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Top FCS Nonconference Games for 2017
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Rafter_Reese
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I'm with ya. I love knocking off FBS schools the most. Especially when they're paying us a cool half million to do it. Show me the money! :nod:MLEagle said:
go eags!
scottywashere11
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Rafter_Reese said:
It's awesome when you read about EWU on sports blogs, forums, and news articles as a no-slouch team that can and has dismantled FBS teams in the past. I think these FBS games are some of the best games of the year! So much fun to watch. I would prefer that EWU sticks to playing more PAC12 games so that our fans can travel to the games. We had one hell of a turn out at WSU last year, and Oregon, and OSU, and UW.... Hell, we travel really well in the PNW!
Rontheoldwiseeagle
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I believe we have WSU again in 2018?
I like having quality games, but there are absolutely no outs with our schedule. There's a reason you don't see Alabama load up Ohio State, Washington, and Oklahoma as their non-conference schedule. They'll play one legit team and two patsies, knowing that best sets them up for a long run. If you replaced NDSU with a home game against Mississippi Valley State, 9-2 still gets us a first round bye. 8-3 would,still require things to break in our favor to get a first round bye. Nothing really changes.
Look at Montana's schedule from last year. Despite playing just one "quality" FCS opponent (a 5-6 one, at that) and they still would've made the field at 7-4. And despite playing two FCS nobodies, they, too, would have had a first round bye at 9-2.
Strength of schedule only really matters for sorting the top 5 or so seeds. I think the focus needs to be on ensuring we make the playoffs, not worrying about being a 1 seed or a 5 seed. NDSU won a lot of championships and had at least one, and often two, patsies on every one of those schedules.
Look at Montana's schedule from last year. Despite playing just one "quality" FCS opponent (a 5-6 one, at that) and they still would've made the field at 7-4. And despite playing two FCS nobodies, they, too, would have had a first round bye at 9-2.
Strength of schedule only really matters for sorting the top 5 or so seeds. I think the focus needs to be on ensuring we make the playoffs, not worrying about being a 1 seed or a 5 seed. NDSU won a lot of championships and had at least one, and often two, patsies on every one of those schedules.
