2018 BSC prediction

[Darth Yoda]

VimSince03

My prediction for next season....no one knows anything.

Oh it's a sad day in Whoville when our grand illustrious leader won't tell us his predictions. Please speak with Yoda and impart your wisdom, we are all waiting,wanting to know.

Well ok I guess. Not sure I'm much help tho.

[BleedingBLue]

After running through the entire conference schedule here's what I get for win-loss records.
NAU 7-1
WSU 7-1
EWU 7-1
MSU 7-1
Idaho 5-3
UC Davis 5-3
SUU 4-4
UM 3-5
ISU 2-6
SAC 2-6
UNC 2-6
PSU 1-7
CP 0-8

I highly doubt the Bears go 2-6. There is way too much talent and the schedule is perfect for a winning season.

It looks like you're league games are at Weber, PSU, SUU, and MSU. Home games UND, UCD, NAU, and EWU, but correct me if I'm wrong. Not sure how that's a perfect schedule for a winning season, it looks pretty tough to me.

I can see wins against MSU, PSU, NAU, UND, McNeese, USD, Sac State, and UC Davis.

I think you might have fallen off your rocker.

[GoBears]

After running through the entire conference schedule here's what I get for win-loss records.
NAU 7-1
WSU 7-1
EWU 7-1
MSU 7-1
Idaho 5-3
UC Davis 5-3
SUU 4-4
UM 3-5
ISU 2-6
SAC 2-6
UNC 2-6
PSU 1-7
CP 0-8

I highly doubt the Bears go 2-6. There is way too much talent and the schedule is perfect for a winning season.

It looks like you're league games are at Weber, PSU, SUU, and MSU. Home games UND, UCD, NAU, and EWU, but correct me if I'm wrong. Not sure how that's a perfect schedule for a winning season, it looks pretty tough to me.

I can see wins against MSU, PSU, NAU, UND, McNeese, USD, Sac State, and UC Davis.

I think you might have fallen off your rocker.

But I think you might have.

[BleedingBLue]

After running through the entire conference schedule here's what I get for win-loss records.
NAU 7-1
WSU 7-1
EWU 7-1
MSU 7-1
Idaho 5-3
UC Davis 5-3
SUU 4-4
UM 3-5
ISU 2-6
SAC 2-6
UNC 2-6
PSU 1-7
CP 0-8

I highly doubt the Bears go 2-6. There is way too much talent and the schedule is perfect for a winning season.

It looks like you're league games are at Weber, PSU, SUU, and MSU. Home games UND, UCD, NAU, and EWU, but correct me if I'm wrong. Not sure how that's a perfect schedule for a winning season, it looks pretty tough to me.

I can see wins against MSU, PSU, NAU, UND, McNeese, USD, Sac State, and UC Davis.

I think you might have fallen off your rocker.

But I think you might have.

Beating MSU, SUU, and Sac State on the road will be tall tasks. Mcneese will be tough too. I can see you guys be middle of the pack in the Big Sky.

[Darth Yoda]

I like this GoBears guy. He reminds me of me in the 90's.

[Montanabob]

I like this GoBears guy. He reminds me of me in the 90's.

Stoned and confused?

[Kadeezy]

Hi y’all... loss of Murray is a blessing in disguise for cats IMO, definitely a playmaker, but as an opposing fan I fear the traditional MSU power running game with a decent arm to keep things honest.

Anyways - SAC has the best defensive backfield in the conference, the best pass rusher, and an offense that rivals the best FCS has to offer. If they don’t totally sac state things up this year, I hope to celebrate our school’s first ever playoff berth!

[Darth Yoda]

Hi y’all... loss of Murray is a blessing in disguise for cats IMO, definitely a playmaker, but as an opposing fan I fear the traditional MSU power running game with a decent arm to keep things honest.

Anyways - SAC has the best defensive backfield in the conference, the best pass rusher, and an offense that rivals the best FCS has to offer. If they don’t totally sac state things up this year, I hope to celebrate our school’s first ever playoff berth!

I was just talking with another Cat guy about you guys. I'm suddenly a fan, and I tend to agree you can be a playoff caliber team. You have a chance to detonate this conference with your BSC opener in Missoula. I wish you guys the very best of luck.

[RobertCats]

I went against my better judgement and visited Circle Jerk Nation, talk over there is torn pec for Buss? Which is honestly too bad, I love bad news for the maroon but not an injury to a talented kid.

[John K]

After running through the entire conference schedule here's what I get for win-loss records.
NAU 7-1
WSU 7-1
EWU 7-1
MSU 7-1
Idaho 5-3
UC Davis 5-3
SUU 4-4
UM 3-5
ISU 2-6
SAC 2-6
UNC 2-6
PSU 1-7
CP 0-8

So can someone clarify UND's status for the 2018 season? As I understand it, they are no longer officially a BSC member for football, but they are playing a full BSC schedule...is that correct? I presume that means they can't win the auto bid, but they would be eligible for an at large berth in the playoffs? Does that sound about right?

