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At some point we need to collectively move beyond denial and toward acceptance. We need to accept that, right now, we are a middle of the road FCS team. We need to judge our team by whether they are playing to the level of a mid-tier FCS team or not, because that's the best they can do...

It’s always useful to have comps. UConn has been so terrible and lost by such large margins it’s been hard to know exactly how bad we are. Today we lost a competitive game to the best team in the Patriot League. Which means we are a middling Patriot League team. We are Colgate. We are...

Over the past two years I've run a sim of a 24 team FBS playoff similar to the structure the FCS tournament. In 2017, the sim had Georgia winning the national championship 27-13 over Alabama. In 2018, it had LSU winning the national championship 14-10 over Alabama (Clemson, the actual national...

For the last two years, I've been running a 24 team FBS Tournament sim modeled on the FCS tournament. The winner of the 2017 Purple Stein Cup was the Georgia Bulldogs, who defeated actual champion Alabama 27-13 in the national championship game. In 2018, 11th seeded LSU beat Alabama 14-10 in...

After watching CCSU hang with EMU this past weekend, I started wondering when the last time was that UConn was the best college football team in the state. Here are the current rankings of CT DI college football teams according to the FBS/FCS metric at compughterratings: After Week 4 123...

Heading to New Jersey soon and can get UConn +30000 (yeah, that's 4 zeros) to win the AAC in football. How much should I bet?

Full rosters not yet announced, but so far: Amida Brimah is playing with the Nets in Vegas. Rodney Purvis is playing with the Bulls in Vegas. Jalen Adams is playing with the Pelicans in Vegas. Terry Larrier is playing with the Spurs in Salt Lake City and Vegas. If I missed anybody, let me...

Who can help me choose a tablet? Right now, I have an iPhone (that's mine) and an iPad Mini (provided by work). I try to keep the work tablet to work stuff only. I also have a Fire HD8 that I use for streaming audio via BT (SiriusXM, Tune In, etc) and for reading on a Kindle. I do occasional...

Last year I ran a sim of a 24 team FBS playoff similar to the structure the FCS tournament. The sim had Georgia and Alabama in the final, but it clearly didn't see Tua coming. Georgia won the Sim National Championship 27-13. This year, the sim is back and aiming to get it right! Below is...

Last year, I ran a sim of a 24 FBS team tournament in sync with the 24 team FCS tournament. The winner of the 2017 Purple Stein Cup was the Georgia Bulldogs, who defeated Alabama 27-13 in the national championship game. I intend to sim the same tournament this year, and with the first CFP poll...

Some good games in the FCS this week. Locally, CCSU is up 24-13 on Fordham in the fourth. Yale and Cornell are tied, Sacred Heart plays at Wagner at 6. NDSU is crushing Delaware in an MVFC/CAA matchup. William and Mary play JMU later today. 7 FBS/FCS games today, with Maine currently...

I’ve attached a screenshot of page 115 to save you some scrolling. Now let’s whoop those national champs!

Hawks snagged a CIT bid and will travel to San Diego for a 10 PM game tomorrow against the Toreros on CBSSN. At least we've got one local team to root for...

Quick breakdown of the AAC bids so far: NCAA (3 Teams) Cincinnati (2 seed) Wichita State (4 seed) Houston (6 seed) NIT (1 Team) Temple (5 seed) CBI (TBA) Field TBA Temple finished 7th in the AAC -- so far, Tulsa (4th), UCF (5th), and Memphis (6th) have all been passed over. By RPI, Temple...

Rumor has it the NBA is considering a play-in tournament for the final two playoff seeds in each "conference." 7 seed would play the 8 seed with the 7 seed on the line. 9 seed would play the 10 seed, with the winner playing the loser of the 7/8 game for the 8 seed. I like the innovation, but...

Watching Nevada at San Jose State on CBSSN. What on earth is this monstrosity?

First slate of games today: New Orleans Bowl: Troy -6.5 vs North Texas, 1:00, ESPN Cure Bowl: Western Kentucky -7 vs Georgia State, 2:30, CBSSN Las Vegas Bowl: Oregon -7 vs Boise State, 3:30, ABC New Mexico Bowl: Colorado State -3.5 vs Marshall, 4:30, ESPN Camellia Bowl: Arkansas State -3...

Since the FCS playoffs are awesome, I started wondering what would happen if a comparable 24 team FBS tournament were to take place. So, I built one that I'll sim alongside the FCS playoffs (I'm already two rounds behind!). The field is the top 20 in the CFP poll and 4 unranked AQs (FAU, Boise...

Sadly, after almost 40 years, this is the last year of the Great Alaska Shootout. The article linked below gives a million reasons it's folding, but as you'd guess, it mostly comes down to $. I have great memories of growing up, staying up late, and watching this tournament in Alaska every...

CCSU is the automatic qualifier from the NEC in the FCS playoffs! The last two seasons the NEC champion has faced off in the opening round against a lower tier CAA team, so a matchup at Stony Brook, Elon or New Hampshire/Delaware (assuming one gets an at large) is likely. The field will be...

Somebody in a flyover state isn't too happy...

Originally class of 2018, he's joining his brother and his father at Missouri this fall.