MVFC in the Semifinals – In Review

TweetThe Scores (for both games, not just MVFC) South Dakota State – 21 North Dakota State – 44 Maine – 19 Eastern Washington – 50 South Dakota State at North Dakota State The Not-Dakota-Marker game started off this time around as a defensive battle, with a couple of 3-and-outs to start the game. The Bison …

MVFC in the Semifinals – Preview

TweetHere we are…the granddaddy of them all…this one’s for all the marbles…the…wait…this isn’t the championship game? Ok, fine…the “unofficial” MVFC Championship Game is this weekend with a rematch of a game that happened about 2 ½ months ago when the Jackrabbits visited Fargo to compete for the Dakota Marker trophy. This time around, it’s the …

MVFC in the Quarterfinals – In Review

TweetThe Scores Colgate – 0 North Dakota State – 35 South Dakota State – 27 Kennesaw State – 17 #8 Colgate at #1 North Dakota State Colgate’s struggles in this game started early, with the Bison taking their first possession 96 yards in 4 plays with RB Ty Brooks running it into the end zone …

MVFC Postseason Week 3 Preview

TweetConsidering some of the discussion and analysis of playing schemes and stuff over on the game-related threads at AnyGivenSaturday.com, I kinda feel like these articles are a bit redundant this far into the playoffs. If you’ve been reading my articles for a while, you know I’m not really a guy who gets into things like …

MVFC Postseason Week 2 In Review

TweetThe Scores Montana State – 10 North Dakota State – 52 Duquesne – 6 South Dakota State – 51 Northern Iowa – 16 UC Davis – 23 Montana State at #1 North Dakota State The Bobcats started with the ball in this game and on their first play of scrimmage, QB Troy Anderson nailed a …

MVFC – Postseason Week 2 Preview

TweetOnly one MVFC team played last weekend but now that the seeded teams are in on the action…we have three games involving MVFC teams. Couple of quick things: I’ll be using full-season stats now, because most of the games will not be in-conference matchups. Rankings of stat categories will be ranking within the entire FCS …

MVFC Postseason Week 1 In Review

TweetAKA: Mistakes were made The Scores (for games directly relevant to MVFC teams) Lamar – 13 Northern Iowa – 16 Incarnate Word – 14 Montana State – 35 Montana State will play at #1 North Dakota State next weekend Duquesne – 31 Towson – 10 Duquesne will play at #5 South Dakota State next weekend …

MVFC Postseason – Round 1 Preview

TweetRound 1 of the FCS playoffs starts this weekend and for the first time in quite a while (first time since before the playoffs expanded to 24 teams), only one MVFC team is playing with two more  seeded and have a first-round bye this weekend. Couple of quick things: I’ll be using full-season stats now, …

MVFC Week 12 In Review

TweetFor more than half of the MVFC teams, the 2018 season is now over. For a few, they get to continue on and play at least one more. Now that some of the teams are done, I’ll add a little something new to the end of the recaps, highlighting a few of the seniors who …

MVFC Week 12 Preview

TweetAnd here we are, already to the end of the regular season, or as Bison fans call it…the ¾ mark. At this point, it’s looking quite likely that the MVFC will only get 3 teams into the playoffs…the fewest since 2013 when only 2 teams made it in. The North/South Dakota States are both in …