FCS Playoffs

DJnVa

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We'll have the final 4 after this weekend.

First quarterfinal in the books as JMU beat Montana 28-6.

Saturday:
North Dakota St. (-28.5) vs. East Tennessee St.
South Dakota St. (-7) @ Villanova
Sam Houston St. (-7) vs. Montana St.
 

DJnVa

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Yeah---my daughter goes there. She was at the game last week, but couldn't make it last night. She heard the cannon fire a few times though.
 

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A comprehensive loss for Montana, but overall a successful season for a program that's been in the wilderness for a few years. Beat Montana State for the first time in five tries, and avenged an earlier loss to Eastern Washington in the first round of the playoffs.

Speaking of Montana State, the Bobcats thumped Sam Houston last night and now get S.D. St. in the semifinals.
 

Humphrey

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You can't have any worse luck than Montana- best wideout blows out his shoulder and their qb gets his bell rung (when he should have slid)...both in the first quarter.
 

Humphrey

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Yeah---my daughter goes there. She was at the game last week, but couldn't make it last night. She heard the cannon fire a few times though.
My daughter goes there too. Quite a week with the victory over UVA in hoop on Wednesday.
 

Humphrey

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Mine is a senior, lives off campus (so when everything shut down she stayed in that area); she missed the hoop game but went Friday night to the football game.

Happy that your daughter missed the "remote" year-and-a-quarter (but high school must have sucked); remember that when everyone moved back to Harrisonburg in the fall of 2020; my daughter and her roommates all got Covid in about a week (no one got really sick, fortunately).
 

RSN Diaspora

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So with @Humphrey, @DJnVa, and @ibrewbeer with kids who either attend or graduated from JMU here and yours truly as an alum, we actually have a critical mass for Friday night's rooting interests which will in all likelihood determine who wins in Frisco. Looks like @attydave is with us as well. This Friday at 9:15 in Fargo, the Dukes take on the vaunted NDSU Bison. NDSU has lost exactly one playoff game at the Fargodome...to JMU in 2016, but NDSU has won the previous two meetings, including the 2019 championship. They won't be easy to defeat--we got away with some sloppiness against Montana that we won't get away with against NDSU. Avoid stupid penalties, maintain ball security, and this game is winnable but it will be a slugfest.
 

UncleBen31

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So with @Humphrey, @DJnVa, and @ibrewbeer with kids who either attend or graduated from JMU here and yours truly as an alum, we actually have a critical mass for Friday night's rooting interests which will in all likelihood determine who wins in Frisco. Looks like @attydave is with us as well. This Friday at 9:15 in Fargo, the Dukes take on the vaunted NDSU Bison. NDSU has lost exactly one playoff game at the Fargodome...to JMU in 2016, but NDSU has won the previous two meetings, including the 2019 championship. They won't be easy to defeat--we got away with some sloppiness against Montana that we won't get away with against NDSU. Avoid stupid penalties, maintain ball security, and this game is winnable but it will be a slugfest.
I'll add to that critical mass as another JMU alum ('04). Never thought I'd say this about an FCS game, but with Ethan Ratke channeling his inner Justin Tucker (29/32 on the year including 8/9 from 40+) hopefully it comes down to a last second FG attempt for the Dukes.
 

RSN Diaspora

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I'll add to that critical mass as another JMU alum ('04). Never thought I'd say this about an FCS game, but with Ethan Ratke channeling his inner Justin Tucker (29/32 on the year including 8/9 from 40+) hopefully it comes down to a last second FG attempt for the Dukes.
Of all the players on the team, I have to believe Ratke has the best shot at an NFL roster.
 

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Humphrey

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That was a great setting for the MSU game...packed stadium surrounded by snow covered mountains.