Re: 2018 Over/Under Countdown - Big Sky Conference
1) Cal Poly - 3.5 wins-Over
2) Eastern Washington - 9.5 wins-Under
3) Idaho - 6.5 wins-Over
4) Idaho State - 2.5 wins-Over
5) Montana - 8.5 wins-Under
6) Montana State - 4.5 wins-Over
7) Northern Arizona - 7.5 wins-Under
8) Northern Colorado - 4.5 wins-Under
9) Portland State - 1.5 wins-Over
10) Sacramento State - 5.5 wins-Under
11) Southern Utah - 7.5 wins-Over
12) UC Davis - 3.5 wins-Over
13) Weber State - 8.5 wins-Under
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Re: 2018 Over/Under Countdown - Big Sky Conference
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FUBeAR
I thought this was an interesting article. It seems Mr. Groomes has similar questions/concerns about the Big Sky's 'interesting' schedule as FUBeAR does...
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/16337
FCS'S MISSING CONFERENCE MATCH-UPS
Big Sky
- Eastern Washington vs. Montana
- Eastern Washington vs. Sacramento State
- Idaho vs. Northern Arizona
- Idaho vs. Sacramento State
- Idaho vs. Weber State
- Montana vs. Sacramento State
- Montana vs. Weber State
- Montana State vs. Northern Arizona
- Montana State vs. Sacramento State
- Montana State vs. UC Davis
- UC Davis vs. Weber State
Wow! Right off the bat, there’s eleven games that many of the Big Sky’s contenders will not be playing. In fact, there’s a twelfth between Eastern Washington and Northern Arizona, but they will actually compete in a “non-conference” match-up. With the Big Sky being the FCS’ largest conference, both in geographic size and by number of teams, these things happen. On top of each playing eight conference opponents, a fourteenth team, North Dakota, is a lame duck conference member that cannot win the league’s automatic, but who’s games will still count in the standings for everyone else. Idaho is dropping down from FBS football back into the Big Sky after 22 years, but will miss three of the other main contenders in 2018. Upstarts Sacramento State and UC Davis are looking to make the leap into the big boy conversation, but each misses multiple opportunities to make statements. The Eastern Washington/Montana/Northern Arizona triangle of top contenders all miss each other, at least in official conference action. And each of them could be favored to win every conference game they play, opening the potential for tri-champions all going 8-0. That would be interesting!
The real question is why did it take you this long to start throwing your hissy fit over this until this year, two years after UND won the Big Sky auto bid and received a seed when missing all the other top teams in the conference?
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The real question is why did it take you this long to start throwing your hissy fit over this until this year, two years after UND won the Big Sky auto bid and received a seed when missing all the other top teams in the conference?
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Are you’re saying nothing has changed in those 2 years? It was only way screwy then. Now it’s epically screwy.
what’s a hissy fit?
Re: 2018 Over/Under Countdown - Big Sky Conference
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Thumper 76
The real question is why did it take you this long to start throwing your hissy fit over this until this year, two years after UND won the Big Sky auto bid and received a seed when missing all the other top teams in the conference?
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Fake News?
Re: 2018 Over/Under Countdown - Big Sky Conference
1) Cal Poly - 3.5 wins Over
2) Eastern Washington - 9.5 wins Under
3) Idaho - 6.5 wins Over
4) Idaho State - 2.5 wins Over
5) Montana - 8.5 wins Under
6) Montana State - 4.5 wins Over
7) Northern Arizona - 7.5 wins Under
8) Northern Colorado - 4.5 wins Under
9) Portland State - 1.5 wins Over
10) Sacramento State - 5.5 wins Under
11) Southern Utah - 7.5 wins Under
12) UC Davis - 3.5 wins Over
13) Weber State - 8.5 wins Over
Thanks for the game Sup!
Re: 2018 Over/Under Countdown - Big Sky Conference
http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-18/2...l-schedule.php
I took a look at the 2017 results and applied these to this year's schedule. Since we play an incomplete BSC schedule, this is what we got.
Idaho along with MSU and NAU have the weakest in-conference schedules.
Idaho doesn't play:
Weber St., Sac. St. nor NAU (no disrespect, but UNC doesn't count)
Idaho has at home:
SUU and Montana
Idaho has road games to:
UC Davis, MSU and EWU (sorry ISU)
Re: 2018 Over/Under Countdown - Big Sky Conference
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Re: 2018 Big Sky Preseason Predictions
Unread postby Wildcat Ryan » Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:48 am
Good list Mvem. Normally I would create my own team by team predictions list like I have over the last two seasons but frankly I just haven't had the time.
So I'll just put in my two cents on teams of interest the lazy way. (FYI the order these teams are listed is not necessarily my predicted order of finish, just the order they came to my mind)
1. Weber will win the Conference this year again and get their very first top 8 seed.....
Now for the actual prediction. The Wildcats return their entire offensive line and their slew of running backs that all played last year. Yes they lost a few really good offensive playmakers but they return a lot and was very successful in their recruiting effort. The biggest ? is the QB situation. But I think Weber will unveil a diamond in the rough come the season opener. Defensively the Wildcats return all but 2 defensive starters. Look for the Wildcats to be very good defensively again. Hill is a proven recruiter and it has shown in the recent Success of the Football program.
