They have fifteen in the headline and 14 in the text and then in the players mentioned, 12.

Gale is great, but the roster has a number of 6’2 to 6’4” receivers. Granfors (6’4”)was injured a lot but impactful when he played, same for Chaz Davis (6’3”). Cody Hawkins said before the season that the tight ends learn each receiver position, so they’ll have him running wide receiver routes sometimes even if still a tight end.
Kraft had a similar year as a Freshman in 2018 believe it or not! Poerio is also a class of 2018 recruit, as is Lance Babb. Any of those class of 18 guys might decide five years is enough unless they go to graduate school.

I’ve wanted to see that game since the 70s.

This gives them the chance to sell the name again. Could be a good thing, if they sold off any of the crypto. I hope they cashed out at least some of it.

We can say we missed out because of the schedule and that is true. However it’s also true that we could have won one more of the five games we lost. If we want to make the playoffs and do something while there we need to fix why we lost those games. We have to play Weber, Montana State, and Sac every year and we need to get a little better. We improved to the point most those games are close, but we’re not victims of luck in losing to three of four tough conference opponents.

in recent years with the extra year of eligibility and the liberal transfer rules have facilitated rapid turnarounds using ronin players.
We got some, but compared to Montana State, Idaho and Sac, they were less impactful.

New Hampshire is also a pretty weak selection.

Ivy’s and historically black colleges usually don’t play.

They lucked out on conference schedule and didn’t have to play two teams that finished above them in the standings, Weber and Davis, They lost against every strong conference team the played, So they don’t deserve to be in. We can complain about it if the choice was them or Davis. But was it?

To me seasons always come down to beating the teams that historically beat us. I’d rather have quality wins and miss the playoffs than sneak in without a win over a Montana, Montana State, Weber or Eastern Washington. Now you can add Sac to that list.
This year Davis lost the games that were on the schedule against historical nemeses. The only ranked team they beat was one they beat twice last year so that didn’t gain much respect,. Can’t complain about missing the playoffs because we conclusively proved we are unlikely to win a game against ranked competition, doing so once in five opportunities

I don’t follow why the big sky would get fewer bids if Montana is left out.

Montana punt team bad snap touchdown Montana State 21-7

I’m in. Thanks

There is a big media advantage to being the premier sport in a state as opposed to the coverage Davis gets, which is pretty limited to local news. Davis gets about 25% more media coverage than it did in the Far Western Conference, but that’s offset by paywalls.

It is just history, it’s not based on this year. That’s a major downside to polls.

Sagarin is pure points. Montana hammered teams they beat.

I think Montana loses this week. It will be a matchup of two teams with the easiest schedules in the Big Sky. Matchup of a team which lost their tough games against a team that won their only two tough FCS games and is home.
Montana State beat Davis and Weber both at home, and now they get Montana at home. They didn’t have to play Idaho or Sac. Lucky schedule.

LOL at having Montana ranked over Davis. Substitute Cal or South Dakota State for Northwestern State or a Indiana State and they would be 6-4. Davis’ road win over Idaho is better than any Montana win and Montana lost to Idaho at home.
Against conference competition they’ve lost more games than Davis. If either team wins this week and the other loses, they’re the better team.

"Davis ended the 2018 season after winning one playoff game ranked 101."

Oh, you're talking about Sag, yes, this is true. I was referring to the national FCS ranking going into the end of season when UC Davis got the #8 seed in 2018.

UCD all the way up to 89 in the Sagarin rankings. That I believe is the highest ever this late in the season. That’s the sixth highest FCS school.
https://www.college-sports-journal.com/college-sports-journal-sagarin-fcs-top-25-nov-12/