Ypsi,
I was not offended, I just had some extra time and a little info, anyway I should have noted that you were referring to a Parallel Universe and maybe Carroll's academic standards are not that high in that universe. It will be interesting to see how the NAIA v. D3 matchups go for this coming season, but until then I am out.

Quote from: tmerton on April 08, 2006, 01:47:34 AM

I'd love to see Carroll play St. John's.

I agree and believe that any top NAIA vs. any top DIII team could be a good game, the most informative thing from last season is to look at is how the very best teams (by best I mean teams that were at least in the top 10 in the final rankings) that played cross-over games faired. D III had two very good teams play NAIA teams: Whitewater(2) and Linfield(3), if I missed any pleas correct me. The NAIA had to very good teams: Azusa(9) and St. Francis(2) and one good team: St. Xavier (7 in final ranking 9 in post season ranking).Whitewater beat St. Xavier by 14, and Linfield beat Southern Oregon 49-14. Azusa beat Willamete 36-17 and St. Francis shut out Eu Claire 35-0. The top teams in the NAIA and DIII dominated their cross-over opponents. The bottom line seems to be that the very best teams in either league would probably be very competitive with each other.

Carroll has some of the best (if not the best) tailgating in the NAIA it is a real community event which is why there is so much advertising, Carroll has become the crown jewel of Helena and is a prime choice for advertising.

Quote from: Mr. Ypsi on December 21, 2005, 09:06:35 PM

BTW, in the parallel universe I have access to, the d2, d3, and NAIA champs have a playoff.  Grand Valley beat Carrol 52-3; Carrol was doing decently against MUC until they forfeited: after Pierre Garcon grabbed his 3rd pass (253 yds, 3 TDs), they were heard muttering 'f*** this s***, we ain't gettin' beat by no 50!'  [Ah, in a single quotation I managed to malign both their athletic AND academic status!]

First off, so there are no misconceptions I am an NAIA supporter and Carroll alum,and I am here because I have a little free time and there is not allot of football talk going on elsewhere. Anyway, I am sure no one really cares but Carroll College is one of the most highly regarded academic colleges in the Northwest, and possesses very high academic standards, and, while it is not always the case with successful athletic programs, this academic prowess also transfers over to the football team, they had 12 academic all-Americans and of those 12, 9 were major contributors to the team (by major, I mean starters, the most notable being Tyler Emmert), I am sure that you were just angry at ftblfever (he ruffles feathers on the NAIA board as well), but Carroll has very high academic and athletic standards. As to the NAIA v. DIII issues, it is really impossible to determine without 1 v. 1, 2. v. 2  etc. pairings, and the only situation that comes close was Eastern Oregon playing Witworth when they were both ranked #25 and both ended up unranked at the end of the season with 6-5 and 5-3 records, EO won that game by 10, but it is hardly an empirical test for gauging the two divisions. I for one think that a Carroll/Linfield match up would be a great game, but i doubt we will see it anytime soon. Well, that's my rant, thanks for indulging me.