The CSN Way: What's In A Name?

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The CSN Way: What's In A Name?
By Chuck Burton, The CSN Way Columnist

Everyone who has taken high school English has pretty much heard the quote by the one and only Shakespeare. In Romeo and Juliet, it’s the doomed Juliet who asks the most famous line of the play: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.”

Shakespeare wasn’t talking about FCS teams “playing up” and beating FBS teams - nor was he talking about sub-Division I teams upsetting FCS teams, for that matter - but this year, he could have been. All over the college football world, underdogs have had their day - but are they really? Are they really underdogs - or are the gaps between the top teams in all subdivisions closing?

Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/09/10/the-csn-way-what-s-in-a-name?blog=5)

[danefan]

GSU - SDSU preview got messed up.


And picking Jacksonville over Samford is a pretty big stretch, IMO.

[PantherRob82]

Jacksonville of the PFL over Samford?

[PantherRob82]

I'm going to call it now:
SHSU will not beat NDSU
WIU will not beat NIU

[aceinthehole]

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The CSN Way: What's In A Name?
By Chuck Burton, The CSN Way Columnist

Everyone who has taken high school English has pretty much heard the quote by the one and only Shakespeare. In Romeo and Juliet, it’s the doomed Juliet who asks the most famous line of the play: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.”

Shakespeare wasn’t talking about FCS teams “playing up” and beating FBS teams - nor was he talking about sub-Division I teams upsetting FCS teams, for that matter - but this year, he could have been. All over the college football world, underdogs have had their day - but are they really? Are they really underdogs - or are the gaps between the top teams in all subdivisions closing?

Read more ... (http://www.championshipsubdivisionnews.com/index.php/2009/09/10/the-csn-way-what-s-in-a-name?blog=5)


CCSU, 28-21 winners at Lehigh last weekend, are looking for a path to the FCS playoffs. One way for Jeff McInerney’s squad to do that is to beat two members of autobid conferences and to be ranked in the Top 16 by year’s end. If they go on the road and do that this weekend - beating the No. 7-ranked team in the country - they’ll have their two wins and will very likely be in the rankings for the first time ever.

Correction: CCSU was ranked in 2006. The Blue Devils first entered the top-25 at #19, after opening the season at 3-0, with wins over Marist, #13 Georgia Southern, and Southern Conn. State.

Central dropped out of the polls the next week after losing to Albany, but returned to poll at #23 after beating St. Peters. Central climbed back up to #19 a week later, but would drop out of the polls after a 3OT loss at Robert Morris.

[PantherRob82]

Also how does beating NoCo and Samford give the PFL autobid serious credibility? Beating the worst team in the Big Sky and a middle to bottom team in the SoCon makes you playoff worthy????

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Hey - the Game of the Week just came up, and the Georgia Southern game was fixed.

[Lehigh Football Nation]

Also how does beating NoCo and Samford give the PFL autobid serious credibility? Beating the worst team in the Big Sky and a middle to bottom team in the SoCon makes you playoff worthy????

Any PFL team that hopes to make the playoffs needs to go 11-0 or 10-1 at a bare minimum, and need a "quality win" to show to the committee. These are most likely the best games on their respective schedules - certainly in the case of Jacksonville.

I think if Jacksonville wins, it will be more of an achievement for the PFL than a NoCo win. Samford gave UCF all they could handle last week.

[blueballs]

The only team in Jacksonville that can beat Samford is the Jaguars. Samford will defeat Jacksonville by a minimum of 3 TD's.

Samford is a solid and underrated team... keep overlooking them at your own risk.

[WMTribe90]

Looking a bit more closely at the big wins, only Richmond’s win over Duke was an end-to-end domination over an FBS foe - albeit one that has struggled as a bottom-feeder of the ACC. In William & Mary’s and Villanova’s close wins, Virginia and Temple combined for 12 turnovers - and were driving for the game-winning score before one final turnover doomed their chances at winning. In addition, in both games a turnover was returned for a touchdown - Webb’s interception for William & Mary, and a 59 yard fumble recovery for a touchdown by Villanova defensive back Ross Ventrone that reduced a 10-0 halftime deficit.

This is not an accurate characterization of the WM vs UVA game. For starters, UVA was not driving for the winning score when Webb got his pick six. UVA wasn't even close to FG range, let alone scoring a TD to take the lead. WM's defense dominated the second half. WM had more total yards, dominated time of possession, and had more first downs. Most telling, WM's offensive and defensive lines outperformed the lines of UVA. If not for three missed/blocked FGs this game wouldn't have been as close as the score would suggest. I realize the turnovers give the impression that WM stole a game from a superior opponent (no doubt they helped), but the reality is that WM outplayed UVA for all but the first few minutes of this contest.

[PantherRob82]

The only team in Jacksonville that can beat Samford is the Jaguars. Samford will defeat Jacksonville by a minimum of 3 TD's.

Samford is a solid and underrated team... keep overlooking them at your own risk.

quoted for truth xcoffeex