They lucked out on conference schedule and didn’t have to play two teams that finished above them in the standings, Weber and Davis, They lost against every strong conference team the played, So they don’t deserve to be in. We can complain about it if the choice was them or Davis. But was it?

To me seasons always come down to beating the teams that historically beat us. I’d rather have quality wins and miss the playoffs than sneak in without a win over a Montana, Montana State, Weber or Eastern Washington. Now you can add Sac to that list.
This year Davis lost the games that were on the schedule against historical nemeses. The only ranked team they beat was one they beat twice last year so that didn’t gain much respect,. Can’t complain about missing the playoffs because we conclusively proved we are unlikely to win a game against ranked competition, doing so once in five opportunities

I don’t follow why the big sky would get fewer bids if Montana is left out.

Montana punt team bad snap touchdown Montana State 21-7

I’m in. Thanks

There is a big media advantage to being the premier sport in a state as opposed to the coverage Davis gets, which is pretty limited to local news. Davis gets about 25% more media coverage than it did in the Far Western Conference, but that’s offset by paywalls.

It is just history, it’s not based on this year. That’s a major downside to polls.

Sagarin is pure points. Montana hammered teams they beat.

I think Montana loses this week. It will be a matchup of two teams with the easiest schedules in the Big Sky. Matchup of a team which lost their tough games against a team that won their only two tough FCS games and is home.
Montana State beat Davis and Weber both at home, and now they get Montana at home. They didn’t have to play Idaho or Sac. Lucky schedule.

LOL at having Montana ranked over Davis. Substitute Cal or South Dakota State for Northwestern State or a Indiana State and they would be 6-4. Davis’ road win over Idaho is better than any Montana win and Montana lost to Idaho at home.
Against conference competition they’ve lost more games than Davis. If either team wins this week and the other loses, they’re the better team.

"Davis ended the 2018 season after winning one playoff game ranked 101."

Oh, you're talking about Sag, yes, this is true. I was referring to the national FCS ranking going into the end of season when UC Davis got the #8 seed in 2018.

UCD all the way up to 89 in the Sagarin rankings. That I believe is the highest ever this late in the season. That’s the sixth highest FCS school.
https://www.college-sports-journal.com/college-sports-journal-sagarin-fcs-top-25-nov-12/

Tompkins was pissed that the defender slapped at him after TD, he looked at the ref to see if anything was going to be called and then did the hand wave and then pose.
We’re do you draw the line on this stuff? You see the flex lots of tackles, and the dance after sacks. The only way calling it makes sense is the wave because that was directed to a individual opponent.

Time to give the assistant coaches some credit.
The running game is better than any of the Plough Speckman and Keane coached teams, while we still have an effective and efficient passing game, So hats off to the new offensive assistants.

The key stat was time of possession.

I wonder if the Tubs guys are nervous now.

Like going for two. Maybe see Tompkins

Shall we run until they stop it or throw it for variety

These refs are poor to say the least

I was going to mention that game but because they had their preferred QB out I’m not sure it’s an exception to your observation.