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prediction

season prediction

  • 8-0

    Votes: 1 6.3%

  • 7-1

    Votes: 3 18.8%

  • 6-2

    Votes: 3 18.8%

  • 5-3

    Votes: 2 12.5%

  • 4-4

    Votes: 5 31.3%

  • Worse

    Votes: 2 12.5%
  • Total voters
    16
  • Poll closed .
I hope our players hit rock bottom last week at Idaho. If we can get a win this week against UND I believe we can finish conference at 7-1. All of our games are winnable if we play hungry.
 
Remaining Schedule: Bold Home Games

University of North Dakota

Sacramento State

University of Northern Colorado

University of Montana

Northern Arizona University

Idaho State University

Cal Poly

Portland State University
 
marceagfan5 said:
We only have 2 difficult games left so no worse than 6-2...probably 7-1 or 8-0. Griz and Sac will be tough...
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One thing we all know for sure, depth isn't what we hoped it would be. All of this boils down to getting guys missing time back on the field. We need to stop being the most injured team in college football every weekend. If we can't get a grip on that, the rest of the season will be a major problem.
 
IMO we should be able to win all home games and at least 1/2 of away games. The three toughest away games will be Montana, Cal Poly and Sac St. "Of those three my highest concerns are Griz and Mustangs but Sac St will be a challenge as well.
6 FCS wins will leave us out of the playoff completely. 7 FCS wins will get us an at large bid with a week two trip to Fargo.
Sidenote the Lindenwood DII win does not count.
So this would be a good year to go to the Army Navy game in Philly.
 
I don't understand what you mean by "Lindenwood doesn't count." All games played during the season count. The playoff committee looks at record and strength of schedule, not who you play specifically. There used to be a contentious playoff criterion that teams with a minimum of 7 D1 wins were preferred to those without, but the committee dropped that language in favor of a straight-forward strength of schedule assessment a few years back.

Am I missing something? Just curious...

Ultimately, the playoff committee looks hard at record. A big conference team with 4 losses may or may not get in. Any team with 5 losses needs a miracle. A big conference team with 3 losses is pretty much a lock.
 
LDopaPDX said:
I don't understand what you mean by "Lindenwood doesn't count." All games played during the season count. The playoff committee looks at record and strength of schedule, not who you play specifically. There used to be a contentious playoff criterion that teams with a minimum of 7 D1 wins were preferred to those without, but the committee dropped that language in favor of a straight-forward strength of schedule assessment a few years back.

Am I missing something? Just curious...

Ultimately, the playoff committee looks hard at record. A big conference team with 4 losses may or may not get in. Any team with 5 losses needs a miracle. A big conference team with 3 losses is pretty much a lock.
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Meaning with 7 wins, one of them is a DII school, we will most likely NOT get into the playoffs. In the 2017 season we had 7 FCS wins and did not get in. Two of our losses this year will be to mediocre FCS teams (IMO) so will not help us much toward an invite. Thus the futility of playing cupcakes, stands were empty and we got a W that does not mean much. We would have been as well off playing another money game, at least we would have a little more cash in the bank account.
 
clawman said:
LDopaPDX said:
I don't understand what you mean by "Lindenwood doesn't count." All games played during the season count. The playoff committee looks at record and strength of schedule, not who you play specifically. There used to be a contentious playoff criterion that teams with a minimum of 7 D1 wins were preferred to those without, but the committee dropped that language in favor of a straight-forward strength of schedule assessment a few years back.

Am I missing something? Just curious...

Ultimately, the playoff committee looks hard at record. A big conference team with 4 losses may or may not get in. Any team with 5 losses needs a miracle. A big conference team with 3 losses is pretty much a lock.
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Meaning with 7 wins, one of them is a DII school, we will most likely NOT get into the playoffs. In the 2017 season we had 7 FCS wins and did not get in. Two of our losses this year will be to mediocre FCS teams (IMO) so will not help us much toward an invite. Thus the futility of playing cupcakes, stands were empty and we got a W that does not mean much. We would have been as well off playing another money game, at least we would have a little more cash in the bank account.
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Another money game and we'd be 0-4 and out of playoff conversation entirely with a weekend left in September. While I think the playoffs are a big longshot at this point given how awful the start to the season has gone, if we can win the next couple, Eastern would be back in the mix.
 
Agreed, it appears slim with several games still to be played. Should Eastern "redeem" itself with not only several wins , but with decisive wins, is that something the selection committee considers? I hope the second/2 of he Idaho game was an indication of future offensive production. A side note. A poor 2019 Eagle season (so far anyway) doesn't help the "improved stadium" fund raising program. Did did that plan when presented, include an estimated time period to reach $25 mil?
 
Watched NAU/PSU and PSU got screwed at end of game bigtime...blantly on a reviewable call at very end. Anyway, both will be close games...they both looked good to me. Cal Poly lost to Sac St. bout the same as we did and Idaho St is at their house and who knows (they can be hot or cold..sound familiar). I'd like to think we should win all 4 or 3, 2, 1

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