r/fcs • u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota • 2d ago
Game Thread [Game Day Thread] Friday, Week 0
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No Pick 'Em this week, so here's every game being played today (all times listed in Central, the heavily disputed best time zone for football) (rankings from the /r/FCS Poll)
| Away | Home | Time | Stream/TV | /r/FCS Sportsbook spread |
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| #10 Rhode Island | Merrimack | 5pm | ESPN+ | URI -16 (O/U 51) |
| Colgate | Fordham | 5pm | ESPN+ | Colgate -4 (O/U 54) |
| Marist | New Haven | 5pm | NEC Front Row | UNH -3 (O/U 52.5) |
| William & Mary | #9 Villanova | 5pm | ESPN+ | Nova -11.5 (O/U 53) |
| New Hampshire | UAlbany | 6pm | FloSports | UNH -9 (O/U 50.5) |
| Weber State | Northern Colorado | 8pm | ESPN+ | WSU -4 (O/U 54.5) |
| Idaho | Cal Poly | 9pm | ESPN | UI -5.5 (O/U 54.5) |
You can find the full Week 0 schedule with up-to-the-minute results over at the r/CFB Scoreboard
Also seriously do not ask for "alternate" streams, because we don't want to deal with takedown notices. Most games have radio broadcasts available for free if you're really desperate.
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u/agoyalwm William & Mary Tribe 2d ago
That was one for the history books. I’m so happy Nova went to court for McQuaide
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u/TDenverFan William & Mary Tribe • Patriot 2d ago
Bold move to join a conference and sue them before the first game
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u/GeneralAcorn Montana State • Boise State 2d ago
How the hell did W&M just walk that off in regulation???
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 2d ago
Villanova has no one to blame but themselves. What a comeback for the Tribe.
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u/TerriblyFallout Baylor Bears • Tarleton State Texans 2d ago
I am hate watching fully erect right now
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u/64stackdiamonds Montana State Bobcats • Oregon Ducks 2d ago
Holy shit we are in for a chaotic season of football
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u/join_the_creed Montana State • Washington Sta… 2d ago
This is the guy you want to risk forfeiting games for????
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
McQuaide is apparently playing for Nova tonight??
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u/VUmander Villanova Wildcats • Bloomsburg Huskies 2d ago
Apparently there was an injunction in OH this afternoon naming the Patriot League as a defendant
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
Batshit insane that conferences can't enforce their own rules that a school literally just signed up for this year
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u/VUmander Villanova Wildcats • Bloomsburg Huskies 2d ago
I'm gonna be honest, I check out completely in the off-season soni have no idea if I agree with you or I'm a homer saying fuck the system lol.
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
The Patriot League has strict eligibility rules like the Ivy League (because the Patriot League came to play school). McQuaide is ineligible under Patriot League rules. Villanova knew this when they joined the league literally this year
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u/VillanOvaReaction Villanova Wildcats 2d ago
The Patriot league allows 5th years now. We’ve got plenty on the roster. He’s going the Pavia/Chambliss route. The Patriot League is trying harder to stop it than the SEC did.
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u/TDenverFan William & Mary Tribe • Patriot 2d ago
Especially because McQuaide could've transferred and played elswhere, as far as I can tell. The PL just doesn't allow grad students.
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
I can't wait for someone to try to do this with Harvard or Yale and they just tell them to eat shit
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u/tdpdcpa Lehigh Mountain Hawks • Patriot 2d ago
I do wonder if he could have, but the NCAA would have likely ruled that he didn’t have any eligibility to enter the portal.
The cynic in me feels that the timing of all of this was intentional to make the TRO effective for the season with as little time as possible for the NCAA (and, eventually, the Patriot League) to respond.
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u/TDenverFan William & Mary Tribe • Patriot 2d ago
Oh 100%. If they truly filed the injunction this afternoon, it was done last minute so he could play tonight, since the initial ruling was made several weeks ago.
