Fling out the Purple and the Gold, We're Marching On.
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Watched the first quarter of it, but had to go to bed. Turns out a basketball game broke out while I was asleep. You'd figure if you put up 63 points in a football game, you're likely to win, but apparently both of those teams are asking Santa for a defense this year.wiu712 wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:04 am Attendance at Montana State = 14,367
The #7 Incarnate Word vs #2 Sacramento State is the highest-scoring game in FCS Playoff history. Attendance at Sacramento State = 13,722
What are you thinking Scott, is it going to be a MVFC final?ST_Lawson wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:42 pmWatched the first quarter of it, but had to go to bed. Turns out a basketball game broke out while I was asleep. You'd figure if you put up 63 points in a football game, you're likely to win, but apparently both of those teams are asking Santa for a defense this year.wiu712 wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 7:04 am Attendance at Montana State = 14,367
The #7 Incarnate Word vs #2 Sacramento State is the highest-scoring game in FCS Playoff history. Attendance at Sacramento State = 13,722
Down to the semifinals next weekend, both on ESPN2
Friday, December 16th at 6 PM - #7 Incarnate Word at #3 North Dakota State
Saturday, December 17th at 3 PM - #4 Montana State at #1 South Dakota State
If I had to put money on one of the four possible finals matchups, I'd say it would be a "Dakota Marker Game" championship, since both Dakota State's are favored in their games next weekend. That being said, neither are favored by double-digits (per Massey this morning), so they both could go either way.meganeck wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2022 10:22 amWhat are you thinking Scott, is it going to be a MVFC final?ST_Lawson wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:42 pmWatched the first quarter of it, but had to go to bed. Turns out a basketball game broke out while I was asleep. You'd figure if you put up 63 points in a football game, you're likely to win, but apparently both of those teams are asking Santa for a defense this year.
Down to the semifinals next weekend, both on ESPN2
Friday, December 16th at 6 PM - #7 Incarnate Word at #3 North Dakota State
Saturday, December 17th at 3 PM - #4 Montana State at #1 South Dakota State
Yeah, i think being at home will be a big advantage.ST_Lawson wrote: Mon Dec 12, 2022 8:27 amIf I had to put money on one of the four possible finals matchups, I'd say it would be a "Dakota Marker Game" championship, since both Dakota State's are favored in their games next weekend. That being said, neither are favored by double-digits (per Massey this morning), so they both could go either way.meganeck wrote: Sun Dec 11, 2022 10:22 amWhat are you thinking Scott, is it going to be a MVFC final?ST_Lawson wrote: Sat Dec 10, 2022 10:42 pmWatched the first quarter of it, but had to go to bed. Turns out a basketball game broke out while I was asleep. You'd figure if you put up 63 points in a football game, you're likely to win, but apparently both of those teams are asking Santa for a defense this year.
Down to the semifinals next weekend, both on ESPN2
Friday, December 16th at 6 PM - #7 Incarnate Word at #3 North Dakota State
Saturday, December 17th at 3 PM - #4 Montana State at #1 South Dakota State
Looks like the odds for each matchup are the following:
NDSU vs SDSU = 41.4%
NDSU vs MT State = 27.6%
SDSU vs UIW = 18.6%
MT State vs UIW = 12.4%
Sagarin leans a little more towards SDSU winning their game than Massey does, putting the odds of an XDSU championship at ~46.2%.
Because Sac State dropped their game, NDSU also gets their semifinal game at home, which works in the Bison's favor quite a bit.
I'd have to say yeah, a MVFC final is likely.
Because I was curious, I re-ran the Massey numbers based on if the games were played at the other team's stadium...so NDSU at UIW and SDSU at MT State.