Quote from: "The Roop" on September 04, 2006, 01:19:49 PM
With the high octane/"system football"Monmouth Scots getting blanked I see no reason why St. Norbert shouldn't be considered the favorite this year. However, while the MWC may be improving I still think we're a first round bye for whomever we meet in the playoffs. I wish that would change but I've wished that for a long time.
Don't forget SNC's first round win a couple years ago, and how they dominated UW-Lacrosse in the first half of their first round playoff two years ago that never should have gotten away. As the talent level of the conference rises, the playoff teams will be stronger. I think it is a matter of playing teams of higher talent levels consistently that will help. In the past, the playoff team has been able to stroll through their schedule with the exception of a couple games a year, and then get shocked by a team that is used to high levels of competition week in and week out. That is what it will take to boost this conference in the national playoffs. Look at Monmouth last year. After beating SNC in week 3, they had 6 weeks of relatively easy wins over the rest of the conference, and then walked into St. John's, and, well, yeah....