Leatherneck Nation

Thursday, September 6
6:00 PM - Lincoln (MO, DII GLVC) at Missouri State (0-1), ESPN3

Saturday, September 8
2:00 PM - Northern Colorado (Big Sky, 0-1) at South Dakota (0-1), ESPN+
3:00 PM - Southern Illinois (1-0) at Ole Miss (FBS SEC, 1-0), SEC Network
5:00 PM - Youngstown State (0-1) at #17 West Virginia (FBS Big 12, 1-0)
6:00 PM - Montana State (Big Sky, 1-0) at South Dakota State (0-0), ESPN+
6:00 PM - Indiana State (1-0) at Louisville (FBS ACC, 0-1), ACC Network
6:30 PM - Eastern Illinois (OVC, 0-1) at Illinois State (1-0), ESPN+
6:30 PM - Western Illinois (0-1) at Illinois (FBS Big 10, 1-0), Big Ten Network

Predictions/Odds


Most games this week should be fairly lopsided. Only 3 matchups are between teams in the same division. The ones that have the potential to be the closest include our own game at Illinois (only one where the predictions are within single digits), Montana State at South Dakota State, Northern Colorado at South Dakota, and Eastern Illinois at Illinois State (predictions are higher on that, but that rivalry seems to quite often turn into a close "dogfight").

Non-MVFC Games of Interest
(all games on Saturday)

2:00 PM - Drake (0-0, Pioneer) at Montana (1-0, Big Sky)
4:00 PM - North Dakota (1-0, future MVFC team) at FBS #9 Washington (0-1, Pac12), Pac12 Network
4:00 PM - Iowa State (0-0, Big 12) at Iowa (1-0, Big 10), FOX
6:30 PM - Utah (1-0, Pac 12) at Northern Illinois (0-1, MAC), ESPNN

we are getting absolutely zero love this week in the Coaches Poll. The game this week is even more important now IMHO.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/ ... aches-poll

sealhall74 wrote: Tue Sep 04, 2018 12:03 pm we are getting absolutely zero love this week in the Coaches Poll. The game this week is even more important now IMHO.

https://www.ncaa.com/rankings/football/ ... aches-poll

Coaches Poll means less than nothing. In many cases it's filled out by grad students that are working for the coaches, and even if it is filled out by the coaches...they're not going to be focused on anyone except who they play that season, and specifically who they play the next weekend. I would hope that Coach Elliott wouldn't be paying any attention to the outcome of New Hampshire and Maine, for example, since we don't play either in the regular season and neither are in our conference. The first comment on AGS following this week's coaches poll thread pretty tells it as it is:

New Hampshire is 0-1 with a 7-35 loss to Maine, and they've lost their star QB to injury.
Maine is 1-0 with a 35-7 win over New Hampshire.
In both the Coaches and STATS poll, New Hampshire is both still ranked, and ranked higher than Maine. This is a perfect example of why these polls are trash.

Missouri State beat Lincoln University of Missouri 52-24.

Attendance at Missouri State = 1,284.

wiu712 wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:58 pm Attendance at Missouri State = 1,284.

That's probably a high estimate.

Maybe there were more people on the other side, but pause this and count the people you can see:

Halftime - Southern Illinois competing with Ole Miss and lead the Rebels 38-35

Mississippi beat Southern Illinois 76-41. Ole Miss scored 27 points in the 4th qr. Attendance at Mississippi = 53,339.

South Dakota beat Northern Colorado 43-28. Attendance at South Dakota = 9,143.

wiu712 wrote: Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:22 pm Mississippi beat Southern Illinois 76-41. Ole Miss scored 27 points in the 4th qr. Attendance at Mississippi = 53,339.

South Dakota beat Northern Colorado 43-28. Attendance at South Dakota = 9,143.

SDSU went against a different QB than we did - was the guy injured last week in the game? His hand was bandaged up to where it almost looked like a club.

Sorry - got my South Dakotas mixed up. My bad.

rocki wrote: Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:25 pm

wiu712 wrote: Sat Sep 08, 2018 7:22 pm Mississippi beat Southern Illinois 76-41. Ole Miss scored 27 points in the 4th qr. Attendance at Mississippi = 53,339.

South Dakota beat Northern Colorado 43-28. Attendance at South Dakota = 9,143.

SDSU went against a different QB than we did - was the guy injured last week in the game? His hand was bandaged up to where it almost looked like a club.

Probably. Jacks need to send us a thank you note. lol