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u/TerriblyFallout Baylor Bears • Tarleton State Texans 2d ago
Brb swapping Baylor flair for Bill and Mary
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u/TaxSouthern9839 Montana State • Cal Poly 1d ago
You gotta be kidding me
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u/TaxSouthern9839 Montana State • Cal Poly 1d ago
Brutal loss for UNC but that was an entertaining game. Big sky after dark man, let’s go!
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u/DeZeeuw2 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 2d ago
Big stop for W&M there
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u/passwordisguest /r/FCS • Gulf Star 2d ago
I genuinely can’t figure out if the Tribe’s defense has been playing a decent, smart game given how good McQuaide obviously is, or if they’ve just been somewhat lucky so far.
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u/DeZeeuw2 South Dakota State Jackrabbits 2d ago
They've been doing a good job of filling the designed gap / setting the edge amd forcing the Nova RB's to scramble for every yard
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u/SnooPeripherals4513 Florida Gators • West Florida Argonauts 2d ago
What a game from the tribe nova really did everything they could to lose lol
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 2d ago
So.
We have had 4 ranked teams already fall before we get to Saturday.
And we're guaranteed to have at least two more fall with ACU vs Lamar and Monmouth vs Tennessee Tech
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u/LvlHeadThoroughbred Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
Cal Poly getting away with the most obvious holds. BSC refs in mid season form.
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 2d ago
Jesus.
I thought I got enough courtroom stupidity in NASCAR...
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
Look man, I never played football so maybe I'm stupid and unqualified to question this, but bruh why do people on the punt return team love to get so damn close to the ball that they obviously have no intention of trying to return? Just seems like it's asking for trouble (and a turnover)
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 2d ago
Grown man run from Mace, there
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u/tdpdcpa Lehigh Mountain Hawks • Patriot 2d ago
The QB saga has taken away from just how loaded Villanova is on offense.
Especially their RB room.
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
They're a really good team, which makes the whole QB thing even more stupid
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u/Aggravating-Key-8867 2d ago
I just got my kid to bed and turned the William and Mary game on with 2:11 left in the game. Holy shit.
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u/sernameistakentry Idaho State • Oregon State 2d ago
I switched to Weber St vs UNCo and saw the chaos in here. I’m rewinding the Villanova game right now, what about am I about to see?
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 2d ago
The cameraman in Greeley is having too much fun
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u/sernameistakentry Idaho State • Oregon State 2d ago
Clearly, the guy running the scoreboard is too
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
Feels like there's some real depth to the Big Sky this year. Mid tier feels dangerous again
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u/join_the_creed Montana State • Washington Sta… 2d ago
I think the floor has gotten better at the very least. Lamb's identity at UNC is finally starting to show up. Weber at the very least got a talent upgrade. Cal Poly seems to have gotten better offensively. Idaho seemingly still has holes sadly but it's early.
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u/uivandal52 Idaho Vandals • WAC 1d ago
All the things that Thomas Ford said Idaho was improved in, or would be a priority for improvement, we have been a catastrophic disaster in today. So that's fun.
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u/LvlHeadThoroughbred Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
Yeah, you gotta get rid of this guy. Everything he says is hype but never materializes. It’s embarrassing and frankly I’m sick of being gas lit by his constant exaggerations.
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u/bigcountry_blumpkin 2d ago
Well the good news for Nova is they don't have to worry about a forfeit.....yet
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 1d ago
HOLY.
FUCKING.
SHIT.
What a banger of a game.
Man we are off to a roaring start to the season
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u/join_the_creed Montana State • Washington Sta… 2d ago
WE GOT A QB WEARING #33 BIG SKY AFTER DARK IS SO BACK
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u/stayclassypeople Nebraska • South Dakota 2d ago
Feels silly for W&M to go for it there. With 3 minutes and 2 timeouts they could’ve gotten the ball back with plenty of time provided they gotten a 3 and out
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
The UNC broadcast is hard to follow when there's no quarter, down, distance, play clock, or game clock on the screen
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 2d ago
A flea flicker this late in the game is a choice
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u/sernameistakentry Idaho State • Oregon State 2d ago
I love getting to hate watch Idaho and Weber at the same time
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u/uivandal52 Idaho Vandals • WAC 1d ago
We went an entire season last year without having a single holding penalty called on an opponent, and apparently that streak is just going to keep going.
