Week 10 in the FCS

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Three weeks left in regular season

Thursday, November 2

Matchup	Time (ET)	TV/Mobile
MVSU at Bethune-Cookman	7:30pm	ESPNU

Friday, November 3

Matchup	Time (ET)	TV/Mobile
Princeton at Dartmouth	7:00pm	ESPNU

Saturday, November 4

Matchup	Time (ET)	TV/Mobile
Campbell at North Carolina	12:00pm	ACCN
LIU at Saint Francis U.	12:00pm	NEC Front Row
Duquesne at Wagner	12:00pm	NEC Front Row
CCSU at Sacred Heart	12:00pm	NEC Front Row
Drake at Marist	12:00pm	TV TBA
Yale at Brown	12:00pm	ESPN+/NESN
Holy Cross at Lehigh	12:00pm	ESPN+
Harvard at Columbia	12:30pm	ESPN+
Colgate at Lafayette	12:30pm	ESPN+
Bucknell at Fordham	1:00pm	SNY/ESPN+
Cornell at Penn	1:00pm	ESPN+
Davidson at Stetson	1:00pm	ESPN+
San Diego at Presbyterian	1:00pm	ESPN+
VMI at ETSU	1:00pm	ESPN+
Kennesaw State at Sam Houston	1:00pm	ESPN+
Youngstown State at Indiana State	1:00pm	ESPN+
William & Mary at UAlbany	1:00pm	FloFootball
Villanova at New Hampshire	1:00pm	FloFootball
Towson at North Carolina A&T	1:00pm	FloFootball
Stony Brook at Monmouth	1:00pm	FloFootball / SNY /NBCS PHI
Hampton at Maine	1:00pm	FloFootball/WVII-ABC 7
Gardner-Webb at Bryant	1:00pm	ESPN+
Elon at Delaware	1:00pm	FloFootball/DSN
Furman at Chattanooga	1:30pm	ESPN+
Mercer at The Citadel	2:00pm	ESPN+
Butler at Morehead State	2:00pm	ESPN+
Florida A&M at Alabama A&M	2:00pm	ESPN+
Dayton at Valparaiso	2:00pm	ESPN+
Western Illinois at Northern Iowa	2:00pm	ESPN+/Marquee SN
Robert Morris at Southeast Missouri	2:00pm	ESPN+
North Dakota at Murray State	2:00pm	ESPN+/Midco Sports Two
South Dakota at Southern Illinois	2:00pm	ESPN+
UT Martin at Tennessee Tech	2:30pm	ESPN+
Northern Arizona at Montana State	3:00pm	ESPN+/Scripps/MTN TV
UAPB at Prairie View A&M	3:00pm	HBCU GO
Texas Southern at Jackson State	3:00pm	ESPN+
Western Carolina at Wofford	3:00pm	ESPN+
Utah Tech at Abilene Christian	3:00pm	ESPN+
Southern at Alcorn State	3:00pm	ESPN+
North Dakota State at South Dakota State	3:00pm	ESPN+/ABC ND
Illinois State at Missouri State	3:00pm	ESPN+
Idaho at Northern Colorado	3:00pm	ESPN+
HCU at Northwestern State
Eastern Illinois at Lindenwood	3:00pm	ESPN+
Lincoln (CA) at Southern Utah	3:00pm	ESPN+
Merrimack at UMass	3:30pm	TV TBA
Howard at SC State	3:30pm	ESPN+
Delaware State at Morgan State	3:30pm	ESPN+
Norfolk State at NC Central	3:30pm	ESPN+
Tennessee State at Charleston Sou.	4:00pm	ESPN+
Texas A&M-Commerce at Lamar	4:00pm	ESPN+
McNeese at Southeastern La.	4:00pm	ESPN+
Nicholls at UIW	4:00pm	ESPN+
Cal Poly at Eastern Washington	4:00pm	ESPN+/SWX
Austin Peay at Eastern Kentucky	5:00pm	ESPN+
Central Arkansas at North Alabama	5:00pm	ESPN+
Grambling State vs Alabama State (in Mobile, AL)	5:00pm	TV TBA
Weber State at Idaho State	6:00pm	ESPN+
Portland State at UC Davis	7:00pm	ESPN+/KQCA My58
Stephen F. Austin at Tarleton State	7:00pm	ESPN+
Sacramento State at Montana	8:00pm	ESPN+/CW31/Scripps

 

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BIG SKY

FARMINGTON, Utah (Oct. 29, 2023) — No. 9 Idaho topped No. 2 Montana State 24-21 on Saturday, leaving the Big Sky football standings murky as we head into November. Below is a recap of Week 9 action around the Big Sky.

Trailing 21-17 with under three minutes to play, Idaho's Gevani McCoy marched the Vandals down the field for a go-ahead score with 2:47 remaining as the sophomore quarterback thread the needle to find Hayden Hatten for a 12-yard score.

Montana State put itself in position for a 43-yard field goal attempt to tie the game on the ensuing drive, but the attempt sailed wide right as the Vandals closed out the 24-21 win in the victory formation.

The Vandal win leaves the top of the Big Sky standings in a three-way tie for first place, as Idaho, Montana State and Montana all sit at 4-1 in league play with only three games to play in the season.

Speaking of Montana, the Grizzlies won their fourth straight game of the season following a 40-0 victory over visiting Northern Colorado.

Not only did the Griz defense pitch a shutout, but they also scored two defensive scores and held UNC to just 94 total yards in the 40-0 victory.

The win was also head coach Bobby Hauck's 123 career victory while at Montana, which moves him into a tie with Jerome Souers (NAU, 1998-2018) for winningest coach in Big Sky history.

Elsewhere in the Big Sky, Northern Arizona picked up its third win of the season which was also its third ranked victory of the year, as the Lumberjacks topped No. 25 UC Davis 38-21 at home.

In rivalry action, Portland State retained the Dam Cup thanks to Jobi Malary scoring six rushing touchdowns in the 47-35 win over Eastern Washington.

Sacramento State closed out Saturday night by scoring the final 37 points in its 51-16 win over Idaho State, as the Hornets bounced back into the win column.

Sacramento State will travel to Montana next Saturday, setting up the fourth-straight week in the Big Sky with a Top-10 showdown.

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Big Sky Football Week 9 Scores
Saturday, Oct. 28
FCS Rankings: Stats Perform/AFCA

#7/5 Montana 40, Northern Colorado 0
Read Full Montana Recap

#9/8 Idaho 24, #2/2 Montana State 21
Read Full Idaho Recap

Northern Arizona 38, #25/25 UC Davis 21
Read Full NAU Recap

Portland State 47, #RV/NR Eastern Washington 35
Read Full Portland State Recap

#6/7 Sacramento State 51, Idaho State 16
Read Full Sac State Recap

BIG SOUTH / OVC

There were four Association games on Saturday with Bryant, Gardner-Webb, Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech picking up wins. In non-conference action Southeast Missouri was victorious.

GARDNER-WEBB 38, #13/14 UT MARTIN 34 | BOX SCORE
A 16-play, 90-yard drive punctuated by a 10-yard touchdown run from Jaylen King with 13 seconds left gave Gardner-Webb a 38-34 victory over #13/14 UT Martin A 59-yard punt from Laros pinned Gardner-Webb at their own 10-yard line with 5:41 left in the ballgame. Gardner-Webb marched down the field, converting three fourth downs, getting all the way to the UT Martin 10-yard line. King scrambled around on second down and found a seam up the middle, rolling across the goal line and giving GWU a 38-34 lead with 15 seconds left.

TENNESSEE TECH 38, ROBERT MORRIS 13 | BOX SCORE
The Tennessee Tech defense meant business on Saturday. Tim Coutras had two interceptions, including one for a touchdown, Kanstin Brooks almost had a pick-six of his own, then Jyron Gilmore forced a fumble and Aaron Swafford took another fumble back to the house. The defensive effort was huge as the Golden Eagles left Pittsburgh with a 38-13 victory over Robert Morris on Saturday to earn their first Big South-Ohio Valley Conference Football Association victory, improving to 3-5 on the season, 1-2 in the league. In all, the Golden Eagles forced six Colonial turnovers, converting three of those into touchdowns in the game.

TENNESSEE STATE 43, LINDENWOOD 20 | BOX SCORE
The Tennessee State defense racked up seven sacks to help the Tigers to a 43-20 win over Lindenwood at home Saturday afternoon. The win guarantees TSU a winning season, their first since 2017. Draylen Ellis led Tennessee State's passing attack with 236 yards through the air, tossing one touchdown without throwing an interception. The signal caller also added one touchdown on the ground.

BRYANT 47, CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 24 | BOX SCORE
Zevi Eckhaus passed for 338 yards and four touchdowns as Bryant went on the road to top Charleston Southern 47-24. Bryant led by only three late in the second half, but got a field goal before the break and a touchdown early in the third quarter to break open the contest.

SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 35, NICHOLLS 31 | BOX SCORE
Geno Hess ran for 128 yards and a touchdown and Southeast Missouri (4-4) got a turnover with less than a minute left in the game to seal a 35-31 win over Nicholls (3-4) Saturday afternoon at Guidry Stadium. In a back-and-forth game that featured two ties and six lead changes, it was only fitting there would be a wild finish. Nicholls tried to catch SEMO off guard with a trick play on a third-and-10 at the Redhawks 14-yard line. Running back Collin Guggenheim tried to throw a pass back to quarterback Pat McQuaide, but defensive lineman Steven Lewis intercepted the pass and ran 36 yards to the Colonels' 44-yard line. Hess averaged over seven yards per carry (7.1) on 18 attempts en route to his fourth 100-yard game of the season. SEMO finished with a 210 rushing yards.

CAA

Delaware extended its winning streak to six and stayed atop the CAA standings with a convincing road victory, but Richmond, Villanova and UAlbany remained close behind with impressive performances. William & Mary and Hampton pulled out close wins at home, while Rhode Island got past New Hampshire in overtime.

