lions have crawled back out of their 0-2 hole by winning three in a row, the last two wins coming against two absolute bottom feeders in UL-Monroe and Northwestern State. This week saw them visit UT Rio Grande Valley. The game was a slog, with both teams trading field goals until late in the 4th when the Vaqueros scored the only touchdown in the game. The Lions had the advantage on offense, but turnovers did them in. For that, you're getting the Mushu Treatment... Dishonor on you, dishonor on your team, dishonor on your school and dishonor on the fact that you want to be called Southeastern. I didn't realize that UL-Lafayette's ego extended to the other side of the state.

In other 'Ugly' News: Elon gets blanked, complains about free speech; Dartmouth delivers the Brunch Ball Biff of the Week on two counts - losing to Yale and wearing those godawful helmets; Sacred Heart loses to Stonehill, questions choice to join the Coastal Clusterfuck; FloSports - The second choice for those who want football.

With that, the floor is open.

[u/damnyoutuesday]

FCS is more fun when UNI is good

[u/DeZeeuw2 → u/damnyoutuesday]

Are they good though? They got dominated in all the stats yesterday except for turnovers. Only 81 yards passing, 63 yards rushing.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/matchup/_/gameId/401867877

[u/MMUNI → u/DeZeeuw2]

[u/Responsible_History5 → u/MMUNI]

I was thinking about how pathetic it must be to go to UNI after that game. But GG’s another good fight in the valley. Also stop using ai, you can literally just try in paint for 10 minutes.

[u/Particular_Prior5344 → u/MMUNI]

Winning because UND was doing typical UND things is not sustainable. This week will determine if UNI is actually any good or not.

[u/ThatguyfromBaltimore]

Bad? Ugly? I think Towson is both at this point

[u/Seadragon1983 → u/ThatguyfromBaltimore]

Towson at 0-7 deserves it's own category... like a circle of hell.

[u/damnyoutuesday → u/Seadragon1983]

Towson's Inferno

[u/Wyden_long]

We may never lose again

[u/Theomniponteone → u/Wyden_long]

Ty Pennington's stats yesterday are just insane! The guy had 4 rushing, 1 passing and 1 receiving touchdowns against us. As much as I hate losing I gotta give him and the rest of the Jacks some respect. The difference in the game came down to the Griz kicking the field goal instead of going for the TD on the first turnover of the game. Good Game!

[u/ZerkyXii → u/Theomniponteone]

Real question why was lose become loose. Oh no my screw is loose is not the same oh no my team is going to lose. Loose and lose.

[u/Radioactive_M950 → u/ZerkyXii]

What…?

[u/Theomniponteone → u/ZerkyXii]

Autocorrect I suppose. Hope you didn't lose any sleep thinking about my loose comment

[u/ZerkyXii → u/Theomniponteone]

I lose sleep everyday seeing it everywhere haha its like the one thing lose doesn't auto correct to loose, you have to type in the extra o. Sorry it bugs the hell outta me we can't argue with proper words

[u/Theomniponteone → u/ZerkyXii]

It happens all the time. You hit loose instead of lose in the suggested words on your phone. Anyhow, sorry to bother you. Better read a book so you can relax because Reddit is full of misspellings and improper punctuation. Hope you have a better day.

[u/ZerkyXii → u/Theomniponteone]

Haha its just a thing, ignore me

[u/SnakesRewind31]

Lets go jacks!!!!!

[u/misterfistyersister]

“You know, why don't they pick on the NAIA schools in Montana?”

The Drywall Assoc. already makes enough money off of domestic violence in Billings. Don’t add Rocky Mountain College to this.

[u/Responsible_History5]

At least NDSU football lost and UND hockey swept the weekend series. Hopefully Jerry isn’t out for too long, have fun beating us Jackrabbits.

[u/Seadragon1983 → u/Responsible_History5]

Oh, did Omaha play this weekend? They're my default college hockey team.

[u/Responsible_History5 → u/Seadragon1983]

They don’t start until next week against Augustana University (Sioux falls) I’d say it’ll be a tough fight as they were able to sweep the number four UMD bulldogs.

[u/Patient_Surround_288]

St. Thomas at home is a wagon. Running up scores like we’re back in the MIAC.

We’re not going to talk about road tommies.

[u/Seadragon1983 → u/Patient_Surround_288]

Sounds like St. Thomas suffers from the 'Brunos' - as in we don't talk about these road games.

[u/Patient_Surround_288 → u/Seadragon1983]

Blown out at North Dakota and at Presbyterian. Only close game at home was against Southern Utah. The rest were laughers including three games over 50 points each.

[u/montalaskan]

Keep in mind there are 2-1 Big Sky teams too. One of them has a victory over NAU.

[u/damnyoutuesday → u/montalaskan]

There are 7 teams in Big Sky play that are 2-1 or 3-1

[u/montalaskan → u/damnyoutuesday]

Right. To say NAU has the inside track is misleading.

[u/Seadragon1983 → u/montalaskan]

They have the inside track among the teams at 3-1.

[u/tdpdcpa → u/Seadragon1983]

If we math it out, no team is assured the autobid by winning out, but Montana State is closest because if they win out:

1. They’d either be ahead of or have head to head on anyone with one loss except UC Davis or Portland State, who they do not play.
2. Vis a vis UC Davis, they’d at least be assured of a better record against common opponents by beating Montana, who UCD lost to.
3. For Portland State,they’d be tied on common opponents with, but the next tiebreaker I can find for the Big Sky is Sagarin rating. There’s no guarantee, but Montana State probably finds themselves ahead on that basis.

Every other one-loss team can’t assure themselves of anything other than a tiebreaker to the team they lost to. In that way, Montana State is fortunate that they lost to Idaho, who has 2 losses.

[u/montalaskan → u/Seadragon1983]

Yes. If the Griz win out and NAU as well, they get the nod. But if the Cats win out...

[u/PROUDgrizHATER → u/montalaskan]

Yes, but NAU has a much easier chunk remaining on their schedule compared to MSU and UM

[u/the_racing_goat]

what's ugly is that Bill D'Ottavio likely gets paid more than my band director while it only took the BD one year to turn the program around.