One thing each remaining FCS undefeated team has done better than anyone else
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Pretty obvious I think.
They haven't lost yet. xcoffeex
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Only two of the five actually played FBS teams. Give Sac State and HC credit for going to FBS schools and coming out with a W. The other three have scheduled well. If you look at Undefeated (in) FCS teams, this list grows to 11. OF the Six FCS teams that only have one loss and that loss to an FBS school...THe 6 FBS teams they lost to have a combined 30-14 record, 4 having winning records...a few are ranked in the top 25 in FBS. It is not as if they scheduled slouch teams.
So on this topic, I'll have to agree with Fubear. SCHEDULING!
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.......LUCK.......SKEDDIN' IS USUALLY DONE IN ADVANCE.........AS BONARAE....LIKES TA POST SKEDS 6-7 YEARS OUT.........BRAWK!
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.......LUCK.......SKEDDIN' IS USUALLY DONE IN ADVANCE.........AS BONARAE....LIKES TA POST SKEDS 6-7 YEARS OUT.........BRAWK!
Yup. For MOST teams, quality waxes and wanes. FBS teams usually schedule FCS teams years out. Did Col St think that Sac St would have a spectacular team in 2022 when they scheduled. Probably not. How about Buffalo? When they scheduled Holy Cross, they probably thought they'd be playing a 5-6 or 6-5 team. Not sure when they scheduled.
Sure FBS teams are probably relying on their quality and depth to comfortably beat the FCS teams they schedule. But every once in a while an FCS has a stellar season while the FBS team happens to on a down year, so they can get burnt. A little bit of lucky timing involved there, along with a dozen other factors to pull off scalps.
And it obviously happens with FCS OOC games as well. Not sure when S Illinois scheduled UIW, but I bet they thought they were getting a lower or middling Southland team. On the flip side, who would have thought that KSU would be as bad as they are this year? 3-4 so far including two OT wins to lower quality teams.
Again, the obvious point being that scheduling is obviously a crap shoot when done years out. The further out, the more bizarre it can get. Add the virus and transfer portal impacts and it impacted the expected quality of teams greatly in just 1-2 years. So yeah, a "little" but of luck when it comes to scheduling.
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ElCid
Yup. For MOST teams, quality waxes and wanes. FBS teams usually schedule FCS teams years out. Did Col St think that Sac St would have a spectacular team in 2022 when they scheduled. Probably not. How about Buffalo? When they scheduled Holy Cross, they probably thought they'd be playing a 5-6 or 6-5 team. Not sure when they scheduled.
Sure FBS teams are probably relying on their quality and depth to comfortably beat the FCS teams they schedule. But every once in a while an FCS has a stellar season while the FBS team happens to on a down year, so they can get burnt. A little bit of lucky timing involved there, along with a dozen other factors to pull off scalps.
And it obviously happens with FCS OOC games as well. Not sure when S Illinois scheduled UIW, but I bet they thought they were getting a lower or middling Southland team. On the flip side, who would have thought that KSU would be as bad as they are this year? 3-4 so far including two OT wins to lower quality teams.
Again, the obvious point being that scheduling is obviously a crap shoot when done years out. The further out, the more bizarre it can get. Add the virus and transfer portal impacts and it impacted the expected quality of teams greatly in just 1-2 years. So yeah, a "little" but of luck when it comes to scheduling.
Good post.
For Holy Cross, we learned of the Buffalo game in August of 2019. At that time, HC was coming off a 5-6 season and heading into their second year with Bob Chesney. Conversely, Buffalo just had a ten-win season and Lance Leipold was one of the hottest coaching names around.
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Good post.
For Holy Cross, we learned of the Buffalo game in August of 2019. At that time, HC was coming off a 5-6 season and heading into their second year with Bob Chesney. Conversely, Buffalo just had a ten-win season and Lance Leipold was one of the hottest coaching names around.
More good data points to consider. Thanks!
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...I do wonder if it will become more difficult to schedule certain FBS schools in the future for HC.
In no way am I insinuating HC is at the level of an NDSU, but I'd be curious to learn of their philosophy as it relates to playing FBS schools. Has finding willing FBS schools to play become very difficult? Do they even go after MAC-type schools any more, or are they only interested in playing P5 schools?
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...I do wonder if it will become more difficult to schedule certain FBS schools in the future for HC.
In no way am I insinuating HC is at the level of an NDSU, but I'd be curious to learn of their philosophy as it relates to playing FBS schools. Has finding willing FBS schools to play become very difficult? Do they even go after MAC-type schools any more, or are they only interested in playing P5 schools?
Other Bison fans can chime in but it is not a matter of us being picky, they just don't return our calls. No matter what level of FBS. Some because they do not want the chance of a loss and others we are too far below them and it would not be a good win (top of the P5).
Maybe with our recent loss this year to Arizona that will change a bit. Our next FBS game is at Colorado (the other Buffalo's) in 2024 and Oregon in 2028 (makeup game from 2020). What happens in the meantime with the college football landscape is anybody's guess.