Curt Cignetti (and David Braun for that matter) are proving it’s way easier to win games with even a historically bad Big Ten team than it is to win FCS games.

Something (possibly the 41-20 lead in the 4th quarter) makes us think Weber State isn’t going to pull off the miracle.

An astute member of /r/FCS (/u/Windows_66) noted that with Drake’s 19-16 win by Harry Balke’s time expiring 55-yard FG, Drake has now beat San Diego in three straight years on the last play of the game. www.reddit.com/r/fcs/s/0de3...

Mickey Mental’s situation if he can’t stage a huge comeback:

Oh, homecoming in Ogden finally got started!

Want to watch an assuredly great game ending? Texas Southern-Grambling is 21-20 with 2:32 left.

Rainy Big Sky After Dark in Ogden coming out of a weather delay! Weber State vs Sacramento State on ESPN+ has kicked off

Generally like to think of southerners as a kind but tough and resilient bunch. Think Nathaniel Greene leading the southern theater, Nat Turner’s Rebellion, the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, the Albany Movement, etc. So this isn’t what we expected from a southerner faced with reality.

🚨🚨NORTHERN COLORADO IS .500🚨🚨

Just wanted to point out Northern Colorado has a player named Butts and a player named Cheeks. That is all.

JSU obviously isn’t worried about it and thrilled for them to still be in Celebration Bowl contention. But man, we just got denied a Jackson State playoff team and that’s sorta disappointing.

Phenomenal goal line stand by JSU and the Tigers take it 38-34!

Western Carolina puts together their first complete game of the season, trouncing Furman 52-7 and effectively making the SoCon race a two team battle.

Something to keep an eye on

Cal Poly leads Montana 9-0 at the half

UND taking it to the Guins

Cal Poly up 6-0 on Montana in the 2nd 👀

DARTMOUTH 51 YARDER FOR THE WIN DOWN GOES YALE

Like the Illinois State game, it's weird to look at NDSU's box score numbers and understand where they're "struggling" on offense. 10.9 yards per rush attempt, 8.8 yards per pass attempt. But tied just 10-10 deep in the 2nd quarter and doesn't have a third down conversion 🤨

3-3 Western Carolina (1-3 in OOC) seems to have made it their mission to struggle with bad teams, only to beat up on one of the two SoCon teams with a winning record. The SoCon can't seem to escape the SoftCon allegations.

So the Coyotes are setting themselves up to be the whipping boy that allows the MVFC to get in 5 safely, eh?

2nd half starting, Mercer 21 - Princeton 7 For those curious: Princeton looks awful. It’s clear why they lost to USD and barely got by Columbia. Mercer looks ok to lackluster given how bad Princeton looks. It’s clear why they lost to Presby and barely got by Wofford & ETSU.

So Princeton’s ceiling is looking about 5-5, 3-4 in Ivy play, eh? (Although seems more likely 4-6, 2-5 in Ivy play if we’re being honest)

Oh?

Mercer takes on Princeton today to decide who's the 3rd best after the Pioneer powerhouses of Presbyterian and San Diego.

Under an hour before we get to see whether a middle-of-the-road Princeton team can shake being underdogs and stay close with the current odds-on favorite to be the SoCon's sole playoff rep.

Trust us for more great analysis like our terrible take on Brown mot being the best team in the state of Rhode Island.

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Could Bryant actually be the best team in the state?

JMU hitting the ground running, and now Missouri State (‼️) being 3-3 in their first FBS season really tells you everything you need to know. The FCS is clearly just made up of JV scrubs that couldn’t compete with powers in the FBS like MTSU, UMass, Liberty, and Oklahoma State.

Nothing against Dan Curran, but Holy Cross would surely welcome Bill Belichick as one of their own. Heck, he’d be a legacy coach given his ties!

W-L record: publicly available Massey: publicly available (but heck the /r/FCS Sportsbook has been tracking better) SOS: by what metric since there’s no “true” version? RAC rankings: not public RAC feedback: not public KPI: not public ESPN FPI 1 (or 2?): not public

The ideal playoffs, if play ended today: MVFC: NDSU, SDSU, SIU, UND Big Sky: MSU, Montana, UC Davis Ivy: Harvard, Yale, Penn Patriot: Lehigh, Bucknell, Lafayette UAC: Tarleton, APU CAA: Villanova, URI OVC: TN Tech, Gardner-Webb Southland: Lamar, SLU Pioneer: Presbyterian SoCon: Mercer NEC: champion

🚨🚨 /r/FCS Poll just dropped 🚨🚨 #1 North Dakota State #2 South Dakota State #3 Tarleton State #4 Montana State #5 Montana #6 Lehigh #7 UC Davis #8 Southern Illinois #9 Tennessee Tech #10 North Dakota www.reddit.com/r/fcs/s/WH5G...

This is the first week all season where Tarleton (6-0) has fewer wins than their opponents combined (7 wins)

What’s going on at @weberstate.bsky.social tonight 🤔

Fool proof way of determining playoff teams: Easy peasy: 11 autobids 3 more for mvfc 2 more for Big Sky, Ivy, Patriot 1 more for UAC, CAA, OVC-Big South, and Southland We go down the line (2nd best mvfc, 2nd best big Sky, etc). Then start again with 3rd best mvfc, etc.

Cross conference FCS v FCS records after Week 6: 1. MVFC 22-6 2. Big Sky 18-9 3. Ivy 10-6 4. Patriot 16-11 5. UAC 13-11 6. Independent 7-6 7. CAA 17-15 8t. OVC-Big South 10-10 8t. Southland 10-10 10. MEAC 9-11 11. Pioneer 8-18 12. SWAC 4-9 13. SoCOn 6-14 14. NEC 5-19

Non-FCS related, but needs saying: Chicago’s wonderful (and safer than Salt Lake City, Myrtle Beach, Louisville, Toledo, Tulsa, San Antonio, Gainesville, Lubbock, Corpus Cristi, etc.) The biggest threat to my neighbors last few days are masked thugs beating and kidnapping them.

Imagine having the opportunity to rep North in your name and still choosing to use the more embarrassing Southern qualifier. It would be like saying you could name yourself the Charleston Patriots and instead go with the Charleston 28-3 Falcons.

We don’t have enough discussion about the absurdity of Charleston Southern being located in the town of North Charleston.

Turns out there’s a bunch of random Texas schools that belong on the left. Like SHSU, UTEP, Texas State, Rice, and maybe others? Look, it’s hard to remember all the random G6 teams. Probably says something about their appeal and national relevance. At least FCS schools don’t pretend.

As we all expected

Week 7 /r/FCS Sportsbook lines are now available! www.reddit.com/r/fcs/commen...

Really unfortunately turn for both Rex Connors and his team. Connors is the Aggies' all-time tackle leader, but is out for the season with a knee ligament tear. As always, bless all the knees 🙏 www.sacbee.com/sports/colle...

How much of SDSU’s struggles against Youngstown were because they wore that weird white-white-yellow combo trying to look like McNeese or Idaho or something?

Time to take a look around the FCS after Week 6! old.reddit.com/r/fcs/commen...

Lol

Welp, it was bound to happen.