Dorms close at noon on 12/13 and the game is at 2pm. Maybe I’m missing something but why would this require additional driving?

Yeah and imagine if he actually did leave...we would have been just fine with Lan Larrison. Guys leaving for greener$ pastures isn't great but you never know who might be waiting for their shot

oh that went over my head, thanks for clarifying!

Wow no respect at all. Putting aside the fact that URI would need to fly cross country after playing in a weekend in which UCD didn't have to play, URI lost to a Brown team that is far worse than the Idaho state team UCD lost to. But ok, UCD doesn't have any blowouts so that means URI is the "bet your house on them" team in this potential matchup. Can't wait to see this play out on the actual gridiron and then they can do all the talking.

Target in Davis has stuff too

Does he count as a former Aggie? He didn't go to UCD.

According to Gubrud's situation, postseason games do count:

https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/former-ewu-qb-gubrud-wins-appeal-will-transfer-to-wsu/?

"The NCAA states that a player is eligible for a medical redshirt if he played in one-third or fewer of his team’s games. Only because the Eagles advanced to the national title game — and thus played in 15 games — did Gubrud qualify."

Gubrud's initial application was also denied, but for a different reason -- he was applying for a 6th, not 5th, year, and that requires showing 2 seasons ended due to injury in addition to satisfying the 30% rule. He appealed his denial and ended up playing for WSU in 2019.

So assuming Mercer counts as one of four games played out of a 12 game regular season, and the Aggies win their 13th game on 12/6 to play a 14th game in Fargo the following week, there seems to be a really good chance that the twins will get their medical redshirt approved. #WinForTheTwins

The Mercer game counts in this context, so @NDSU would be 14 total games.

I was talking about the FCS playoff committee's top ten rankings. UCD dropped in the STATS and Coaches polls after losing to MSU. But the only rankings that matter are the committee's, and it looks like after our loss to MSU + Monmouth, Harvard, and SDSU losing to opponents outside of their top ten, the net result was actually going up 2 spots for the Ags.

Again, FCS/Coaches poll rankings =/= playoff committee's ranking/seeding decisions.

I think a big reason why a top 8 seed was so surprising to all of us is because the polls, Sam Herder, every FCS expert, etc. did not predict it. But if we looked at the actual committee's most recent top ten rankings, we'd see the following:

#1 NDSU stayed undefeated (#1 seed)
#2 MSU beat #3 UM (#2 seed)
#3 UM lost to #2 MSU (#3 seed)
#4 Lehigh stayed undefeated (#5 seed)
#5 Tarleton State stayed a 1 loss team (#4 seed)
#6 SDSU lost to 2 FCS teams not in the committee's top 10 (#14 seed)
#7 Tennessee Tech stayed undefeated in FCS (#13 seed)
#8 Monmouth lost to 2 FCS teams not in the committee's top 10 (did not make the field)
#9 Harvard lost to 1 FCS team not in the committee's top 10 (unseeded)
#10 UCD lost to the committee's #2 team (#8 seed)

Swapping #4 and #5 after they both kept winning, especially w/ #5 escaping in OT yesterday, is strange. #7 dropping to #13 after staying undefeated is strange.

#10 and #3 are the only teams that lost to a team ranked higher by the committee (incidentally, MSU) and so both of them keeping their relative position in the top ten with game-losers dropping out of the top ten actually shouldn't be that surprising. We were leap-frogged by SFA and Mercer, probably because a loss to MSU is still a loss, but with 3 teams above us suffering bad losses, going from #10 to #8 seems pretty fair.

Today's outcome for UCD is not as head scratching as was the committee's decision to keep us in their top ten after we lost to Idaho State.

His PR savvy is impressive

I think we all did. Hindsight is 20/20 but given that the committee had us at 10 after the ISU loss and everything after that for us went according to chalk… UND, Monmouth, Harvard, and Illinois State all losing helped us too

Crazy that Causeway could have been the difference between a top 8 and not even making the field.

I don't have predictions, but I know I want us to avoid NDSU's side of the bracket. The 10th and 11th seeds would be better than the 9th or even 8th seeds.

let’s not talk about that game today

I found it interesting just how differently the two coaches talk about their injuries. When Plough talks about injuries, it’s framed as “our team is depleted, the total number of guys that we can dress being lower means it’s just harder for everyone collectively.”

When Marion talks about injuries, it’s framed as “we had this specific NFL guy, this specific NFL guy, this guy who was a starter at another school, etc. who is out and was going to be a difference maker for us.” At first glance it sounds like they’re talking about the same thing but it couldn’t be more different… Marion’s language has an individualized focus (e.g., we lost stars and their replacements just aren’t as good) and Plough’s has a collectivized one (e.g., the injuries overall have created adversity for our team as a whole).

I don’t think 31-27 was the only victory between our two programs this season.

One of my all time favorite memories. Was in the front row of the Aggie Pack and so one of the first to jump down, not knowing if enough would follow for it to look cool or just a random handful of students

That victory was also sealed after a TD catch by #8.

I think if we win, we want these teams to win so we have a shot at a top 8 seed (or just a higher seed, top 8 probably isn’t happening). If we lose, we want them to lose so they aren’t on the bubble (for the field of 24) with us…

Or Wa Griz 2018

FCS playoff commitee had us as 10. With these two upsets we should be in control our own destiny for a first round bye.

The playoff top ten gets updated next on selection Sunday