Delaware 51, Towson 13
Box Score

Fifth-ranked Delaware (7-1, 5-0 CAA) sprinted out to a 45-0 lead and cruised past Towson (3-5, 2-3 CAA), 51-13. Running back Marcus Yarns tallied 168 all-purpose yards (105 receiving/63 rushing) and five touchdowns, while quarterback Zach Marker completed 16-of-18 passes for 302 yards and 4 TD’s in just one half of action.

The Blue Hens got off to a hot start as Yarns caught a 75-yard scoring pass on the first play from scrimmage. After a 3-and-out, Marker threw passes of 54 and 22 yards to Jourdan Townsend before Yarns found the end zone from 8 yards out. Scoring runs of 3 and 5 yards by Yarns made it 28-0 after the first quarter and then Marker hit Braden Brose with a 12-yard TD pass early in the second quarter. Yarns added his final TD of the game on a 5-yard run in the third quarter. The Blue Hens finished with 619 yards of total offense while limiting the Tigers to 326. Towson quarterback Nathan Kent passed for 265 yards, including an 11-yard TD pass to Zay Perkins in the fourth quarter.

UAlbany 37, Maine 21
Box Score

Reese Poffenbarger threw for 324 yards and two touchdowns and Faysal Aden added 141 yards and 2 TD’s on the ground as UAlbany (6-3, 4-1 CAA) earned a 37-21 road win at Maine (2-7, 1-5 CAA).

Maine jumped out to a quick 7-0 lead as Jamie Lamson had an 8-yard TD catch on the opening drive. The Great Danes pulled even at 7-7 on a 22-yard scoring reception by Brevin Easton and took a 17-7 advantage early in the second quarter following a 68-yard fumble return by Brian Abraham. A 4-yard Michael Monios TD catch cut the Black Bears’ deficit to three, but a 53-yard grab by Easton put UAlbany ahead 24-14 at the half. Scoring runs of 11 and 12 yards by Aden in the third quarter put the Great Danes in control. MarQeese Dietz (7 rec., 150 yds) and Easton (4 rec., 129 yds) had big days for UA offensively, while Ori Jean-Charles made 10 stops defensively. For Maine, Derek Robertson passed for 220 yards and 3 TD’s, with Monios making 10 grabs for 96 yards.

William & Mary 31, Monmouth 28
Box Score

Darius Wilson threw a go-ahead 10-yard TD pass to JT Mayo with 6:14 to go and Gent Veizi blocked a field goal in the final seconds as William & Mary (5-3, 3-2 CAA) held off Monmouth (3-5, 2-3 CAA), 31-28. The Hawks went on top early on a 1-yard TD run by Sone Ntoh, but the Tribe closed the half with 21 unanswered points on a TD run (5 yards) and reception (16 yards) by Malachi Imoh and a 1-yard fourth-down scoring run by Martin Lucas. The Hawks battled back behind Jaden Shirden, who broke loose for TD runs of 45 and 75 yards to pull Monmouth within 24-21 late in the third period. A 16-yard TD catch by Dymere Miller put MU on top with 9:20 remaining before Mayo’s go-ahead TD grab. The Hawks drove to the W&M 10-yard line, but Veizi blocked a game-tying field goal attempt with eight seconds left.

Wilson finished 24-of-33 passing for a career-high 283 yards and 2 TD’s. The Tribe also got 112 rushing yards from Imoh and six catches for 113 yards for Sean McElwain. For Monmouth, Shirden rushed for 251 yards and 2 TD’s on 21 carries, while Jake Brown had a game-high 12 tackles defensively.

Rhode Island 34, New Hampshire 28 (ot)
Box Score

Ja’Den McKenzie rushed for 135 yards and four touchdowns, including a 1-yard scoring run in overtime, to lift Rhode Island (5-4, 3-3 CAA) over New Hampshire (4-4, 2-3 CAA), 34-28. UNH went up 14-7 in the second quarter as Max Brosmer hit Dylan Laube with a 6-yard pass before running in from 20 yards out. The Rams tied it up on a 44-yard scoring catch from Kahtero Summers before a Nick Mazzie field goal gave the Wildcats a 17-14 halftime advantage. McKenzie contributed TD runs of 4 and 1 yard to put URI ahead 28-20 early in the fourth quarter, but the Wildcats tied it on a 13-yard Logan Tomlinson TD catch and 2-point conversion with 9:06 remaining. URI had a field goal blocked on the final play of regulation, but a missed UNH field goal in overtime set the stage for McKenzie’s winning score.

Kasim Hill passed for 280 yards for URI, with Summers making eight catches for 115 yards. Evan Stewart had nine tackles for the Rams’ defense. Brosmer was 41-of-60 passing for 456 yards and 2 TD’s, with Laube making 12 catches for 128 yards.

Hampton 26, North Carolina A&T 24
Box Score

Chris Zellous passed for 198 yards and 2 TD’s and added a team-best 89 yards on the ground to push Hampton (4-4, 2-3 CAA) past North Carolina A&T (1-7, 0-5 CAA), 26-24. The Aggie needed just over a minute to grab a 7-0 lead on a 46-yard TD catch by Taymon Cooke. However, the Pirates responded with 19 unanswered points that included scoring passes of 22 yards to Kymari Gray and 1 yards to TK Paisant. A 75-yard scoring pass from Kevin White to Kenji Christian pulled A&T within 19-14 in the third quarter, but Ramon Copeland returned the ensuing kickoff 96 yards for a TD. The Aggies got within two when David Laney had an 82-yard pick six with 10:01 to play, but the Pirates forced a fumble with 3:35 remaining and ran out the clock.

Along with Zellous, Elijah Burris ran for 63 yards for the HU offense and Qwahsin Townsel made a team-best 10 tackles defensively. For A&T, White was 10-of-15 passing for a career-high 211 yards, while Christian rushed for 81 yards. Avarion Cole had nine tackles and 2.0 TFL’s on defense.

Villanova 48, Stony Brook 13
Box Score

Villanova (6-2, 4-1 CAA) piled up 556 yards of offense and scored five touchdowns of 20 or more yards in a 48-13 victory over Stony Brook (0-8, 0-6). Wildcats’ quarterback Connor Watkins was 13-of-19 passing for a career-high 361 yards and 4 TD’s and receivers Rayjoun Pringle (5-196 yds), Jaylan Sanchez (4-103 yds) and Jaaron Hayek (5-102 yds) all went over the century mark with a TD.

The game was tied 7-7 after a 12-yard TD catch by SBU’s Dez Williams in the first quarter before VU began its big-play barrage. The Wildcats got TD grabs of 43 and 20 yards from Hayek, a 44-yard run from Jalen Jackson and a 76-yard strike to Pringle to go up 34-7 at halftime. The Wildcats added a 24-yard TD grab by Sanchez midway through the third quarter. Freshman Anthony Johnson had another big day for the Seawolves, making 11 receptions for 90 yards.

Richmond 44, Campbell 13
Box Score

Richmond’s defense recorded four sacks, forced three turnovers and held Campbell to its lowest point total of the season as the Spiders (6-3, 5-1) increased their winning streak to four by beating the Camels (4-4, 3-3 CAA), 44-13. The game was tied 10-10 midway through the third quarter when Richmond took the lead on a 21-yard TD run by Savon Smith. Campbell cut the deficit to three heading into the fourth quarter, but a 42-yard pick six by the Spiders’ Wayne Galloway turned the momentum. Smith followed with a 9-yard scoring run and Richmond added a 32-yard TD catch by Milan Howard and a 3-yard Fonnae Webb TD run to pull away.

UR’s Kyle Wickersham passed for 161 yards and 2 TD’s and Smith ran for 51 yards and 2 TD’s. Tristan Wheeler recorded 12 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble defensively and Marlem Louis had two sacks and two forced fumbles. For Campbell, quarterback Hajj-Malik Williams threw for 173 yards and a TD and ran for a team-best 47 yards. Monchovia Gaffney made eight stops.


IVY

PRINCETON, N.J. – Buckle up for the final three games of the Ivy League football season. Following wins from Brown, Yale, Harvard and Princeton this weekend, only one game separates the top-7 teams in the conference.

Wins from Harvard and Princeton put each at 3-1 atop the league standings. One game back sits Penn, Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth and Yale, all sitting at 2-2.

Here is how Week 7 played out:

BROWN 30, PENN 26 (Friday)
7 p.m. // Philadelphia // Franklin Field

• Brown earned an important 30-26 win to move to 2-2 in league play, joining the five-way tie for second place.
• Jake Willcox threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns in the Bears' victory while adding another 40 yards on the ground.
• The Brown defense forced three Quaker turnovers.
• Penn quarterback Aidan Sayin totaled 322 yards passing in the game.

YALE 35, COLUMBIA 7
12 p.m. // New Haven, Conn. // Yale Bowl

• Yale jumped out to a 21-0 halftime lead and never looked back on its way to a 35-7 win over Columbia.
• The Bulldogs were led by 234 yards passing from quarterback Nolan Grooms and 114 yards from wide receiver Mason Tipton.
• JJ Jenkins led Columbia with 51 yards receiving.

PRINCETON 14, CORNELL 3
1 p.m. // Ithaca, N.Y. // Schoellkopf Field

• Princeton earned a 14-3 win in Ithaca to remain in a tie atop the league standings with Harvard at 3-1.
• Blake Stenstrom led the Tiger offense with 299 yards passing and two touchdowns. Tamatoa Falatea racked up 105 yards receiving and a touchdown.
• The Big Red put up 350 yards of offense but were only able to yield the impressive offensive showing into three points. The Cornell defense held Princeton to just 24 yards rushing.