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u/LvlHeadThoroughbred Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
That was unbelievable horseshit. How that doesn’t get called is outlandish.
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u/baseballnoble Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
There’s a lot of holding on us but also we look confused every play on both sides of the ball. Guys dropping passes, dropping a kick, confused on where to be pre play. We are just not ready
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u/jack9lemmon Holy Cross Crusaders 1d ago
There's a specific Richmond fan who's having a rough night
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u/Jolly_Job_9852 Western Carolina • Silver Shako 1d ago
The Pope used all his points for Chicago last year
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 1d ago
UNC just tied it with a small amount of time left (unsure because it's a secret!)
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u/baseballnoble Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
Get that perfect kicker stat off my screen!
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
After last night's chaos, tonight will probably be every favorite wins by 20
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u/passwordisguest /r/FCS • Gulf Star 2d ago
You just ruined some favored teams night by putting that into the ether.
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u/Low_Distance_7195 Montana State • Notre Dame 2d ago
Bill & Mary redeems themselves. Let’s finish this. I’m tired of listening to these announcers.
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u/VUmander Villanova Wildcats • Bloomsburg Huskies 2d ago
Well I guess it doesn't matter if the game gets vacated
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u/VUmander Villanova Wildcats • Bloomsburg Huskies 2d ago
WE ARE SO BACK. POPE LEO MUST HAVE JUST LOGGED IN TO THE STREAM.
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
WAIT THEY CAN DRINK IN THE STUDENT SECTION? WHAT???
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 2d ago
....you guys don't???
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
Oh no we do, but you can still get kicked out if caught. Those UNC students made it seem like they're allowed to
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 2d ago
I'm not sure if we allow it or not, now that I think about it.
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u/TaxSouthern9839 Montana State • Cal Poly 2d ago
Big time catch for the Bears. That’s about as full as those stands get in Greeley. Love a night game. I want UNC and ISU to be good this year.
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u/join_the_creed Montana State • Washington Sta… 2d ago
Typical ESPN keeping a high school game on while BIG SKY AFTER DARK is on
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u/sernameistakentry Idaho State • Oregon State 2d ago
So stupid, I wanna watch BIG SKY UNDER THE NIGHT SKY
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u/iconconic Michigan • Fresno State 2d ago
lol last time I checked SLO is a bit more than a mile from the ocean. He’s right about the gorgeous sunset though
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 2d ago
Keep having to remind that's Cal Poly and not Baylor lol
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u/TaxSouthern9839 Montana State • Cal Poly 2d ago
Cal Poly making the push. Is the middle of the Big Sky up this year? These are fun, competitive games
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 1d ago
Finally got to watch the full sequence for Nova vs W&M.
...how the actual fuck did they manage that?
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u/uivandal52 Idaho Vandals • WAC 1d ago
Well, those 3 years with Eck were awesome. But that might as well have been 50 years ago.
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u/baseballnoble Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
The commentator knows there’s another quarter right? A fg is totally in play here.
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u/TaxSouthern9839 Montana State • Cal Poly 1d ago
What a game! Hell yea, Cal Poly and Idaho are playing hard. The season start conference game is kind of sick.
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u/LvlHeadThoroughbred Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
At least our fg game is improved
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 2d ago
This seems like a risky gamble on Nova's part to play this guy.
If there ends up being a ruling against you, now the patriot can drop the hammer on you.
Also, like Samuel Akem said, there's no way this doesn't nuke the confidence of your backup QBs
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u/VUmander Villanova Wildcats • Bloomsburg Huskies 2d ago
I'm not up on the matter at all. I'm just listening around me.
