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2024 FCS Preseason Top 25 Hero:Top 25(the analyst)

spiderstudent17
Eight Legger said:
If the choice is being the eighth seed or having to play a game and then face the eighth seed, that's a pretty easy choice. And if we have a shot at the seventh seed instead, I'd rather have a potential matchup with the second seed than the first.
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My hypothetical question is would you rather have a 7 seed which gives us a bye but then potentially have SDSU and NDSU on the same side of the bracket, or 9 seed where we don’t have a bye but avoid NDSU/SDSU as long as possible.
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2024 Richmond Spiders Football - Opponents Countdown - William and Mary

Gallipoli
Gallipoli said:
There may be a glimmer of hope over on the Reservation. But in trolling their message board... we see some depressing comments:

"Chance to make them share the CAA title. Chance to tie the series back up. Chance to end the season, and a few remarkable careers, on a high note. Chance to win the Capital Cup. Chance to put on tape for NFL scouts, and roster spots next season. A lot to play for this weekend." [it is sad to see what they have fallen to]

"This is our chance to bring some shine to the program after a remarkably disappointing season. Let’s kick UR’s butt as they fully walk out the CAA door, give our ‘25 recruits a shot in the arm, and send our departing [edit: I think he means their "dearly departed"] on their way on a high note."

"Jim Mora is screaming in my ear as I type. Maybe a win tomorrow also means that the season is not over."

"I agree that Richmond has had a bunch of tight wins against underwhelming teams (which is one reason that I am hopeful for the Tribe this weekend)."

"I also think that the fact that W&M was not one of the four unranked teams to move into the Top 25 tells us all that we need to know about how we will be treated by the committee (assuming we beat Richmond). Our only hope is that we win and New Hampshire loses and it wouldn't hurt if one or more of N. Arizona, UT Martin, and E. Kentucky also lose. Then the committee would be forced to take us."

"Even a win over Richmond won’t be enough to get William & Mary into the playoffs. A loss to Stony Brook puts the Tribe behind the Seawolves and the Seawolves may already be behind New Hampshire who beat it. That puts William & Mary behind two CAA bubble teams, and that’s not including Villanova. There might just not be enough spots for the Tribe to get in."

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Here some other great comments found, while trolling W&M on their virtual reservation. How sweet it is.

"Resistance to change - a W&M tradition since 1693."

"Possibly the most listless game by the Tribe since London became coach. Players actually look like they could not care less..

Hard to believe a team with an array of returning stars could lose five games."

"Well, they obviously weren't up for the game. Terrible effort on offense today. I feel bad for Yoder. That huge sack that Wilson took was just emblematic of why he wasn't the answer this season."

"We will look back at this era of Tribe football as a monumental missed opportunity.
A lot of "What ifs" with all the talent that is leaving here."

They are still talking about their playoff loss 3 years ago... and they blame the conference.

"Montana State debacle was likely a reflection of where this group reasonably stood in current FCS landscape. CAA is shadow of its former self"

"This team seemed to regress each week."

"There definitely needs to be some conversations in the athletic offices.... We know London can recruit. It is debatable about just how good of a coach he is."
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2024 Richmond Spiders Football - Opponents Countdown - William and Mary

Gallipoli
GKiller said:
lol do u have any original thoughts? Direct post from the W&M message board thread u linked…

“The really bad thing about that sack was it came with UR rushing only 4 men (against 5 blockers), which sort of said it all about the effort of the Spiders as opposed to the effort by W&M.”

Also, I don’t really get the point. 4 man rushes get sacks commonly. Beat your man 1 on 1.

However I agree dominant win credit to Spiders tho a little surprising W&M rolled over like that too.
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I am guilty as charged of trolling W&M. After all, they are the ones who picked fights against us at the end of the game. They were classless.

I also am too old (lazy?) to worry about citations on a message board.
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SPIDERS and Rhode Island have been announced by the CAA as Co-Champions of CAA football.

Gallipoli
spiderstudent17 said:
Can we please at least not post doom and gloom stuff for today? We are celebrating going undefeated in CAA, back-to-back CAA titles, beating W&M in dominating fashion to go 16-5 against them past 5 years, winners of 10 straight, and being heavily considered by many for a top 8 seed in the FCS tournament, which will be announced later today. At least give us this day…
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Our guys are tough. They don't care. They have pulled together through adversity and have accomplished something unheard of in the 130+ year history of Spider football. We proved it on the field that we are the best team in the conference and it wasn't even close.
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SPIDERS and Rhode Island have been announced by the CAA as Co-Champions of CAA football.

spiderstudent17
Gallipoli said:
On the other side of the coin, UR decided it was not happy with how the CAA added three schools we didn't like and that we think we are better than. We took our marbles to play with a a group we think are more like us, away from low lifes Ike Hampton, Campbell and NCAT. We are snobs and the rest of the conference resents that. UR has burned bridges.

The hypocrisy and pettiness is stunning and was directed at our players

Given that, the league's treatment of this team is abhorrent and petty. We proved it on the field that we are the best team in the conference and it wasn't even close.

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Can we please at least not post doom and gloom stuff for today? We are celebrating going undefeated in CAA, back-to-back CAA titles, beating W&M in dominating fashion to go 16-5 against them past 21 years, winners of 10 straight, and being heavily considered by many for a top 8 seed in the FCS tournament, which will be announced later today. At least give us this day…
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SPIDERS and Rhode Island have been announced by the CAA as Co-Champions of CAA football.

Gallipoli
On the other side of the coin, UR decided it was not happy with how the CAA added three schools we didn't like and that we think we are better than. We took our marbles to play with a a group we think are more like us, away from low lifes Ike Hampton, Campbell and NCAT. We are snobs and the rest of the conference resents that. UR has burned bridges.

The hypocrisy and pettiness is stunning and was directed at our players

Given that, the league's treatment of this team is abhorrent and petty. We proved it on the field that we are the best team in the conference and it wasn't even close.

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2024 Richmond Spiders Football - Opponents Countdown - William and Mary

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Gallipoli said:
I was shocked that William and Mary underperformed this season. They had almost the same team back from last year. They seemed to come out flat today. It felt like they were just dialing it in.
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We made them look flat. OL and DL. Tribe is a very good rushing team. They couldn’t run on us and we wore them down on offense. Beautiful simple football.
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2024 Richmond Spiders Football - Opponents Countdown - William and Mary

GKiller
Gallipoli said:
One sack in particular came with UR rushing only 4 men (against 5 blockers), which sort of said it all about the effort of the Spiders.
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lol do u have any original thoughts? Direct post from the W&M message board thread u linked…

“The really bad thing about that sack was it came with UR rushing only 4 men (against 5 blockers), which sort of said it all about the effort of the Spiders as opposed to the effort by W&M.”

Also, I don’t really get the point. 4 man rushes get sacks commonly. Beat your man 1 on 1.

However I agree dominant win credit to Spiders tho a little surprising W&M rolled over like that too.
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