FUpaladin08 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 1:32 pm
The Jackal wrote: ↑Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:46 am
FUBeAR wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 8:31 pm
The Jackal wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 8:03 pm
saltyshaker wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 7:17 pm
important to try to bury wofford to get to best possible playoff seed.a two seed would be home playoffs until the finals whereas a 3 or lower seed brings up the possibility of a road trip in the semis to either the dakotas or montana .who wants to play a december game in 10 degree weather?
On the other hand, beating one of the Montana schools at their place in December would sure shut up the Big Sky crowd.
No. It won't.
FUBeAR has had occasion recently to interact with those peeps. Actually had to pull 2 of 'em off of HKB60. One of the Furman Staff's Family Members coined the perfect phrase to describe them - "Willfully ignorant"
They truly HATE facts and they will try, without rest, to wrestle simple facts that they don't like into submission. And they are FULL-OUT NO FILTER on their boastful claims of all types and manners of superiority over anyone and anything...except the MVFC. They actually are able to use cloaking magic to wrap themselves in the accomplishments of MVFC Football Teams. It's the dangdest thing you've ever seen.
They are absolutely livid Furman may be the 2 or 3 seed.
Unfortunately, Furman is now going to have to deal with the weight of carrying conference credibility with them.
Double unfortunately, the committee is almost assuredly going to send a SoCon team to Furman in the second round, when it would be really fun to watch a team like Western Carolina go to Fargo.
I think one SoCon team comes to Furman and the other heads to the Dakotas/Big Sky. So yea that puts a ton of pressure on Furman to carry the torch for the conference. Much like Wofford had to do not that long ago!
I believe there's also the possibility for Richmond, UTM, Austin Peay, NCCU, or Nicholls coming here in round 2......
...lots of assumptions here. That said, I wouldn't be surprised to see any of these teams (not all will make it) being matched up against WCU, Mercer, or Chatt in the first round with the winner playing us.