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  • We are going to get screwed out of a seed again aren't we?

    If we win our last 3 games which we are favored in we would be 8-3 with losses to Iowa State, NDSU, and South Dakota. Two losses are "quality" losses. We would have wins against SIU, SDSU, Sac State who should be playoff teams. But somehow we are going to be denied a seed and a bye aren't we? SIU or Sac State would probably get one ahead of us.

  • #2
    Yes.

    IF the last three games are won this team, sadly, still won't get a seed.

    Nevermind the wins over likely Big Sky Champ by 3 scores on the road. The win on the road vs SDSU. The win vs SIU. The win vs MSU.

    Losing to USD was so unbelievably unforgivable in the eyes of voters, and the committee, that it will be the only thing they look at.

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    • #3
      We did have the audacity to lose to a Top 20 team. The blame is really with us.

      Too bad we couldn't play one of those awesome CAA or AQ7 schedules to get some quality wins...
      #MACtion

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      • #4
        Honestly, I just bake "not getting a seed" into my preseason expectations every year. If we went 11-0, they'd find a way to send us to Fargo in the second round.

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        • #5
          It usually would take 9-2. We'd have to have it fall just right to get to 8-3 and the 8th seed. It's starting to feel like we're not seeded playing on Thankgiving at home in a 48-7, game. Then get shipped to Fargo the next week.
          Last edited by BrockLesnar; 11-02-2021, 05:28 AM.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by BrockLesnar View Post
            It usually would take 9-2. We'd have to have it fall just right to get to 8-3 and the 8th seed. It's starting to feel like we're not seeded playing on Thankgiving at home in a 48-7, game. Then get shipped to Fargo the next week.
            The 4 9-3s and the 8-4 that got seeded in 2019 must have just been my imagination acting up. (12 game year)

            It's easy to be leery with the history we've had with the committee but if we finish the job, we're going to be seeded. Computer numbers are going to have us 3rd overall, 5 game winning streak with 3 Top 15ish wins and a win over the outright Big Sky champ at their place.

            Not only will we be seeded, we'd have a shot at getting two home games. Sac State was 9-3 in 2019 with nothing approaching the non-league wins we've got and got the 4.
            Last edited by BCPanther; 11-02-2021, 07:43 AM.
            #MACtion

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            • #7
              Worry about that after they don’t crap the bed in the next two weeks.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by BCPanther View Post

                The 4 9-3s and the 8-4 that got seeded in 2019 must have just been my imagination acting up. (12 game year)

                It's easy to be leery with the history we've had with the committee but if we finish the job, we're going to be seeded. Computer numbers are going to have us 3rd overall, 5 game winning streak with 3 Top 15ish wins and a win over the outright Big Sky champ at their place.

                Not only will we be seeded, we'd have a shot at getting two home games. Sac State was 9-3 in 2019 with nothing approaching the non-league wins we've got and got the 4.
                St. Thomas is 5-2 and two of three remaining games are against sub-.500 teams, so look to go 8-3 or 9-2 in their first year in FCS (Pioneer League, but have a shot at tying for the league championship if they win all three remaining games).

                Iowa State was a 5th-ranked FBS team when UNI played them. The failed big last week, but may work their way back into the FBS Top 25 by selection time.

                As usual, it comes down to the competence of the selection committee, so ....

                With the past three Thanksgiving playoff games pulling even fewer people (just over 4k in '17 and '18, just under 4k in '19) than last weekend, would bidding to host a game even be the agenda this year? What is the formula for preparing the bid? I know season average attendance is part of it.
                "Well, that escalated quickly."

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by run&blade View Post
                  Worry about that after they don’t crap the bed in the next two weeks.
                  Exactly. The next three are certainly not cake walks. We literally just lost to an inferior team on our own field just 2 weeks ago.
                  UNI FIGHT

                  Originally posted by 9YRPLAN
                  iowa sucks, fran sucks, their schedule sucks, iowa fans suck

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                  • #10
                    Yeah, let's worry about winning the next 3 before entertaining any thought of playoff positioning.
                    Give us a yell, HO! The purple and the gold
                    Victory for U-N-I!

                    Find out what the other team wants to do, then take it away from them.
                    - George Halas

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                    • #11
                      Predictions for the 2021 FCS playoff bracket, including the seeds, auto-bids, at-large bids, and which teams are on the bubble.


                      Hero Sports is predicting us as the 7 seed with SDSU not getting a seed unless they beat NDSU and win out.

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                      • #12
                        Oh god I would take that in a heartbeat. Sam Houston has been incredibly overrated all year long, unbeaten but scraping by against not good teams. That's the easiest path to the semi-finals possible.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by sevelev711 View Post
                          Oh god I would take that in a heartbeat. Sam Houston has been incredibly overrated all year long, unbeaten but scraping by against not good teams. That's the easiest path to the semi-finals possible.
                          might involve playing Montana, which rarely goes well for UNI
                          also, I'm sure that if the committee gave UNI a seed, they'd likely put an unseeded MVFC team in the first round game that fed into UNI (and the MVFC team would likely win that first around game)

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                          • #14
                            Have we ever played Montana at home? Maybe once...?

                            Gotta beat someone besides Robert Morris to win a trophy

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Trapped in California View Post
                              Have we ever played Montana at home? Maybe once...?

                              Gotta beat someone besides Robert Morris to win a trophy
                              Twice. Once in the 80s and in 2016.

                              Neither one went well.

                              I'd kill for a crack at them at home in the playoffs though.
                              #MACtion

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