Week 7 in the MVFC (and other games of interest)

[ST_Lawson]

Here's the games for this week in the conference and among our OOC opponents this season:

MVFC: (all MVFC games on ESPN3/WatchESPN.com)

South Dakota (2-3) at
Indiana State (3-3)
2 PM

South Dakota State (3-2) at
North Dakota State (5-0)
2 PM, Dakota Marker Rivalry Game

Northern Iowa (2-3) at
Youngstown State (4-1)
2:30 PM

Southern Illinois (2-3) at
Illinois State (2-4)
6 PM

Here's my preview on The FCS Wedge of this weekend's MVFC games: http://thefcswedge.com/mvfc/mvfc-week-7-preview/

And OOC:

Eastern Illinois (4-2) at
Tennessee Tech (2-4)
6 PM on the OVC Digital Network: http://www.ovcdigitalnetwork.com/watch/?Live=4832

Idaho State (2-3) at
Northern Arizona (2-4)
6 PM on Eversport.tv/Big Sky Streaming: http://eversport.tv/big-sky/football/20 ... rn-arizona

Central Michigan (4-2) at
Northern Illinois (1-5)
2:30 PM on ESPN3/WatchESPN.com

[meganeck]

some good MVC games this week

[ST_Lawson]

some good MVC games this week

Yea, in my article, I tried to predict the games and actually, the biggest margin of any of them was us over Missouri State...I had us over them by 7 points. Most of the games, I think, could literally be a 50/50 tossup. NDSU should have a pretty good advantage over SDSU, but the Jackrabbits have just the right combination of skills to be able to do really well against the Bison, and it's a big rivalry game, so you can kinda throw ranking out the window.

[wiu712]

The Southern Illinois-Carbondale at Illinois State game will also be on Comcast Sports Net-Chicago Plus.
Game time is 6PM.

[meganeck]

some good MVC games this week

Yea, in my article, I tried to predict the games and actually, the biggest margin of any of them was us over Missouri State...I had us over them by 7 points. Most of the games, I think, could literally be a 50/50 tossup. NDSU should have a pretty good advantage over SDSU, but the Jackrabbits have just the right combination of skills to be able to do really well against the Bison, and it's a big rivalry game, so you can kinda throw ranking out the window.

Yeah, I think NDSU wins, but still interested to see how the game plays out. SDSU should have a good shot

[sealhall74]

SDSU and NDSU facing off in the "Dakota Marker" game. Rather interesting history about those 720 quartzite markers which divided the two Dakota states. About half of the markers are now gone. I would be willing to bet that at least one marker can be found in some frat house on the campuses. Who knows. Maybe the geology departments might also have one.

http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/ ... 7d48a.html

[sealhall74]

Conference stats ranking thru Week 7. What I am worried about this year is that the current top 3 teams in this ranking are the only teams getting into playoffs. Everyone else beats up on each other essentially eliminating more playoff qualifiers. Necks need to make a statement next week against Bison that they belong in the upper echelon of the conference. Beating out teams from other conferences with equal or better records like we did last year not likely to happen two years in a row IMO.

[ST_Lawson]

Final scores for the previously listed games:

South Dakota - 33
Indiana State - 30
2 OTs

South Dakota State - 19
North Dakota State - 17

Northern Iowa - 10
Youngstown State - 14

Southern Illinois - 28
Illinois State - 31

Biggest margin of any game was YSU beating UNI by 4 points...crazy.

And the other games of interest:

Eastern Illinois - 30
Tennessee Tech - 24

Idaho State - 7
Northern Arizona - 52

Central Michigan - 34
Northern Illinois - 28
3 OTs

[wiu712]

Attendance for above-referenced games:
Western at Missouri State = 12,639.
South Dakota at Indiana State = 3,297.
South Dakota State at North Dakota State = 18,828.
Northern Iowa at Youngstown State = 13,373.
Southern Illinois at Illinois State = 10,211.

Eastern Illinois at Tennessee Tech = 4,082.
Idaho State at Northern Arizona = 7,836.
Central Michigan at Northern Illinois = 8,495.

Current MVFC Standings:
Youngstown State 3-0
South Dakota State 3-0
WESTERN 2-1
North Dakota State 2-1
South Dakota 2-1
Missouri State 1-2
Northern Iowa 1-2
Indiana State 1-3
Illinois State 1-3
Southern Illinois 0-3

[ST_Lawson]

Here's a much more detailed review of this last weekend's games: http://thefcswedge.com/mvfc/mvfc-week-7-review/