fb 2023 Game #14: 12/9/23 - 10PM EST at #4 Idaho (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)

[haggyland]

So happy the semifinals isn't just the Big Sky and the Dakotas.

[Eli]

1 minute ago, haggyland said:

So happy the semifinals isn't just the Big Sky and the Dakotas.

But seriously - what's in the water over there? The high plains region of the US just absolutely owns FCS football - until now.

[ctdanes]

Lots big corn fed boys 😂

[Dane96]

1 hour ago, GreatDanes06 said:

"Funny name...serious quarterback"...what a run!

Only thing that stopped me from having a heart attack tonight.  I was LMAO when i heard the announcer. 

[Dane96]

57 minutes ago, alumni '92' said:

It's going to be a great plane ride home!!!!  ...  Congratulations to THE TEAM !!!!

My understanding is the team is going straight to Brookings.  I do hope that is true, and I trust my source. 

[alum73]

5 minutes ago, Dane96 said:

My understanding is the team is going straight to Brookings.  I do hope that is true, and I trust my source. 

I thought I heard Gatusso say that in the post game

[olddog71]

3 hours ago, Eli said:

lol @ some fan just saying "UAlbany sucks". Sore loser.

Yep, the air out of that arena. Great day to be a Great Dane!

[olddog71]

3 hours ago, Eli said:

I think that game is in Idaho. Either way, Kibbie Dome is over rated. They brought the noise and we said 'we can't hear you'.

BTW. This thread is up to 23 pages. That has to be a new record in the past 10 years for a game thread. Our FB and MBB programs have been pretty lack luster the past decade. Nice to see so much excitement about the athletic program again.

It's great this year to return to read and post.

[jimbo]

At halftime I realized I had the wrong shirt on….went to the closet and put on my gold Scooby UA shirt…..the game turned around. Not saying that was the reason, but….mebbe Scooby has got some mojo. 🤔

[cwdickens]

6 hours ago, alum73 said:

I thought I heard Gatusso say that in the post game

Based on Flightaware data, the plane that flew our team to the game departed the Pullman-Moscow Regional Airport at 3:20 AM PST today and is scheduled to arrive in Albany International Airport at 12:24 PM EST (Now scheduled to arrive 11:39 AM EST, the plane has departed KSLC). The plane has made a technical stop at Salt Lake City for fuel and catering pick up.  

Some of the University staff and others that accompanied the team had cause to come back to Albany, whether that included the team, do not know.

Edited December 10, 2023 by cwdickens
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[Stonewall D]

Richmond fan here. I watched the game, start to finish.  You all are for real.  You are the class of the CAA.  You have a tough, gritty team.  You have made the league better.  You have made us proud.  Now, you have unfinished business. You won the CAA, now go shock the world.  

[Eli]

2 minutes ago, Stonewall D said:

Richmond fan here. I watched the game, start to finish.  You all are for real.  You are the class of the CAA.  You have a tough, gritty team.  You have made the league better.  You have made us proud.  Now, you have unfinished business. You won the CAA, now go shock the world.  

I always thought you were a UA fan hah. Good stuff!

[Eli]

With last nights win, the Danes matched the 1997 Danes of the D2 Eastern Football Conference for most wins in program history at 11. One more win and these Danes set a new record.

[nysteve661]

22 minutes ago, Eli said:

With last nights win, the Danes matched the 1997 Danes of the D2 Eastern Football Conference for most wins in program history at 11. One more win and these Danes set a new record.

It was 1977's team that beat Hampden-Sydney in the NCAA D3 quarterfinal then lost to champ Widener in the semis 33-15.

[BestDaneSinceHamlet]

6 hours ago, Eli said:

But seriously - what's in the water over there? The high plains region of the US just absolutely owns FCS football - until now.

There’s more money than you think and these are their flagship schools so they get the most financial investment.  It’s not broken up into several schools like most states