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Nichols has become the darlings of the FCS somehow...

https://youtu.be/3tQ_WdbmrDs

Football: Nathan Brown Radio Show, Sept. 3 On this week's Nathan Brown Radio Show host Justin Acri and coach Nathan Brown discussed last week's opener at Tulsa and took a look ahead to this week's opponent, Murray State. Also, featured are coordinators Max Thurmond and Ken Collums.

Week 2 Games

Southland:

#17 UCA vs Murray State, 26-13
#4 SHS vs Prairie View, 41-32
#10 Nicholls State @ Tulane, 17-42
#14 McNeese State @ HBU, 51-34
Southeastern @ #25 LSU, 0-31
Northwestern State vs Grambling State, 34-7
Incarnate Word @ North Texas, 16-58
Abilene Christian vs Angelo State, 41-24
Lamar @ Texas Tech, 0-77

FCS Top 10:

1. North Dakota State - open
2. James Madison vs Norfolk State, 17-0
3. South Dakota State vs Montana State, 45-14
4. Sam Houston State vs Prairie View, 41-32
5. Eastern Washington @ #20 Northern Arizona, 31-26
6. NC A&T vs Garner-Webb, 45-6
7. Wofford vs VMI, 59-14
8. Kennesaw State @ Tennessee Tech (9/6), 49-10
9. Samford @ #19 Florida State, 26-36
10. Nicholls State @ Tulane, 17-42

FCS/FBS of Interest:

Western Illinois @ Illinois, 14-34
Southern @ La Tech, 17-54
Southern Illinois @ Ole Miss, 41-76
Youngstown State @ #17 West Virginia
William & Mary @ #20 Virginia Tech, 17-62

Other Games of Interest:

A-State @ #1 Alabama, 7-57
Tulsa @ Texas, 21-28
South Alabama @ Oklahoma State, 13-55
Memphis @ Navy, 21-22
Georgia Tech @ South Florida, 38-49
UCLA @ #7 Oklahoma, 21-49
Eastern Illinois @ Illinois State, 10-48..any takers on which EIU opponent would win in a matchup?

A State plays Alabama this week. Tulsa travels to Texas. I also don't think Texas is ranked anymore.

Oops......have no idea how I got that entered.....

FCS Coaches Poll, 9/10/18


1 North Dakota St. (25) 645 1 1-0
2 James Madison (1) 620 2 1-1
3 South Dakota St. 593 3 1-0
4 Sam Houston St. 540 4 1-0
5 Eastern Washington 539 5 2-0
6 North Carolina A&T 527 6 3-0
7 Wofford 488 7 2-0
8 Kennesaw St. 473 8 1-1
9 Samford 423 9 1-1
10 Villanova 419 11 2-0
11 Jacksonville St. 362 12 1-1
12 Nicholls 354 10 1-1
13 Weber St. 343 13 1-1
14 Elon 310 15 1-1
15 McNeese 298 14 2-0
16 Montana 259 16 2-0
17 Central Arkansas 239 17 1-1
T-18 Northern Iowa 184 18 0-1
T-18 Illinois St. 184 19 2-0
20 Maine 171 25 2-0
21 Stony Brook 106 23 1-1
22 Northern Arizona 92 20 1-1
23 Austin Peay 80 24 1-1
24 South Dakota 39 NR 1-1
25 Colgate 32 NR 2-0


Others receiving votes: UC Davis, 29; Rhode Island, 27; Furman, 17; New Hampshire, 11; Delaware, 10; Sacramento St., 8; Yale, 8; Southeastern Louisiana, 7; Western Carolina, 5; Monmouth (N.J.), 5; Montana St., 2; San Diego, 1.

Dropped Out: Furman (21), New Hampshire (22)

Week 3 Games, 9/15/18

Margins shown from Sagarin Ratings. SLC 3-3; Top 10 6-3; Overall 9-5

Southland:

#17 UCA by 1 @ SLU, 33-25
#12 Nicholls State by 3 @ #15 McNeese State, 10-20
#4 Sam Houston State by 13 vs North Dakota, 23-24..well. Kats not invincible
Abilene Christian by 15 @ Houston Baptist, 38-13
Northwestern State by 15 @ Lamar, 49-48
SFA by 7 at Incarnate Word, 7-31

FCS Top 10:

1. North Dakota State by 45 vs North Alabama...our old friends in D1 transition, 38-7
2. James Madison by 47 v Robert Morris, 73-7
3. South Dakota State by 63 v UAPB......yikes, 90-6
4. Sam Houston State by 13 vs North Dakota, 23-24
5. Eastern Washington @ Washington State by 17...in-state FCS/FBS game, 24-59
6. NC A&T - open
7. Wofford @ Wyoming by 11.......FCS/FBS game, 14-17
8. Kennesaw State by 37 vs Alabama State, 62-13
9. Samford by 21 vs Mercer, 24-30
10. Villanova by 16 vs Towson, 35-45

