First off I'm not hear complaining about any of the UW schools.  I played on the '96 Ripon team that went 9-1 but was given a bid to the playoffs.  So we'll never know if that team would have beat a UW team.  I will say that it's not been fun to see any of the MWC teams not win a single playoff game since the NCAA started that auto bids for each conference winner.  I hope that I didn't offend anyone!

As far as having homefield advantage at Ripon, I can only say that we didn't need linesmen to cheat for us.  Coach Ernst has fielded some very good teams since 1995.  I'm proud to have played for him.  I hope you don't have an issue w/ that.

Just wanted to see if there are any folks I played with or against online here?

I completely agree with you.  I don't see why they haven't see fit to do so.  Division II football is floundering with all the teams moving from D-II to D-IA.  Why not move the WIAC teams into D-II to try and keep that division afloat.  What's going to happen when enough of  the D-II teams move to D-IA are they going to move D-III teams to D-II?

Hello folks.
I'm a new member to the discussion board but played ball at Ripon during the late '90s.  First off, in regards to any of the WIAC teams, I personnally feel that there should not be any public schools in DIII.  That's my honest opinion.  They are able to pull from a large group of students based on the difference in cost b/w public and private schools.  Congrats to any school that is able to proceed thru the playoffs.  I hope that I haven't upset anyone!