HARVARD 17, DARTMOUTH 9
4 p.m. // Cambridge, Mass. // Harvard Stadium

• The Harvard defense held Dartmouth to just three field goals on its way to a 17-9 homecoming victory.
• Shane McLaughin ran 24 times for 156 yards for the victorious Crimson. Jaden Craig added two touchdowns on the ground.
• With the win, Harvard head coach Tim Murphy becomes the all-time Ivy League leader with 136 conference wins.
• Dartmouth falls to 3-4 overall and also sits in the five-way logjam at second place in the league standings. It will host Princeton next Friday night on ESPNU.

MEAC

NORFOLK, Va. - Both visiting teams upended the home institutions on Saturday afternoon in MEAC football action. Howard defeated Delaware State while Morgan State smashed Norfolk States homecoming festivities with a late game touchdown.

North Carolina Central 62, South Carolina State 28
Thursday night football did not disappoint as the 2022 Celebration Bowl Champions No. 10/13 Eagles of North Carolina Central commanded the field in a 62-28 victory over the 2021 Celebration Bowl Champions the Bulldogs of South Carolina State. Senior quarterback Davius Richard threw for 352 yards completing 18 of 27 pass attempts for five touchdowns and ran for 26 yards with a pair of rushing TD's. Four different receivers caught five touchdown passes from Richard led by J'Mari Taylor with two scoring receptions and 100 total yards. South Carolina State saw Keshawn Tony record two touchdown catches on three receptions for 33 total yards with his longest catch being a 23 yard touchdown pass from quarterback Corey Fields, Jr.
RECAP | BOX SCORE

Howard 17, Delaware State 10
After the opening quarter saw neither team score, the Bison broke onto the scoreboard in the second quarter to end the nil-nil draw. By halftime, Howard led 10-7 over Delaware State, however, after the intermission, DSU added a field goal to even the score in the third. Howard reclaimed the lead in the fourth quarter on a touchdown with nine minutes remaining and held on to win the game 17-10.
RECAP | BOX SCORE

Morgan State 32, Norfolk State 28
In a game that appeared to be in hand for the Spartans, the Bears overcame the odds in front of them to capture the 32-28 victory and spoil NSU’s homecoming. Morgan State really came to life in the fourth quarter with 11 minutes remaining as Keith Jenkins Jr., returned a kickoff for a 90-yard touchdown. A few short plays later, Erick Hunter completed a 60-yard pick-six touchdown, while rookie quarterback Tahj Smith ran in the game winning touchdown on a 14-yard play.
RECAP | BOX SCORE


MVFC

Saturday, October 28, 2023Football

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/28/2023	Northern Iowa 24	Illinois State 21	Final	Normal, Ill. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	South Dakota State 37	South Dakota 3	Final	Vermillion, SD (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Indiana State 33	North Dakota 36	Final (OT)	Grand Forks, N.D. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Missouri State 28	Youngstown State 44	Final	Youngstown, Ohio (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Murray State 6	North Dakota State 38	Final	Fargo, N.D. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Southern Illinois 63	Western Illinois 0	Final	Macomb, IL (Conf.)	Box Score

 

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NEC

Duquesne continues to dominate the Northeast Conference (NEC) as the Dukes improved to 4-0 in league play and gained a two-game edge in the standings with a convincing 27-0 road win at Sacred Heart. Saint Francis U and Wagner each scored come-from-behind wins on their home turfs over Merrimack and Stonehill, respectively, to each move into a three-way tie with the Warriors for second place in the conference. Rounding out the action was a Thursday prime time matchup on CBS Sports Network that saw LIU storm back from a 20-10 deficit to defeat Central Connecticut in New Britain, CT by a 24-23 final.

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LIU 24, CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 23
LIU pitched a second-half shutout at Central Connecticut to come from behind and defeat the Blue Devils by a 24-23 final in a Thursday night NEC battle that was featured on CBS Sports Network. Redshirt senior tight end Owen Glascoe tied the game with his second touchdown pass this season — a 15-yarder to graduate student Leak Bryant with 1:44 left in the third — before redshirt junior Michael Coney converted the extra point to give the Sharks the decisive one-point advantage.

WAGNER 28, STONEHILL 17
Holding Stonehill to just one field goal for almost three quarters, Wagner stormed back from a 14-0 deficit to score a 28-17 win on Staten Island on Saturday. Two-time defending NEC Rookie of the Week Jaylen Bonelli caught a pair of touchdown passes from graduate student Steven Krajewski, who went 17-of-32 with three touchdown throws and zero interceptions to pace the Seahawks’ offensive efforts.

DUQUESNE 27, SACRED HEART 0
Duquesne shut out an NEC opponent for the fourth consecutive season on Saturday when it posted a 27-0 victory at Sacred Heart to improve to 4-0 in conference play in an ESPN+ matchup. Grad student DJ Powell caught a pair of touchdowns while rookie Edward Robinson ran for one score and a career-high 120 yards to pace a Dukes’ offense that led all NEC teams with 229 rushing yards.

SAINT FRANCIS U 28, MERRIMACK 21
Redshirt freshman Nick Whitfield, Jr. had big shoes to fill in the absence of reigning NEC Offensive Player of the Year Cole Doyle, and the quarterback did not disappoint in his first career start as he piloted Saint Francis U to a 28-21 come-from-behind victory over visiting Merrimack on Saturday afternoon. Whitfield, who went 10-of-18 for 164 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions, tossed a 71-yarder to rookie Jayden Ivory for the eventual game-winning score as the Red Flash rallied back from a 21-6 fourth-quarter deficit.

PATRIOT

Week Nine Notes
*Colgate senior defensive back Owen Goss's three combined blocked kicks (1 FG, 2 PATs) tied a single-game FCS record.
*Bucknell junior quarterback Ralph Rucker broke a Bucknell single-game passing record with 387 yards.
*Georgetown sophomore quarterback Danny Lauter broke Georgetown's single-game passing record with 428 yards.

NO. 19/21 LAFAYETTE LEOPARDS (7-1, 3-0 PL) 35, AT GEORGETOWN HOYAS (4-5, 2-2 PL) 25
Cooper Field/Washington, D.C. 12:30 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
WASHINGTON – Sophomore running back Jamar Curtis’s two first-quarter touchdowns gave Lafayette a lead they would never relinquish in a 35-25 victory at Georgetown to remain undefeated in League play.
*Curtis carried eight times for 35 yards with touchdown runs of three and 20 yards to take an early 14-0 lead. Freshman running back Troy Bruce carried eight times for 98 yards and a 71-yard second-quarter touchdown to lead the Leopards’ offense.
*Sophomore quarterback Dean DeNobile completed 12-of-24 passes for 171 yards, a 27-yard touchdown pass to freshman Devin Paige in the fourth quarter, and two interceptions.
*Leopards’ junior safety Saiku White recorded six tackles and two interceptions, including a 42-yard interception return for a score in the third quarter.
*Senior Billy Shaeffer made 12 tackles, 2.0 TFLs, one sack, a forced fumble and two pass breakups.
*Georgetown sophomore quarterback Danny Lauter made his first career start, completing 35-of-58 passes for program single-game record 428 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.
*Sophomore wide receiver Jimmy Kibble caught six passes for a career-high 201 receiving yards and touchdown receptions of 43 and 81 yards.
*Sophomore wide receiver Nicholas Dunneman finished with six receptions for 68 yards, including an eight-yard touchdown reception with 2:10 remaining in the game.
*Hoyas’ senior linebacker David Ealey III finished with four tackles, one sack and an interception, while sophomore defensive lineman Mateen Ibirogba finished with five tackles, 2.5 TFLs and a half sack.
RECAPS: LAFAYETTE | GEORGETOWN

NO. 22/rv HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS (5-3, 3-1 PL) 49, AT rv/rv FORDHAM RAMS (5-3, 1-2 PL) 47
Moglia Stadium at Jack Coffey Field/Bronx, N.Y. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
BRONX, N.Y. – Holy Cross senior cornerback Matt Duchemin returned an interception 55 yards for a touchdown at the five-minute mark in the fourth quarter to lead the Crusaders to a 49-47 victory over Fordham to claim the Ram-Crusader Cup.
*Duchemin’s interception return for a score came less than two minutes after senior running back Tyler Purdy rushed for a 14-yard touchdown to erase a six-point Fordham lead. Purdy finished with 30 rushing yards and a touchdown on five carries, along with 85 receiving yards and another score on five receptions.
*Holy Cross junior quarterback Joe Pesansky completed 20-of-33 passes for 337 yards, three touchdowns and one interception, while senior wide receiver Jalen Coker caught five passes for 102 yards and a score.
*Junior running back Jordan Fuller carried 24 times for 116 yards and two touchdowns for the Crusaders.
*Holy Cross fifth-year linebacker Jacob Dobbs recorded a team-high 10 tackles and one sack, while senior linebacker Matthew Kane added five tackles and one sack.
*Junior running back Julius Loughridge led the Rams’ rushing attack with 211 rushing yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries.
*Sophomore quarterback C.J. Montes completed 29-of-36 for a career-high 410 yards, four touchdowns and one interception.
*Fordham graduate student wide receiver MJ Wright caught seven passes for 164 yards and a touchdown, while graduate student wide receiver Garrett Cody caught eight passes for 127 yards and two touchdowns.
*Rams’ junior linebacker James Conway posted a game-high 21 tackles and a half sack, while junior defensive lineman Matt Jaworski recorded five tackles and two sacks.
*Senior defensive back Nahil Perkins finished with five tackles, 1.0 TFL and an interception for the Rams defense.
RECAPS: HOLY CROSS | FORDHAM

