South Dakota is going to beat Montana in Missoula. I just have a feeling.
Tarleton is underrated in that deal. I would go (not that it matters but it is Monday):

1. Tarleton State
2. Montana State
3. South Dakota
tie 4 Montana
tie 4 UC Davis
6. Illinois State
7. Nova
8. SFA

Looking for Ags @ Tarleton State and Coyotes @ Bozeman as the semi finals. Do not take this to the bank, nor should you ever take any betting advice based on anything I type.

What happened with that Rhody fan betting his house against Davis? I think there was some uncertainty with which way he was betting, but I'd like to follow up with him

I thought the video clearly meant betting the house against Rhode Island since he was clearly doing a rant against Rhode Island in that short video.

Well, I hope he kept his house!

That fan was betting his house on Davis. He had a hard time speaking.

I just found the link and listened again. He was definitely (rightfully) confident Davis would win.

So maybe he's upgrading his house rather than losing it from gambling?! In that case, take the Coyotes and whatever the spread is in Missoula and bet the house (again)!

You know what I love about these podcasts? They are simple and fun. It reminds me so much of the 80's and 90's college football before it blew up to whatever it is now.

Yes. Just talk about football.

Best case scenario for this coming Sunday is that three out of the four remaining teams are all from the Big Sky.

The FCS Quarterfinal slate is as such!

Friday, 12/12/25
6 pm PT on ESPN -- Stephen F. Austin @ Montana State

Saturday, 12/13/25
9 am PT on ESPN -- Villanova @ Tarleton State
12:30 pm PT on ABC -- South Dakota @ Montana
2:00 pm PT on ESPN+ -- Illinois State @ UC Davis

I hate that we are the only game on +

Here are my picks:

Montana St over SFA
Villanova over Tarleton St
Montana over South Dakota
Davis over ISU

I'm a little torn on that South Dakota @ Montana game -- both teams were impressive last Saturday, Yotes on the road, who I think benefitted from a Freshman QB going off the rails, Griz at home, beating a good SDSU team soundly.

Think that home environment is too much to overcome. Weather should be partly cloudy and mid 40's, good weather for Missoula that time of year...makes for a better day offensively, which is in Montana's favor. Look for Montana to overwhelm Bauman, work to shut down the explosive Yote run game...but if South Dakota can string together some big runs, it's going to be a crazy game.

I'm with you, AggieFinn, on the potential for a crazy game in Missoula. However, I feel like the Yotes are hot and I wasn't that impressed with the Griz vs. Montana State. Just for fun, I'll take South Dakota in that one.

Bobcats roll.

Torn on Nova vs. Tarleton. I watched the first quarter of Villanova-Harvard, which probably skewed everything, but I thought Villanova looked the part. They totally dismantled Harvard in every phase. I have not seen anything on Tarleton other than how great they are. I'm guessing they're faster, which is typically my preference, so I'll take Tarleton at home, but I think the weird start time favors the visitors.

Tarleton in a $1 beer barf-fest

Could turn into Cleveland's infamous "Disco Demolition Night" back in the 70s

What could go wrong?

There are ways to do it without burning the place down. Set number of kegs, whatever. Overregulation won't be a problem for a state entity... That video cracks me up, hadn't seen those "highlights" in a minute!

Shout out to FCS Checkdown, who've been killing it recently:



https://www.youtube.com/live/1_MYueeXhwk?si=xVhPrbrVOuwmq4gj

#2 Montana State 24 #7 Stephen F Austin 8 at the half.

If SFA stops shooting themselves in the foot offensively, this is a winnable game for them. They’ve had some success moving the ball.

Well might be out of reach now. 34-14 late third.

MSU has scored on 6 of 8 drives so far. And one of the two, the QB made an awful decision to throw the ball on third down and it got picked off. They would have had a short FG if he just threw it away.

MSU is just too good. This is their year.

lots of penalties and they are still up by a lot. Don’t think they are unbeatable though, definitely favorites right now.