Chances of the FCS Playoffs?

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Missed this part towards the end too. "Great story...but <a href="https://twitter.com/CmalryMallory?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CmalryMallory</a>'s story is better." <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ALLIN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ALLIN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarchOn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MarchOn</a> <a href="https://t.co/3Yj77CIAQJ">pic.twitter.com/3Yj77CIAQJ</a></p>— Luke Martin (@LukeMartinISU) <a href="https://twitter.com/LukeMartinISU/status/1064857662163222529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 20, 2018</a></blockquote>
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When we make the playoffs the next few years, they should sell tickets to eat thanksgiving dinner with the team to pay fo it or for added fundraising. Since we will likely get a seed its possible they will be able to travel home for the day but you could still offer it for the players that aren’t close enough.
 
Looks like Drake benefited from us getting snubbed. They get to play Iowa State now, since the Incarnate Word game was cancelled. The game won't actually count for Iowa State (it's like our Quincy game), but they already have 6 wins and are bowl eligible. (It doesn't count because Drake doesn't give athletic scholarships.) Drake apparently got their first game cancelled due to a lightning storm too. Hopefully Drake can at least make the game respectable. They are currently 7-3. Iowa State is 6-4 and ranked 25th.
 

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Sorry fellas, still feeling the hate of getting slighted in the playoff. However, feeling a bit of vindication with the poor showing by the CAA’s 6 teams and the Southland. Pulling hard against these 9 teams. Hopefully UNI can pull their head out of their ass and beat Lamar. So far:

Southland
Incarnate Word (Lost)
Nicholls Beat San Diego, but Pioneer shouldn’t even be in playoffs, conference is so bad


CAA teams that lost:
Delaware
Elon
Towson
Stony Brook

Come on UNI!
 
Yeah the CAA went 1-4 today and that one win was a CAA team beating another CAA team (JMU over Delaware). I thought they were the best league this year but I think the bottom of their league just must be that bad.

I don't really mind the Pioneer League getting a bid. San Diego has won a playoff game two years in a row (that looks like it will end today).

As far as Northern Iowa is concerned I feel like they must be really undisciplined. One day they come out and are world beaters, then the next week their getting blown out or messing around with mediocre teams. I think Farley is a fairly good coach, but I feel like he has taken them about as far as he ever will at this point. I know quite a few of their fans are ready for a change. Not really sure how I feel about it. I do hope UNI can get things together in the second half.
 
It's good to see these teams that took our spot getting beat. But, at the end of the day, they got in and we didn't, and that sucks. On paper, next year looks very promising. But, we all know that an injury here or there can take down the best laid plans. Anyway, great season and thanks for making football at ISU fun again.
 

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It's good to see these teams that took our spot getting beat. But, at the end of the day, they got in and we didn't, and that sucks. On paper, next year looks very promising. But, we all know that an injury here or there can take down the best laid plans. Anyway, great season and thanks for making football at ISU fun again.
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It shouldn't though. Not if we build depth. This year it didn't.
 
Good interview on the MVFC First & Goal podcast with Luke Martin. He does as good of a job talking about us getting screwed out of a playoff spot as anyone. its on itunes and stitcher too.

 
Deleted my post, don't want to ruffle any feathers, was just trying (unsuccessfully) to be funny.
 
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Drake nearly pulled off the upset of the day. They lost 27-24 to ranked 23rd Iowa State. Drake was a 41 point underdog.

In FCS playoffs the CAA is down to 1 team. Colgate (Patriot League) beat James Madison, but Maine steamrolled Jacksonville State.

Kennesaw State survived against Wofford. Weber and SEMO are tied in the 2nd Q.
 
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Coach Mallory was recognized during a timeout at the game today. Standing ovation. Great moment and great hire.
 
Well, I'm as disappointed as anyone here on not getting in the playoffs.....we were screwed for sure.
BUT …..as usual, unless you're directly connected to one of the schools in the FCS still playing the "mid-majors" of college football you have disappeared into even less of the college sports fan's conscious mind that you even had the past few weeks. Sad …..very sad.

Still hoping ISU gets into the playoffs -- it should generate some interest on campus and in Terre Haute (although I fear it also highlights that ISU is at a lower level than schools like IU & Purdue -- which makes it even harder to convince students we actually are Division I)
 
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