Great quarter. Just need to finish this things off. Love that we’re able to run the ball too.

I like when we score TDs.

Great start to the second half. Keep it up.

Offense needs to finish a bit better. We’re moving ur well, just stalling late.

This game is winnable. Let’s not let it slip away.

We’re in some trouble. They get the ball to start the second half too.

Their RB is going to be a problem. 6-1 and 225.

Offense moving the ball, just can’t finish. Hope these missed chances don’t come back to bite us.

Defense looks good too.

Was that as bad a decision as it looked here? Threw it right to the guy.

Since they started seeding the top-8 in 2013, we've never had 4 of the top 8 lose in the first game. We've already had 3 lose today. Let's hope that's the end of the upsets. The seeded teams have dominated recently (30 of 32 advanced the past four seasons). From 2013-2019, 5 of the 7 years saw 3 of the top-8 seeds lose.

I feel your pain. Last year my wife was having a 50th anniversary party on the day of the Illinois St game. We were hosting people at our house before going out to dinner. She did allow me to camp out upstairs and watch the game before dinner at least.

Pretty cool that there’s going to be a new team in the final. Nova’s been there once, winning it in 2009. Illinois St made the final in 2014. Then us, Rhode Island and Tarleton have never made it.

I’m not assuming we’re winning tonight or next week, but if Nova beats Tarleton next week, we’d host the semifinal too.

Holy crap North Dakota St lost.

38-0 South Dakota now.

This is why the MVFC gets the benefit of the doubt come playoff time and why a 7-5 North Dakota gets selected. I'm sure they've got some disappointing results over the years (like Youngstown blowing their game to Yale last week).

But this year we have
Illinois St winning 21-3 at #16 SE Louisiana
North Dakota winning 31-6 at #13 Tennessee Tech
No. 14 South Dakota St winning 41-3 over New Hampshire
No. 11 South Dakota winning 38-17 over Drake
South Dakota currently up 24-0 on Mercer

I mean if you want to move the goalposts, sure.

Bryce Young and Kyler Murray are hardly doing "just fine" in the NFL, unless you mean they got drafted highly and got paid. Young is 23rd in QB rating out of 33 qualified QBs. Murray, if he qualified, would be 20th. Dillon Gabriel is 31st. Tua is 26th. I mean, credit to them for making it but their lives would be a lot easier if they were 6'-3".

We've got decades of examples that it is an issue being under 6'-0" if you want to play QB at the NFL level. This is not my narrative. This is how the NFL has operated. Look at the top 10 guys this year in QB rating. Only 1 of them is listed at 6'-1" or shorter and that's Jalen Hurts, who is listed at 6'-1" and is one of the most mobile QBs in the league. All NFL teams care about is what helps them win and they all prefer taller QB's. What does that tell you?

For the last time. that does not mean it's impossible for a 5'-11" QB to make it in the NFL. Drew Brees is a HOFer. Russell Wilson has had a great career. I'm sure there are others. It just makes it a lot harder to be successful if you're 5'-11" as opposed to being 6'-3".

Joe Flacco is 6'-6" and Aaron Rodgers is 6'-2" so I'm not exactly sure what your point is with that list.

Yes, there are QB's at 6'-0" or shorter that play in the NFL. That does not mean it's at all common and you better be really good at other stuff if you're going to succeed at that height.

FBS it's definitely not uncommon. In the NFL it is still pretty uncommon. I mean, a vast majority of NFL QB's are at least 6 ft tall. By definition, that makes those under 6 ft tall uncommon. And while Wilson and Drew Brees have had very good careers, Tua, Young and Gabriel haven't done much yet to convince teams that short QBs are the way to go.

If your point is that Bryce Young made the NFL and got drafted highly (in his case, 1st overall), I've got no counter. But Bryce Young was also the top QB recruit in his class. Pinnick is not that.

There are always exceptions to the rule and that doesn't mean it's realistic for others to do the same.

That being said, I do agree with you on Pinnick taking the money if offered. Unless his family has money, if he's offered significantly more to go to a D1 school, he should probably take it.