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Wow no respect at all. Putting aside the fact that URI would need to fly cross country after playing in a weekend in which UCD didn't have to play, URI lost to a Brown team that is far worse than the Idaho state team UCD lost to. But ok, UCD doesn't have any blowouts so that means URI is the "bet your house on them" team in this potential matchup. Can't wait to see this play out on the actual gridiron and then they can do all the talking.

He said bet the house against them.

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Kinda confusing the way the guy worded it. I guess he's betting against Rhode Island?

Yep. Based.on their not playing the toughest teams.of their already not so tough conference.
Put his house on the line against.them...that they will not beat UC Davis.

Well, with all that I would agree!

Me too except for the house.

Win the Natty. What the hell.

oh that went over my head, thanks for clarifying!

Tickets already better than next year

Still have a ways to go though! Would love to see it a packed house after last seasons attendance let down.

Anybody know how many student tickets have been purchased/donated? The student section looks sold out.

they always just grey out those sections for “students” and then the one next to it for band.

How's the APP tailgate shaping up?

Has anyone been able to find replays on the Rhodys games? I don’t see them on espn.

From their website, they split games between ESPN+ and Flo Sports.

Unfortunately the ESPN games.aged.out of espn. Here is one from Youtube

Massey is giving Rhode Island a 95% chance of beating Central Connecticut this weekend. I think that is the most likely outcome, though I'm really not all that sold on Rhode Island as it stands. They only played 1 team in Massey's top 30 and 2 if you stretch it out to the top 50. Heck most of their opponents for the season were ranked 80+. Meanwhile, Davis only had 2 opponents outside of the top 50. Has all the markings of a paper tiger. Now I don't think that we can take the weekend off if we do get matched up with them, but all of the data that I can see says they ain't all that.

Its weird seeing a 1-1 Ivy League team playing a 4-1 CAA team. Nearly half a season has taken place for Ivy opponents by October.

Also, what is RI's stadium situation? Is that a temp. thing? Looks like a soccer stadium. I can't get on their board....

I believe they are in the process of building a new stadium from what I saw on their forum.

Central Connecticut State @ #9 Rhode Island





We get a rematch of a first-round matchup from last season. Rhode Island escaped with a win, but there's reason to believe that this year could be much more comfortable. Quarterback Devin Farrell did not play in last year's game due to injury, and is the key to a much-improved Rhode Island offense. Rhode Island should find plenty of success through the air on Saturday.

CCSU doesn't force turnovers at an elite level like last season, which could be an issue. The Blue Devils do not appear to have many advantages on either side of the ball. The Rams feature a stingy defense, which ranks 7th in yards per play allowed among playoff teams.

The Pick: Rhode Island

All first round games here: https://www.si.com/college/fcs/ivy/behind-the-numbers-2025-fcs-football-playoffs-first-round-preview

The Brown game was played at a professional soccer teams stadium. The two teams play every year. The Governor had a press conference to promote the game and attended. I suspect no Governor has attended the Causeway.

Not very meaningful to compare teams with different strength of schedule by looking at stats.
The SI playoff stats article has Davis rated low on defense, but Davis is the third best Big Sky team in yards per carry and yards per game and ranks in top half in most defensive stats if you look at conference games.
Makes a difference when your stats include games against Washington and Montana State.
Davis played most Big Sky games without its top cornerbacks who are now back. That contributed to the loss to Idaho State.