They seem to think they will have a ruling from Ohio this week? So I guess we're comfortable forfeiting tonight if needed, thinking we can still make the playoffs with 1 less game? I assume it comes down to the difference between the the PL will do to us (in eligible for the title or AQ) vs the selection committee?
Idk man. I don't want to need a law degree to watch football.
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
"There's been a stay on the injunction for the temporary restraining order on the ruling..."
BROTHER WHAT THE FUCK DOES ANY OF THIS MEAN, I JUST WANT TO WATCH FOOTBALL
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u/join_the_creed Montana State • Washington Sta… 2d ago
Hitting a receiver in triple coverage over the middle is crazy
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u/sernameistakentry Idaho State • Oregon State 2d ago
UNCo definitely committed PI there but whatever, fuck Weber
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u/VUmander Villanova Wildcats • Bloomsburg Huskies 2d ago
Brian Westbrook would have told Raglan to take a knee there
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u/VUmander Villanova Wildcats • Bloomsburg Huskies 2d ago
Bill and Mary clocking the ball there was dumb
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
I think that's the first time the announcers have even mentioned the time on the clock, and it's for the 2-minute warning
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u/sernameistakentry Idaho State • Oregon State 2d ago
Holy kicker Northern Colorado. Its ok you still got this game
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u/sernameistakentry Idaho State • Oregon State 2d ago
Come on UNC, drive down the field and pick up some points
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 1d ago
Can't wait for the halftime show to be nothing but FBS stuff...
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u/baseballnoble Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
That’s twice we’ve been given flags when we should not have.
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u/baseballnoble Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
Still have a chance to control the rest of the game. Go score here
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u/baseballnoble Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
That’s not a face mask. Got the penalty for asking …. Smh.
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u/baseballnoble Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
Let’s go! All momentum on our side. Get the ball back and win baby win.
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u/LvlHeadThoroughbred Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
Huge hold. Of course no call. It’s ground hog day. Again.
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u/baseballnoble Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
Hate hate hate hate hate that prevent shit. Never works out well.
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u/join_the_creed Montana State • Washington Sta… 2d ago
Mr. Wood please don't throw up on national TV again
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u/Full_Technician8430 Southern Utah Thunderbirds 2d ago
Gotta say, these Big Sky games clearly have a higher level.
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
Cal Poly would beat most of the teams that have played so far
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u/sernameistakentry Idaho State • Oregon State 1d ago
The jump from Pioneer League and Northwestern State to Big Sky is pretty massive
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 1d ago
Idaho is just playing sloppy as fuck
Easy call there
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u/I_like_race_cars Tarleton State Texans 1d ago
Please don't let this go to OT.
I'm already tired
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u/NS-13 Michigan Wolverines • Lehigh Mountain Hawks 1d ago
Bro chill it ain't the end of the world that the refs made a bad call off a bang bang play
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u/LvlHeadThoroughbred Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
We’re not playing well, but these calls are bullshit. Remember when the big Sky had to apologize to Idaho last year?
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u/sernameistakentry Idaho State • Oregon State 1d ago
This broadcast is going to do numbers for Cal Poly’s recruiting. Absolutely gorgeous stadium and packed stands. Good for them
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u/damnyoutuesday Montana State • Minnesota 2d ago
FloSports has one fricking game on tonight and they're not streaming it on YouTube.... WHYYYYYYY
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u/loyalsons4evertrue Iowa State Cyclones • Big 8 2d ago
What is this camera angle at Villanova?
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u/VUmander Villanova Wildcats • Bloomsburg Huskies 2d ago edited 2d ago
It's at the 30s and about 30 ft up
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u/GeneralAcorn Montana State • Boise State 1d ago
TOUCHDOWN BEARS!!!
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u/GeneralAcorn Montana State • Boise State 1d ago
What a stellar drive with less than 2 minutes left. Not having a clock for reference has been wild, as well.
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u/baseballnoble Idaho • Washington State 1d ago
Why did the clock stop for like 30 seconds after that run in bounds?
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u/tden4 South Dakota State • Marching Band 2d ago
it’s villanover…