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

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[Gallipoli]

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Has Siesta Key recovered?

 

[SFspidur]

And #9 in AGS...

AGS Poll Results 2024 Week 11

11/11/2024 Rank Team: Total Points First Place Votes

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2024 FCS Bracketology 5.0 — FCS Playoff Predictions (11-11-2024)

Bracketology 5.0 for the 2024 FCS playoff bracket, including the seeds, auto-bids, at-large bids, and which teams are on the bubble.

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FCS Playoffs: Teams Still In Contention For A Top 8 Seed Entering Week 12

Who is still in contention for an FCS playoff seed and a first-round bye heading into Week 12 of the 2024 season? Let's break it down.

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[SFspidur]

That projected SOS of 66 in Massey hurts. Worst projected SOS of any CAA team other than ineligible Delaware at 68.

Hope a gaudy record would be enough to still get the bye.

(Just for funsies looking at the Patriot, Holy Cross has a projected SOS of 62 and Colgate at 69. Fordham is at 77 and the rest are in the 80s and 90s.)

 

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Listen to "The Race Heats Up For Top 8 FCS Playoff Seeds" by BetMGM via #spreaker https://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-race-heats-up-for-top-8-fcs-playoff-seeds--62727975

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FCS Football Week 12 Preview | Opta Analyst

The FCS Football Week 12 Preview spotlights teams on the verge of clinching conference titles and postseason bids.

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“9. To say Richmond players have stepped up this season is an understatement. The CAA leader (8-2, 6-0) has been boosted by transfers from smaller FCS conferences, including running back Zach Palmer-Smith (Wagner, NEC) as its leading rusher and scorer, linebacker Carter Glassmyer (Saint Francis, NEC) its leading tackler and place-kicker Brandon Peskin (Fordham, Patriot League) its No. 2 scorer. The No. 11 Spiders will clinch at least a share of the conference title with a win at Hampton.”

 

[Gallipoli]

The CAA leader (8-2, 6-0) has been boosted by transfers from smaller FCS conferences, including running back Zach Palmer-Smith (Wagner, NEC) as its leading rusher and scorer, linebacker Carter Glassmyer (Saint Francis, NEC) its leading tackler and place-kicker Brandon Peskin (Fordham, Patriot League) its No. 2 scorer.

One may conclude that these players would not have come to Richmond, if it was in the Patriot. The CAA is a much better conference.

 

[urfan1]

Would these players have come to Richmond, if it was in the Patriot?

Have you asked them?

 

[CarolinaSpider]

Why would our current recruits stay, knowing we are going to the PL?
I think the staff knows more about who may be leaving CAA for the PL.
This is not the end of the story.

 

[urfan1]

It may be as simple as they chose Richmond, not the CAA.

 

[KE Spider]

A Richmond offer will remain attractive because of the value of the degree, the beautiful "leafy" campus, excellent facilities, a staff with the proven ability to develop talent, and some graduates who reach the ultimate goal of playing in the NFL.

I don't see recruiting suffering from the league change. Spiders are still selling the same strong product.

 

[ncspiderfan]

Why would our current recruits stay, knowing we are going to the PL?
I think the staff knows more about who may be leaving CAA for the PL.
This is not the end of the story.

I think many of the incoming recruits knew Spiders were going PL when they committed.
Time will tell when portal opens which guy that were on the roster might want to go, but some are close enough to degree they will likely finish their last bit to get Richmond degree. Maybe some will use RS Senior year as many have done to move along.
Hope that is way it goes anyway.