BUCKNELL BISON (3-5, 1-3 PL) 49, AT COLGATE RAIDERS (3-5, 1-2 PL) 34
Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium/Hamilton, N.Y. 1 p.m. (ESPN+)
BOX SCORE
HAMILTON, N.Y. – Junior quarterback Ralph Rucker threw for a Bucknell single-game record 387 yards and four touchdowns to lead Bucknell to a 49-34 victory over Colgate at Andy Kerr Stadium.
*Rucker’s record-breaking day was marked by the first pair of Bison receivers to eclipse 100 receiving yards in a game since 2014. Sophomore wide receiver Eric Weatherly finished with 10 receptions for 132 yards and two touchdowns, and Josh Gary added nine passes for 139 yards and one score.
*Bison senior running back Coleman Bennett rushed for 91 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries, while junior running back Rushawn Baker added 105 rushing yards and a score on 19 carries. The duo accounted for three second-quarter touchdowns to help Bucknell take control of the game. Bennett finished with 233 all-purpose yards.
*Bucknell’s defense recorded three takeaways, with senior defensive back Ethan Robinson and junior defensive lineman Cade Rooney registering interceptions. Junior safety John Schlendorf recovered a fumble. Robinson added eight tackles.
*Freshman linebacker Gavin Willis recorded a team-high nine tackles for the Bison.
*Colgate senior defensive back Owen Goss, the reigning Patriot League Defensive Player of the Week, blocked a second-quarter field goal attempt and two PATs. His three combined blocked kicks tied the FCS single-game record held by five student-athletes, including Colgate’s Brandon Tinson (2000) and Bucknell’s Josh Eden (2010).
*Colgate junior quarterback Michael Brescia returned to the lineup, completing 21-of-35 passes for 184 yards, one touchdown pass and two interceptions. He also rushed for 53 yards and two scores.
*Freshman running back Chris Gee carried eight times for 106 yards, including a 68-yard touchdown in the first quarter.
*Sophomore wide receiver Brady Hutchison caught four passes for 50 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown reception from Brescia to open the third quarter. Senior running back Max Hurleman caught seven passes for 74 yards.
*Senior linebacker Drew Frankel made nine tackles to lead the Raiders’ defense
RECAPS: BUCKNELL | COLGATE

PIONEER

Butler 17, Valparaiso 7

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.. – Bret Bushka’s three-yard touchdown at the end of the third quarter put Butler ahead for good in a 17-7 PFL victory against Valparaiso, Saturday at Sellick Stadium. After a scoreless first half, the Bulldogs and Beacons traded long touchdown runs in the third quarter. Jyran Mitchell broke off a 70-yard touchdown run with 10:16 left in the frame. On the ensuing possession, Solomon Davis returned the favor with a 70-yard touchdown on the first play from scrimmage, tying the game. Following that score, Bushka led the Bulldogs on an 18-play, 75-yard drive that consumed the rest of the third quarter, capped by his three-yard scoring run. Luka Zurak tacked on a 32-yard field goal late in the fourth to cap the scoring. Mitchell finished the day with 155 yards on 25 carries, leading a Butler run game that amassed 242 yards. Rowan Keefe completed 11-of-19 passes for 172 yards to pace Valparaiso’s offense.

Drake 33, Stetson 7

DES MOINES, Iowa. – Dorian Boyland ran for three touchdowns as Drake closed with 30 unanswered points to defeat Stetson, 33-7, in Saturday PFL action at Drake Stadium. Stetson grabbed a 7-3 lead with 10:04 left in the second quarter on Kaleb Costner’s one-yard run that capped a 10-play, 86-yard drive. Boyland took over at the end of the first half, scoring the first of his touchdowns with 1:41 left to give Drake a 13-7 halftime lead. He scored the third quarter’s only points with a seven-yard touchdown run at the 7:51 mark. Boyland added a third touchdown with 9:04 left in the game, giving Drake a 26-7 advantage. Boyland ran for 170 yards on 29 carries, and Christian Galvan added 115 yards on 25 carries to pace a 293-yard rushing day for the Bulldogs. Stetson was held to 282 total offensive yards, Matt O’Connor’s 199 passing yards.

St. Thomas 49, Marist 14

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Hope Adebayo and Gabriel Abel each ran for two touchdowns, and St. Thomas used a 21-point first quarter to defeat Marist 49-14 in PFL action Saturday at O’Shaughnessy Stadium. St. Thomas broke out to its 21-0 lead courtesy of three touchdown drives that combined needed seven plays and 2:34 off the clock. Amari Powell opened the scoring with a 41-yard touchdown pass to Colin Chase, Adebayo then added his two touchdown runs – from one and 43 yards. After Gabriel Abel’s first touchdown run, Marist broke through on Brock Bagozzi’s 11-yard run with 1:24 remaining. St. Thomas answered back and ended the half with its fifth touchdown drive to secure the win. Shawn Shipman ran for 129 yards on 11 carries and touchdown a touchdown to lead the St. Thomas attack. Bagozzi completed 29-of-48 passes for 290 yards for Marist.

San Diego 17, Morehead State 11

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Isaiah Williams ran for 134 yards and a touchdown to lead San Diego past Morehead State 17-11 in PFL action Saturday at Torero Stadium. Williams opened the day’s scoring with a two-yard touchdown run with 1:07 left in the first quarter. Morehead State would score the second quarter’s only points on Nathan Hazlett’s 24-yard field goal to trail 7-3 at halftime. The Toreros scored the eventual game-winning touchdown with 6:35 left in the third quarter when Dom Nankil capped another 80-yard drive with a six-yard touchdown run. Morehead State would threaten in the fourth quarter on Carter Cravens’ two-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion. But San Diego sealed the win with Adam Lehman’s 19-yard field goal with 3:37 left. Nankil completed 11-of-19 passes for 199 yards in addition to his touchdown run. Cravens led Morehead State with his 22-of-47, 208-yard passing performance.

Davidson 45, Presbyterian 28

DAVIDSON, N.C. – Coulter Cleland passed for three touchdowns and Mari Adams ran for two as Davidson downed Presbyterian, 45-20, in PFL action Saturday at Richardson Stadium. Davidson never trailed in the contest and took the lead for good on Adams’ second touchdown of the game with 5:20 left in the first quarter. Presbyterian would stay within a possession until midway through the second quarter when Davidson used Adam Zouagui’s 50-yard field goal and Cleland’s 12-yard touchdown pass to build a 31-13 halftime lead. Cleland and Tyler Wesley traded touchdown throws in both the third and fourth quarters, but Presbyterian could not get any closer than the final score. While Cleland and Adams paced the Wildcats on the scoreboard, Mason Sheron ran for 139 yards on 23 carries to pace the offense. Wesley threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, leading Presbyterian with 189 passing yards and 198 rushing yards.

SoCon

No. 15/17 Chattanooga 24, VMI 23
No. 3/3 Furman 16, ETSU 8
Mercer 45, No. 16/10 Western Carolina 38
Samford 37, The Citadel 7

SWAC

Saturday, October 28, 2023Football

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/28/2023	Bethune-Cookman 14	Grambling State 28	Final	Grambling, LA (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Mississippi Valley State 3	Alcorn State 24	Final	Alcorn State, MS (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Jackson State 40	Arkansas-Pine Bluff 14	Final	Pine Bluff, AR (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Alabama A&M 16	Alabama State 31	Final	Birmingham, Ala. (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Prairie View A&M 7	Florida A&M 45	Final	Tallahassee, FL (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Texas Southern 17	Southern 23	Final	Baton Rouge, LA (Conf.)	Box Score

 

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SLC

Saturday, October 28, 2023Football

Date	Away	Home	Result	Location	Links
Saturday 10/28/2023	Texas A&M-Commerce 13	HCU 17	Final	Houston, TX (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Southeast Missouri State 35	Nicholls 31	Final	Thibodaux, LA	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	UIW 17	Lamar 7	Final	Beaumont, TX (Conf.)	Box Score
Saturday 10/28/2023	Northwestern State 0	McNeese 2	Final	Lake Charles, LA (Conf.)

UAC

#UACFOOTBALL - Week nine of the season marked the first Saturday featuring only United Athletic Conference (UAC) Football contests and was highlighted by a couple of down-to-the-wire finishes.

Southern Utah bounced back from a tough double-overtime loss with a dominating 52-14 decision at home against Abilene Christian to get the action rolling on Saturday. No. 20 Austin Peay extended their win streak to six games as the Govs posted a 49-39 Homecoming victory over North Alabama to remain undefeated in UAC play

Coming off their bye, Tarleton earned their first win over a ranked team at the FCS level as the Texans held off a late surge from No. 18 Central Arkansas to secure the 25-23 upset decision. EKU stayed unblemished in UAC competition, after traveling cross country to take down Utah Tech, 34-30, in the Trailblazers' Homecoming game.

UAC RESULTS | OCT. 28
* Southern Utah 52, Abilene Christian 14 | Boxscore
* #20 Austin Peay 49, North Alabama 39 | Boxscore
* Tarleton 25, #18 Central Arkansas 23 | Boxscore
* EKU 34, Utah Tech 30 | Boxscore

* = UAC Game
NOTE: Game stories linked to UAC winners

 

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BIG SKY


BIG SOUTH (merged with OVC - one playoff autobid between them)

OVC (merged with Big South - one playoff autobid between them)

CAA

IVY


MEAC



MVFC



NEC



Patriot



Pioneer

 

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Southland



So Con



SWAC



UAC

 

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11/02 07:30 pm

309031 309032

Miss. Valley St Bethune Cookman

39½ -10½

11/03 07:00 pm

309033 309034

Princeton Dartmouth

34½ pk

The Thursday game must be the worst football game ESPNU will have ever televised. Unfortunately I can't watch the Ivy game Friday, have to support my friend's daughter at a high school play. I'll look at both and see if there is anything worth liking though.

