If that’s the only loss each pair has rest of season I don’t see any of them dropping out of the Top 10.The Jackal wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:00 amIt's early still, but Furman very much controls its destiny.
Villanova plays at James Madison this Saturday. Montana and Montana State will still play one another. NDSU and SDSU will still play each other.
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It will not be hard for Furman to drop.
We cannot count on special treatment like UC Davis gets.
The only way we can move up in the rankings will be to win each game.
Beat Citadel.
If we slip up against anybody, which is of course possible, then shake it off, get back up, and win the next game.
Respond appropriately to any loss and to any win.
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Leave no doubt!
Anyone who says money can't buy happiness never had season tickets.
A 10-2 Paladin team with the SoCon auto bid will get a first round bye.
"Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean.
'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.”
Josey Wales
'Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.”
Josey Wales
I hope you are right, but I’m afraid the SoCon has zero respect nationally.cavedweller2 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 2:56 pmA 10-2 Paladin team with the SoCon auto bid will get a first round bye.
Right. People say just beat em all. Possible but no non seeded team ever seems to do itstonemd wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 11:15 amHarder to be FCS champ if you are not seeded. Not sure it has ever happened. Is that because the extra game hurts or because they get the seeding right.
By the way I like this pollsters thinking:
https://m.herosports.com/amp/fcs/footba ... ssion=true
That’s huge. Ranked at 11!!! I didn’t think we would get that far and this is poll they use.apaladin wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 12:26 pmMoved up 3 spots to #11 in the coaches poll. Kennesaw St. stayed at #4, amazing!!.
https://furmanpaladins.com/news/2019/10 ... -poll.aspx
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I want to point out we were the beneficiary of slot voting this week. There is no conspiracy on votes - now taking all the committee chairman 3 teams from a conference that’s always been a ONE bid conf last year, yes that’s junk !!! That stinks of politics. Same w UNH in years prior as UNH guy was committee chair. But voting this week is fair and we were beneficiaries. We passed UC Davis (absolutely shoulda). Passed UCA and Nichols that was gonna be close and passed Illinois State. Teams below us did not benefit from these losses as UCA stayed ahead of them. We actually could be bye and jump a notch next week as nbr 10 plays NDSU. it’s fair week to week.
What’s not fair is the ‘you get all the credit by starting in the poll or not starting in the poll’. Whether we started in poll or not we are who we are but because we started at number 20 we are now 11. Had we started unranked we would probably be 23. Each year should be independent of prior year. I wish first pill cane out in October
What’s not fair is the ‘you get all the credit by starting in the poll or not starting in the poll’. Whether we started in poll or not we are who we are but because we started at number 20 we are now 11. Had we started unranked we would probably be 23. Each year should be independent of prior year. I wish first pill cane out in October
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though we want Woff to lose one more game and help us win Socon. if Woff wins they are now getting votes in both polls so our game vs them counts for credit. Still, I would rather Woff and Chatt lose handing us the SoCon bid
Lord have mercy! We have gone from being completely irrelevant in the FCS to #11 ranking in just over two years!
These players and coaches have done a great job. What a fun season it has been so far. But there is a lot more to be done. I bet the focus from the coaches is O.K. we're # 11. Here's what we need to do to be a top 5 team. Now let's get to work. CCH thinks big and he's got those players thinking big too. Our current coaches know how to identify and recruit talent and know how to develop it when they get on campus. I don't care what we have to do to keep CCH but we need to do it!!!
We just have to keep on winning. It will be hard not to slip up and lose 1 game but it can be done. I agree with CD2, a 10-2 FU SoCon champ will get a bye. But I also agree with Affirm, 1 loss and those idiots doing the polls will drop us like a hot potato.
These players and coaches have done a great job. What a fun season it has been so far. But there is a lot more to be done. I bet the focus from the coaches is O.K. we're # 11. Here's what we need to do to be a top 5 team. Now let's get to work. CCH thinks big and he's got those players thinking big too. Our current coaches know how to identify and recruit talent and know how to develop it when they get on campus. I don't care what we have to do to keep CCH but we need to do it!!!
We just have to keep on winning. It will be hard not to slip up and lose 1 game but it can be done. I agree with CD2, a 10-2 FU SoCon champ will get a bye. But I also agree with Affirm, 1 loss and those idiots doing the polls will drop us like a hot potato.
I agree with you on this " I don't care what we have to do to keep CCH but we need to do it!!!"FurmAlum wrote: ↑Mon Oct 07, 2019 8:09 pmLord have mercy! We have gone from being completely irrelevant in the FCS to #11 ranking in just over two years!
These players and coaches have done a great job. What a fun season it has been so far. But there is a lot more to be done. I bet the focus from the coaches is O.K. we're # 11. Here's what we need to do to be a top 5 team. Now let's get to work. CCH thinks big and he's got those players thinking big too. Our current coaches know how to identify and recruit talent and know how to develop it when they get on campus. I don't care what we have to do to keep CCH but we need to do it!!!
We just have to keep on winning. It will be hard not to slip up and lose 1 game but it can be done. I agree with CD2, a 10-2 FU SoCon champ will get a bye. But I also agree with Affirm, 1 loss and those idiots doing the polls will drop us like a hot potato.
Also impressive - Furman has won 10 of their last 11 FCS games. The only loss was to Samford last season. I think we made up for that one.
CCH and this staff have done an awesome job. Recruiting will continue to be strong as success breeds success and guys will want to be here. Hopefully it resonates with the fan base, and we can fill the stadium up like back in the day. Kudos to the staff and players for stepping it up. Things only seem brighter as we are still a very young team.
Also we have won 9 of last 11 SoCon games including all of 2018. Losses in 2018 to ETSU and Sammy. 2018 6-2, 2019 3-0 but w wins on Sam and ETSU as all rights are reserved and all wrongs are avengedpaladinduece wrote: ↑Tue Oct 08, 2019 8:34 amCCH and this staff have done an awesome job. Recruiting will continue to be strong as success breeds success and guys will want to be here. Hopefully it resonates with the fan base, and we can fill the stadium up like back in the day. Kudos to the staff and players for stepping it up. Things only seem brighter as we are still a very young team.