Other FCS/FBS games:

UC-Davis at #9 Stanford by 37, 10-30
Southern Utah at Arizona by 20, 31-62
Rhode Island at UConn by 9, 49-56
New Hampshire at Colorado by 32, 14-45
Bethune-Cookman at Florida Atlantic by 37, 28-49
Delaware State at Western Michigan by 46, 0-68
#18 Northern Iowa at Iowa by 24, 14-38
Murray State at Kentucky by 42, 10-48
Tennessee Tech at Utah State by 48, 12-73
Lehigh at Navy by 24, 21-51
Prairie View at UNLV by 24, 17-46

Other Games of Interest:

Memphis by 26 vs Georgia State, 59-22
South Florida by 9 at Illinois, 25-19
A-State at Tulsa by 4, 29-20....TU falls to 1-1 in AIC..
#14 Elon by 12 at William & Mary.........cancelled due to weather
#5 OU by 22 at Iowa State, 37-27
#17 Boise State at #24 Oklahoma State by 3, 21-44
#12 LSU at #7 Auburn by 7, 22-21
#22 Northern Arizona by 8 at Missouri State, 8-40..big win for Dave Steckel's Maroon Bears
#24 South Dakota by2 at Weber State, 10-27

Anyone else think McNeese is going to slaughter Nicholls today, much like Tulane slaughtered them the week before: https://www.underdogdynasty.com/2018/9/ ... -aac-recap


Perhaps Kansas pulled one of these the night before the game?

Colonels favored by 3 in ratings BUT game is at LC and Boys have a chance to take a big step to title........big Southland game......I go with Cowboys but not in a blow out....


Game shows as delayed...now underway.....lightening issues....

Ole Miss scores on first play from scrimmage on a long pass..............then Bama starts playing..Tide rolls 49-7 at half in Oxford...

Tide scores last 62 to win 62-7.....

STATS FCS Top 25 for Sept. 17:
1. North Dakota State (2-0), 3,919 points - 152 first-place votes
2. James Madison (2-1), 3,734 - 2 first-place votes
3. South Dakota State (2-0), 3,590
4. North Carolina A&T (3-0), 3,394 - 3 first-place votes
5. Kennesaw State (2-1), 3,169
6. Eastern Washington (2-1), 2,907
7. Weber State (2-1), 2,904
8. Wofford (2-1), 2,676
9. McNeese (3-0), 2,676
10. Jacksonville State (1-1), 2,369
11. Sam Houston State (1-1), 2,256
12. Elon (1-1), 2,037
13. Maine (2-0), 1,856
14. Central Arkansas (2-1), 1,663
15. Villanova (2-1), 1,564
16. Illinois State (2-0), 1,457
17. Samford (1-2), 1,381
18. Nicholls (1-2), 1,184
19. Montana (2-1), 938
20. Stony Brook (2-1), 812
21. UC Davis (2-1), 717
22. North Dakota (2-1), 677
23. Rhode Island (2-1), 531
24. Austin Peay (2-1), 404
25. Northern Iowa (0-2), 377

Southland teams in FCS rankings 9/17/2018.

FCS Coaches poll:

10. McNeese St 3-0
11. Sam Houston St 1-1
13. Central Arkansas 2-1
18. Nicholls 1-2

FCS Stats Media poll:

9. McNeese St 3-0
11. Sam Houston St 1-1
14. Central Arkansas 2-1
18. Nicholls 1-2

Massey Ratings updated our chances of winning the upcoming season games:

Looking at UCA's recent history:

2015: L to McNeese and SHSU
2016: L to SHSU
2017: No losses.
2018: None yet.

So far that's ONE loss per year in conference and usually to the top team in the conference.

SHSU:
2015: L to McNeese and Lamar
2016: No losses.
2017: L to UCA
2018: none yet.

SHSU has had better post season games minus their typical last round flame out. But in their credit they've made it further in the rounds.

Time to recruit for a good post season run!

Before we get too carried away, in either direction, just a quick reminder of where we are vs last year:

Lost the best HC in league and several members of his staff.

Lost veteran QB who was SLC player of the year.

Lost all of OL except one who is a sophomore this year.

Lost top two receivers and top two TE’s.

Lost SLC defensive player of year who now in NFL.

Lost probably best DB we have ever had who is now in NFL.

Lost LB who got a look in NFL.

This current team is very young and very talented. We are going to have a good team for the next few years for sure but they are not as good today as they will become. They will get bigger, stronger, and gain experience as the weeks and months pass. And the current staff is recruiting with one thought in mind: compete for National Cgampionship.

So please be patient with our expectations and comments and enjoy the journey.