 

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Bethune opened this year 3-0 ATS despite being outgained by 442y vs their two FBS and 118y vs Jackson St. Since the bye week, that has evened out, they are just 1-3 ATS and have been outgained by an avg of 96 ypg. Unders 3-1 in that span (avg total 48.3). Favored once and lost straight up vs Texas Southern (Tx So led 27-10 HT and Bethune D allowed 6.4 ypp). In their last 4 vs the likes of ASU, Tx So, Southern and Grambling they have allowed 27ppg, 342ypg and 5.6 ypp. ASU and Southern are good Ds, so taking that into account, Bethune has avg just 19ppg and 246ypg (3.2ypp). The weakest D they have played over the last 4 is Tx Southern and they did score 31 and gain 330y there - in that game Bethune fumbled inside the TS05 and Tx So returned that 96y for a TD, so that was a big swing in the game. Worth noting, there has been at least one non-offensive TD in each of the last 3 games, 1 by Bethune and 3 by their opponents (two fumble ret TDs and a blk;d punt TD). So maybe there is something to the sloppiness of their games, but also, the offenses are not producing as many scores as the final scores suggest and D and ST scores can't be reliably counted on but they have been happening with regularity in Bethune games. Unders are 5-2 and Unders are 5-1 since week 1. Bethune has played 3 QBs alot. Their "best" QB appears to be Luke Sprague, but he was replaced in the 2H vs Southern (maybe injured) by Tylik Bethea and Bethea started last week, but completed just 8-of-24 for 70y, 0-2.. and he ran 13x for 34y before sacks (12 net). Simmons who started earlier in the year finished that game up on final series. Rough offense. Bethune D is better than their O.

Mississippi Valley started the year as bad or worse than anyone, back-to-back Dll losses and NCCU wiped the floor with them. Since then they have covered 3, even won one outright. So 3-2 ATS their last 5, the spreads have been pretty inflated...covered as 31.5 pt home dog, lost by 24. Covered as 21 pt home dog, lost 6-21 (Jackson St was about to score again, but fumbled inside the 5 with under 1min left and then MVSU ripped off two runs for 96y for backdoor). The one win for them was as a 2pt home dog vs Ark Pine Bluff. Their O produced 42pts and 414y of O in that one. It was good enough for Fr QB Ty'Jarian Williams to be named SWAC newcomer of the week (19-29-265-3-0, 30y rushing). That game or otherwise, he has also found himself on the mid season Jerry Rice Award watchlist (best FCS freshman). That however was by far his best game of year, since then vs good defenses in Jackson St and Alcorn, he has an 0-4 ratio with just 230y combined in both last two games and -26y rushing. They should've been shut out vs Jackson St and only scored 3 on Alcorn last week. Unders 4-1 the last 5 (avg total 44.8).

Both these teams have terrible OLs. Bethune has allowd 42 TFLs vs SWAC teams with 21 sacks. MVSU has allowed 23 TFLs and 12 sacks the last 2 weeks and 46 TFLs and 22 sacks in all of SWAC play.

These Os rank 2nd and 3rd to last in SWAC scoring O, 11 and 12 out of 12 in offensive yardage, bottom two rush Os and pass Os, bottom two 3rd down conversions,
They are mid-pack scoring D, but bottom half in yardage D. MVSU allows 41% 3rd down conv while Bethune allows just under 30%.

These teams are awful! Last year Bethune won 42-35 at MVSU as a 4.5 pt away fav. Two years ago Valley won 20-14 as a 12.5 pt away dog.

It was hard for MVSU last two games vs pretty solid teams, they had that good game vs Pine Bluff, but also didn't perform well at Prairie View. Might assume the Valley O does a little better than normal and Bethune O going against this D I'd assume can also be better than normal. The total is low because these teams go Under a lot, but against eachother could it instead go Over this ultra low total? The non-offensive TD potential is high as well here.

 

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Time	Gm#	Team	Score	Opener	5Dimes
11/04 10:00 pm	431 432
11/04 12:00 pm	309035 309036	Campbell North Carolina			68½ -40½
11/04 01:00 pm	309037 309038	Kennesaw State Sam Houston St			41½ -18½
11/04 03:30 pm	309039 309040	Merrimack Massachusetts			57½ -16½
11/04 12:00 pm	309041 309042	Holy Cross Lehigh			23 57½
11/04 12:00 pm	309043 309044	Drake Marist			-7½ 48½
11/04 12:00 pm	309045 309046	Central Conn. Sacred Heart			41½ -2½
11/04 12:00 pm	309047 309048	Long Island St. Francis (PA)			46½ 9
11/04 12:00 pm	309049 309050	Duquesne Wagner			13 49½
11/04 12:00 pm	309051 309052	Yale Brown			-7½ 56½
11/04 12:00 pm	309053 309054	San Diego Presbyterian			-5½ 47½
11/04 12:30 pm	309055 309056	Harvard Columbia			-13½ 38½
11/04 12:30 pm	309057 309058	Colgate Lafayette			51½ -16½
11/04 01:00 pm	309059 309060	Gardner Webb Bryant			58½ pk
11/04 01:00 pm	309061 309062	Cornell Pennsylvania			45 10
11/04 01:00 pm	309063 309064	Youngstown State Indiana State			20 60½
11/04 01:00 pm	309065 309066	Bucknell Fordham			65½ 18
11/04 01:00 pm	309067 309068	Delaware St Morgan State			42½ 18
11/04 01:00 pm	309069 309070	William & Mary Albany			40½ 5
11/04 01:00 pm	309071 309072	Elon Delaware			45½ -12½
11/04 01:00 pm	309073 309074	Hampton Maine			55½ 9
11/04 01:00 pm	309075 309076	Stony Brook Monmouth			57 23
11/04 01:00 pm	309077 309078	Villanova New Hampshire			1 58½
11/04 01:00 pm	309079 309080	Towson N. Carolina A & T			-5½ 45½
11/04 01:00 pm	309081 309082	Davidson Stetson			16 65½
11/04 01:00 pm	309083 309084	VMI East Tennessee State			35½ -3½
11/04 01:30 pm	309085 309086	Furman Chattanooga			53½ 1
11/04 02:00 pm	309087 309088	Butler Morehead St			-6½ 45½
11/04 02:00 pm	309089 309090	Mercer The Citadel			-20½ 45½
11/04 02:00 pm	309091 309092	Florida A&M Alabama A&M			13 51
11/04 02:00 pm	309093 309094	North Dakota Murray St			17 55½
11/04 02:00 pm	309095 309096	South Dakota So Illinois			37½ 7
11/04 02:00 pm	309097 309098	Dayton Valparaiso			45½ 3
11/04 02:00 pm	309099 309100	Robert Morris SE Missouri St			60½ -28½
11/04 02:00 pm	309101 309102	Western Illinois Northern Iowa			58½ 31
11/04 02:30 pm	309103 309104	Tennessee Martin Tennessee Tech			-17½ 45½
11/04 03:00 pm	309105 309106	Idaho Northern Colorado			-27½ 53
11/04 03:00 pm	309107 309108	Southern Alcorn St			37 -1½
11/04 03:00 pm	309109 309110	Arkansas Pine Bluff Prairie View			48½ 10
11/04 03:00 pm	309111 309112	Northern Arizona Montana State			64½ -21½
11/04 03:00 pm	309113 309114	Western Carolina Wofford			-17½ 55½
11/04 03:00 pm	309115 309116	Texas Southern Jackson St			58½ -16½
11/04 03:00 pm	309117 309118	Illinois St Missouri St			55½ -1½
11/04 03:00 pm	309119 309120	Utah Tech Abilene Christian			65½ -7½
11/04 03:00 pm	309121 309122	Eastern Illinois Lindenwood			-10½ 50½
11/04 03:00 pm	309123 309124	North Dakota State South Dakota State			50½ -11½
11/04 03:30 pm	309125 309126	Howard So Carolina St			6 46½
11/04 03:30 pm	309127 309128	Norfolk St NC Central			60 -17½
11/04 04:00 pm	309129 309130	Houston Christian Northwestern State	CANCELLED
11/04 04:00 pm	309131 309132	Cal Poly Eastern Washington			67½ -23½
11/04 04:00 pm	309133 309134	McNeese St SE Louisiana			57 -16½
11/04 04:00 pm	309135 309136	Tennessee St Charleston Sou			-7½ 43½
11/04 04:00 pm	309137 309138	Texas A&M Commerce Lamar			37½ -3½
11/04 04:00 pm	309139 309140	Nicholls State Incarnate Word			50½ 6
11/04 05:00 pm	309141 309142	Austin Peay Eastern Kentucky			7 67½
11/04 05:00 pm	309143 309144	Grambling Alabama St			46½ 1
11/04 05:00 pm	309145 309146	Central Arkansas North Alabama			-14½ 59½
11/04 06:00 pm	309147 309148	Weber State Idaho State			-8½ 57
11/04 07:00 pm	309149 309150	Portland State UC Davis			61 -4½
11/04 07:00 pm	309151 309152	Stephen F.Austin Tarleton State			1 61½
11/04 08:00 pm	309153 309154	CS Sacramento Montana			53½ 1
11/04 10:00 pm	309155 309156

 

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One Princeton Under streak ended this year and another has started. Without going to OT at Brown, every Princeton game would be Under this year, but as it is Unders 6-1. Dartmouth has gone Under the last two, but on the year it's 4-3 to the Over (two of the four were OT games). So combined they are 9-5 to the Under with 3 of the Overs happening due to OT.

Princeton truly does have a good defense, but even last year when they had some top quality weapons on O, their O just doesn't produce much. From a QB stand point and passing capability they are superior to Dartmouth. As the season has wore on and the weather hasn't impacted the recent games, Stenstrom has a 6-1 ratio his last 3 games. Princeton does have trouble keeping drives alive, it was big plays last week for them at Cornell and at Brown - they were never in the RZ in either of those games. Vs Harvard all their TD drives were 50y or less resulting from TOs gained or good field position set up by their D. Although they try (30 rush att per game avg), the Tigers are still is not a good running team and hasn't really been in years so other than some key runs here or there, it is all going to be up to their passing game - and the D. Last week they held Cornell to just a FG and kept Harvard scoreless for the first 2+ quarters. They did lose to Brown a few weeks ago, however they kept a good Brown O to just 7 pts through 3+ quarters in that one before allowing a comeback. They have the Ivy's #1 scoring D (13.1ppg), #1 run D (78.4ypg) and #1 pass eff D (6-6 ratio, 58%).