[luckyirishguy25]

After running through the entire conference schedule here's what I get for win-loss records.
NAU 7-1
WSU 7-1
EWU 7-1
MSU 7-1
Idaho 5-3
UC Davis 5-3
SUU 4-4
UM 3-5
ISU 2-6
SAC 2-6
UNC 2-6
PSU 1-7
CP 0-8

So can someone clarify UND's status for the 2018 season? As I understand it, they are no longer officially a BSC member for football, but they are playing a full BSC schedule...is that correct? I presume that means they can't win the auto bid, but they would be eligible for an at large berth in the playoffs? Does that sound about right?

My understanding is UND is independent, but since the BSC schedules where all done before they bailed, their games count for their opponents but the are not part of the BSC this year.

[Catsrgrood]

After running through the entire conference schedule here's what I get for win-loss records.
NAU 7-1
WSU 7-1
EWU 7-1
MSU 7-1
Idaho 5-3
UC Davis 5-3
SUU 4-4
UM 3-5
ISU 2-6
SAC 2-6
UNC 2-6
PSU 1-7
CP 0-8

So can someone clarify UND's status for the 2018 season? As I understand it, they are no longer officially a BSC member for football, but they are playing a full BSC schedule...is that correct? I presume that means they can't win the auto bid, but they would be eligible for an at large berth in the playoffs? Does that sound about right?

My understanding is UND is independent, but since the BSC schedules where all done before they bailed, their games count for their opponents but the are not part of the BSC this year.

Pretty much. Games against them count for a conference game for the opposing team, but not for them. They can make the playoffs, but only as an at large. They can’t win the BSC conference title, even at 8-0 if they happened to do that.

[bpcats20]

Ewu Weber and Idaho should be vying for top spot. Sac state and UC Davis could play spoiler role.

The team that is most interesting to me is Montana State. Our roster is fairly young but talented. Wide receivers are a little sketchy in terms of youth and the returners weren’t exactly dominant. How fast can they grow up?

We are basically a quarterback away from winning this conference. I don’t know if any quarterback can get us there this year (none have starting experience).

Next year it is game on.

[BleedingBLue]

I was just listening to the podcast with Jay and the EWU and NAU announcers. It was a great listen and provided some good insight into what some of the media closest to the teams think of the conference. The guys interacted well and had a lot of fun.

Surprisingly the NAU guy isnt too high on them this year. He said their O line has no depth and is full of jc transfers that nobody knows about. He actually picked them lower than 6th he said. 1 of them, not Jay said he thinks Sac State is going to win the league! This is going to be an interesting season for sure.

[Cledus]

Ewu Weber and Idaho should be vying for top spot. Sac state and UC Davis could play spoiler role.

The team that is most interesting to me is Montana State. Our roster is fairly young but talented. Wide receivers are a little sketchy in terms of youth and the returners weren’t exactly dominant. How fast can they grow up?

We are basically a quarterback away from winning this conference. I don’t know if any quarterback can get us there this year (none have starting experience).

Next year it is game on.

I feel like if we can clean up mistakes that hurt us at the wrong time last year that should be worth a couple more wins. In my judgment, improvement in the passing game should result in potentially a couple more wins.

If we can do those things, I think we can finish 8-3 or 9-2.

Not sure where that would put us in league standings, though.

[catatac]

Ewu Weber and Idaho should be vying for top spot. Sac state and UC Davis could play spoiler role.

The team that is most interesting to me is Montana State. Our roster is fairly young but talented. Wide receivers are a little sketchy in terms of youth and the returners weren’t exactly dominant. How fast can they grow up?

We are basically a quarterback away from winning this conference. I don’t know if any quarterback can get us there this year (none have starting experience).

Next year it is game on.

I feel like if we can clean up mistakes that hurt us at the wrong time last year that should be worth a couple more wins. In my judgment, improvement in the passing game should result in potentially a couple more wins.

If we can do those things, I think we can finish 8-3 or 9-2.

Not sure where that would put us in league standings, though.

If we go 9-2 I'm pretty sure that means we win the league unless something very strange happens.

[Air Force Cat]

Versus Compughter preseason rankings for FCS and each conference:
http://www.compughterratings.com/2018-F ... l-Rankings

Has MSU at 46 to start the season

[Catsrgrood]

Versus Compughter preseason rankings for FCS and each conference:
http://www.compughterratings.com/2018-F ... l-Rankings

Has MSU at 46 to start the season

Interesting to see some differences between this and the college sports madness top 44 that’s being released one by one right now.

A couple that stuck out to me:
Weber- compughter rating-6. College sports madness-41
Difference of 35 spots.

Sac St- compughter rating-60. College sports madness- 32
Difference of 28 spots

Western Illinois- compughter rating-17. College sports madness-37
Difference of 20 spots

Howard- compughter rating- 83. College sports madness- 44
Difference of 39 spots

Again, something for fans to look at and have fun discussing, but another example of how little these preseason things mean. Those are some serious discrepancies.

[RobertCats]

Best prediction I've seen yet

[Long Time Cat]

Nice to see some love from an outside source. I would be happy with a third place finish and a playoff berth. This year.
Next year conference champs and a deep playoff run.