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Post by Yotes on Jun 18, 2013 12:09:55 GMT -6
In the "for what it's worth" department, Lindy's Annual College Football magazine has the following prediction for the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They pick the MVFC to again be the best FCS conference in the country with 5 of its teams in the top 25. The numbers after the schools is their prediction of the national rankings. 1 NDSU (1) 2 SDSU (4) 3 UNI (13) 4 YSU (19) 5 Illinois State (22) 6 Indiana State 7 SIU 8 MSU 9 WIU 10 USD You never know how informed the national writers are on changes in the FCS conferences or if they are just looking at last year. I think SDSU is probably overrated at #4 nationally. Athlon, I believe ranked us #10. USD is perhaps probably under rated at last in the conference. USD has an extremely tough schedule with nonconference games agains Montana and Northern Arizona who Lindy's picks to finish 23nd and 16th nationally along with UCDavis and Kansas. I can understand some writers picking us last. I don't think it will happen, but I could understand it being a popular opinion. Our schedule is murder. We play in the toughest conference, have 3 games against good Big Sky teams (maybe the 2nd or 3rd best conference), plus a game against a Big 12 team. I still think we may make a push for .500 in conference play. The issue I have with this is that I just don't for one second believe that SDSU is the 4th best FCS program in the country. Even if every single player returned, that's very hard to believe. Time will tell. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 18, 2013 22:17:58 GMT -6
In the "for what it's worth" department, Lindy's Annual College Football magazine has the following prediction for the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They pick the MVFC to again be the best FCS conference in the country with 5 of its teams in the top 25. The numbers after the schools is their prediction of the national rankings. 1 NDSU (1) 2 SDSU (4) 3 UNI (13) 4 YSU (19) 5 Illinois State (22) 6 Indiana State 7 SIU 8 MSU 9 WIU 10 USD You never know how informed the national writers are on changes in the FCS conferences or if they are just looking at last year. I think SDSU is probably overrated at #4 nationally. Athlon, I believe ranked us #10. USD is perhaps probably under rated at last in the conference. USD has an extremely tough schedule with nonconference games agains Montana and Northern Arizona who Lindy's picks to finish 23nd and 16th nationally along with UCDavis and Kansas. I can understand some writers picking us last. I don't think it will happen, but I could understand it being a popular opinion. Our schedule is murder. We play in the toughest conference, have 3 games against good Big Sky teams (maybe the 2nd or 3rd best conference), plus a game against a Big 12 team. I still think we may make a push for .500 in conference play. The issue I have with this is that I just don't for one second believe that SDSU is the 4th best FCS program in the country. Even if every single player returned, that's very hard to believe. Time will tell. I don't think anyone does. They're somewhere between 10-15 I think. |
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Post by JeremyHoeck on Jun 29, 2013 0:30:30 GMT -6
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Post by canislatrans on Jun 29, 2013 7:14:10 GMT -6
Tough news for the Coyotes. Best wishes for a speedy recovery for Jasper. He's going to be hard to replace, with our lack of depth and experience at that position.
Next up, will be either Earv Archambeau, or Redshirt Freshmen (Jordan Roberts, Trevor Bouma, Ben Gardner) or true Freshmen (Kilgore, Potter).
Where were the RB recruits in class of 2011, 2010?
Time to go to work, Band of Brothers! The strength of the Pack is in the Coyote, the strength of the Coyote is in the Pack!!
Build a running game in the summer, and hopefully add Jasper mid-season, and his return will be like a bonus! Let's Go Yotes!!
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Post by canislatrans on Jun 29, 2013 7:30:54 GMT -6
The Coyotes have Tom Manning, FB for the running game also. I failed to mention in prior post, no disrespect to Mr. Manning, who played in 9 games/1 start in 2012. He will contribute, I'm sure in 2013.
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Post by bisoninnwmn on Jun 29, 2013 17:41:18 GMT -6
Until USD can prove they can win on the road in this conference I don't see more than 2 or 3 wins this season.
UC Davis - WIU - Missouri State are possible wins looking at the schedule. Maybe the SDSU game at home cus of the rivalry. But Zenner is going to be tough as nails this year again.
I don't expect the Bison to beat USD again 54-0 but no way that game is a loss for the Bison.
Does Glenn get another year if he gets 2-3 wins or less this year?