Not far behind Princeton in the defensive rankings is Dartmouth; #5 scoring D (20.7ppg), #3 run D (107.4ypg), #4 pass eff D (7-6 ratio, 61%). Princeton and Dartmouth are 1-2 in opponent first downs per game (16.0 - 16.7 pg), while Dartmouth is a top the league in 3rd D conversion D (32%) with Princeton #2 (33.6%).

Said before about Princeton not driving into the RZ and getting most of their scores from outside of it, on the year, Princeton has only found themselves in the RZ 15x, that is the lowest in the Ivy and such a low number puts them among the worst offenses in the FCS overall (not quite as bad considering Ivy teams have played fewer games but still bad). When they get there they score TDs about half the time, as does Dartmouth, but Dartmouth's offense drives there much more frequently, 29x.

Dartmouth has been trying to stay with their two QB system that they won an Ivy Championships in 2019 and 2021. The problem is they don't have Derek Kyler anymore, the passing part of the two QB system has been below average. Nick Howard handles the running part fine, he's a former HS LB/QB and he throws kind of like you would expect a former LB to throw. He's the 5th leading rusher in the Ivy this year and they will still call passes for him too, he's 50% with a 1-3 ratio this year. They have tried two different passing QBs. Proctor hasn't played for a couple weeks so he may be hurt. Cadwallader was also the passing QB last year - he hasn't been especially effective (64%, 1-2 ratio, 551y most of which has come in 3 games this year). Unlike Princeton, Dartmouth wants to run, only sometimes are they good at it. #2 Ivy rush O (near 40att per game) - avg is just 3.9ypc. Of note, they ran for 221y (5.1) on a decent Yale D, but vs a better D last week at Harvard only managed 83y (2.9).

Dartmouth was 2-5 this time last year. There was some expectation of a rebound this year, but they are just 3-4 (2-2 Ivy). Princeton had the rough start which was pretty much expected to a point, but have now won back-to-back Ivy games and are 3-1 vs Ivy league which is just where they want to be, tied a top the league standings. By this point last season, Dartmouth was viewed very negatively last year and Princeton was unbeaten, Princeton was a 16.5 pt fav but only won 17-14, they did outgain them by 120y. Scoring was down due to RZ ineffiency which is a common theme in Princeton games. Last time at Dartmouth which was also on a Friday, Princeton was a 2.5 pt road fav and got blown out 7-31. Their super RB Eaddy got injured in the 1Q and it really took something out of their team.

There are some common opponents. Dartmouth just played Harvard and Princeton played them two weeks ago. Both Dartmouth and Princeton did an outstanding job on what had been a hot Harvard O. A week after Princeton made DePrima look like a second stringer, Dartmouth put him on the bench after just one quarter of 2 INTs and intentional grounding (Murphy said he was banged up so not certain it was based on poor play, but he played poor!). Princeton held Harvard to 14 pts on just 220y of O (3.0), 35% 3rd down and forced 3 TOs. Dartmouth was similar in allowing 17 pts on 264y (3.9), 43$ 3rd down and forced 2 TOs. Each team's D also got after the QB and played behind the LOS with similar 3-4 sacks and 7-6 TFLs. Harvard did run for 235 (4.5) on Dartmouth whereas Princeton limited that to just 68y (1.8)!

Each team also played Columbia. It is hard to really compare that game because the Columbia - Princeton game was played in some awful weather. Still, both Princeton and Dartmouth held them to under 10pts. Columbia did have a much better offensive game vs Dartmouth for what that might be worth (303y of O with 4.1ypp was their best Ivy production on O this year - avg 184ypg ttl O in 3 other Ivy games).

After all that, I think this - Both Ds are good, Princeton may be a little better. Princeton has a little higher ceiling on O because of the plays that Stenstrom can make passing - still it is not a good O by any means. Princeton also has a little more wind under their wings right now. I expect Princeton to likely move off pk to favored, Dartmouth is 0-1 ATS as a home dog this year losing to Yale although Dartmouth was the better team on the field that day. Dartmouth was 0-1 ATS as a home dog last year losing to Harvard. This game is going to be tight because both Ds will make it that way and neither O is all that good to overcome strong D. Princeton should have enough in the end to win. I do feel like Dartmouth is going to throw the kitchen sink out in this game, just not sure that is enough. Tough game to pick really, feel like I'd have to go Princeton. Total is so low, I don't know.

 

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Other Ivy action:

Last year Yale really put it on Brown, 69-17, it was 52-3 HT! Yale scored 4 TDs in the final 5min of the 1H! Just one of those games that spirals with a Yale O that was really clicking vs a Brown team, kind of like we saw them play at Cornell 2 weeks ago where nothing went right. Yale got cooking this time last year and they may be getting revved up again off the dominating Columbia win. Columbia is as bad offensively as it gets in the Ivy this year, Brown is quite good on O - we saw that this Brown team is indeed different this year as they bounced back and outplayed Penn on the road last Friday (plus TO margin made a big difference for them). So we are going to see a better game than last year, which is kind of obvious, and also a better game than what Columbia put forth last week at Yale, again not saying much. The spread thinks that Brown is equal or worse than Columbia. Yale -9 at home vs Columbia and now -7.5 at Brown. It was a good matchup for Yale at a good time as Yale was kind of lost, other than Morgan they really did not look all that strong this season (outgained vs everyone not named Morgan and held below 300y of O in three straight since Morgan). So Columbia was a get right game for them. Brown D is not going to offer any more resistance vs Yale than Columbia did. Brown gives up 30.8 ppg, 412.5ypg, 145.5 rush ypg (4.8), 267 pass ypg - all last in the Ivy except for the pass D and pass eff D which is second to last. Brown is always this way so we can probably use past Yale games vs them as an indicator of what could happen. Now Yale O was off prior to the Columbia game, assuming that is not some broader issue as there is no good reason on the surface for that to be happening, maybe some OL shuffling, but looking back Yale has scored 69, 63, 59, 46 and 34 their last 5 vs Brown and wins by 52, 25, 24, 30 and 27. And Brown is always good on O, as they are this year. I said before the Penn game that Brown is different this year in that they are competing better vs teams than they normally do, can that apply here? I am going to say no. I would like Yale, history says Yale. There is concern that the Yale D allowed 452y to Penn. And in Yale's only other road game this year, I'll say Yale was lucky to get out of Dartmouth with a win. And everyone probably remembers the Holy Cross - Yale game. So the Yale D, this year, gives some concern (ranked just 6th out of 8 in total D). Yale's D should be good, but they aren't playing up to expectations. So then, I think the Over would be the best way. Brown D should be challenged here and Brown's D has never matched up good vs Yale and hasn't matched up well vs anyone this year. An interesting stat angle, Brown and Yale are the two best 3rd down conversion Os in the Ivy and the two worst 3rd down conversion Ds in the Ivy. Turnovers killing drives would be the only way this doesn't go Over.

Harvard should certainly beat Columbia. Like last week, you pretty much knew both Yale and Harvard were going to win, but could they cover? Yale did vs Columbia while Harvard really struggled vs Dartmouth. DePrima was pulled after a really bad 1Q (2 INTs and a grounding call). Murphy said he got "banged up" the prior game so maybe he wasn't 100%. Either way, he is not a good passer, he wasn't good vs Princeton either and has several games where his arm has been really inaccurate, but they could live with that because of the plays he was making running. Vs Princeton and Dartmouth his running was a nonfactor, +2 yards on 21 att (with sacks) the last two games. So they bring in Jaden Craig and Harvard supposedly had a tight QB battle this offseason where they were comfortable with as many as 3 different QBs. Craig was supposed to be the passer, well he only attempted 8, completed 2 for 13y and sacked 3x - instead he rushed 12x for 36y net (2 TDs). Not sure who goes this week, but the offense appears the same either way. Harvard was avg 41ppg and 418ypg in the 3 nonconference and vs the 2 worst Ivy Ds this year - then they just played two of the best Ds on their schedule and only avg 15.5 ppg vs them with just 242ypg. The D has been pretty steady, at average or better the last two weeks. Overs 4-1 their first five, Unders 2-0 of late. Columbia is the worst in about every key offensive category in the league, or second worst. They are a mid pack rush O team, Harvard rush D is really good. The price to lay is high, 13.5 on the road? The only way to go is to take Harvard and assume over 4Q they can gap them enough on the scoreboard. What we've seen the last two weeks does not give confidence in the Harvard O and generally Columbia's D keeps games close, except for last week. So a couple things there that make you wonder - I think in most scenarios Harvard covers, but it doesn't just look like a slam dunk. Last year Columbia won 21-20 as a 10.5 pt road dog. They tipped or blk'd 3 Harvard FGs including a would-be game winner. Harvard outgained them by 155. Two years ago Harvard beat them here 49-21.

Cornell at Penn is interesting to see because both teams were off big wins, Cornell beating Brown and Penn beating Yale and then both teams followed it up with home losses. It felt like to me that the Penn O was better this year, but last year they were scoring 26.6ppg and this year is 27.7ppg. They are averaging 50ypg more with a slightly better ypp. The D is better shaving 70ypg off the total and .7 better on the ypp basis. The scoring D however is the same. They are not a good run offense, but I think they try and go back to more of that this week. In their wins they have run the ball 30x per game for 112ypg - most of that was in the nonconferce though, only rushing for 80ypg in their two Ivy wins. In their losses this year they have run it just 20x per game for 49.5ypg. They were playing catchup vs Brown last week so attempting 55 passes I can see, but only 19 rush attempts for 88y on Brown who is a poor rush D - they should've stuck with that more. In the end the 3 INTs they threw vs Brown were largetly the reason they lost - Brown had short field TD after INT and the last INT Penn threw was in the EZ when they were on the cusp of retaking the lead in the final minute. Penn finished with a +50 ttl yard edge. Penn did cover twice to open the year as DD favs, however since then, Penn is just 1-3 ATS as a fav, lost twice straight up and the one cover was a 3 pt win laying 2 at Columbia. Cornell had been avg a fairly consistent 21 ppg before they beat Brown scoring 36 (fueled by turnovers gained) and then last week only came away with 3 despite gaining 350y on a tough Princeton D (second most yards anyone has gained on Princeton this year). Cornell had five drives get into Princeton territory but they ended with SOD, FG, fumble, missed FG and end of game. Moving the ball better than most on Princeton is something. I think Cornell should get back towards the 20s scoring in this game. Penn's D is good, maybe not as good as I thought as everyone after game #1 has hit atleast 17 on them, even Columbia! I probably lean Cornell plus the pts here assuming they can get to about 20. Last year Penn blk'd 2 punts and returned an INT into Cornell territory leading to 3 TDs in their noncovering 28-21 win (-10.5). Cornell beat them 15-12 (+3.5) last time in Philly.

