UC Davis

[EWU98]

TJ LEE GET's GAME BALL!! As far as I am concerned!! Great win now let's take down the Vikings and share the title!! We will get the auto birth now because of the tie breaker if I am not mistaken.....

 

[spaceap6pack]

I had 6 heart attacks and stopped all the things that I thought I was jinxing the game with. I guess I won the game for us!

Seriously, go to PSU with the "right attitude and back it up with the right play" and we will be resting for two weeks.

 

[EagerEagle]

The way I understood the SUU loss according to Jim Allen is that it really further muddies the waters as far as the playoffs are concerned. I may be interprutting it wrong but it doesn't really help us to much. We would need Cal Poly to beat NAU and hopefully Montana can pull an upset in the rivalry game in order for us to get the auto bid. Here is his post from the live chat.

By the way, in a four-way tie at 7-1 involving EWU, NAU, MSU and Cal Poly, the Eagles would get the automatic berth into the playoffs based on Sagarin ratings. However, should NAU lose this week, then beat CP and force a three-way tie, the auto berth goes to MSU based on beating common opponents. Very complicated stuff that will sort itself out soon

We didn't play deserving of the win today, but glad we did.... lets see how the next week or so play out. I may not have a clue what I am talking about so don't mind me.

 

[goroute]

Congratulations, and good game, Eagles. Good Luck in the playoffs!

 

[Screamin_Eagle174]

The way I understood the SUU loss according to Jim Allen is that it really further muddies the waters as far as the playoffs are concerned. I may be interprutting it wrong but it doesn't really help us to much. We would need Cal Poly to beat NAU and hopefully Montana can pull an upset in the rivalry game in order for us to get the auto bid. Here is his post from the live chat.

By the way, in a four-way tie at 7-1 involving EWU, NAU, MSU and Cal Poly, the Eagles would get the automatic berth into the playoffs based on Sagarin ratings. However, should NAU lose this week, then beat CP and force a three-way tie, the auto berth goes to MSU based on beating common opponents. Very complicated stuff that will sort itself out soon

We didn't play deserving of the win today, but glad we did.... lets see how the next week or so play out. I may not have a clue what I am talking about so don't mind me.

Yeah, this.

If NAU beats CP, then there's a 3 way tie between EWU, MSU, and NAU. Since neither EWU or NAU played head to head, record against conf opponents (SUU) would give MSU the autobid. However if CP beats NAU, then EWU gets the autobid (most likely) by Sagarin ratings. I don't think head to head would come into play because MSU didn't play CP, and CP didn't play SUU so record against common opponents would also be a tie.
MSU will probably lose to a fired up Griz team in Missoula anyway, so I'm not worried.

 

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Congratulations, and good game, Eagles. Good Luck in the playoffs!

Hell of a game, man. Glad we escaped with a win. Thanks, and good luck next year. :thumb:

 

[LDopaPDX]

I had 6 heart attacks and stopped all the things that I thought I was jinxing the game with. I guess I won the game for us!

Seriously, go to PSU with the "right attitude and back it up with the right play" and we will be resting for two weeks.

Ha! I always think the same thing. Every offesnive series, I would check scores on my Ipad. Not because I wanted to, but because they always scored when I did that. But if I did it when UC Davis had the ball, they would score. I had a hand in the victory as well. :thumb:

 

[clawman1]

UCD has shown some glimpses of being a decent team.

Lost a close game to SDSU in Brookings.
Thumped Weber by 24 pts.
Played the Bobcats tough, 7 point loss.
Lost to NAU by two scores in Flag.

Saying all of this because if the players spend too much time basking in the glory of the Cal Poly victory we could let one slip away.

For those who do not know what "played Bobcats tough" means we just saw an example. Davis is a tough team and showed it today. Eagles seemed to relax when we went up 14-3 and Davis grabbed the momentum of the game and took over the second qtr. Eagles need to slam the door on lesser teams when they have the chance to prevent an early playoff upset.

 

[clawman1]

I am feeling a liitle like Nick Holt is running the D lately. Very roller coaster hno:

Wow what an insult thrown at arguably the BEST DQ in FCS.

