With the expanded playoffs, you can etch in stone that the third place finishers in the CAA, Big Sky, and MVFC will all make the post-season. That is a huge step in the right direction for us since Strollo had to fight hard to get SDSU in as our third team last season, despite the obvious strength of the league. Right now we would be heavy favorites to finish at least third, even with losses to UNI and NDSU.
Some simply are assuming a coronation for NDSU. I want to see what happens when they play at Southern Illinois and at Indiana State on the last two weeks of October. I don't expect them to lose, but let us see just how dominant their defense is against statistically the best offenses in the conference.
I am also not surrendering our game at UNI. Wolford has taken them to the wire three times. Hang around and this time we might get a break at the end. Heaven knows the football gods owe us several of those against Team Choke.