 

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Three FCS vs FBS games and I would need a little help to see if there is anything worth liking there.

I can say that Campbell allowing 380y and 44 pts to Richmond isn't all that surprising, higher than I would've thought for sure - it ballooned in the 4Q on a pick-six, and two short field TD drives for Richmond after another INT and a SOD. So not in that fashion, but Campbell does give it up on D to everyone. The really shocking part is that the Campbell O only gained 206y (2.8) and scored just 13 pts. Nobody has come close to doing that vs this offense this year. UNC -40.5 holy shit that is a lot of pts! I have not been at this long enough to know how the trends say FCS does vs FBS in these late season games. UNC obviously in a ACC sandwich and I don't think they would care all that much here, just win and get out healthy. Mack Brown's UNC teams are 2-2 ATS vs FCS, but lost the last two. 2022 56-24 vs FAMU (+45), 2021 34-14 vs Wofford (+37), 2020 49-9 vs Western Carolina (+19.5), 2019 56-7 vs Mercer (+38.5). I would take the +40.5 with Campbell here I would think. @carolinablue for your thoughts?

I have never watched nor bet a Sam Houston game in my life. All I know is they transitioned to FBS last year. Kennesaw is doing the same this year and they are a bad football team. Kennesaw lost to Tenn Tech, Charleston Southern and Tenn State in successive weeks all as favorites, bad look except Tenn St has turned a corner, but losing to the other two is bad. Had back-to-back bye weeks and then only beat Lincoln 28-12. Lincoln is a non-NCAA recognized team who is 0-9 and everyone pounds them. Kennesaw didn't look so good. What is Sam Houston like? Phil Steele's preview says "Sam Houston sees the triple option for the second time this year" Kennesaw no longer runs the option, although you wouldn't know it from the Lincoln box score where they went 0-6 passing! Avg 23 pass att per game their other 6 this year.

Merrimack at UMass is the other and again, I have no idea on UMass. Last year they were dogged to an FCS so at least they are better now just based off the spread. Merrimack is off a disappointing loss where they blew a 21-6 lead at St Francis in what was a key conference game for them. Now they are 2 games back instead of 1 had they not blown the lead. So from that standpoint they could be hanging their heads in a meaningless game vs UMass. I say meaningless, they are both MA schools, 88 miles apart. Homecoming for UMass with a bye on deck. Merrimack is a big run team, avg 47 rush att per game and only throw 16x per game. I see UMass just played Army, different, but run heavy.

Any opinions on these games? My guesses are Campbell, Sam Houston and I don't know on the last one.

 

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Fallen out of focus on my time this week. Just some random things.

Not sure if Sluka starting this week. Both QBs practiced yesterday. Coach said he was good enough last week (did get a couple plays) but they wanted him to heel up better - some kind of muscle issue. They should be ok on O vs Lehigh with either one. Bigger issue is D, they started 3 Fr in the secondary last week.

Ironic that Montes' first INT of the season for Fordham goes for a Holy Cross pick-six. 619y (+153y) in a loss.

There have been 3 straight upsets in Bucknell games (two by Bucknell one by opponent).

There have been 4 straight upsets in Colgate games (three by Colgate one by opponent last week).

Last time Lafayette had a home game they were -13 vs Bucknell and won 56-22 with a 236 ttl yard edge. Now they are showing as a 16.5 pt home favorite vs Colgate and Bucknell just beat Colgate. Leopards are 8-0, 7-0-1 or 7-1 ATS depending on the Georgetown line.

Gardner Webb off back-to-back underdog wins. Bryant can still win Big South title if they win out (GW, Lindenwood, SEMO)

I have said a couple times that I have not had a good read on Indiana State this year since week 1. So I've not been involved in their games since Illinois State. It would appear like they are playing better, but last time I said that leading up to the Illinois State game they got blown out. Illinois State and YSU are similar teams so this game could go down accordingly. In recent years Indiana St has gotten worse and YSU has gotten better - Indiana St has covered the last 4 in the series and won 3 of those outright (dogged in all 4). YSU should win comfortably, but history says be careful and Penguins have SDSU at home next week.

Morgan is an 18pt favorite. Can they score 18? Their ssn avg coming into last week was 13 ppg. Last week they scored 32, 14 were by way of non-offensive TDs. They started a different QB last week, Carson Baker - not sure how much better he is, but maybe a little.

What is weird is the last two games William & Mary has found a scoring offense, 24 and 31 pts the last two weeks on O, avg just 19.8 their first 6 - but now the D is worse, allowing 34 and 28 pts (and 396 and 425 ttl yards in those). They only allowed on avg 13.5 ppg and 239 ypg in their first 6 on D. And they've been run on for 208 (4.7) and 303 (9.2). Odd

Delaware HC is very coy when talking about injuries so doubt we know much before the game, both QBs who have started games this year are or were hurt. So hard to gauge them here. I think Elon is not as good as their record (4-1 in CAA). Delaware was a 3.5 pt road fav last year at Elon and Elon took it to them 27-7. If at least one of the Delaware QBs is healthy they should get revenge.

Maine has gotten off to some rough starts the last month. Trailed the last 4 at HT by 10, 21, 3 and 11. In the 2H they've played even or outscored their opponents in 3 of 4.

Huge line for Monmouth who likely has some pent-up frustration off of back-to-back close losses - last home game they beat Hampton 61-10. I worry they could be a little flat off those last two game losses only playing Stony Brook who everyone has been pounding. Monmouth has been a great 2H team this year, outscoring opponents 67-24 the last 3 and also shutout Lehigh 21-0 and outscored Towson 28-13 2H earlier this year. The last two weeks they got in big holes 6-21 and 7-21 in the 1H.

Villanova has been real good this year. Their last road game vs a good team they lost by 21 at Albany however. New Hampshire does not possess that kind of D - can't trust UNH D or their offensive efficiency when they get into the RZ, can't trust them if they have a lead. UNH is a disapppointment this season, should not be a 4 loss team.

NC A&T off their best offensive game vs CAA teams (24 pts and 318y). Not passing much but are getting better at it - they had not passed for 100y vs anyone all season, they connected on some big plays and passed for 211 (67%) last week. Towson is decent team, but have only been favored once all year and lost vs Norfolk.

VMI has been playing some pretty good ball lately - avg 265 ypg of O and 10ppg before their bye week, 363ypg and 18ppg since. Last week was especially good for them vs UTC, a little better in the RZ or make a FG or xpt that they missed and they could've won that game - ssn high in yards (440), rush yards (210), second most pass yards (230) and pts (23). Vs that same UTC team, ETSU lost by 31. UTC was in a look-ahead spot last week though. ETSU similarly benefitted from Furman in sandwich spot last week, their close game might look good, but they didn't score an offensive TD and only had 230y of O (4.2ypp). In their last 4 games ETSU is avg just 224.5 yards per game! That does include the 422 they had in their 31 pt win over Wofford.

So both Furman and Chattanooga were in look-ahead situations last week. This game will likely determine the SoCon Champ. Furman better D and running game (especially OL and QB running). UTC has had a couple head scratcher defensive games this year, do have better passing O. Tough game to call

Now that Mercer has won a big game, what they do to finish the year will really matter. Only playing The Citadel so should be fine? No history of them handling success though.

FAMU finally gets an impressive looking victory. Alabama A&M was closer than the score shows last week, Alabama State had two ST TDs. FAMU has failed to cover vs lesser teams.

North Dakota seems lost right now, two games removed from the big win vs NDSU they have been shutout at UNI and had to go to OT in order to beat Indiana State! Relative to the spread, Murray State has stayed within big spreads the last 3 weeks. Vs MVFC 3-1-1 or 4-1 ATS depending on SIU line. Good Ds can shut them down, I don't think UND is a good D - when they succeed it is becasue of their O outscoring the opponent.

 

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For whatever reason I was very lazy when it comes to handicapping the matchups this week. I have nothing to share ahead of the lines coming out, I'll be reacting on the fly.

Cold and rainy in Cheney Washington (CP-EWU). Cold and rainy in Missoula, MT (Sac St - Mont) and just somewhat cold in Bozeman, MT (NAU-MTSU)

 

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It is funny when you listen to national media and they say things like FAMU is rolling right now, lighting up the scoreboard, going to score 50 on this team or that team- well no, they had one good game last week. Otherwise they beat SWAC teams by just 14.4 ppg before last week's 38 vs lowly PV. They had not scored more than 31 vs any SWAC team before last week. Like when you pay attention to game results, it is surprising to learn how few people actually pay attention to game results.

 

[KJ]

For whatever reason I was very lazy when it comes to handicapping the matchups this week. I have nothing to share ahead of the lines coming out, I'll be reacting on the fly.

Cold and rainy in Cheney Washington (CP-EWU). Cold and rainy in Missoula, MT (Sac St - Mont) and just somewhat cold in Bozeman, MT (NAU-MTSU)

This time of year is kinda tough for the division. Most pretty much have already penciled in the tournament contenders so it's a very few games that even matter. Have a couple friends that are UNI fans and they don't really even pay much attention in November, the damage has already been done.

 

[KJ]

To expound, if you're trying hard to get into the post season at this point you aren't really going to win anything

 

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Will be looking for Campbell, does that go to +42 or more?

