2018 - Around the MVFC (and other games of interest) - Postseason

Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:41 am

Full FCS playoff bracket is here: https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/football/fcs/2018
Games start at 1 PM on Saturday and all FCS playoff games in this round are on ESPN3.

MVFC and Non-conference opponent's games this weekend
2:00 PM - Incarnate Word (6-4) at Montana State (7-4), ESPN3
4:00 PM - Lamar University (7-4) at Northern Iowa (6-5), ESPN3

If you're into the HBCU scene, the Bayou Classic is this Saturday as well, featuring Southern and Grambling both with winning records, as well as the "Battle of the Bands" at halftime. That game is at 4 PM and will be on NBC Sports Network.

Regional FBS games
Tuesday, November 20th at 6 PM - Northern Illinois at Western Michigan, ESPNU
Friday, November 23rd at 11 AM - Nebraska at Iowa, FOX
Saturday, November 24th at 2:30 PM - Illinois at #22 Northwestern, BTN

meganeck · Tue Nov 20, 2018 5:18 pm

Drake is going to play Iowa St now on Dec 1, since Incarnete Word made the playoffs.Iowa St was less one game since their first game was cancelled due to weather.

Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:14 pm

Preview of the Lamar @ UNI game: http://thefcswedge.com/mvfc/mvfc-postse ... 1-preview/

Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:45 pm

MVFC Awards: https://valley-football.org/news/2018/1 ... wards.aspx

BRUCE CRADDOCK MVFC COACH OF THE YEAR: Curt Mallory, Indiana State
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: QB Easton Stick, North Dakota State
DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR: LB Jabril Cox, North Dakota State
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR: QB Ryan Boyle, Indiana State
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR: RB Pierre Strong, Jr., South Dakota State

Mon Nov 26, 2018 9:58 am

Round 1 in review: http://thefcswedge.com/mvfc/mvfc-postse ... in-review/

meganeck · Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:41 pm

Scott, didn't Hero Sports have some sort of contest for the playoffs. Did you enter it?

Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:08 am

meganeck wrote: Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:41 pm Scott, didn't Hero Sports have some sort of contest for the playoffs. Did you enter it?

IDK...I didn't see it if they did. So...nope.

Thu Nov 29, 2018 11:30 am

I'll just keep the one thread for the remainder of the season and add onto it, just fyi...

MVFC Playoff Games
Saturday, December 1st
2:00 PM - Montana State at #1 North Dakota State
2:00 PM - Duquesne at #5 South Dakota State
6:00 PM - Northern Iowa at #6 UC Davis

Other Games
11/30 at 6:00 PM - Northern Illinois vs Buffalo, ESPN2 (MAC Championship Game, Ford Field in Detroit)
7:00 PM - #21 Northwestern vs #6 Ohio State, FOX (Big 10 Championship Game, Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis)
All of the above plus Iowa should be playing in bowl games in the next few weeks as well. Illinois finished 4-8, so their season is done.

wiu712 · Fri Nov 30, 2018 10:51 pm

Northern Illinois (8-5) won the MAC championship game by beating Buffalo (10-3) 30-29.

Buffalo led 29-10 in the 3rd qr. Northern Illinois scored the last 20 points of the game.

Attendance at Ford Field (Detroit) = 10,255.

Bowl announcements will be made on Sunday.

sealhall74 · Sat Dec 01, 2018 3:12 pm

Colgate looked good in their win over JMU. However, IMO their coach screwed up at end of game by letting clock get down to only 3 seconds before trying the FG. I am pretty sure the kick was done not on 4th down so no chance to handle a bad snap situation if that would have happened.

Good luck against the Bison. This is IMHO the most dominant NDSU team I have seen since I have been keeping track of conference stats. They led conference in every defensive stat category. On offense, their only stat weakness was passing yardage but when you can run the ball like they do, why waste the effort passing the ball.