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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 1567814, member: 289"] [I]First Round Match-ups (to be played this weekend)[/I] (There are 24 teams, 8 of which get first round byes.) BYE- JACKSONVILLE STATE 10-1 (413-179) Lost 20-27 to Auburn. FORDHAM 9-2 (422-317) Lost 7-14 to Villanova and 29-31 to Colgate. AT CHATTANNOGA 8-3 (299-230) Lost 20-23 to Jacksonville State, 14-17 to Mercer and 13-52 to Florida State. BYE- CHARLESTON SOUTHERN 9-2 (316-218) Lost 16-44 to Troy and 6-56 to Alabama. COASTAL CAROLINA 9-2 (383-200) Lost 25-33 to Costal Carolina and 21-24 Liberty. At THE CITADEL 8-3 (353-231) Lost 13-48 to Georgia Southern, 20-33 to College of Charleston and 23-31 to Chattanooga. BYE- JAMES MADISON 9-2 (493-300) Lost 49-59 to Richmond and 41-44 to William & Mary NEW HAMPSHIRE 7-4 (267-237) Lost 13-43 to San Jose State, 6-31 to Stoney Brook, 18-34 to Williams and Mary and 14-31 to Delaware. At COLGATE 7-4 (264-295) Lost 10-48 to Navy, 8-26 to New Hampshire, 28-29 to Yale and 20-44 to Princeton. BYE- MCNEESE STATE 10-0 (303-111) SAM HOUSTON STATE 8-3 (482-270) Lost 45-59 to Texas Tech, 46-49 to Lamar and 10-27 to McNeese State. At SOUTHERN UTAH 8-3 (386-208) Lost 9-12 to Utah State, 10-55 to South Dakota State and 23-24 to Portland State. BYE- NORTH DAKOTA STATE 9-2 (394-194) Lost 35-38 to Montana and 21-24 to South Dakota . MONTANA (351-266) Lost 19-20 to Cal Poly, 21-31 to Liberty, 21-24 to Weber State and 167-35 to Portland State At SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 8-3 (324-184) Lost 7-28 to North Dakota State, 7-10 to Northern Iowa and 24-30 to Western Illinois. BYE- PORTLAND STATE 9-2 (394-239). Lost 17-19 to North Dakota and 32-35 to Northern Colorado. NORTHERN IOWA 7-4 (318-217)Lost 7-31 to Iowa State, 13-21 to Illinois State, 28-31 to North Dakota State and 19-24 to Western Illinois. At EASTERN ILLINOIS 7-4 ((266-266) Lost 5-33 to Western Illinois, 0-41 to Northwestern, 31-34 to Illinois State and 3-24 to Jacksonville State. BYE- RICHMOND 8-3 (368-271) Lost 21-50 to Maryland, 25-30 to new Hampshire and 20-21 to Villanova. WILLIAM & MARY 8-3 (337-198) Lost 29-35 to Virginia, 23-24 to Delaware and 9-20 to Richmond At DUQUESNE 8-3 (319-179) Lost 13-24 to Dayton, 14-17 to Albany and 17-38 to Bryant. BYE- ILLINOIS STATE 9-2 (388-218) Lost 131 to Iowa and 20-25 to South Dakota State. DAYTON 10-1 (289-205) Lost to 17-27 to Drake. At WESTERN ILLINOIS 6-5 (284-343) Lost 0-44 to Illinois, 27-34 to Coastal Carolina, 28-48 to Illinois State, 21-23 to Youngstown State and 7-59 to North Dakota State. Comments: The first round begins this weekend. Looking at these match-ups you can see that FCS teams don’t have the glamorous records you see in Divisions 2 and 3. Most of these teams have 2,3 even 4 losses. But look who they lost two. They love to play “guarantee” games against FBS teams to help fund their athletic budgets. These teams, at this level, are almost all better than their records. But the presence of Western Illinois, 6-5 and out-scored by 59 points, also indicates that it’s too small a division. FBS has a bunch of teams that used to be FCS teams , (including ex-champions Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Boise State, Bowling Green, Central Michigan, Louisiana Tech, Massachusetts, Memphis State, Northern Illinois, Ohio University, San Diego State, Southern Mississippi, Troy State and Western Kentucky), that probably should still be. That’s why I’d like to see FCS combined with the non-power conference teams from FBS into a true Division 2 while the current Divisions 2 and 3 and the NAIA should become a new Division 3. [/QUOTE]

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