Leatherneck Nation

And UNI rolls over SFA with a final score of 44-10.
UNI's David Johnson finished the game with 152 yards and 3 TDs rushing, and 84 yards and a TD receiving.

The MVFC is 3-0 this weekend in the playoffs. So, out of 16 teams playing in the FCS playoffs next weekend, 5 of them are from the MVFC.

Too bad next weekend at least two conference teams will lose.

Indiana State plays at Chattanooga at Noon
Northern Iowa plays at Illinois State at 1 PM
South Dakota State plays at North Dakota State at 2:30 PM

Attendance at the first-round FCS Playoffs:

Indiana State at Eastern Kentucky = 1,941. Indiana State won 36-16.
Sacred Heart at Fordham = 2,442. Fordham won 44-22.
Morgan State at Richmond = 4,126. Richmond won 46-24.
Southeastern Louisiana at Sam Houston = 4,758. Sam Houston won 21-17.
South Dakota State at Montana State = 7,747. South Dakota State won 47-40.
Stephen F. Austin at Northern Iowa = 10,307. Northern Iowa won 44-10.
Liberty at James Madison = 13,040. Liberty won 26-21.
San Diego at Montana = 14,018. Montana won 52-14.

Outstanding day for the MVFC! This is further evidence of the strength of the conference. It is unfortunate that MVFC teams will face each other so early in the playoffs but as I understand the selection pairings strategy, regions are grouped together where possible in order to create fan interest [think attendance] and save on travel costs.

The strong performance by Indiana State at Eastern Kentucky was a nice late season compliment to the Leathernecks...

Bob

Gotta admire Steglemier for pulling out the wildcat. Tied at 14 in 2nd.

Worst officiated game I have ever seen.

Coach S, do you have a trick play for a kickoff in your bag?

Great game. Shame one had to lose. I would love to ask Coach S if he had to do it over again, would he postpone the wildcat stuff until 2nd half. Seems Bison made the necessary adjustments after halftime.

Attendance at the FCS 2nd round play-off games (Dec 6):

Liberty at Villanova = 3,113. Villanova won 29-22.
Fordham at New Hampshire = 4,021. New Hampshire won 44-19.
Northern Iowa at Illinois State = 5,575. Illinois State won 41-21.
Richmond at Coastal Carolina = 5,601. Coastal Carolina won 36-15.
Montana at Eastern Washington = 7,919. Eastern Washington won 37-20.
Indiana State at Chattanooga = 8,419. Chattanooga won 35-14.
Sam Houston State at Jacksonville State = 10,832. Sam Houston State won 37-26.
South Dakota State at North Dakota State = 18,113. North Dakota State won 27-24.

wiu712 wrote:Attendance at the FCS 2nd round play-off games (Dec 6):

Liberty at Villanova = 3,113. Villanova won 29-22.
Fordham at New Hampshire = 4,021. New Hampshire won 44-19.
Northern Iowa at Illinois State = 5,575. Illinois State won 41-21.
Richmond at Coastal Carolina = 5,601. Coastal Carolina won 36-15.
Montana at Eastern Washington = 7,919. Eastern Washington won 37-20.
Indiana State at Chattanooga = 8,419. Chattanooga won 35-14.
Sam Houston State at Jacksonville State = 10,832. Sam Houston State won 37-26.
South Dakota State at North Dakota State = 18,113. North Dakota State won 27-24.

Just did some research on the remaining eight teams. One very interesting statistic came to light.

They ALL have very mobile QBs with average rushing yards/play ranging from 3.1 (Vernon Adams/EWU) to 5.3 (Tre Roberson/ISUr).
It appears that EWU does not want Adams to run much of late, especially while he is nursing his ankle back to 100% health. Last year he had a 4.6 average. Next lowest average this year was 4.7 (Robertson/Villanova) and he looked very mobile today against Liberty and in fact has rushed for over 1300 yards this year.

It takes an arm and legs to get it done at the FCS level.

At the next level up, I am not sure what it takes to get it done. HTF can Wisconsin get rolled by OSU to the tune of 59-0 unless they wanted to get rolled that bad only to let the Buckeyes into the field of 4 and add a few more bucks to the B1G coffers?

Quarter-final Schedule (All Times Central):

Quarterfinal Round - Friday, December 12th
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(8) Chattanooga (10-3) at (1) New Hampshire (11-1), 7 p.m.


Saturday, December 13th
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(7) Coastal Carolina (12-1) at (2) North Dakota State (12-1), 11a.m.

Sam Houston State (10-4) at (6) Villanova (11-1), 12 p.m.

(5) Illinois State (11-1) at (4) Eastern Washington (11-2), 3 p.m.