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Post by yoteforever on Jun 29, 2013 20:00:26 GMT -6
Until USD can prove they can win on the road in this conference I don't see more than 2 or 3 wins this season. UC Davis - WIU - Missouri State are possible wins looking at the schedule. Maybe the SDSU game at home cus of the rivalry. But Zenner is going to be tough as nails this year again. I don't expect the Bison to beat USD again 54-0 but no way that game is a loss for the Bison. Does Glenn get another year if he gets 2-3 wins or less this year? I agree with you. If we get 4 wins, as I said before, we are on our way to starting to become competitive. Till we get that 500 gorilla ( road wins) off our back, I think you're right. Glenn will get 5 years either way. We will get there, but I played and thoroughly understand the process is slow. We don't have the tradition. And yes, we will beat SDSU in Vermillion. |
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Post by bisoninnwmn on Jun 30, 2013 6:40:17 GMT -6
Until USD can prove they can win on the road in this conference I don't see more than 2 or 3 wins this season. UC Davis - WIU - Missouri State are possible wins looking at the schedule. Maybe the SDSU game at home cus of the rivalry. But Zenner is going to be tough as nails this year again. I don't expect the Bison to beat USD again 54-0 but no way that game is a loss for the Bison. Does Glenn get another year if he gets 2-3 wins or less this year? I agree with you. If we get 4 wins, as I said before, we are on our way to starting to become competitive. Till we get that 500 gorilla ( road wins) off our back, I think you're right. Glenn will get 5 years either way. We will get there, but I played and thoroughly understand the process is slow. We don't have the tradition. And yes, we will beat SDSU in Vermillion. USD might not have the football tradition that NDSU does but one definite advantage they have compared to NDSU is location. USD is a lot closer to Omaha and KC recruiting areas...even Nebraska areas. IMO, USD can be an upper half Valley team if they recruit good lineman on both sides of the ball. Take the Bison model.....run the ball and play fundamentally sound defense. The Valley is a meat-grinder every week but with the expanded playoff field this year there will be multiple 7-4 teams in the playoffs. One thing USD has done well is scheduling good FBS games. It will be interesting to see how the USD coaches play your LBer Starr this year. They should play him in multiple positions to free him up to rush the passer. He is a talented player and they need to get him in positions to be successful. He is really good but he cannot do it all by himself. NDSU had their growing pains coming into the Valley and USD will also. I don't know what Glenn's philosophy is but in this league if you can run the ball and play defense it is usually a recipe for success. |
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Post by canislatrans on Jun 30, 2013 8:57:33 GMT -6
It takes the building blocks to get to a National Championship, and it takes time.
One building block is in place, Head Coach. Joe Glenn has won National Championships, FBS Bowl Game. I'm not guaranteeing he will win a National Championship for the Yotes, but he will build a program that will be competing for one. We are MVFC- and D1-ready at Head Coach!
Coach Glenn and the Yotes program need time, you will see progress, when you see this year's team compared to last year's team. But the following 2 years will be when you see Glenn's signature on the team really become evident.
If the D-Line and other LBs develop (Lage, Hillier and JUCO transfer Staples), T*Starr will have a monster year. We have some great recruits at LB,DL but they will probably be red-shirted, and as we know, not all highly-touted HS players transition to D1 success. For T*Starr's benefit, I hope this area improves quickly.
Road wins will come, improvement is the better measuring stick this year. Plus the Dakota Dome, is going to be a tough ticket for the other MVFC teams also. Just ask Illinois State, UNI and WIU how easy it was to get those Ws last year. This year I think 3-4 conference wins at home is within reach.
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Post by gorabbits on Jul 10, 2013 14:40:09 GMT -6
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Post by Yotes on Jul 10, 2013 16:59:35 GMT -6
No love indeed. I understand it, we didn't win a game in the conference last year. Will be a bit more competitive this year. |
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Post by yoteforever on Nov 24, 2013 23:30:51 GMT -6
I understand. I am about 2 months early with these..but there is never enough pointless predicting. I thought why no give it a shot at predicting the 2013-2014 football season. So here I go. UC Davis Aggies- Last year UC Davis ended the season 4-7 in the Big Sky. The only good win they had was v.s. SAC ST and they were barely a .500 team. Other than that they basically beat everyone lower in the standings than them. Truthfull I see USD get off on the right foot especially at home and win it. Record: 1-0 (0-0) Kansas Jayhawks- We all know Kansas football is not a powerhouse, even though they are competing in a powerhouse conference. The Jayhawks lone win came against out good neighbors to the north SDSU. (sarcasm). The Jayhawks did keep it close v.s. some good teams though in TTU, OKST, NIU, and RICE. I think Kansas will be a bit better than last year and end up winning this one. But if USD can get on their defense and pass it like crazy they should have a chance. Record: 1-1 (0-0) Northern Arizona- NAU was VERY good last year and actually finished up 4th in the conference and ranked 20th in the country. They had plenty of key wins v.s. UNLV, #14 Montana, and a narrow loss to #17 CAL Poly. NAU will probably be good again and be ranked to start the season. I see another USD loss but this one could be too hard to tell. Western Illinois- Western Illinois was not much better than USD last season. Only tallying three wins also and only 1 conference win created