Week 3 in the MVFC (and other games of interest)

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My weekly MVFC Preview is up at the FCS Wedge: http://thefcswedge.com/mvfc/mvfc-week-3-preview/

MVFC Games
1:00 PM – Central Connecticut (0-2) at #6 Youngstown State (1-1), ESPN3
2:00 PM – #10 North Dakota (1-1) at #23 South Dakota (2-0), ESPN3
2:00 PM – #18 Illinois State (1-0) at Eastern Illinois (1-1), OVC Digital Network
2:00 PM – Murray State (1-1) at Missouri State (0-2), ESPN3
5:00 PM – Indiana State (0-2) at #19 Liberty (2-0), ESPN3
6:00 PM – Drake (1-1) at #4 South Dakota State (2-0), ESPN3
6:00 PM – Southern Illinois (1-0) at Southeast Missouri State (0-2), OVC Digital Network
7:00 PM – #21 Northern Iowa (1-1) at Southern Utah (1-1), Big Sky Streaming

Our OOC Opponent's Games
12:00 PM - Coastal Carolina at UAB
2:00 PM - Tennessee Tech at FBS Ball State, ESPN3
8:05 PM - Northern Arizona at Cal Poly, Big Sky Streaming

Other Games of Interest in the Region
6:00 PM (Friday 9/15) - Illinois at AP #22 South Florida, ESPN
11:00 AM - Northern Illinois at Nebraska, FS1
2:30 PM - Iowa vs North Texas, ESPN2
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The UIUC at South Florida game will be on ESPN.
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wiu712 wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2017 9:14 pm The UIUC at South Florida game will be on ESPN.
Thanks, updated.
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Another game of local interest:

Northwestern (with #31 Luke Otto) vs Bowling Green.
Saturday at 6:30 PM on The Big Ten Network.
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NIU taking it to the big ten again beat Nebraska 21 to 17
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So, I was thinking that Homecoming was going to be an easier game, but South Dakota is up on #10 North Dakota 31-0 at halftime...that's not going to be an easy game at all.
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ST_Lawson wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:40 pm So, I was thinking that Homecoming was going to be an easier game, but South Dakota is up on #10 North Dakota 31-0 at halftime...that's not going to be an easy game at all.
North Dakota playing like they would rather be just about anywhere else in the world today.
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So, how did North Dakota get to be ranked #10? What I saw today looked like a really weak defense, and not much qb protection on offense. Are they usually better?
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sealhall74 wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:44 pm North Dakota playing like they would rather be just about anywhere else in the world today.
Well, they're definitely going to be somewhere else in the polls come Monday.

Final Scores:
Central Connecticut - 9
Youngstown State - 59

Illinois State - 44
Eastern Illinois - 13

North Dakota - 7
South Dakota - 45

Murray State - 21
Missouri State - 28

Also, outside the conference:
Tennessee Tech - 13
Ball State - 28

Coastal Carolina - 23
UAB - 30

Illinois - 23
South Florida - 47

Northern Illinois - 21
Nebraska - 17
(previously mentioned)

North Texas - 14
Iowa - 31

Also, I realized I was wrong about my previous mention of NAU playing Cal Poly...they actually have a bye week this week and play Cal Poly next weekend.
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rocki wrote: Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:00 pm So, how did North Dakota get to be ranked #10? What I saw today looked like a really weak defense, and not much qb protection on offense. Are they usually better?
I'm hoping it was just a complete breakdown on all fronts. I'd much rather it be that than USD being that good.
They did do fairly well for most of their game against Utah, and they completely shut down the Missouri State offense that had just put 40+ up on Mizzou, so I did expect something a little bit closer...not the utter blowout that it became.
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