 

[clawman1]

The way I understood the SUU loss according to Jim Allen is that it really further muddies the waters as far as the playoffs are concerned. I may be interprutting it wrong but it doesn't really help us to much. We would need Cal Poly to beat NAU and hopefully Montana can pull an upset in the rivalry game in order for us to get the auto bid. Here is his post from the live chat.

By the way, in a four-way tie at 7-1 involving EWU, NAU, MSU and Cal Poly, the Eagles would get the automatic berth into the playoffs based on Sagarin ratings. However, should NAU lose this week, then beat CP and force a three-way tie, the auto berth goes to MSU based on beating common opponents. Very complicated stuff that will sort itself out soon

We didn't play deserving of the win today, but glad we did.... lets see how the next week or so play out. I may not have a clue what I am talking about so don't mind me.

Yeah, this.

If NAU beats CP, then there's a 3 way tie between EWU, MSU, and NAU. Since neither EWU or NAU played head to head, record against conf opponents (SUU) would give MSU the autobid. However if CP beats NAU, then EWU gets the autobid (most likely) by Sagarin ratings. I don't think head to head would come into play because MSU didn't play CP, and CP didn't play SUU so record against common opponents would also be a tie.
MSU will probably lose to a fired up Griz team in Missoula anyway, so I'm not worried.

The way I read the Big Sky explanation of the tie breaker is head to head is first tie breaker and we are up on MSU in that one so the auto bid is between us and NAU, that is if all three win out.

 

[LDopaPDX]

I think head-to-head only applies if two teams are tied. It is certainly possible that NAU loses next week. Of course, it might be possible if Eastern or Montana State lose as well.... but on paper, NAU is in the most danger.

If three teams tie and do not all have games played against each other, I believe the tiebreaker is Sagarin rating. Obviously, all 3 would actually get the title "champions" but the auto-bid would go to the highest ranked; at present, that would be Eastern. However, I could also be mistaken on my interpretation.

That said, auto-bid really doesn't matter much. At this point, Eastern and Montana State are locks. NAU and Cal Poly are also probably in, but have a little work to do. Eastern would guarantee a home game with a win over Portland State, and almost certainly a seed.

 

[clawman1]

So in the event of a three way, does that ignore the actual head to head of two of those teams?
Eastern does appear to have a lock on a playoff birth but being the BSC auto bid and given their ranking may help to secure a top 4 seed. That is what is important to make a playoff run.

 

[kalm]

I think head-to-head only applies if two teams are tied. It is certainly possible that NAU loses next week. Of course, it might be possible if Eastern or Montana State lose as well.... but on paper, NAU is in the most danger.

If three teams tie and do not all have games played against each other, I believe the tiebreaker is Sagarin rating. Obviously, all 3 would actually get the title "champions" but the auto-bid would go to the highest ranked; at present, that would be Eastern. However, I could also be mistaken on my interpretation.

That said, auto-bid really doesn't matter much. At this point, Eastern and Montana State are locks. NAU and Cal Poly are also probably in, but have a little work to do. Eastern would guarantee a home game with a win over Portland State, and almost certainly a seed.

The only guaranteed home game would be if we got a seed. Otherwise, it depends on our bid. For example, we could draw a JMU in the second round who outdraws us by a quite bit.

But we would be guaranteed a bye with a win.

 

[Screamin_Eagle174]

Assuming we beat PSU (which is a pretty safe assumption),

If MSU, EWU and Cal Poly tie at 7-1, the automatic bid would go to Eastern Washington. All three teams would have played Sacramento State in league games. Cal Poly would be eliminated because of a loss to the Hornets. MSU and EWU both beat Sac State, so the tiebreaker would revert to the head-to-head meeting between MSU and EWU, which the Eagles won.

If MSU, EWU and NAU tie at 7-1, the automatic bid would go to Montana State. All three teams would have played Southern Utah, and Montana State is the only one of the three to have a win over the Thunderbirds.

If EWU and Cal Poly tie at 7-1, EWU would get the automatic bid because of a head-to-head win over the Mustangs.

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