D-1AA Maze

Today I am going to step into a world that I am no expert. I am going to put myself out there because well, why not? Today I am going to dive into some D-1AA talk and leave the D-1A level. Keep an open mind people and just ride with me on this one. Talked to JAG about this and we decided to swap coverage tonight for our articles. Keep an eye out for the JAG D-1A article which should be a good one. JAG has forgotten more about this game than I will ever know.

I am now guessing you are wondering what is this guy going to talk about then. Well I think I am going to talk about the teams I expect to make deep runs towards the title. I know there are playoffs and those come down to match ups and all, but I believe if you have a great team and you are a great coach (great coaches build great teams) you should be able to win games no matter who you face.

We must start with the defending champions Texas Southern with coach nitros. We have a great coach with a great roster. The Tigers are sitting on top of the roster rankings on GUESS and in the WIS rankings. They have Sim teams left on their roster before we get to conference title games, this tells me they are going to win out. Well I expect them to win out. I also expect them to pick up the conference title on the way to the playoffs. I think they will be able to make a deep run and I expect them to be sniffing around the national title game. Coach nitros has faced some very tough matchups, they played the #3 ranked team and they managed to win comfortably and they shut out the #16 team. Yes, you read that right, they shutout the #16 team. Coach nitros the pressure is on now, you must keep this excellence going because we now expect it from you.

Next team we are going to look at is Georgia Southern with coach coachoatie at the helm. The coach is in his second year in Statesboro, GA, and this year we expect them to go further than they did last year. I am sure the coach has learnt somethings from his first year and has implemented changes which will allow for a deep run. I do not think they are ready for the big dance, crazy I know. Hear me out, this is his second year and he probably is changing things up to formulate the roster in the image he wants. Then again, he might be happy with it and is just going to continue with the way things were ran. They are going to win out and make the conference title game were I expect them to face either coach vhoward or coach watty2b who he already beat this season. I think they will be able to pull off the conference title. Too early for a national title in my view.

Coach gt_deuce with his St. Mary’s team are coming for you people. They are going to make it to at least the final four. You can take that to the bank. They will have some trouble in the conference title game against Texas State but when it comes to the playoffs I expect the final four like I said. The coach has a top 25 roster and a great coach at the helm in his second year. I don’t think they will go all the way, it is too early for the coach at the team, like what I said earlier, the coach needs time to mold the roster into what he wants before making an assault for the national title.

Next team I expect to mount a challenge for the national title is under the one and only coach chetty1963. The coach and his Maine squad this year are going to make a deeper run than they did last year. And you know that means they are getting to the big dance because last year they were stopped in the semifinals. The coach has built a great squad for himself, he has built dare I say, nah it’s safe to say, he has built a dynasty. The only thing needed to cap this dynasty is a national title and I think they do it this year. The boys will want to give the title to their coach who has given them everything.

Now I would be remiss if I did not talk about the coach who lost the national title last year. Everyone knows I am talking about coach NatiDawg. I expect the coach to make a deep run, like the other coaches I have talked about above. I expect a lot of the coaches in the OVC to make deep runs but I think coach NatiDawg goes the furthest, I bet some of the OVC coaches bump into each other in the playoffs the deeper we get. It is his second year with the team and in his first year he already went to the big dance, this year I expect a bit of a drop off thus the final four prediction.

Now as I always say I do not know anything. I know there are other coaches out there who deserve shootouts as they are great coaches who will make runs in the playoffs. If I covered all of them the article would be way too long and I do not think anyone would want that. I could be way off on all my predictions, I hope I did not put the kibosh on anyone and for those who took offense to not being mentioned use this as fuel to get ready to prove me wrong. Let me know what you guys think of me covering some D-1AA.