2. Southern Utah will be good again and should not be overlooked. The loss of Tyler will test this team early on offense but they have loads of talent returning and I think SUU may surprise some people
3. Eastern Washington will be dangerous offensively like always, but they need to play better defense. If they can improve in this aspect they could be National Title contenders. Eastern was 10th in total defense last year in front of only 3-7 UNC, 4-7 Idaho State and 0-11 PSU. Eastern also needs to be able to move the ball against good defensive teams. Eastern's 4 losses last year came to teams with good defenses and an FBS team. In those losses Eastern averaged 17.7 points while giving up an average of 42.5. That's a telling stat (Yes I realize one of their losses was to Texas Tech but even if you remove them it's still ugly for EWU with an average of 20.3 points scored while giving up 38.
4. Idaho scheduled themselves out of the playoffs, they need to go no worse than 6-2 in conference just to get to 7-4. It's do-able but it wont be easy for them. Idaho will be a solid FCS program again, it just might take a year or two.
5. UC Davis is kinda in the same boat as EWU. They have the offensive pieces in place but their defense needs to start showing up. The Big Sky hasn't really been known for their defense but a few teams are starting to focus on that a little more and it is paying off for them. If Davis wants to be successful they need to play better defense.
6. Montana is going to be an interesting one for me. Hauck, a proven winner at Montana is back at the helm. I don't think it will take long for the Griz to return to their old ways, maybe a season but don't sleep on the Griz. One thing I think is interesting is that Hauck said in an interview that the Big Sky hasn't really changed since he left. I disagree. I think several teams: Weber, SUU, SAC, and yes even NAU and possibly ISU, have all improved since he left, and with the return of Idaho the Big Sky is MUCH different than it was before and Bobby might find it harder to win games now.
7. Montana State lost Murray for the year due to academic reasons....for some reason I think this might actually be better for the Bobcats. Despite how talented the kid is I never really felt like he was the kinda QB that worked with the offensive schemes that MSU runs. I could be wrong though, only time will tell.
8. Northern Arizona has been given a gift by the BSC, when your hardest Conference opponents are Weber State and SUU at home the league set you up for success. Anything less than a Co-Big Sky championship with the talent and schedule they have is a let down at this point.
9. Sacramento State, the Wildcard team this year. Sacramento State looks to have the pieces in place for a playoff run, however they need to do more than beat the lower level teams of the conference if they want to make this a reality. Sac went 1-3 against the top 4 teams last year (granted the game vs WSU was OOC but it still makes my point) and their win over SUU was when SUU was without their starting QB. A tough schedule with tough road games this year @ Montana, SUU, Weber State, NAU and UC Davis will really test this team.
Re: 2018 Over/Under Countdown - Big Sky Conference
1) Cal Poly - 3.5 wins Over
2) Eastern Washington - 9.5 wins Under
3) Idaho - 6.5 wins Over
4) Idaho State - 2.5 wins Over
5) Montana - 8.5 wins Under
6) Montana State - 4.5 wins Over
7) Northern Arizona - 7.5 wins Under
8) Northern Colorado - 4.5 wins Over
9) Portland State - 1.5 wins Over
10) Sacramento State - 5.5 wins Over
11) Southern Utah - 7.5 wins Under
12) UC Davis - 3.5 wins Over
13) Weber State - 8.5 wins Under
Re: 2018 Over/Under Countdown - Big Sky Conference
Quote:
Originally Posted by
FUBeAR
I thought this was an interesting article. It seems Mr. Groomes has similar questions/concerns about the Big Sky's 'interesting' schedule as FUBeAR does...
http://www.collegesportsmadness.com/article/16337
FCS'S MISSING CONFERENCE MATCH-UPS
Big Sky
- Eastern Washington vs. Montana
- Eastern Washington vs. Sacramento State
- Idaho vs. Northern Arizona
- Idaho vs. Sacramento State
- Idaho vs. Weber State
- Montana vs. Sacramento State
- Montana vs. Weber State
- Montana State vs. Northern Arizona
- Montana State vs. Sacramento State
- Montana State vs. UC Davis
- UC Davis vs. Weber State
Wow! Right off the bat, there’s eleven games that many of the Big Sky’s contenders will not be playing. In fact, there’s a twelfth between Eastern Washington and Northern Arizona, but they will actually compete in a “non-conference” match-up. With the Big Sky being the FCS’ largest conference, both in geographic size and by number of teams, these things happen. On top of each playing eight conference opponents, a fourteenth team, North Dakota, is a lame duck conference member that cannot win the league’s automatic, but who’s games will still count in the standings for everyone else. Idaho is dropping down from FBS football back into the Big Sky after 22 years, but will miss three of the other main contenders in 2018. Upstarts Sacramento State and UC Davis are looking to make the leap into the big boy conversation, but each misses multiple opportunities to make statements. The Eastern Washington/Montana/Northern Arizona triangle of top contenders all miss each other, at least in official conference action. And each of them could be favored to win every conference game they play, opening the potential for tri-champions all going 8-0. That would be interesting!
The real question here is whether you can take this guy seriously when he totally ignores Weber and includes Montana in the top 3 contenders.
Re: 2018 Over/Under Countdown - Big Sky Conference
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Catbooster
The real question here is whether you can take this guy seriously when he totally ignores Weber and includes Montana in the top 3 contenders.
maybe. I was just impressed that he could sort out who’s playing and not playing whom...and which games did & didn’t count...as well as even naming all 27 Teams in or not in or sorta in the Conference