Not much talk about how the switch to the Patriot League may affect recruiting. Sure, we may be "the big fish in the small pond" for a couple years, but what will happen after that as far as recruiting talent?

Trump shows who he is on a regular basis.

Their coach wants to give us a send off to the Patriot League, with a loss.

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Didn’t see this posted anywhere else, but looks like we’re hosting the quarter finals for MLax in 2028. Pretty cool!

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They already had been holding the men's and women's tournaments simultaneously over a 7-day period, but with more traditional brackets with fewer byes, each one was stretched out with rest days.

Tuesday: 2 first-round games each for men and women
Wednesday: 4 second-round games for women
Thursday: 4 second-round games for men
Friday: 4 quarterfinal games for women
Saturday: 4 quarterfinal games for men
Sunday: 2 semifinal games each for women and men
Monday: finals for women and men

That might have been even worse for fan interest if you're only interested in men or women given those multiple break days. Most of the men's games only drew 700–2,500.

The Gridiron Power Index ranks UR at 18.

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Expecting a highly competitive game. By end of first quarter, should have a good sense of who is winning the line on O and D. Believe this is the key.

If we can't run it consistently, like Cam flinging it better than their QB. Give slight edge to Spiders.

Let's hang up #7. Go Spiders!

OK that makes a little bit more sense to at least have a full day of games each day. I was legit wondering who would be there the first 3 days otherwise as the dregs of the conference battled it out to make the round before the quarterfinals (winning 4 games to make the quaterfinals, smh)

Gallipoli said:

No, I made that statement. I saw it live. It showed just how out of her depth Kamala Harris is. On the eve of the invasion, Harris threatened Putin with sanctions. Biden said a minor incursion would not be a problem. Putin invaded then she made fun of a NATO ally before the world. It was one of the most embarrassing actions ever committed by a representative of this country.

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Not nearly as embarrassing as when Trump announced in Helslinki that he believed Putin over the American intelligence community.

The whole thing is in Pensacola with the men’s and women’s tournaments going on simultaneously. Two women’s games in the first session and two men’s games in the second session each day until the finals.

Questions:

where are these outbracket games being played? With only 2 games per day at most a neutral site seems unlikely that this has any sort of conference tournament type feel to it. But asking teams to play so many nights consecutively, means that it is all at one location. No idea how they expect to draw anyone for the first 3-4 days of it.

Top 4 teams will all have about a week off or more, less than ideal, usually that is only for TV purposes to get a conf. championship on tv, that's a long time off at the end of a season for anyone.

urfan1 said:

Of course Fox would make that statement.

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No, I made that statement. I saw it live. It showed just how out of her depth Kamala Harris is. On the eve of the invasion, Harris threatened Putin with sanctions. Biden said a minor incursion would not be a problem. Putin invaded then she made fun of a NATO ally before the world. It was one of the most embarrassing actions ever committed by a representative of this country.

SFspidur said:

Less than 6 months after saying they were leaving the WAC for the WCC after this academic year, Grand Canyon has shifted course and will join the MWC instead. Timing TBD...no later than summer 2026 but potentially sooner. They're touting their move to become part of an "elite trio" of non-football schools (alongside Gonzaga once they move to the Pac-12 and Wichita St.) to play in FBS conferences.

GCU accepts invite to Mountain West Conference - Grand Canyon University Athletics

The extraordinary success story of Grand Canyon and its athletic department began a new chapter on Friday as GCU accepted an invitation to the Mountain West Conference.

gculopes.com

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They're looking for NIU or Toledo to complete the MWC fill-in, which will lead to some schools either moving up to FBS to fill in with the MAC or some other move. It's all shuffling the deck chairs when it comes to the non-P6 conferences.

Eight Legger said:

I've never heard of a D1 tournament with a non-D1 team involved, aside from Chaminade in Hawaii. Wow, what a disaster.

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Alaska Shootout had D2 teams as well.

Thanks, both - looks like the models like that @ W&M game to be a trap.

He doesn't have the GCS games in there yet.

Individually, he predicts wins in 8 of the 10 games, but given the total probabilities he predicts an OOC record of 7–3.

NR Mount Olive W 100%
237 Marist W, 71-63 78%
128 Charlotte L, 70-66 36%
247 Bucknell W, 70-67 59%
257 Maine W, 73-63 81%
3 Auburn L, 83-63 3%
171 Belmont W, 76-71 68%
224 William & Mary W, 73-72 56%
359 VMI W, 83-63 96%
207 Florida Gulf Coast W, 73-66 75%

Less than 6 months after saying they were leaving the WAC for the WCC after this academic year, Grand Canyon has shifted course and will join the MWC instead. Timing TBD...no later than summer 2026 but potentially sooner. They're touting their move to become part of an "elite trio" of non-football schools (alongside Gonzaga once they move to the Pac-12 and Wichita St.) to play in FBS conferences.

MDspider8 said:

Does anyone have a Kenpom subscription? I think their model predicts every result if you click on the Richmond KP page. Curious what they're projecting our OOC record to be.

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Kenpom predicts losses at Charlotte and Auburn.

40% chance to beat Charlotte, close to a toss up

3% chance to beat Auburn, 20pt blowout