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Post by teamsd on Nov 13, 2023 12:30:49 GMT -6
Hear me out- the Playoff Committee’s ranking on 10/26 has us at no. 4. The top 25 rankings have consistently had us at between 5 and 10 since then. Maybe the committee is giving us more credit for our ranked wins, strength of schedule, and/or Mo. Valley conference? Does a Griz win move us to 3? I believe the Committee has another rankings drop on Thursday.
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Post by yotefan90 on Nov 13, 2023 12:54:27 GMT -6
Hear me out- the Playoff Committee’s ranking on 10/26 has us at no. 4. The top 25 rankings have consistently had us at between 5 and 10 since then. Maybe the committee is giving us more credit for our ranked wins, strength of schedule, and/or Mo. Valley conference? Does a Griz win move us to 3? I believe the Committee has another rankings drop on Thursday. That playoff committee ranking was before the SDSU game though, IIRC. That outcome could certainly have changed the rankings after that.
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Post by teamsd on Nov 13, 2023 13:00:45 GMT -6
Hear me out- the Playoff Committee’s ranking on 10/26 has us at no. 4. The top 25 rankings have consistently had us at between 5 and 10 since then. Maybe the committee is giving us more credit for our ranked wins, strength of schedule, and/or Mo. Valley conference? Does a Griz win move us to 3? I believe the Committee has another rankings drop on Thursday. That playoff committee ranking was before the SDSU game though, IIRC. That outcome could certainly have changed the rankings after that. Good point. Did not go back to look at the schedule / dates before my previous post. Thanks.
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Post by Yotes on Nov 13, 2023 13:03:12 GMT -6
Hear me out- the Playoff Committee’s ranking on 10/26 has us at no. 4. The top 25 rankings have consistently had us at between 5 and 10 since then. Maybe the committee is giving us more credit for our ranked wins, strength of schedule, and/or Mo. Valley conference? Does a Griz win move us to 3? I believe the Committee has another rankings drop on Thursday. Maybe if our name ended in Dakota State we could get a jump to 3rd.
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Post by dbyote on Nov 13, 2023 13:58:29 GMT -6
Montana should probably be in that conversation but they have yet to play MSU. We've definitely earned the right to be up there this year. I would feel a lot better about us if we had at least given state a game. I'm really proud of this squad though. It would be really cool if we could be bracketed away from the jacks. I disagree. I would rather be bracketed with the Jacks. Why? Because flying to a Montana school with 25k people in the stands in zero degrees doesn’t sound like fun. Maybe we won’t win in Brookings, but it’s a bus trip game and our fans would have the opportunity to attend. Maybe I am crazy though. I don't think we match up well at all with the Jacks. That's where I'm coming from. To be fair, I'm not sure how we match up with the others though either, but it can't be any worse.
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Post by elcoyote on Nov 13, 2023 15:01:41 GMT -6
Not sure if anyone really matches up well with SDSU.
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Post by olifer on Nov 13, 2023 16:53:09 GMT -6
A bit off topic, but did anyone else notice the armed UND campus police in full uniform on the sidelines on Saturday? As I was driving into my parking space, I noticed a UND campus police vehicle parked on the street behind the team buses as well. In all the years that I've attended USD football games, I do not recall a game where the opponent brought their own police force with them. Perhaps I've just been oblivious to it all this time. I just thought it was odd.
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Post by Yotes on Nov 13, 2023 17:39:57 GMT -6
A bit off topic, but did anyone else notice the armed UND campus police in full uniform on the sidelines on Saturday? As I was driving into my parking space, I noticed a UND campus police vehicle parked on the street behind the team buses as well. In all the years that I've attended USD football games, I do not recall a game where the opponent brought their own police force with them. Perhaps I've just been oblivious to it all this time. I just thought it was odd. I saw it too, and also thought it was really weird. I question what USD police do off campus in Vermillion. What is UND police doing out here?
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Post by fightsd on Nov 13, 2023 20:46:12 GMT -6
I disagree. I would rather be bracketed with the Jacks. Why? Because flying to a Montana school with 25k people in the stands in zero degrees doesn’t sound like fun. Maybe we won’t win in Brookings, but it’s a bus trip game and our fans would have the opportunity to attend. Maybe I am crazy though. Agree. Have to face the Jacks at some point. Might as well face them in-state. I'd much rather not see state again unless it's in Frisco. Let them play on the other side of the bracket and hope somebody knocks them off before we'd have to play them. The chances of the Yotes winning in Brookings are extremely slim. Going up there and losing would be a sour ending a to a good season. If you want to go to the playoff games, Montana is a much cooler experience than anything you'd get in Brookings. Missoula would be my preference. A winnable ball game, really cool part of the state, and no SDSU fans.
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Post by GoYotes on Nov 13, 2023 21:45:20 GMT -6
Granted it would be a massive upset and we have to get there first but nothing would be more pleasurable than beating SD State in the semi-finals in Brookings and breaking out the fiddle in the Dana.
Missoula is on my bucket list of places I want to watch the Yotes play, but Frisco is closer to Verm than Missoula.
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Post by elcoyote on Nov 14, 2023 11:33:50 GMT -6
Just asking...don't we still have a regular season game to play?
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Post by Yotes on Nov 14, 2023 12:00:53 GMT -6
Just asking...don't we still have a regular season game to play? Not to mention a couple more games after that if we are talking a semifinals appearance.
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Post by dbyote on Nov 14, 2023 12:48:52 GMT -6
Just asking...don't we still have a regular season game to play? Not to mention a couple more games after that if we are talking a semifinals appearance. We're just talking how we would prefer to be positioned in the playoffs. After our last appearance, I can't imagine any of our fan base will overconfident. We're not good enough to win just by getting off the bus.
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