I looked at SHSU's record, they are win-less. It's been great fading Kennesaw this year, but if the line is 18.5-ish, that looks like too much. SHSU, some of their games were close though?

On the radar:

Probably would rather have Holy Cross
Drake on the road if 7 or less
Sacred Heart to not go winless at home (good fan support at their home field)
Yale to win, will look for best ML
Harvard and Under
Lafayette
Cornell
Bucknell
Del St / Morgan Under
VMI
Citadel
Alabama A&M
Alcorn
Western Caro
Illinois State
Cal Poly
McNeese
Nicholls
EKU and Over
Grambling
Idaho St
Port St / UCD Over

 

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As for the playoff, could be it's own thread. But a lot to be determined yet in the MVFC after SDSU. Will be a lot of eligible teams fighting for spots there. CAA still has some TBD with the 4-loss teams. Big Sky you pretty much know who the teams are now. Big South/OVC is all up in the air. UAC is unsettled. SLC comes down to the game today. SoCon comes down to the game today and then who else might be able to qualify. There are still quite a few meaningful games. Except for teams like Wagner or Towson or Missouri State or Tenn Tech, etc, etc, etc - but what were those teams playing for anyway? You play to win the game, right. I'm always impressed when so-called teams with nothing to play for still go hard, it's what they are supposed to do.

 

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Delaware has a little uncertainty at quarterback right now. Starter Ryan O’Connor has missed the last two weeks with an injury but appeared to almost ready to return last week. His replacement, Zach Marker, has looked sharp but appeared to aggravate a shoulder injury last week. So who will start? Will both QBs play? It all remains to be seen.

If O'Connor was almost ready to return last week I'd assume he's good to go for this week?

 

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Drake opened at 7, changed to 7.5 by time I screen shot

 

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I popped the HC over
Those games never going under
Even with the backup starting they score 50

 

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Yale 7.5 -108 at BM and 9 -115 at BOL

 

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Bryant opend -1

 

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BOL actually had Albany out first at -2.5. BM started there and very quickly went to 3.5

 

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It seems like we get the first 15 games then hit a nice hour or so break where nothing happens.

 

[M.W.]

Campbell for me as well. Kennesaw, too.

 

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I thought we hit the BOL stall again, but they have a couple more up now

 

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ETSU hasn't scored an offensive TD in the last two games.

Now on their 5th string QB

 

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ETSU hasn't scored an offensive TD in the last two games.

Now on their 5th string QB

VMI might be my favorite game today. I try to not assign a favorite game as I close to flat bet most.

 

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Butler opened -6.5 and Mercer -20.5

 

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Not FCS
but is there any chance this teaser loses?

 

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Not FCS
but is there any chance this teaser loses?

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Don't know, but it looks appealing

 

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I'm sure I missed whatever the opening numbers were on these

 

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Bovada's website has been broke for like an hour?

 

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[B.A.R.]

What happened in that Holy Cross game?

Might be one of the weirder bad beats this year on a total.

 

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What happened in that Holy Cross game?

Might be one of the weirder bad beats this year on a total.

I wasn't watching, will have to look into it. I know it had a great 1H start towards it.

The worst thing about FCS is how 90% of the games are all clustered between 12-4. I try and keep up on as much as I can in real time, but it is literally impossible to monitor all of it.

 

[B.A.R.]

I wasn't watching, will have to look into it. I know it had a great 1H start towards it.

The worst thing about FCS is how 90% of the games are all clustered between 12-4. I try and keep up on as much as I can in real time, but it is literally impossible to monitor all of it.

Understandable.

I'll be coming over heavily next year.

I've been playing 1-2 a week with solid success.

 

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28 favorites, 29 dogs and just 10 upsets but there were some key ones. The biggest, wow, was Robert Morris winning at SEMO as a 28-30 pt dog! Saw that one at +1368 somewhere. That was a big shocker, SEMO has lost some games they should not have to better teams, this one is rough and it throws the Big South / OVC title race into a 3-way battle. Incarnate Word's medicore play finally cost them a game, which I am thankful for - they were #4 in the coaches poll. The coaches poll is an absolute joke, the stats perform is better, but they were #8 there. The playoff committee was better yet at #10, but bottom line, all those rankings were too high for UIW. Colgate beats Lafayette in OT, this was a crazy one. Elon beats Delaware, wow. Tennessee St loses at Charleston Southern just when TSU was really gaining some traction.

Campbell and UNC were tied 7-7, then UNC scored the next 52 pts! UNC outgained them 594-287 (9.7-3.6).

Matthew Sluka did not start again for Holy Cross, he was used for just a play or two again like last week. Lehigh went right down the field to lead 7-0, then HC fumbled, short field Lehigh TD 14-0! Then Pesansky threw an INT, but Lehigh would be SOD at the HC24. A 53y TD run and then HC got a short field TD of their own following an INT and it was 14-14 1Q and 21-21 HT! The 2H would only see 10 pts total. HC fumbled at the L46, Lehigh kicked a FG from the H24 and missed a FG from the H16. HC was SOD at the L17 and in the final minute/seconds HC gained a FD at the L05 where they proceeded to take knees. HC did have a 425-301 (6.4-4.8) TY edge. Pesansky threw for 410y with 82% completions last week, vs Lehigh he was just 58% for 158y.

Offense was hard to find for Drake and Marist as neither team topped 100y rushing and had just over 200y passing each. The drama came late. Drake made a 53y FG ! to go up 10-3 mid 4Q. Marist would go on to covert two 4th downs and found themselves FD at the D03 with 1min to play. Drake D withstood 2 passes (one was flagged D PI) and 3 runs as the clock expired on the Red Foxes.

Sacred Heart led by 11 early, but CCSU tied at 17. SHU extended to a 14 pt lead in the 2H, but CCSU made it interesting scoring a TD with just 1:39 to go and getting the ball back with :34 left. They got to the S27 but ran out of time. CCSU outgained them 474-415 (7.5-5.9)

It had been a while since the last time, but St Francis again lost outright as a favorite, this time to Long Island. SFU led 28-17 in the 4Q. LIU scored with 5min left, went for 2 and failed. 28-23. LIU got the ball back just under 3min left and scored TD with 1:37, 2pt again no good. 29-28. A big KO return set up SFU near midfield, but their hopes ended on 3 straight incompletions. LIU outgained them 395-375 (7.3-6.1). Doyle again DNP.

Duquesne jumped out 14-0, but Wagner would make them work for this. Wagner went on a 20-0 run to lead 20-14 near the end of the 3Q. Duq went back up 21-20 and then would score 2 D TDs in the final quarter for the 34-26 F. Wagner had a 389-340 TY edge (6.0-5.8) and outrushed them 226-92 (5.4-2.8).

Yale was in control from the start after Brown mishandled the opening KO, then fumbled at their own 10 two plays into the game. And then perhaps a hint of the kind of scoring, or scoring blunders, Yale missed the xpt on their opening TD. Yale won 36-17, but they settled for a FG from the B04, threw INTs in the EZ on back-to-back possessions, and killed 7-1/2 minutes of the game going just 46y in the 4Q ending SOD at the B24. For their part, Brown settled for a FG from the Y05 and threw an INT from the Y06, then were SOD at the Y30 later in the game. Yes it went Under. Yale outgained them 410-334 (5.5-4.7). Yale threw 3 INTs, Brown lost 4 TOs.

Presbyterian led 10-0, the game was tied at 13 early 4Q. San Diego went up 16-13 with 3min left, then got a covering pick-six with just :15 left to win 23-13. These Pioneer League offenses, SD had a 256-209 (4.1-3.6) TY edge.

Jaden Craig started for Harvard. The game opened with each team punting, then Harvard threw a short pass to a TE who proceeded to out run all of the Columbia DBs for an 83y TD! Harvard blocked a punt for TD next possession and the blowout was on. 24-7 HT. It was 38-10 until Columbia scored two late TDs for the 38-24 F. Harvard had a 401-330 (7.6-4.5) TY edge, but 147 of Columbia's yards came on their final 2 possessions of the game.

Colgate and Lafayette was a strange one. Laf muffed the first punt of the game, but Colgate missed a 39y FG. Laf would score 17 straight and led 17-0 HT. Laf opened the 3Q as they opened the 1st with a fumble and this time Colgate scored off of it with a 4th down TD pass...17-7. Laf got stuffed on 4th-1 at the C42 and the Raiders went on for another TD...17-14. Laf shanked a punt setting up Colgate on the L33 to start their next possession and after a 20y TD, Colgate would lead 21-17! Laf got up 24-21. Then Colgate 28-24. Colgate extended 31-24 under 6min to go. Laf had to punt with 4min to go, but Colgate could only burn 1 minute off before they had to punt back. Laf converted two 4th downs (one a tight spot with a lengthy review) and would go on to score the game tying TD with just :24 left! After a PI call, Laf had 1st-goal at the 5, but had to settle for a FG...34-31, then Colgate had a great throw-and-catch TD to walk off with the 37-34 OT win giving Lafayette their first FCS loss of the season. Laf did outgain them 385-303 (4.8-4.3). Colgate's QB Brescia was injured in the 1H, so Tr Fr Stearney who would've been third string a month ago came in and went 13-21-146-3-0 and added 24y rushing.

 

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Cal Poly got three safeties against EWU

That has to be some kind of record

 

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Cal Poly got three safeties against EWU

That has to be some kind of record

That is really crazy. The 2H score was 4-3! The box score doesn't reveal the detail on the safeties, looks like maybe the 1st one was a holding in the EZ call although I'm guessing - it happened on 2nd down on an incomplete pass. The other two occurred on special teams, something went wrong with EWU punts.

Not a lot of yards for all those pts for EWU - 48 pts on 374y of O. Had two TD drives combined for 34y following opening KO return deep inside CP territory and also a short field after a fumble recovery, added a pick-six later. EW D and running game was real good.