a pretty equal matchup. The game did turn out once again pretty equal with USD only losing by a TD. I see WIU being a lot better this year, but I think USD will win this one closely. Record: 2-2 (1-0) Missouri State- Missouri State was pretty bad last year. Finishing with 3 wins and 3rd to last in the conference. USD was also very bad. USD was one of MSU's three wins but it did not come easy. USD lost by 3 points in that game. Since I think USD is going to be a lot better this season and MSU not so much I see a 2-0 conference start here. Record: 3-2 (2-0) Indiana State had a faily successful season tallying 7 wins total last year, and a blowout win v.s. USD. I don't see as much of a blowout this year, but ISU should win this by 10+. Record: 3-3 (2-1) Northern Iowa- I will never forget watching UNI almost take down #12FBS Wisconsin, but the season got worse from the on out. UNI finished with 5 wins and barely beat USD. I will be attending this game and I am pretty pumped. I really think USD will take them down this year and it will be in overtime. Record: 4-3 (3-1) Illinois State- ISU had a season to remember last year. 9 wins and record after record being broken for their football program. Once again USD played them close and only lost by 3. I think the biggest improvement of USD this year will be closing out games. I think USD will take another close game and really start impressing people. Record: 5-3 (4-1) Youngstown State- YSU has a pretty decent year also gaining 7 wins. Once again USD lost by 3. I think YSU will be worse but no by much. USD will capitalize and win it late again. I know this seems crazy but I believe USD will win tons of close, heart attack games this year. Record: 6-3 (5-1) Montana- Considering the stories program at Montana, 5 wins was a HUGE disappointment last season. Last year the home opener was against us and they only won by 11. Considering how good of a staff and player group they have up there I think MU will win the game by 10 or more. Record: 6-4 (5-1) South Dakota State- These last two games are gonna be tough. SDSU had an amazing year last year going 9-4 and making it to the FCS playoffs. They would then lose to NDSU in the first round. Last yyear the Jacks handled us 31-8 and I think it will be much closer this year. A win? no. Record: 6-5 (5-2) North Dakota State- Every year the Bison seem to suprise...coming off a repeat as National Champs I can tell you one thing. NDSU want their third straight. Let's just say 54-0 was last years score. Do I think it will be that bad this year? Heck no. Can USD upset? Probably not in the Fargo Dome. USD loss. Record: 6-6 (5-3) I believe that a .500 record would be an amazing jump in the right direction. I think USD has the possibility of upsetting either SDSU or NDSU but we will have to wait for the season to find out. Remember the season opener is a 2.5 months away. Lord help us. |
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Post by yoteforever on Nov 25, 2013 2:43:33 GMT -6
I agree that wins at Illinois State and UNI might be a bit of a stretch. Maybe one of them, but not both. Plus having State at home, I bet we win. Two of our worst basketball teams ever beat their two best ever, you can't tell me the home field advantage won't make it at least a really close game. I'd say a 4-4 record in conference play is not impossible, but perhaps even favorable. We lost at least 4 conference games by a single score, and I feel we are going to be much improved, so I'd bank on the .500 mark in conference play. A great step in the right direction. The Missouri Valley has no real world-beaters aside from NDSU, it's just a very well rounded conference, so I feel we'll have no real trouble climbing the ladder here in the next couple seasons and start possibly becoming a mainstay in the top half of the standings. |
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Post by yoteforever on Nov 25, 2013 2:44:02 GMT -6
Here comes the predicted black cloud. Nothing much has changed from last year to this year other than a little more seasoning. vs UC-Davis: I call this a 50-50 game because of home field. Gotta give the Aggies this one. at Kansas: Definate loss at Northern Arizona: a close loss at Western Illinois: temping to pick a win, but I will pick a loss Missouri State: I think the team will have extra motivation and win this one by 2 touchdowns Indiana State: The Sycamores are just too tough. Loss at Northern Iowa: A near certain loss at Illinois State: A close loss at Youngstown State: A loss Montana: Another loss South Dakota State: A win because of a charged up dome. at North Dakota State: A blowout loss. So this is a 2-10 record with 2-6 in the MVFC which is actually a slight improvement. I just don't see much reason for optimism due to the key things are still in place for a very poor football team from a year ago. Realism can be a swift kick to the gut. |
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Post by yoteforever on Nov 25, 2013 2:44:21 GMT -6
As much as I would love to come out and say this could be a 8 win season, in my estimation it won't be. That doesn't mean positive things aren't happening. We are led to believe our recruiting is much better, so I'll drink the kook aid till I see different. But to lay expectations of winning 6-8 games on redshirt freshmen isn't fair, or appropriate. All that being said, I think the Coyotes can get 4 wins. I do believe we will get Davis in the opener. I'm not counting on a win in Flaggstaff, but if it happens, you can mark it down as fact that we have vastly improved. The problem as I see it right now is getting more than 2 wins in the Valley. Missouri State could be one, ISU blue at home is possible, and who knows, but maybe a win against an improved SDSU team is possible. I don't see UNI, NDSU, ISU red as possible. I do believe we are on the right path. However, if we go 1-11 again, Herbster has a tough call to make. I believe in joe Glenn, o I will predict a 4-8 year, more competitive in losses, and that would tell me we are heading the right direction. |
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